[NTLUG:Discuss] fixing screensize on a plain TV

[steve]

Mike Hart wrote:
> I have X (X.org 4.something) working on my TV through
> a nvidia riva128 video card (this is a really old
> card). However, the display on the TV (and i've tried
> several tv's and several distro's), is shifted so the
> that ~15 pixels are off the screen at the top and
> right. There are corresponding black areas on the left
> and bottom of the screen. 
> 
> In some older distros (SuSE 6.x to 8.x) there was a
> step in X setup where you could align the display
> inside of X and not with the front panel controls of
> your monitor.  Does anyone know some key search words
> that describe X screen alignment so I can fix this? 

You need a tool called 'sax' or 'sax2' (depending on
which rev of SuSE you are running.