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

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.