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   AGM to Matthew Camilleri   
   Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting    
   13 Jan 26 21:34:34   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.beos, comp.os.misc   
   From: anthk@disroot.org   
      
   Matthew Camilleri wrote:   
   > The computer I am trying to get this running on is a Toshiba Equium 3300M.   
   > It has a Pentium III with 376MB of RAM.The ProSavage PM133 GPU is integrated   
   > and the system has no other graphics card. The GPU works fine under Win98SE   
   > (with drivers) and under Haiku.   
   >   
   > I have tried getting the drivers working on BeOS Pro 5. It installed fine   
   > (although in black and white, 640x480, since it didnt have any drivers) but   
   > when I installed the drivers, it would just hang on console message   
   > "sysinit2: 23". It would boot fine if I told it to use the fallback video   
   > drivers in the boot loader.   
   >   
   > I also tried BeOS 5 PE Max, which has the drivers for this GPU included, but   
   > that wouldnt even get to the installed, hanging on the same console message.   
   > Telling it to boot with the fall back video drivers got it to the installer.   
   >   
   > I have also tried 2 different monitors, but it hung at the same place.   
   >   
   > Is there any known fix?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Haiku Os itself might run your old BeOS programs, altough with maybe a   
   performance penalty.   
      
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