John Scheffel
11-22-2002, 03:43 PM
I recently tried to help someone setup OSDM 11.6 on a HP Omnibook 6000. I know it is not supported or certified, but I have set these up before and they work OK. However, this one proved more difficult than most.
After first installing OSDM, we could not even start it. It would post an error message indicating that there was "no Viewport 1" and Hang. At this point we had to kill it.
We tried updating to the latest video driver from the HP web site, but it didn't help.
Next I set PIXEL_FORMAT=SOFTWARE. This usually clears the problems with laptops. After this it will start up, but frequently gets a "frozen viewport" error. Again, this requires killing the OSDM process.
One odd thing about this laptop is that the native screen resolution is 1400x1050. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I have never seen a laptop with this resolution. I recommended to the owner that he try 1280x1024 to see if it is more reliable.
If anyone has any tips for getting OSDM to work on a Omnibook 6000, please let me know.
After first installing OSDM, we could not even start it. It would post an error message indicating that there was "no Viewport 1" and Hang. At this point we had to kill it.
We tried updating to the latest video driver from the HP web site, but it didn't help.
Next I set PIXEL_FORMAT=SOFTWARE. This usually clears the problems with laptops. After this it will start up, but frequently gets a "frozen viewport" error. Again, this requires killing the OSDM process.
One odd thing about this laptop is that the native screen resolution is 1400x1050. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I have never seen a laptop with this resolution. I recommended to the owner that he try 1280x1024 to see if it is more reliable.
If anyone has any tips for getting OSDM to work on a Omnibook 6000, please let me know.