11 Oct 99 07:49, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote to Stewart Honsberger:

 JdBP> It's quite easy to boot OS/2 to text-mode.  Just press ALT-F1 when 
 JdBP> the white "?? OS/2" blob appears, and then choose the option to 
 JdBP> boot to a command line.

Can I load Netscape? Can I multi-task?

When OS/2 is booted to text mode, I can't even load VModem and a mailer
window at the same time. Why install the overhead of OS/2, when I could
just as easily run DOS?

Tell me how to multitask without any PM activity loaded.

 JdBP> It's also easy to reset display driver problems as well.  On the 
 JdBP> same menu, one has the option of resetting the display drivers to 
 JdBP> standard VGA.

I realize that. I believe in my explanation I detailed the fact that
resetting to VGA mode wasn't sufficient, that I had to boot to the
command line and re-apply the fixpack to replace the display DLL's.

 JdBP> then click on the "System will not restart on a High Resolution
 JdBP> Display" symptom.

Has nothing to do with the resolution. The video drivers are no longer
compatible with OS/2 after applying FixPack 12. I've used these video
drivers on;

A) A fresh OS/2 Warp 4 install,
B) Warp 4 w/ FP6
C) Warp 4 w/ FP7
D) Warp 4 w/ FP8
E) Warp 4 w/ FP9
F) Warp 4 w/ FP10
G) Warp 4 w/ FP11

All successfully. Trapping *BEFORE* the PMSHELL appears indicates a
conflict with the drivers - not a resolution issue.

Stewart Honsberger,
  blackdeath@tinys.oix.com

... HELP !  I'm trapped inside a Chinese modem factory...#$%@& -
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