09 Oct 99 20:31, Eddy Thilleman wrote to Stewart Honsberger:

 SH>> When I applied a fixpack (12) to OS/2, the video drivers barfed and 
 SH>> it wouldn't boot. Since OS/2 is GUI based, I was screwed.

 ET> OS/2 itself is not GUI based.

 ET> You haven't tried running with SET RUNWORKPLACE= and/or PROTSHELL= 
 ET> REMmed out or set to CMD.EXE? I haven't tried this, but I know you 
 ET> can do this. The WPS is as much an application as any GUI on Linux.

The WPS isn't the GUI, though. OS/2 starts something along the lines of
X11, and the WPS is simply the window manager.

Yes, I have tried using CMD.EXE as my RUNWORKPLACE, and yes, it does
work well. If I were running a server that I was ignoring I'd use that
option. The thing is, I'm using this as my personnal machine, so I want
the pretties (WPS, Object Desktop, the works).

Stewart Honsberger,
  blackdeath@tinys.oix.com

... The wind blew Wal-Mart's roof off and left 300 housewives homeless.
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