[SOLVED]Move entire X display 3 pixels down

kahrkunne · 2014-11-18 22:18:27

This is kinda hard to explain, but here it goes:
* This is a screenshot of my current desktop:
http://i58.tinypic.com/286sjn4.png
As you can see, my bar doesn't start at the top of my screen. Rather, it starts 3 pixels down. I did this for a reason: for me, what I see starts 3 pixels down from the top. That is, I can't see the top 3 pixels of my screen. To compensate, nothing is being drawn to the bottom 3 pixels of my screen.
So what I want to do is move the entire X display (basically what's in the screenshot) 3 pixels down, so that everything comes on my computer screen nicely? How do I do this? I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver.
Here's the output of xrandr:

[~] $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-I-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   640x480       75.00    59.94  
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

the 1920x1080+0+0 part suggests that I can do this (by somehow turning that into 1920x1080+0+3), yet I couldn't find any information on the xrandr wiki page.

Last edited by kahrkunne (2014-11-19 05:56:29)

Trilby · 2014-11-18 22:23:22

I doubt xrandr is the best approach to fixing the underlying problem, but it certainly could do that. See the --pos flag in the manual.

Xaero252 · 2014-11-18 22:38:20

http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/ma … une.1.html

Pretty sure this will get you on the right track.

kahrkunne · 2014-11-18 22:38:28

I came across --pos already, but it didn't appear to do anything
Ran

[~] $ xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 0x3
[~] $ xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 0x29
[~] $ xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 45x29
[~] $ xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 45x2923222
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 16384x16384 (desired size 1920x2891534)

None of these did anything

@Xaero
xvidtune starts with a threath about how they'll murder your monitor and gut your graphics card. Also, none of the options here seem to be related to what I'm trying to do.

Last edited by kahrkunne (2014-11-18 22:40:39)

nomorewindows · 2014-11-18 22:40:21

xvidtune not xrandr

kahrkunne · 2014-11-18 22:42:58

I don't see anything in xvidtune that might be related to what I'm trying to do.
Also, pressing "test" gives me a message that says something along the lines of me having requested a mode-line that is not possible or not supported by my hardware configuration. This also happens after I press "fetch", which should (logically) fetch my current mode-line.

Xaero252 · 2014-11-18 22:48:16

Are your monitor adjustments unable to compensate to bring the full image on screen?

kahrkunne · 2014-11-18 22:49:35

Ah I think I get xvidtune a bit better now
Doesn't mean it works though. The "down" button (which is the one I think I need, right?) doesn't change any of the parameters. Like I said before, the test button is broken.
EDIT: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142153 same issue, same fix. Will be marking this as solved.
I was not using a HDTV but a regular computer screen though.

Last edited by kahrkunne (2014-11-19 05:56:09)

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[SOLVED]Move entire X display 3 pixels down

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