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> Subject: A couple of problems...
> Date: 6 Nov 1995 15:21:31 GMT
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> Keywords: help IBM OS/2 OS2 Warp text screen fonts DOS VDM MDOS mail
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> 
> Hi!
> 
>   I've been running IBM OS/2 for a few years, but I just started having
> a couple of problems I've never seen or heard of before. (I'm running
> OS/2 Warp "Full pack" on an AMD486DX2-66 "clone" PC with 16 MB RAM,
> Cirrus Logic SVGA [1MB], Buslogic caching IDE controller, 1.2 GB and
> 340 MB hard drives):
> 
>   1) It used to be that if I was in an "OS/2 Prompt" session, if I tried
> to run a DOS program from the command line, it would simply open up a DOS
> session and run the program. Now it starts to open a DOS "window" and then
> stops with the following error message...any ideas?:
> 
> 
> SYS3170: A program in this session encountered a problem and
> cannot continue.
> 
> EXPLANATION: The process was ended because the program generated
> an unhandled fatal user (non-system) exception through DosRaiseException.
> 
> ACTION: If you purchased this program, contact the supplier of the
> program.  If you are the developer of this program, refer to the
> information in the register.
> 
> 
>   2) All of a sudden, for no reason I can think of, about a couple of
> weeks ago I started having trouble with viewing/editing text in certain
> OS/2 programs, eg, PM Mail, ZED editor, etc. Sometimes the onscreen
> text looks fine, sometimes it's mixed with ASCII "garbage" characters,
> sometimes it starts out fine then the ASCII junk appears after I scroll
> down or at some random point when I begin editing, etc. It's driving me
> NUTS! (I've had a heck of a time keeping up with my e-mail because of
> this!)
> 
>   3) If you bring up the Fonts Pallette onscreen, it says you can change
> the screen font "globally" simply by holding down the Alt key,
> right-mouse-clicking the font you want, and dragging the pointer (to
> the desktop?). This works with most programs, but some applications
> seem to insist on using Time Roman Bold (or whatever that "generic"
> system font is). I can change come of these applications' screens to
> another font, but the next time they open, it's back to that same
> old "default" system font. Is this just the way OS/2 Warp works or is
> there any way to do what I want?
> 
>   Any suggestions, comments or ideas are extremely welcome (and please
> send e-mail in case I happen to miss your reply in this newsgroup).
> 
>   I've twiddled with my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files in unsuccessful
> attempts to fix the above problems, but to no avail. In case it somehow
> helps, here's my current CONFIG.SYS:
> 
> 
> IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:64 /CRECL:16 /AUTOCHECK:CD
> DISKCACHE=64,LW,32,AC:C+D
> RUN=C:\OS2\CACHE.EXE /MAXAGE:7500 /DISKIDLE:60000 /BUFFERIDLE:60000
> BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
> BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
> BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD /V
> BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /V
> BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT /V
> BASEDEV=IBMINT13.I13
> BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD /V
> SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
> SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
> SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
> SET AUTOSTART=TASKLIST,FOLDERS
> SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
> set comspec=c:\os2\mdos\command.com c:\os2\mdos
> rem SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
> SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS
> SET 
PATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\OS2\INST
ALL;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\MMOS2;C:\TCPIP\BIN;C:\OS2\UTIL;C:\OS2\UTIL\ZIP;C:\VB;C:\
VB\VBSB2E;C:\MMOS2\VIEWER\BIN;C:\OS2\IBMWORKS;D:\DOS\UTIL;D:\DOS\UTIL\NU;D:\DOS
\UTIL\XT;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WINWORD;c:\tcpip\web\bin;C:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\OS2\BO
OT;C:\OS2\UTIL\GULITE;C:\os2\SM2;c:\OS2\UTIL\VDOS;D:\;D:\DOS;D:\DOS\UTIL;C:\TCP
IP\IDGSAM;.;..;
> SET 
DPATH=.;C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\OS2\I
NSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\MMOS2;C:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\MMOS2\VIEWER\
DATA;C:\OS2\UTIL\GULITE;C:\OS2\SM2;C:\OS2\BOOT;..;
> 
LIBPATH=.;..;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\MMOS2\DLL;C:\TCPIP\DLL;C:\OS2\UTIL;C
:\OS2\IBMWORKS;C:\os2\SM2\DLL;C:\OS2\UTIL\GULITE;C:\ART\BITWARE;C:\OS2\MDOS\WIN
OS2\SYSTEM;
> rem DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\INSTALL\IBMLANLK.SYS C:\MMOS2\INSTALL\MMLOCKED.LST
> SET PROMPT=$E[1;33m$D$_$I[$P]$S
> SET 
HELP=.;C:\OS2\HELP;C:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;C:\MMOS2\HELP;C:\TCPIP\HELP;C:\VIEWER\H
ELP;C:\OS2\IBMWORKS;C:\OS2\APPS\HAOS2;c:\tcpip\web\help;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\o
s2\SM2;C:\TCPIP\UMAIL;C:\os2\util\HWISLEVL;..;.\HELP;..\HELP;
> SET GLOSSARY=C:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
> SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
> SET KEYS=ON
> SET 
BOOKSHELF=C:\OS2\BOOK;C:\MMOS2;C:\OS2\UTIL\GULITE;..;.;C:\OS2\UTIL\WATCHCAT;
> SET SOMIR=C:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR
> SET SOMDDIR=C:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
> SET EPMPATH=C:\OS2\APPS;
> SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
> SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
> SET ETC=C:\TCPIP\ETC
> SET TMP=D:\TEMP
> SET TEMP=D:\TEMP
> SET WORKPLAC=C:\MMOS2\VIEWER
> SET VIEWER=C:\MMOS2\VIEWER
> SET IBMWORKS_INI=C:\OS2\IBMWORKS
> SET TZ=EST5EDT
> SET GU=C:\OS2\UTIL\GULITE
> SET USERNAME=bbattles
> SET LOCKPCRC=C:\OS2\SCASE\LOCKPCRC
> SET EHSDATA=C:\os2\SM2\DATA
> SET EHSWORK=C:\os2\SM2\TEMP
> SET EHSNLPS=C:\os2\SM2\DICT
> SET FKZTEUS=C:\os2\SM2\TEUS
> SET CMMPATH=C:\OS2\APPS\CENVI
> PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
> PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
> BUFFERS=50
> IOPL=YES
> MAXWAIT=2
> MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
> SWAPPATH=C:\TEMP\ 2048 60000
> THREADS=200
> PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
> COUNTRY=001,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
> PROTECTONLY=NO
> CODEPAGE=437,850
> IOPL=YES
> FILES=60
> BREAK=OFF
> FCBS=4,2
> RMSIZE=640
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSIPLUS\ANSIPLUS.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VAPM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
> rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\APM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\SIO\SIO.SYS (COM4)
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\SIO\VSIO.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\R0STUB.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\APPS\SYSIOS2.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\INET.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\IFNDISNL.SYS
> rem DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.VDD
> rem DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\FAXWORKS\FMD.SYS L
> rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
> DEVINFO=KBD,US,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
> RUN=C:\TCPIP\BIN\CNTRL.EXE
> rem RUN=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSCTL.EXE
> RUN=C:\OS2\ANSI.EXE
> SET NCDEBUG=4000
> rem *** 3 environment variables for PMView
> SET pmview_ini=C:\os2\apps\pmvu\pmview.ini
> SET pmview_help=C:\os2\apps\pmvu\
> SET pmview_filter=C:\os2\apps\pmvu\filters
> DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP
> SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
> DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
> DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
> SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
> 
> 
> 
>    Thanks!
> 
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> 
> 
Hello

About your Question 1, I have the same problem, SYS3170, SYS3174 or SYS3176
I have a PENTIUM 90, 850 EIDE, 8 mb and Diamond Stealth 1 MB 64 PRo.

I don't have a clue for this problem, I contacted IBM Helpdesk and they are
trying to help me.

Please contact me if you have a solution, I will to you

Hove to hear from you.....

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