Screen set-up

[Daniel Stone]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:01:37PM +0000, Keith Powell wrote:
> I haven't seen this problem on the list, so I hope it hasn't already 
> been answered!
> 
> After installation, the desktop and, consequently, the applications are 
> shifted well to the right on my monitor screen.  The left side of the 
> desktop is well away from the edge of the screen (giving a wide band of 
> black), while the right side is so far over, that I can't see the "trash 
> can" or the scroll bars.
> 
> I am running two other distros and have tried several others.  With all 
> of these, the desktop is correctly positioned, almost touching the edge 
> of the screen on either side. It's just Ubuntu which is giving me this 
> problem.
> 
> Is there any way of altering the desktop's position in Ubuntu and move 
> it to the left? I can't find a way.
> 
> If I physically alter the settings of the monitor, all other distros are 
> wrongly positioned.
> 
> The monitor is an LCD and Ubuntu is set to the correct settings of 
> 1024x768 at 75Hz.

If you could reply off-list and attach /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and 
and /var/log/XFree86.0.log (if using Warty; /etc/X11/xorg.conf and
/var/log/Xorg.0.log if using Hoary), I'll have a look at it.
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