home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- TITLE: INSTALLING XR06200 SVGA MODE CAUSES COLOR CORRUPTION ON
- S3 SYSTEMS.
-
- DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
-
- After installing the xr06200 svga s3 drivers the system will boot
- to a desktop that appears darker than normal and the icons
- along w/ title bars and scroll bars will be black.
-
- SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:
-
- Edit the svgadata.pmi file to reference an unknown RAM DAC chip.
-
- DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
-
- 1. If the desktop cannot be used the reset the system to vga
- using the rspdspi command. If the desktop is usable then
- go to step 3.
- 2. Install svga using the "dspinstl" command from an os2 session.
- 3. Open an os2 session and change to the os2 dir.
- 4. Edit the svgadata.pmi file using an editor.
- 5. Scroll to the section called "[CLEANUP]".
- 6. Change the following statement from :
-
- HI-COLOR DAC by ... .
- to
- HI-COLOR DAC by unknown
- 7. Save the file, shutdown and reboot the system.
- l2rev videot
-