Power loss fouls package manager. :(

I was downloading a bunch of stuff with the package manager when
the power went off just long enough to shut my PC down. :frowning: When
I went back to try and download the stuff again, some items were
no longer listed and anything I tried would download part way then
I would get some error about not being able to open something.

I removed QNX RTP and will try it again later. Right now Iā€™m
looking for some way to force it into letting me have more than
16 colors on my Dell Latitude XPi P75D.

BTW. Why choose a 4bit video mode? 99.999% of VGA video systems
in current use should support 640x480 8bit in bone stock IBM 8514
emulation. I havenā€™t seen a VGA board with less than 256K in
at least 10 years. (I have seen 24bit video chips hobbled with
16 or even 8bit DACs though. Ewww.) I have the same gripe with
Win9x using 4bit video in ā€œsafe modeā€, cā€™mon, show me one person
using Win9x with a video board that doesnā€™t have a standard
640x480 8bit mode.

If you want to see some real video mode tweaking, check the
source code to FractInt for DOS. :slight_smile: They do some wild and wacky
things with that program.

Hi Gregg,

Have you tried removing the packages then re-installing them? To remove
a package just use the launch menu and under ā€œSoftwareā€ select ā€œManage
my softwareā€. There you should be able to remove packages. I am not
sure though about packages that are 1/2 installed.

Actually now that I re-read your post you already removed the RTP. Well
just in case it happens againā€¦

Take care!

Erick.



Gregg E. <gregg1@valint.net> wrote:

I was downloading a bunch of stuff with the package manager when
the power went off just long enough to shut my PC down. > :frowning: > When
I went back to try and download the stuff again, some items were
no longer listed and anything I tried would download part way then
I would get some error about not being able to open something.

I removed QNX RTP and will try it again later. Right now Iā€™m
looking for some way to force it into letting me have more than
16 colors on my Dell Latitude XPi P75D.

BTW. Why choose a 4bit video mode? 99.999% of VGA video systems
in current use should support 640x480 8bit in bone stock IBM 8514
emulation. I havenā€™t seen a VGA board with less than 256K in
at least 10 years. (I have seen 24bit video chips hobbled with
16 or even 8bit DACs though. Ewww.) I have the same gripe with
Win9x using 4bit video in ā€œsafe modeā€, cā€™mon, show me one person
using Win9x with a video board that doesnā€™t have a standard
640x480 8bit mode.

If you want to see some real video mode tweaking, check the
source code to FractInt for DOS. > :slight_smile: > They do some wild and wacky
things with that program.