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- From: jimmink@sif.research.ptt.nl (Jimmink R.)
- Subject: Re: Bug Found in SVGA.EXE
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:10:39 GMT
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- pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:
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- >Be aware that there is a bug in the SVGA.EXE program supplied with the
- >SP (and maybe with the orginal disks too). This has been verified by a
- >number of users. The problem is that the SVGA program does not
- >correctly identify certain video cards (notably Diamond Speed Star
- >Plus ET4000 based cards). The work-around is to boot up under real DOS
- >and run SVGA there. The PMI file thus created will be correct and
- >should be used in place of the one created by SVGA.EXE when run under
- >full screen OS/2 DOS sessions.
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- >Paul
- I tried to run SVGA.EXE and it did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! It just comes back
- with a line saying Use: SVGA ON | OFF or something like that.
- I use an OAK 67 SVGA card with 512Kb, and I think OS/2 doesn't recognize
- the OAK card as an SVGA card.
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- So I'm stuck at 'normal' VGA resolutions.
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- --Ronald.
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- > __________________________________________________________________________
- > Paul S. Kedrosky || "A screaming comes across the sky.
- > pkedrosk@business.uwo.ca || It has happened before, but there is
- > University of Western Ontario || nothing to compare it to now."
- > London ON CANADA N6A 3K7 ||
- > (519) 679-2111 x5174 ||
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- | Ronald A. Jimmink | PTT Research Tele-Informatics |
- | email: R.A.Jimmink@research.ptt.nl | Leidschendam, The Netherlands |
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