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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: SVGA help (or PDK)?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.031240.14589@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan1.190130.15364@midway.uchicago.edu> <1ia39tINN4i@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:12:40 GMT
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- In article <1ia39tINN4i@hpscit.sc.hp.com> kitchin@lf.hp.com (Bruce Kitchin) writes:
- >There is one other thing that you should do. It is probably is some
- >readme file or something, I picked it up around here. After installing
- >and rebooting (it can be anytime later, doesn't have to be immediately),
- >Open the OS/2 folder and the System Setup folder in that. Open (run)
- >Selective Install. In the first screen make sure that SVGA is the type
- >of your primary display (if not, check Primary Display box and click OK,
- >a box will pop-up which allows you to select basic card type (SVGA in your
- >case)). If so, just click OK. Then the list of things to install will
- >appear with nothing check. That's fine, click Install. It will now go
- >through certain parts of the install (re-install display fonts I believe)
- >and after some time it will either install the appropriate display driver
- >for WPS or, as is more likely, offer you a selection of resolutions and
- >colors. Choose the resolution and colors you want (and your board supports)
- >and OK that box. It will finish up installing. When done there will be
- >a box that tells you it is done and that you must shut down and reboot
- >to have the changes take affect. Clear that box, shut down, reboot and you
- >should see the selected resolution. Actually it is pretty simple but
- >incredibly non-obvious.
-
- You will be pleased to know that the OS/2 2.1 beta includes far better
- documentation on this feature. Take a look at the Master Help Index,
- for example, which now makes the distinction between XGA's Screen Tab
- and SuperVGA's Selective Install procedures.
-
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