Overscan on TV

Bug #1310588 reported by Hadmut Danisch
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi,

I use this tiny computer not with a regular PC monitor, but (through HDMI) connected to a 55" FullHD TV.

Unfortunately, there's an overscan (i.e. the screen shows only a part of the desktop, most part of the icons and the menu bar are invisble) on that TV. Due to scaling effekts, the visible part looks ugly.

I already had this problem with ubuntu 13.04. Then I was happy to see that it had been fixed in ubuntu 13.10. But now with 14.04 (freshly installed from scratch) the problem is back. :-(

regards
Hadmut

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Mon Apr 21 13:59:08 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:0e29]
MachineType: FOXCONN NT-A2400&NT-A3500
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=172d9d8a-3cbb-409f-a8de-a3189e06ae24 ro splash quiet vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.4
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: NT-A2400&NT-A3500
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: FAB 2.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 4
dmi.chassis.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.4:bd12/16/2011:svnFOXCONN:pnNT-A2400&NT-A3500:pvrFAB2.0:rvnFOXCONN:rnNT-A2400&NT-A3500:rvrFAB2.0:cvnFOXCONN:ct4:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: NT-A2400&NT-A3500
dmi.product.version: FAB 2.0
dmi.sys.vendor: FOXCONN
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 21 12:12:29 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Sleep Button KEYBOARD, id 8
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
 input Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:4024 KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
xserver.video_driver: radeon

Revision history for this message
Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
josecefe (josecefe) wrote :

Hi,

I have the same problem! I've had to switch to the propietary driver in order to fix this problem!

Revision history for this message
penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Hadmut Danisch, if you update to the Vivid enablement stack as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack does this change anything?

tags: added: regression-release
affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → xorg (Ubuntu)
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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