Xorg custom configuration to not use a given area

[Carlos Baiget]

Using U10.04, I get

"You have requested a mode-line
That is not possible, or not supported by your hardware configuration"

when pressing 'Test' in xvidtune as soon as it appears (without any 
modification of the parameters).

I would like to maintain a 1:1 pixel equivalence after reducing the 
working area, would the xvidtune approach do that or would it try to fit 
1024x600 in a 1024x590 area instead, losing resolution?

Pat: Not a spammer here! Can you paste the odd message here to find out 
what can it be?
Sorry English is not my primary language, thanks for your understanding.

Carlos.

El 14/05/10 06:25, Pat Kane escribió:
> John,
> I just tried "xvidtune" on my eeepc with U19.04 and got the message:
>
>      Unable to query monitor info
>
> the "xdpyinfo" command  indicates that  I have the "XFree86-VidModeExtension"
> so I'm not sure what the problem might be...
>
> Pat
> ---
> P.S.  I got an odd message from the first msg I sent to
> "carbaior at upvnet.upv.es";
>          maybe that is a spammer?
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:11 PM, John Yoder<john.yoder at twny.net>  wrote:
>    
>> How about using an application like Xvidtune. It is designed to give
>> appropriate modelines to center the display. I googled and found
>> http://learnbyblogging.com/?p=66 Much less painful.
>>
>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Pat Kane<pekane52 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>      
>>> Carlos,
>>>
>>> How about putting an empty gnome panel above the current top panel?
>>> It is a bit tricky but I just able to do it on my U10.04 system.  Here is
>>> what
>>> I did:
>>>       1- right click in the top panel to get a popup menu
>>>       2- select the "properties"  enty, then turn off "Expand"
>>> you can now move the top panel down, out of the way
>>>       3- repeat 1
>>>       4- select "New Panel", turn off "Expand" and put it at "Top"
>>> at this point I had to logout/login to see the change....
>>>       5- turn "Expand" on for the empty panel
>>>       6- move the original top panel back to just under the empty panel
>>>           and turn "Expand" back on.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Carlos Baiget<carbaior at upvnet.upv.es>
>>> wrote:
>>>        
>>>> hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I've changed the lcd screen of my eeepc which is 1024x600.
>>>> The problem is, the replacement is not exactly the one i needed and
>>>> although
>>>> it fits well, i cannot see the top first 5 or 6 pixel lines, because
>>>> they
>>>> are hidden behind the screen bezel.
>>>> My question is: could i trick Xorg to work as if the display were, say
>>>> 1024x590 and ignore those lines? I prefer to lose them than having gnome
>>>> panel cut in a half.
>>>> I'm using ubuntu 10.04, with xrandr v1.3
>>>>
>>>> I hope i've explained myself well...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your reply.
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