Re: System Upgrade Problems

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From: brharris
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:00

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In <3tdc8a$fe0@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU>, s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Vlahoulis) writes:
>George Vlahoulis (s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:

>> PS: is there a way to change the video driver without having os2 accessing that 
>> dos program which determines the hardware? I cant change my video driver I am 
>> stuck with vga and 16 colors.

I had this problem and called OS/2 tech support.  Their answer:  open a 
full screen DOS session and run svga.exe -status in the \os2 directory.
This will tell you the chipset of your display card.  Then, if the EXACT 
chipset is not supported within OS/2, you must get the drivers from the
manufacturer.  Usually you can call the manufacturer's BBS to download
these drivers.  Otherwise the display will say "Unknown hardware 
configuration" and you'll be stuck in standard VGA mode with 16 colors.

Of course, in order to access svga.exe, you must get your DOS session problem
fixed first.

Good luck to you.

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From: brharris@umr.edu
Subject: Re: System Upgrade Problems
Date: 1995/07/14
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