Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 20:41:46 +0200
"Matthew Camilleri" <[email protected]> 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?
> 
> 

Have you tried turning it on and off yet?