Subject: OS/2 VIDEO CORRUPTION IN TEXT MODE USING VGA DRIVER
Updated Netfinity server RETAIN Tip:
Record number: H165581
Device: D/T8659
Model: M
Hit count: UHC00079
Success count: USC0000
Publication code: PC50
Tip key:
Date created: O98/12/18
Date last altered: A99/09/29
Owning B.U.: USA
Abstract: OS/2 VIDEO CORRUPTION IN TEXT MODE USING VGA DRIVER
SYMPTOM:
Part of text screen illegible in OS/2 in full-screen text mode.
(No problem in GUI mode.)
Customer has not installed S3 video driver, or has disabled the S3 driver with ALT-F1 or a boot diskette.
PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
FIX:
Installing the S3 video driver will eliminate this problem in normal operation.
The driver is located on the
"Netfinity 5000 / 5500 / Netfinity 5500 M10 / 7000M10 S3 Trio V2/GX device driver diskette for OS/2"
24L8036.EXE located on the IBM web site at the following URL:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/searchfiles.html
If the standard OS/2 VGA driver is still desired over the S3 video driver,
eliminate the problem by either of the following two methods:
"SET VIO_VGA = DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)"
Note: The file BVHSVGA.DLL is on the diskette in a packet file.
Copy the file OS2DRV.PK2, open it with UNPACK.EXE and then copy the file BVHSVGA.DLL to the
C:\OS2\BOOT directory.
Copying this file to this directory will only be possible if you boot the server
from installation disks, or you will get a "file in use" error.
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