RE: BeOS 4.5

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

Even an unsupported graphics card will at least install as greyscale, so I 
can't see this being too much of a problem, especially as S3 is fairly well 
supported. See grab from Be web site (below).

I'd strip the box down to basics - remove any network or sound cards and 
try to limit the amount of hardware it can get upset with.
If you're one of the many adventurers with a video card BeOS doesn't 
support yet, you have another recourse to try to get color out of your 
card. Release 4.5.x has a VESA 2 color mode that is a bit faster than the 
greyscale mode, and a lot easier on the eyes. Even better, you don't have 
to set it up each time you boot!
Resolution:
Boot BeOS. When you see the purple screen, press the space bar. In the 
Select Fail-Safe Video Mode screen, pick the setting you want and write 
down the width, height, and depth you want. Don't make this up - if it's 
not on this list, it won't work. Scrap of paper in hand, boot BeOS in any 
video mode. Open the file:
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/sample/vesa.sample Add a line 
that reads similarly to the second line of the sample file, but without the 
hash mark at the beginning. One sample line is this:
mode 800 600 16 Save the modified file in:
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/
As:
vesa
As long as your card supports the VESA 2 specification and you copied the 
line for the mode line correctly, you should end up with your chosen mode 
each time you boot BeOS without having to explicitly request fail-safe 
video mode on each boot.


On Thursday, March 09, 2000 3:16 PM, Richard [SMTP:richard [at] sheflug.co.uk] 
wrote:
> Paul
>
> Paul Sims wrote:
> >
> > looks like the CD may be corrupt. I know mine works fine - bring the
> > machine along & we'll have a bash at building it on Saturday with my 
disk -
> > pretty hands-on eh?
> >
>
> I've put in a new CD and pressed the spacebar to run in safe mode.
> Nothing suggests how to go any further.  Any suggestions what's next ?
>
>
> > BTW, other than the mailing list is there any other publicity for 
Saturday
> > - I'm spreading the word among ICL but don't expect (m)any takers.
>
> Have a look a the meetings page.  You can also point them at previous
> attempts ?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Richard
> Sheffield UK
>
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