[Thinkpad] OT: NetVista Rescue and Recovery Problem

[Rob Bell]

Bob,

It sounds like it is an issue called 'panning'.  Apparently the 
resolution of the display area being displayed at the time is higher 
than the resolution of the monitor and the system has been told to 'pan' 
the display instead of shrinking the display area to fit the monitor. 
If you move your mouse to the edges of the screen it will probably move 
the display around so you can view the rest of the display (i.e. it will 
'pan' the display for you).

I forget whether this is a setting in the BIOS of the computer or in the 
monitor itself.  I *think* it is a monitor setting.  Navigate around the 
menu choices of the monitor and look for an entry related to 'panning' 
(or look through the monitor's manual).  If you shut that feature off it 
should force the display to only show the max area that the monitor can 
display.  Alternatively, look for an entry related to 'scale to fit' or 
similar.  That may size the display area to fit the monitor.  Of course, 
another option is to find out how to tell the computer to display only 
the correct resolution that the monitor can handle.  That is probably 
something in the BIOS or within the config of the R&R environment.  I 
have no idea how to adjust the latter.

Good luck!

Rob

Bob Stockler wrote:

> I know this is a ThinkPad Mailing List, but I'm desperate for help . . .
> 
> I have a Rescue and Recovery Problem (it's the same on 3.x and 4.x):
> 
> IBM NetVista M42 8303-SB2 - Windows XP SP2 and All MS & IBM Updates.
> Planar PL170M 17" TFT LCD Color Monitor.
> 
> I use the screen resolution of 1024x768 for better visibility in
> my regular work, but the monitor is capable of up to 1280x1024.
> 
> The problem is that after booting, on pressing [Enter] to go into the
> Rescue and Recovery Environment, when the screen is displayed it is
> larger than the monitor screen - parts of it to the right and bottom
> are hidden from view.  If I elect one of the choices on it, the window
> for that choice can be dragged leftwards so the the entire window can
> be viewed, but I can do nothing about the main screen.
> 
> It has been this way since I bought it refurbished from IBM in 2006
> (I was using a 17" CRT monitor at the time), but I wasn't concerned
> about it because I was using it with a KVM switch, and had read that
> R&R would have problems when used with a KVM switch.
> 
> The computer that was sharing the keyboard, video and mouse with the
> NetVista had to go to the repair shop, so I hooked up the NV directly,
> but that didn't fix the R&R screen.  I also tried with the resolution
> set to 1280x1024 in Windows, with no change.
> 
> Way back when, I had read on IBM's web site a document about the problem
> I was having, and how to fix it, but, blaming it on the KVM switch, I
> neglected to follow it up.
> 
> I now regret that, and can't find the article I then found.  I searched
> the web site for "Rescue and Recovery Environment" and for "Rescue and
> Recovery" and looked at over 100 hits.
> 
> Rescue and  Recovery works fine from within Windows, but I'd sure like
> to be able to use it in the R&R Environment.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Bob Stockler
> 


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