Vertical display-shifting
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Ubuntu |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Did a fresh install of 7.04 Beta; it defaulted to 1280x1024 resolution; the upper and lower panels (whatever they're called) were not visible at one time - I had to move my mouse pointer to the extreme north or south position on my display to see either one.
My display setup consists of an nVida GeForce FX-5500-based AGP display adapter (PNY Verto, 128MB VRAM) and a ViewSonic VA1930wm monitor).
I then installed the nVidia driver (version 1.0-9755) using Add/Remove from the "Applications" menu. Following the instructions found there, I ran "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable" from a terminal window. I then logged out and restarted X (Ctrl-Alt-
Then ran "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" from a terminal window, selected the nVidia driver & added the appropriate settings (see attached xorg.conf file), restarted X, then rebooted the computer - same problem - the upper & lower panels cannot be displayed at the same time.
Please see bug # 82709 for background...