Comment 2 for bug 339649

I can't reproduce this bug in Ubuntu, this is probably something
Kubuntu related.

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Mark Greenwood <email address hidden> wrote:
> Update - I just tried the Jaunty netbook remix and this suffers the same
> issue.
>
> --
> Display shifted down (Kubuntu on Acer Aspire One)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339649
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> Status in “xorg” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> Kubuntu Jaunty Alpha 5 with all updates
>
> uname -a
> Linux titch 2.6.28-8-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 5 21:49:36 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
> xserver-xorg:
>  Installed: 1:7.4~5ubuntu13
>  Candidate: 1:7.4~5ubuntu13
>  Version table:
>  *** 1:7.4~5ubuntu13 0
>        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> lspci | grep Display
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
>
> The display on this machine is shifted downwards about 50 pixels - there is a black bar at the top of the screen, and the bottom few pixels are lost off the bottom of the screen.
>
> I tried xvidtune, but every set of parameters I tried it told me they weren't supported.
>
> According to xvidtune the ModeLine being used by the X server is:
> 1024x600  47.60  1024 1040 1045 1285   600  603  608  635
>
> >From what I can tell, this is wrong. I took the following from a Mandriva install on the same machine, where the display is correctly placed:
>
>    ModeLine "1024x600_60"  48.96  1024 1064 1168 1312  600 601 604 622  -HSync +Vsync
>
> Which gives a perfectly positioned display with a refresh rate of 60Hz. Under Kubuntu, KDE is reporting the refresh rate as 58.3Hz.
>
> I tried putting the above ModeLine in my xorg.conf on Kubuntu, but X just ignores it.
>

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