From: Alexander Wagner (A.Wagner_at_Bigfoot.de)
Date: Sat Nov 13 1999 - 19:57:30 EST
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:55:00 +0100 (MET), Alexander Wagner wrote:
Hi!
Some days I wrote the following to the list:
> - Machine: ThinkPad 760EL Mod. Nr. 9747X4G
> - OS: OS/2 (of course)
>
>Everything is up and running, now try to install graphcis suport (SVGA
>800x600). Download apropiate driver from IBM (including the check for Note 2
>;)
> -> Can not install driver for Trident xxxx. This is not Trident xxxx
>I checked the reported Trident-Version the TP returns using "SVGA STATUS"
>from
>the commandline. It tells me "Trident 8800, 1MB RAM" which obviously must be
>wrong. Any hints how I get this working?
Well what's the solution to that all? Quite simple. While installing I relied
on CID-capabilities of IBM ThinkPads and OS/2. That is I unpacked the video
driver to a disk and copied it to the local HDD to (1) repack it in civilized
format (ZIP) instead of DSK and (2) install it from there. Well the first is a
good idea, the latter a bad one. For what reason ever the driver needs the
approriate volume label on the disk to install properly. I reinstalled from
drive A: and everything worked fine now. As far as I can see the video driver
is the only one with that behaviour. All other drivers where installed the
"cid way" that is from the local HDD. I also did that on my other 760XD and
the 385ED of my brother. (Yes, they're all running OS/2 only. And yes, I do my
whole work on OS/2. And no, I'm no big bank, I study physics. Just to answer
some common questions here at once ;)
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