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echo: os2prog
to: John Poltorak
from: Mike Bilow
date: 1995-03-21 06:42:40
subject: Hidden Functions in OS/2

John Poltorak wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 GG>> Is there still any other hidden functions in OS/2 like the
 GG>> one that says to whom Warp is dedicated to:

 GG>> - Click on the desktop to unselect anything
 GG>> - Type the following:  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+o

 MB> Well, if you strike Alt-F2 in the early part of the boot 
 MB> process while the white block and "OS/2" are displayed in the 
 MB> top left corner of the screen, then you will be treated to 
 MB> announcements of the names of device drivers as they load.  
 MB> This is very useful for diagnosing system hangs caused by 
 MB> device drivers, so you can figure out which driver is 
 MB> responsible.

 JP> This is a useful function, which ought to be documented
 JP> somewhere. One thing I have found, though, is that this
 JP> seems to get disabled if you have 'Display  Recovery Choices
 JP> at each restart' set on in the  Desktop settings. 

Display recovery choices is implemented by pretending that the user has
pushed Alt-F1, which is documented and which takes precedence.

There are situations in which Alt-F2 does not work, for example when
running the debugging kernel.
 
-- Mike


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