Can't set resolution to match external LCD display.

Hi all.
I'm having trouble getting the screen to display on my 42" LCD without cutting off the right/left edges.
I've found two sets ways to try and fix this in the Nvidia control panel:
1-setting the ### x ### resolution doesn't help.
2-when setting up the external monitor all the resolution settings are grayed out.
Also, changing my format settings on the tv itself makes no difference.
I'm using an 9600M GT and got the same result before and after updating the drivers.
Anybody have any ideas?

What I would try is the binary nvidia drivers and use the nvidia-settings tool, it seems to work better for setting screen resolutions on Nvidia cards, in my experience. It lets me set resolutions that xrandr won't let me, like 1280x720 on my 4:3 monitor if I feel like it (I had good reasons to do it lol, and no, I didn't stretch it out, I had black bars on it). I have it set to output 1360x768 to my LCD TV and I set it through nvidia-settings (though that was the default on it, so maybe a slightly different situation, but similar).
After xrandr change KDE says that it is 1360x768, but on monitor's OSD I see 1280x768…
Well, one of those is right, one is wrong, find out which is which Sometimes on my TV, if I'm in something with a lot of black space (full screen video or something), and I switch inputs, my TV will sometimes say either 1280x768 or even 1024x768, even though it's still in 1360x768). Maybe try taking a screenshot or something, and then an image viewer will tell you the real resolution of your screen.
Last edited by doorknob60 (2011-11-02 05:21:31)

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