OS/2 Display Driver Products Supported: IBM PC Server 310 computers with the S3 Trio64V+ video subsystem. Driver Version 2.83.01 This package contains an OS/2 graphics-accelerator device driver supporting the Trio64V+(765) chip set from S3 Incorporated. IMPORTANT: o Read this entire document before beginning the video device driver installation. o The installation procedure in this document must be used to install this device driver. Do not use OS/2 Selective Install to install this device driver. o The device driver installation diskette must contain a diskette Volume label of "S3 DRV1". Installation will fail if the installation diskette does not have this label. The diskette volume label may be viewed by using the DOS or OS/2; DIR or LABEL command. The Volume label may be applied by using the LABEL command. 1.0 SUPPORTED FEATURES _______________________ This graphics-accelerator device driver provides seamless support for accelerated display graphics and advanced color resolutions when used with the minimum required video memory. It conforms to the OS/2 32-bit, flat memory model and is designed to function as a 32-bit Presentation Manager graphics-display device driver under the OS/2 32-bit graphics engine. This device driver supports setting the refresh rate using the System - Settings notebook (page 2 of the Screen tab) in the OS/2 System Setup folder, and monitor detection using Display Data Channel (DDC) protocols. 1.1 Supported Resolutions |==================================================| | Mode | Resolution | Memory | Vision | Trio | | | | Required| Family | Family | | | | | 864/868 | 764/765 | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 101 | 640x480x8 | 1 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 103 | 800x600x8 | 1 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 105 | 1024x768x8 | 1 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 107 | 1280x1024x8 | 2 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 111 | 640x480x16 | 1 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 114 | 800x600x16 | 2 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 116 | 1024x768x16 | 2 MB | Y | Y | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 212 | 640x480x24 | 1 MB | N/S | N/S | |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------| | 112 | 640x480x32 | 2 MB | Y | Y | |==================================================| NOTES: o BPP = Bits Per Pixel (color depth); 8 = 256 colors, 16 = 65,536 colors, 24 = 16,777,216 colors & 32 = 16,777,216 colors. o Y = Supported; N/S = Not Supported. o 1 MB only - 640x480x24 is supported for 1 MB memory configuration only; for 2 MB and above, 32 bits per pixel (BPP) is supported. o S3 BIOS supports 1600x1200x8 with 2 MB; S3 OS/2 device driver needs 4 MB of memory. o S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1 MB; S3 OS/2 device driver needs 2 MB of memory. o S3 BIOS supports 1280x1024x16 with 3 MB; S3 OS/2 device driver needs 4 MB of memory. o S3 BIOS supports 800x600x32 with 2 MB; S3 OS/2 device driver needs 4 MB of memory The 32 bpp device driver might need a large swap space on the hard disk, for example, 15 MB. 1.2 Supported Adapters For a comprehensive list of products that have been tested by IBM and are OS/2 compatible, refer to the "OS/2 Hardware Compatibility List" book. This book is available electronically in the following locations: http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2hw.html IBM National Support Center BBS (data connection: 919-517-0001) CompuServe (IBM OS/2 Support Forum \Library\IBMFiles\PCMTABLE.ZIP) PRODIGY LAN Server & OS/2 BBS -Sydney Australia IBM Austria BBS - Vienna, Austria IBM BBS - Vancouver, BC, Canada IBM PS BBS - Hong Kong IBM OS/2 BBS & IBM AP OS/2 BBS - Singapore IBM BBS - Belgium IBM BBS - England IBM BBS - Spain OS2BBS - Denmark Hitline BBS- Switzerland DAP & PSP BBS - Italy IBM BBS - Jakarta IBM BBS - Thailand NOTE: The compatibility hardware test information supplied is provided for information purposes. IBM makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the operation of OS/2 on the personal computers listed. 1.3 Technical Support Updates for this device driver, when available, may be obtained from the following sources: http://www.pc.ibm.com IBM National Support Center (data connection: 919-517-0001) IBM National Support Center (voice connection: 800-772-2227) 2.0 COMPATIBILITY __________________ This graphics-accelerator device driver is compatible with OS/2 2.1, 2.11, OS/2 for Windows and OS/2 Warp 3.0. 3.0 DDC MOMITOR SUPPORT _______________________________________ VESA Display Data Channel (DDC) 1 and 2B protocols are supported, allowing similarly enabled computers and operating system software to identify the monitor and its capabilities. This device driver automatically detects DDC monitor capabilities and sets the display to the maximum refresh rate supported by the monitor. If, after installing this device driver, you switch from a non-DDC monitor to a DDC monitor or switch to a different DDC monitor, you must run the DDC Display Setup program in the System Setup folder. Use the following procedures when installing a DDC monitor. 1. Reset the display to the lowest refresh rate available. This will prevent the system from setting a refresh rate higher than that supported by the new monitor. 2. Shut down your system and install the new monitor. 3. Restart your system. 4. Select the "DDC Display Setup" icon in the OS/2 System Folder. 5. When you are instructed to do so, shut down your system and restart it. 4.0 PRELIMINARY STEPS ______________________ The following steps must be performed before you install the graphics- accelerator device driver: 1. You must have OS/2 DOS Support installed. 2. If you previously installed SVGA support, you must reset the resolution to VGA mode, using the procedures in "Setting Your Display to VGA mode" (section 5.0 in this README). 3. The device driver diskette must be labeled "S3 DRV1." 4. After driver installation, the OS/2 SYSLEVEL command can be used to confirm the new driver version level. Following execution of the SYSLEVEL command, look for SYSLEVEL.VID. For example: C:\OS2\INSTALLATION\SYSLEVEL.VID Trio64/64V+ Version 2.83 Component ID 562107701 Current CSD level: S328301 Prior CSD level: S328301 In this case the current version level is S3 2.83.01. 5.0 SETTING YOUR DISPLAY TO VGA MODE _____________________________________ Use the following procedures to reset to VGA mode. NOTE: If your display is out of sync, start OS/2 using the OS/2 Installation Diskette. Insert diskette 1 when prompted, press F3 to display a command prompt, and then use the following instructions to reset your display mode. o If you are installing this driver on OS/2 Warp, do the following: 1. Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart it. 2. When a small white box appears in the upper left-hand corner of your screen, press Alt+F1. 3. When the Recovery Choices screen appears, press V. Your display adapter is restored and can work in VGA mode. If you want to install a new display adapter or video device driver, refer to Chapter 16, "Video Procedures," in the User's Guide to OS/2 Warp. o If you are installing this driver on OS/2 2.1, 2.11 or OS/2 for Windows, and you installed from diskettes, do the following: 1. Under OS/2 2.1, before running RSPDSPI, delete the following file: [OS2 DRIVE]:\OS2\INSTALL\00S3.DSC 2. Under OS/2 2.11, bfore running RSPDSPI, delete the following file: [OS2 DRIVE]:\OS2\INSTALL\00S3.DSC 3. Be sure RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS2\INSTALL directory. If it is, go to step 6. If it is not, insert Diskette 8 into drive A and unpack RSPDSPI.EXE with the following command: C:\OS2\UNPACK A:\INSTAID C: /N:RSPDSPI.EXE where A: is the drive containing Diskette 8, and C: is the drive where OS/2 is installed. 4. Type C: and then press Enter. 5. Type CD C:\OS2\INSTALL and then press Enter. 6. Type the following: RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:A:\ /T:C: In /T:C:, C: is the target drive where OS/2 is installed. In /S:A:, A: is the source diskette drive for installing the device driver. Then press Enter. 7. In some cases you will get screen instructions telling you to "Insert the diskette with the following label into drive A: Display Driver Diskette. Then press Enter". Please follow these instructions. 8. Perform a shutdown and restart your computer. o If you are installing this driver on OS/2 2.1, 2.11 or OS/2 for Windows, and you installed from CD-ROM or a LAN, do the following: 1. Under OS/2 2.1, before running RSPDSPI, delete the following file: [OS2 DRIVE]:\OS2\INSTALL\00S3.DSC 2. Under OS/2 2.11, before running RSPDSPI, delete the following file: [OS2 DRIVE]:\OS2\INSTALL\00S3.DSC 3. Be sure RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS2\INSTALL directory. If it is, go to step 6. If it is not, unpack RSPDSPI.EXE with the following command: C:\OS2\UNPACK E:\DISK_8\INSTAID C: /N:RSPDSPI.EXE where C: is the drive where OS/2 is installed, and E: is the CD-ROM or LAN drive. 4. Type C: and then press Enter. 5. Type CD C:\OS2\INSTALL and then press Enter. 6. Type the following: RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:E:\OS2SE21\ /T:C: In /T:C:, C: is the target drive where OS/2 is installed. In /S:E:, E: is the source CD-ROM or LAN drive. Then press Enter. 7. Perform a shutdown and restart your computer. 6.0 INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE _______________________________ To install the graphics-accelerated device driver from diskette, do the following: 1. If system is not in VGA mode, select VGA mode. 2. Insert the driver installation diskette into drive A (or any other diskette drive). Note: "S3 DRV1" must be the volume label of this diskette. To verify the label, use "Label A:". 3. Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 window session. 4. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following command to copy all necessary files to the OS/2 drive: A:SETUP where A: is the diskette drive which contains the device driver installation diskette. Then press Enter. Setup will then identify your chipset. When prompted to do so, press Enter to continue. 5. When prompted to do so, select OK to perform a shutdown, and then restart your computer. Make sure the diskette has been removed from the install drive. 6. Open the OS/2 System folder. 7. Open the System Setup folder. 8. Open the Display Driver Install object. When the Display Driver Install window appears, select Primary Display Driver and then select OK. 9. When the Display Driver Select window appears, select "Vision864/868/964/Trio64/64V+ Version 2.83.01" to install the video driver. 10. When the Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility window appears, the "Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type" choice is preselected. You can accept this choice or select "Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program" to choose a different refresh rate. Then select OK. If you select the "Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program" choice, you must have the DOS monitor utility program that came with your display adapter. Contact the display adapter manufacturer's technical support for information on how to use the monitor utility program under OS/2. NOTE: DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file. If the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file has not been created, the adapter will not be supported. This process can take several seconds and will black-out the screen. 11. When the Source Directory pop-up window appears, insert the graphics- accelerator driver diskette into drive A. Then select Install. 12. When the installation is complete, shut down your system, remove the diskette, and restart your computer. 13. When the system has restarted: a. Open the OS/2 System folder. b. Open the System Setup folder. c. Open the System object. d. When the Settings notebook appears, select the Screen tab. If your monitor has been detected as Plug and-Play (DDC) compatible, go to step 15. 14. On Screen page 2, select your display from the display list. If your display does not appear in the list, select Default. It might be necessary to restart your computer to have all refresh rate options available. 15. When the system has restarted: a. Open the System object and select Screen page 1, as in step 13. b. Select a screen resolution and a screen refresh rate. c. Close the Settings notebook. d. Perform a shutdown and restart your computer. NOTES: o During the installation of this driver, DISPLAY.LOG and DSPINSTL.LOG files are created in the OS/2\INSTALL directory. These files identify the OS/2 system files that were updated and indicate whether the installation was successful. The contents of these files might be useful if you need to report an installation problem. o If the video memory size is changed after the device driver is installed, the device driver must be reinstalled in order for the system to recognize the change. Not reinstalling the driver might result in serious system problems. o When starting a Windows session from a DOS command line, use the WINOS2 command rather than the WIN command. Additionally, you must modify the C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Place the following line anywhere after the "@ECHO.OFF" line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT: COPY C:\WINDOWS\WINOS2.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM 7.0 INSTALLING IN A CID ENVIRONMENT ______________________________________ NOTES: o The server must contain a directory named S3_DRVS on the same drive where the OS/2 diskettes reside. The S3_DRVS directory must contain all of the files from the graphics-accelerator device driver installation diskette. o OS/2 must have been successfully installed on the client using the CID (Configuration Installation Distribution) method. To install the graphics-accelerator device driver using CID, use the following information to modify your LCU command file. NOTE: The following information is meant as a guide. Your LCU command file might be different. /*****************************************************/ /* LCU PRODUCT DATA SECTION */ /*****************************************************/ . . . x.s3video = 15 x.15.name='S3 Video' x.15.statevar = 'CAS_' || x.15.name x.15.instprog = 'x:\img\s3_drvs\SETUP.CMD', ' x:\img\s3_drvs ' || bootdrive || ' CID' x.15.rspdir = '' x.15.default = '' x.s3dspinstl = 16 x.16.name='S3 CID Dspinstl' x.16.statevar = 'CAS_' || x.16.name x.16.instprog = bootdrive || '\os2\install\DSPINSTL.EXE', ' /pd:' || bootdrive || '\os2\install\00S3.DSC', ' /s:x:\img\s3_drvs', ' /t:' || bootdrive, ' /res:640x480x256', ' /u' x.16.rspdir = '' x.16.default = '' /*---------------------------------------------------*/ /* NUMBER OF PROGRAMS SET UP IN THE */ /* PRODUCT DATA SECTION */ /*---------------------------------------------------*/ NUM_INSTALL_PROGS = 16 /*****************************************************/ /* INSTALLATION SECTION */ /*****************************************************/ . . . when OVERALL_STATE = 2 then do if RunInstall(x.s3video) == BAD_RC then exit Call RebootAndGotoState(3) end when OVERALL_STATE = 3 then do if RunInstall(x.s3dspinstl) == BAD_RC then exit Call CheckBoot end . . . /******************************************************/ /* ROUTINE SECTION */ /* The following information should already exist in */ /* the LCU command file. */ /******************************************************/ . . . RebootAndGotoState: parse arg new_state, other rc2 = SetState(new_state, 'RebootAndGotoState', 1) /* Set the state */ /* to go to in */ /* OVERALL_STATE */ Call SaveStates /* Save the environment vars */ Call Reboot /* Reboot the machine */ return . . . /*****************************************************/ END OF LCU INFORMATION TO BE ADDED /*****************************************************/ Following is an explanation of the line that is executed in the LCU command file: C:\OS2\INSTALL\DSPINSTL /pd:c:\os2\install\00S3.DSC /S:X:\img\s3_drvs /T:C: /res:640x480x256 /u /pd:c:\os2\install\00S3.DSC is the dsc laid down during setup phase. /S:X:\img\s3_drvs where X:\img\s3_drvs is the redirected source path. /T:C: where C: is the drive where OS/2 is installed. /res:640x480x256 is a resolution/color depth from the list of "Supported Resolutions" that appears earlier in this README. In this example 256 colors is specified. Enter "64K" to specify 65,536 colors or "16M" to specify 16,777,216 colors. /u means Unattended installation. NOTES: o Be sure you have the stated video memory required, as listed in "Supported Resolutions" earlier in this README. A safe choice is 640x480x256. Any of the listed resolutions can be selected, but your display might be damaged if you select a resolution that your display does not support. o After the graphics-accelerator device driver has been successfully installed the client machine using the CID method and the client machine is restarted, the resolution will be as specified by command line argument. o After the CID installation, refer the end user to section 6.0 "Installation from Diskette," step 12. 8.0 SELECTING SMALL OR LARGE FONTS FOR WINDOWS _______________________________________ The default font sizes for Windows sessions are listed below. Resolution Default Font Size ---------- --------------------------- 640x480 Small 800x600 Small 1024x768 Large 1280x1024 Large 1600x1200 Large NOTE: Large fonts are not available for the 640x480 resolution. Use the following procedures to select small or large fonts for Windows sessions. 1. Select the "S3 Windows Font Size" object in the OS/2 System Setup Folder. 2. Click on the radio button next to the font size you wish to select. 3. Click on the OK button. 4. A message will display saying that the new settings will take effect the next time you restart your Windows session. Currently open sessions will not be affected by the new settings. 5. Click on the OK button. 6. Start any WIN-OS/2 window or full-screen session. The setting you select will remain in effect until you explicitly change it, you change your display resolution, or you install a new display driver. 9.0 FEATURES AND FIXES INCLUDED IN THIS DRIVER _____________________________________________ - "System - Settings" notebook support for setting refresh rates - DDC monitor detection support - Windows "Large font" and "Small font" support in high resolutions - WIN-OS/2 based on latest S3 Windows 3.1 drivers - One-diskette installation package 10.0 LIMINATIONS _______________________ 1. CID install pauses due to SVGA.EXE loading in the background. Work around: In the CID install script, do not initiate any other processes until DISPINSTL completes execution. Ensure that no other processes are running during CID install. This can be accomplished by adding the following line to the CONFIGSYSLINE keyword of the CID response file: SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY 2. DISPINSTL does not allow CID selection of monitor and refresh rate. WORK AROUND: Requirements: * A system with the same graphics subsystem and monitor configured with this graphics-accelerator device driver, the correct display type, the desired resolution and refresh rate. Step 1: Copy Configured Video/Display Data Files * copy the video and display data files containing information about the display type, resolution and refresh rate to the CID server (\img\svgadata). > copy \os2\svgadata.pmi x:\img\svgadata > copy \os2\video.cfg x:\img\svgadata Step 2: Create CID Command File * create a command file to copy svgadata.pmi and video.cfg to the client system's \OS2 directory via CID. * reboot the client system. * the client system will be configured with the correct driver, display type, resolution and refresh rate. 3. In all modes, video corruption or out-of-sync screen is displayed when using Alt+Esc to switch between WIN-OS/2, OS/2, DOS window and DOS full-screen sessions started from the Startup folder. To avoid this situation, do not start sessions from the Startup folder or press Alt+Esc several times to restore. 4. Some programs, such as WINBENCH95, WINBENCH96, and After Dark 3.0, were written specifically for the Windows environment. In the Windows environment, these programs prevent any keystrokes from interfering with their proper execution. However, in the OS/2 environment, it is possible to switch context away from the Windows session without notifying these programs. General Protection Faults (GPSs) may result. Therefore, context switching during the execution of WINBENCH95 and WINBENCH96 tests is not recommended. Also, context switching during the execution of the After Dark 3.0 demo is not recommended. (End of Document)