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The BeOS support team is trying to get you the answers you need to operate the BeOS without the wait of sending an email or the expense of a long distance call. Breaking News is a perfect way you can find recent information on the BeOS issues we hear about most that aren't ready for the FAQs yet. This includes issues we're only hearing about and starting to track.

Don't forget to check out the normal support area for things that have graduated into full-fledged FAQs, because starting here in Breaking News is likely to leave you with no answers. If the item you're looking for has disappeared, it probably got put in the normal FAQ area.

Top 10

  1. I don't get any sound
  2. PPP isn't authenticating
  3. My mouse doesn't work
  4. I can't boot the HD alone, but I can use the floppy.
  5. Can't Get BIOS ID for drive...
  6. Serial configuration including internal modems
  7. My G200 boots in greyscale.
  8. Will my laptop work
  9. Where do I get another boot floppy
  10. My Vibra16 doesn't work

Intel Specific

By Symptoms:

  1. How do I turn on VESA mode by default?
  2. I'm trying to initialize my hard drive and it claims I can't with a "Bummer" button
  3. My ABit's UDMA/66 bus isn't recognized
  4. Bootman says: "Can't Get BIOS ID for drive..."
  5. I can only boot BeOS from a floppy or the CD.
  6. My G200 boots in greyscale.
  7. My ATI card isn't working
  8. BeOS freezes while booting
  9. My Demo CD doesn't work
  10. My keyboard doesn't work
  11. Printing to an Epson printer freezes the OS
  12. Where do I get another boot floppy
  13. Moving a window makes the screen freeze
  14. My modem doesn't work
  15. My mouse doesn't work
  16. My NE2000 compatible card doesn't work
  17. My 3c90x doesn't work
  18. I don't get any sound
  19. It won't find the CD in the text screen
  20. How do I change the boot menu
  21. What happened to the S3 Trio support
  22. It keeps rebooting
  23. My Vibra16 doesn't work

Issues with tentative resolutions:

  1. Making VESA modes more permanent
  2. Can't Get BIOS ID for drive...
  3. EMU 10k
  4. Adding PCMCIA NE2000 compatible cards
  5. Keyboards and BIOS updates
  6. ATI Rage IIblah chipsets
  7. Bootman configuration changes
  8. Audio cards on non-default IRQ/Port settings
  9. Serial configuration including internal modems
  10. Broken link to RAWRITE.EXE
  11. Can I use the BeOS as a router?

BeOS Specific

By Symptoms:

  1. My printer isn't working
  2. The replicant in the background is broken
  3. PPP isn't authenticating
  4. My modem hangs up after it connects
  5. My modem isn't listed
  6. IP forwarding isn't letting other computers on the net

Issues with tentative resolutions:

  1. NT dial up servers not authenticating
  2. Autodialing PPP
  3. Multiple ethernet cards
  4. ISDN and ADSL
  5. Cable modems
  6. What printers have drivers in the BeOS?
  7. Adding init strings
  8. BeMail won't leave mail on the server
  9. Replicant problems

 

Mac Specific

 

By Symptoms:

  1. I installed MacOS 9 and now BeOS won't boot
  2. Printing to an Epson printer freezes the OS
  3. I can't mount my HFS disk
  4. My monitor won't change resolutions
  5. I can't boot R4 on my Power Computing

Issues with tentative resolutions:

  1. iMacs
  2. Freezing at the boot screen
  3. Mac Network Cards
  4. Mac Mice

Non-technical

  1. What exactly IS the Be logo?
  2. Who do I send this to?
  3. The Be, Inc. Contact Guide
  4. PPC non-MacOS computers
  5. What can you tell me about Release 5?
  6. PIOS
  7. Getting and making a boot floppy
  8. NOBODY WILL ANSWER ME!

BeBox Specific

  1. Video cards that used to work but don't now
  2. Upgrading from DR8 or earlier
  3. Where's the bootrom floppy

 

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