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« on: May 10, 2018, 08:03:36 pm »
I am a little mystified at the moment.
I have one computer that has been running OS/2 Warp 4.52 CP2 since CP2 landed. Video is provided by a Radeon X550 card, Snap drivers and a 28" 1920x1200 LCD monitor. Everything works as expected.
Since the computer is getting old I am thinking of replacing it with one of my ArcaOS mini ITX units but I still need my large monitor. Rather than crawling about to change cables I used the maintenance partition on this computer to install ArcaOS.
Found out a couple of things.
ArcaOS install does NOT play well if there is BOOTMANAGER installed - at first reboot after installing files it says there is no operating system, getting round that is a fiddle.
The default Panorama video driver does not recognise the video card or the resolution of the monitor. Is this normal or some bug?
By looking at the ArcaOS DVD I see there is a modified (updated??) Snap driver. Will that work with large monitors and Radeon video cards - I am considering getting a 30" 2560x1600 monitor if it will work at that resolution with ArcaOS or OS/2.
Does anyone have experience using large high resolution monitors with Panorama or Snap?
I know that Snap v3.1.8 works at 1920x1200 with the Radeon cards I have, I have also found out that Panorama does not but would like to hear other peoples experiences.