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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!netnews!hildajk1
- From: hildajk1@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Ken Hildabolt)
- Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident drivers hang my system as well !
- Message-ID: <Bz9yyp.Jw8@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
- References: <19921214.011656.54@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:35:12 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- roland@vnet.ibm.com (Roland Cise) writes:
-
- >I had great hopes of the newly released Trident 32bit drivers, but as
- >yet to no avail. I have been trying to get SVGA working on OS/2 2.0 since
- >it went GA in April this year, and this has turned somewhat into a crusade
- >Other folk can get the Trident drivers to work so why not me ?
-
- >I installed the latest drivers, exactly as per the notes, ie:-
-
- > 1. In a pure DOS session -
- > Copyied over the new SVGA.EXE and ran SVGA ON DOS. Why did this create
- > SVGADATA.PMI for an IBMSVGA Chipset ? After several attempts at mucking
- > around with this a SVGADATA.DOS was created for a Trident 8900. This was
- > about 21200 bytes. What I did to produce this, heaven knows ! Is this
- > correct ? Anyway this was renamed as SVGADATA.PMI in D:\OS2 directory.
-
- > 2. Copied over IBMVGA32.DLL, BVHSVGA.DLL, fonts and the 600x480x256 driver
- > as IBMDEV32.DLL. I did not copy the VSVGA.SYS file.
-
- > 3. Ensured CONFIG.SYS settings were OK for SVGA.
-
- > 4. Rebooted. Machine hung with blank screen, cursor flashing top LH corner.
-
- >This is all I have ever managed to get. What am I doing wrong ?
-
- >My configuration:- 486/33 DX Clone, AMI Bios
- > 16Mb RAM
- > 170Mb IDE (Cached controller) Hard disk
- > 105 Mb Quantum Plus hardcard
- > Trident 8900c display board
- > OS/2 2.0 GA + SP.
- > Dual boot with Boot Manager
- > MSDos 5.0 on drive C:
- > OS/2 2.0 on drive D:
-
- >Roland Cise Internet: roland@vnet.ibm.com
- >CICS/ESA Data Interface
- >IBM UK Labs Ltd, Hursley,
- >England, SO21 2JN
-
- Its time to look at your Trident Card. Is the Autosense jumper on or off.
- Its J4 on my Tridenet card, try it in the opposite position from where
- it currently is.
-
- Ken
-
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- Ken Hildabolt
- The Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory
- hildajk1@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu CIS: 70674,1657
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