faulty 22" VGA/HDMI TV-monitor

mark.croft.lug@gmail.com

i have been give a 22" HDMI &VGA  TV/monitor.

there a small fault at the bottom of the screen. Is there a way too
get linux mint/ubuntu based distro too not use that section of the
screen. find pictures attached.

seems to be something too do with this command - xrandr --fb 1160x568
--output VGA --mode 1280x800

but i am get a bit lost with it?

trying to follow this website (which usually pretty good)
http://superuser.com/questions/248840/limit-video-output-to-a-section-of-a-display-and-leave-the-rest-blank

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154446564527049.1073741883.645232048&type=1&l=f98a97c3f0

markcroft@intel-i5 ~ $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 connected primary 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 476mm x 268mm
   1920x1080      60.0 +
   1600x1200      60.0*
   1680x1050      60.0
   1400x1050      60.0
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0
   1440x900       59.9
   1280x960       60.0
   1152x864       75.0
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0
   832x624        74.6
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0
   720x400        70.1
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
markcroft@intel-i5 ~ $

*22:00 8th august* this is a work around for now using scaling option - xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1680x1050 --panning 1920x1080 --scale 1.2x1.2