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Re: Desktop Window Splits with an LCD Monitor



 Paul W Jameson wrote: 
> Jerry and group, 
> 
> I'm soliciting advice for setting up the horizontal synch with an LCD 
> monitor and an older Dell PC with integrated graphics(I think). 
> 
> While installing UBUNTU, text information displays reasonably. The 
> desktop display sets itself to 1600x1200, which is more than the X2Gen 
> LCD monitor is rated for. When I change the resolution to the rated 
> 1280x1024, the desktop window splits into two parts, with a dark 
> vertical stripe near the middle of the viewing area. The left part of 
> the window appears on the right and the right part of the window appears 
> on the left. 
> 
> But the display works OK with an old CRT monitor. But I'd prefer to use 
> the larger LCD monitor. I've had this LCD problem with the window 
> separating into two parts with various distributions. 


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