Semtex for
OS/2
.fullscreen mode.
Important: The
fullscreen mode in Semtex is experimental. Using it is on your
own risk! It works on several video adapters, but not on all.
Using this feature could cause your system to crash! Never
try to call the session-manager via Alt+Tab while you are in
fullscreen mode. This will cause your system to crash.
- Description
In fullscreen mode Semtex uses the whole screen, as the
name says. This does not mean that the window is
maximized to fill the whole screen. Semtex will switch
the resolution and takes control over all
screen-activities! This feature was never fully
implemented in OS/2 Warp and causes many problems. In
fact: If an problem occures, the system crashes usually,
because Warp tries to draw an error-message on screen and
cannot do so. => The systems stops. Sometimes you can
use watchcat to recover the system, but most times there
is only one way out: reset.
But, the advantages of the fullscreen mode are worth
using it! Semtex is in this mode much faster and looks
much better than in windowed mode! So try it out...
To activate the fullscreen mode press Alt+Pos1. (Try out
which one works...)
- Requirements
In the configuration file the entry
"PMI_FILENAME" must be set. Usually this entry
should be "SVGADATA.PMI". For Elsa Winner 1000
video adapters it should be "WINNER.PMI". Sorry
Matrox-users: video adapters of Matrox won't work...
We are working on a method that should work on all vesa
1.0 compatible video adapters. You may find more
information here.
- Hints
- Never call the session-manager while you are in
fullscreen mode!
- A wrong color table after switching
modes could appear. This depends on the video adapter.
Enter the menu "Options", "Video" and
toggle "Use System Palette". Maybe you must do
this twice. This should eliminate this problem.
- It could be safer to return to windowed mode before
leaving Semtex.
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