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Win-OS/2 - Open vbesvga.drv video driver
Dave Yeo:
Testing on real hardware, it did seem more snappy. Didn't fix my issue of full screen WinOS2 sessions hanging when closed.
David McKenna:
I just installed these drivers on a bare metal EFI system and they don't seem to work (session doesn't start). Anyone else gotten them to work on EFI?
Regards,
Martin Iturbide:
Hello
Just in case the author released an updated yesterday, v0.7.2 (2025-06-20).
- https://github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv/releases
In my ArcaOS 5.1.1. VM (as VirtualBox Guest) it keeps working fine at 1920x1080.
I have pending to try it on EFI and BIOS hardware.
Regards
Martin Iturbide:
Hello
I just tested it today in my T14s (UEFI).
Win-OS2 runs fine with the default ifgdi2vm.drv, but the mouse clicking is choppy. I have to click two or three times to get it. I can notice the difference with Win-OS2 windowed mode.
The moment that I change:
driver.drv=ifgdi2vm.drv
for
driver.drv=vbesvga.drv
It hangs the desktop when I run Win-OS2 Full screen. I got to use TOP to kill the session. (I guess this is exactly what David reports)
In my case is not working with UEFI.
Regards
David McKenna:
Thanks Martin. I don't get a hang, it just doesn't even seem to do anything.
One thing I noticed I hadn't before - there are new WinOS2 settings for VEFI. Looks like they are probably mostly DOS oriented, but not clear...
Regards,
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