Screen Cutoff On 1680x1050 Monitor [SOLVED]

Hello,
I am having a problem with Linux not displaying properly on my 1680x1050 monitor. Every machine I've hooked up to it, Arch, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Slackware, have all had the same problem. Windows, however, does not have this problem.
The problem is that the bottom and the left edge of the screen are slightly off the monitor. This makes windows get cut off. It is not an X issue because it happens even when I'm just using the console - no X and no DE.
I really am lost at this point. I know it isn't the monitor, because Windows displays just fine.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
HPG
Screenshot
EDIT: I just realised that the screenshot doesn't even show the cutoff. Very strange.
Last edited by hotpepperguy (2015-06-20 23:08:04)

I'm sorry, I clearly wasn't thinking when I posted this. Didn't even know where to start.
It is an LG Flatron W2254TQ
Graphics hardware is irrelevant because I have tried several machines with differing hardware (AMD, Intel and NVidia)
It is a VGA input device.
I've checked the monitor settings, and, as I said, it works fine with Windows so I know that is not the problem.
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 connected primary 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
1680x1050 59.88*+ 59.95
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1440x900 74.98 59.89
1280x960 60.00
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 75.08 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 75.00 60.32 56.25
640x480 75.00 60.00
720x400 70.08
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Thanks so much for the replies,
HPG
EDIT: It was a faulty VGA cable. Thanks for the replies anyways. I guess I should always check the easy stuff before the hard from now on!
Last edited by hotpepperguy (2015-06-20 22:24:36)

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