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I have an embedded board with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS GNOME 3.4.1. With this board I am using LCD display 800x480 and HID resistive touchscreen. Everything works fine but I have a problem with some dialog windows - for example "System settings" - this box is bigger than my screen. It means that I can't see the lower part of this dialog box (Apply, save button and so on).

I tried this: How can I resize the System Settings window?

It looks cool but without success :(

Then I tried this:

In xorg.conf (in /etc/X11) I edited this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
EndSection

then I ran xrandr -s 1024x768 and it came back with the following error -

Size 1024x768 not found in available modes

I also tried:

 xrandr --output default --fb 1024x768 --panning 1024x768

without success.

UPDATE: I found this (last post): How to detect and configure an output with xrandr?

so I ran this commnad to get the modeline of the monitor:

gtf 1024 768 60

The output of this command is:

Modeline "1024x768_60.00"  .. some numbers .. -HSync +Vsync

After that I added new mode, add mode and change resolution:

xrandr --newmode "1024x768_60.00"  .. some numbers ..  -HSync +Vsync
xrandr --addmode default 1024x768_60.00
xrandr --output default --mode 1024x768_60.00

and it did nothing. No change on the screen.

I also tried this after that (suggested by Ken Mollerup below):

xrandr --output default --rate 60 --mode 800x480 --fb 1024x768 --panning 1024x768

But that also did not work

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I had this problem with Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook (1024x600 screen). I "solved it" (really worked around it) by making sure that all windows start out maximized. This helps, because maximized windows that are bigger than the screen, show the scroll bars. And, if you can access the scroll bars, you can thereby reach all parts of the window.

To do this, install CompizConfig Settings Manager, (which is kind of a scary program), and in Windows Rules, set the Maximized rule to class=. This forces all new windows to come up maximized.

I didn't figure this out myself... I think this may be where I got the answer from. I am not sure why I used the 4th answer there - I was very new to Ubuntu then! But, perhaps just knowing that starting all windows maximized is a workaround can help you google up more info if you need it.

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I tried almost everything and still without success. But I discovered that my system uses Unity 2D. In the Unity 2D compiz does not work. It could discovered with this command:

ps ax | grep compiz

Output:

4166 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto compiz

It means, that compiz does not run. If compiz runs, it will be like this:

1401 ? Sl 2:29 compiz
4166 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto compiz

In Unity 2D uses Metacity and this can be edited in gconf-editor. More information is here: How do I configure Unity 2D?

ps ax | grep metacity
1401 ? Sl 2:29 metacity
4166 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto metacity

So now I have to set fullscreen rule (or maximize) only for "system settings" window. Right now I do not how.. I do not want to use any keyboard and android is not good choice for me

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