[wplug] Screen off center

[Patrick Wagstrom]

Arnaud Loos wrote:
> I’m having a problem with my ubuntu 7.10 install. When I connect my
> laptop to its docking station which has a 22 inch dell widescreen
> monitor, the screen is pushed to the right so that I have a 3 inch black
> stripe on the left of my monitor while 3 inches are cut off on the right
> side. It’s running in the correct 1680x1050 resolution. If I switch the
> resolution to 1280x1024 then the right side appears but part of the left
> side is cut off. My monitor does not have an auto-center button and
> manually setting the horizontal positioning as far to the left as it
> will go doesn’t fix the problem. Any ideas?

Are you connecting over VGA or DVI?  It sounds like a pretty typical
problem for connecting via VGA.  On a dell monitor, go into the menu,
select image settings, then "auto adjust" (it may just be hidden).  On
my cheapo Dell VGA-only LCD here in the office, pressing the "+" button
does an auto-adjust.  Also, you may have luck playing with the phase and
pixel clock to move the image over.

If that fails, switch to DVI.

If you're using DVI, we'll need more information about what video driver
you're using to provide any help.

--Patrick