[ltp] crashing, screen shrinking

[Fritsch]

Seth Kulick wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've been using my Thinkpad T30 for almost two years now with no problems.
>It's set up as a dual boot, with XP and RH8.0.  Twice over the last few days,
>however, while running linux, it died after I had left it sitting for about
>an hour, and had to do a reboot.  This second time it just happened, a
>disturbing thing appeared when I rebooted.  The boot-up sequence 
>(the Windows boot manager giving me the choice of XP or Linux), the Linux
>boot (listing all the various parts coming up), and Windows as a whole
>all now only use part of the full display.  It's running okay - it just
>doesn't use the whole screen.  Strangely, after linux finishes booting it
>does use the full screen.  
>
>So, any thoughts on (1) why linux has started crashing if left alone, and
>(2) what has caused this strange display shrinkage?  After it crashed last
>time I started hitting some function keys, etc. trying get it back, so 
>I'm wondering if I hit anything that might have caused this.  The Fn-Space 
>bar seems to reduce the screen and make it bigger again, but now even the 
>bigger size is still smaller than the entire display.
>
>Any help greatly appreciated!
>
>thanks,
>
>Seth
>  
>
hi just some tips, the image size could be the screen stretching, try 
pressing FN F8
what says your syslog about your freeze?

cu
Fritsch