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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Video mode problems
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.150017.7716@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <76731@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:00:17 GMT
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- In article <76731@ut-emx.uucp> reza@magellan.ae.utexas.edu (Alireza Vali) writes:
- >I finally had time to install my copy of OS/2, and I'm having some problems.
- >During installation, I got several error messages ending with "The system is
- >stopped. Record the location number of the error and contact your service
- >representative." I just kept trying, and it finally installed. Now, when
- >I boot the system, it kicks into PM. Everything is fine, except for when
- >I try to invoke a full-screen DOS or OS/2 session. The video mode, for
- >want of a better word, goes bonkers. I'm not sure how to describe what
- >happens, but the monitor looks like a 25 year old TV that's lost horizontal
- >and vertical controls and the picture tube is half gone. There is no
- >way to recover except for rebooting. Does anyone have an idea what
- >may be wrong? The system setup is:
- >ET 4000 SVGA card with 1 meg
-
- Get ahold of the patch vsvgafx3.zoo (I believe that is correct),
- available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. It should fix the
- problem.
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