From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCA9F1581FB for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:58:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43CE62BC028; Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (mail.muc.de [193.149.48.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD246E2A25 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 68691 invoked by uid 3782); 28 Aug 2024 16:58:02 +0200 Received: from muc.de (pd953a105.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.83.161.5]) (using STARTTLS) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:58:02 +0200 Received: (qmail 9533 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Aug 2024 14:58:01 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:58:01 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Fixed] New machine: Contents of display are offset around 2 inches from the left hand side. Message-ID: References: <9351523.CDJkKcVGEf@rogueboard> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Submission-Agent: TMDA/1.3.x (Ph3nix) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: f810d731-f9ab-4d82-81e1-12ae983ebae2 X-Archives-Hash: 9a619c734f3d6c556ab7002bd726f4e3 Hello, everybody. On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 20:50:01 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 19:36:49 +0100, Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 17:05:26 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 14:49:14 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:54:20 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > > > On Monday, 26 August 2024 11:40:43 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 22:04:05 +0100, Michael wrote: [ .... ] > > > When I got back home again and plugged in the new machine, it was > > > slightly different. It was still pumping out 2112x1116, but the > > > 2" gap has become a 1" gap on both the left hand and the right > > > hand sides. There's still a (smaller) gap at the top. I haven't > > > yet tried booting into Linux. > > > At least we now have an indication of something "analog" perhaps not > > > being in order. I'm thinking that perhaps my HDMI->DVI adapter is > > > broken. I should have bought a new one while I was at the shop, just to > > > test. I did have trouble with Windows laptops when I plugged them in > > > via this adapter a couple of years ago. Maybe I'll go back to the shop > > > to get that new HDMI->DVI adapter tomorrow. Well, I now have that new HDMI->DVI adapter, and my video now works! Both the console and X Windows (running XFCE) work fully. There must have been a dodgy connection in my old adapter, possibly in a timing twisted pair, or something like that. As always, after solving such a problem, one wonders why it took so long to fix. I was convinced it was something in the motherboard's firmware, and it took an actual demonstration of it working on an HDMI monitor to persuade me otherwise. Anyhow, now to finish setting the machine up, in particular getting an email server installed and configured. Many thanks to the people who helped me diagnose the problem, particularly Michael and Dale. [ .... ] > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).