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["John Ellis \(formerly : 507laird@xxxxxxxxx -Cancelled\)" <john.ernest.ellis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Christopher M. Penalver:
                                                         Good news 
...though you may think me a fool for not realizing this earlier but 
learning is a voyage of discovery and all options must be explored 
before one can stumble upon what you seek.

      After reading some AVS forums on setting adjustment that could be 
employed to tweak audio and visual performance I discovered on my remote 
control a "VIEW MODE" button that opens a display menu with the 
following options:

1) Stretch
2) Dot by Dot
3) S.Stretch
4) Zoom

The Dot by Dot selection brings the top menu bar and the side launcher 
into the display field of view and I am able to retain the full 1920 x 
1080 native resolution....

  ( as opposed to custom scaling the resolution and preserving the 
aspect ratio which was what I did through Windows and Nvidia).

      Then small on screen text can be tweaked through System 
Settings/Screen Display/Scale for menu and title bars along with Control 
shift + ....and I am now delighted with these simple adjustments 
increasing basic functionality and comfort level of my system.

      From our discussions it is apparent that there remains some basic 
maintenance work to be done in terms of firmware updates, tweaks and 
ongoing research to better learn the ins and outs of this ever evolving 
system. I cannot thank you enough for your patience and direction which 
has helped me explore and find my way. It would seem appropriate that 
this bug issue be labelled resolved.

yours sincerely
John Ellis


On 2014-12-17 03:45 PM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
> John Ellis, given the issue happens in both Windows and Ubuntu, if a
> firmware update is available for the TV, that would want to be applied.
>
> Despite this, you should still be able to make the same WORKAROUND
> adjustment in Windows as you do in Ubuntu. Would using arandr and the
> nouveau driver allow you this opportunity?
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401743

Title:
  HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch  sharp
  TV/monitor is 37 inch

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am dual booting with windows 8.1 and I am able to tweak the same
  misconfiguration with the nvidia console in windows by shrinking (down
  scaling) the display from 1920 X1080 to 1824 X 1026 resolution....
  preserving the aspect ratio.

   Is it possible to enable the correct identification of the monitor as
  a 32 inch diagonal instead of an oversized 37 inch diagonal which
  makes my top menu bar and application side bar offscreen? I tried to
  install the nvidia (updates driver) but tweaking resulted in a
  missconfiguration forcing a lockup and reinstall.

  Since Windows also misidentifies this display it may be a
  communication error sourced from the display itself or documentation
  annomalies in an obscure monitor ...any advice or direction would be
  appreciated.

  John Ellis

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  Date: Thu Dec 11 21:50:04 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: utopic
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GF108GL [Quadro 600] [10de:0df8] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:0835]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-12 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Z210 Workstation
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-28-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=6240f369-971d-4d13-b37d-b64e3abe7964 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: J51 v01.41
  dmi.board.asset.tag: 2UA12307FK-XM857AV
  dmi.board.name: 1588h
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2UA12307FK-XM857AV
  dmi.chassis.type: 6
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrJ51v01.41:bd07/11/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPZ210Workstation:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1588h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP Z210 Workstation
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Dec 11 21:20:56 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2
  xserver.video_driver: nouveau

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