[mythtvnz] Problem with desktop extending beyond screen edge

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross and Jemima Knudsen" <ross.jemima at gmail.com>
To: <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: [mythtvnz] Problem with desktop extending beyond screen edge


> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this is a myth problem directly or not. I just got a new LCD
> TV (42" Konka - nice and cheap from DSE).  However I'm having trouble
> with the resolution.  I can set it to 1080P and get the DVI to HDMI
> output on the TV fine however I'm missing all the sides of the screen.
> So I can't see my taskbar at the top or bottom of the screen and am
> missing a small area from the edges.  I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 AMD_64.
> I've searched on the web a little but am getting sick of wrecking my
> xconfig files and having to fix the display up!  I tried connecting my
> Windows 7 laptop to the DVI cable and it displays perfectly with no
> missing edges at the same resolution so I can be confident that the TV
> is working OK which leaves me with Linux...  Also I'm using JYA's Nvidia
> drivers on a Geforce 9400 GT.
>
> Regards
>

If using a recent enough NVIDIA version you can check out the slider "Overscan Compensation" as found in NVIDIA X server setting 
under GPU0 and probably CRT-1....  its a fair bet your answer lies there.  Let us know if this is the answer and what you think of 
the monitor?