. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Raymond Rehayem <library...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Matthew- > well, here's what somehow worked for me and I'm a total novice so I'm > afraid I can't go much past this since I no longer have it installed. > > open terminal and type: > > sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > (it creates a blank xorg file. I forget where it put it, which directory) > > open this 'blank" xorg.conf and pasted in code: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > BusID "PCI:240:16:0" > *Driver* "*nouveau*" > EndSection > > into it and saved it. > > code from- > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1137500 > > I rebooted and it worked. > > Not sure how… > > Richard- does this sound like bad advice? It worked for me. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Matthew <mr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> As far as I know this is the root: >> r...@matthew-desktop:~/xserver-xorg-video-nv-2.1.12# >> >> I then get the following message: >> cp: cannot stat `src/.lib/nv_drv.*': No such file or directory >> >> This is after following the steps you describe above >> >> -- >> [Hardy-Alpha 4 PPC] Screen resolution correct but shifted to the right >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189844 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in X.Org X server: In Progress >> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nv” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >> >> Bug description: >> On my PPC G5 iMac 20" built-in display with Hardy-Alpha 4, using the >> standard NV driver, the resolution of 1680x1050 is detected correctly but is >> shifted to the right by about 1/2 inch, which continues back to the left >> hand side. In other words, the trash can and quit icons are mostly cut off >> on the right, and appear on the left! >> >> Unfortunately, the mouse won't go past a boundary on the left hand side to >> access them, even if I did want to live with the display shifted like this. >> This issue first appeared for me in Gutsy as well, and nothing seems to be >> able to move the display back to the left a little. I have tried xrandr, >> xvidtune, custom modelines, etc. Only Feisty and below have the 1680x1050 >> screen centered properly. With an Imac, there are no manual screen movement >> adjustments that can be made. It feels as though something is locking out >> any attempt to center the screen, since the resolution seems correct. >> >> Interestingly enough, if I take a screen-shot and view it, the screen-shot >> looks perfect, but isn't centered properly in real life. I've tried the >> usual dkpg-reconfigure routines, but it's not that the resolution is >> incorrect, it is just that the screen want to dive over to the right and >> wrap back to the left.... >> >> [lspci] >> 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34M >> [GeForce FX Go5200] [10de:0329] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) >> Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0010] >> >> > -- [Hardy-Alpha 4 PPC] Screen resolution correct but shifted to the right https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
