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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Applications => Topic started by: Martin Iturbide on September 28, 2017, 06:59:50 pm
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Hi
I was tweaking the network configuration of computer without a network card. It was recognized as "no network card" and I removed it and leave all network adapters blank. I close the "Adapters and Protocols" application and save all changes.
I opened again "Adapters and Protocols app" and I got this message:
PROTOCOL.INI does not contain a valid [IBMLXCFG] section. Unable to continue.
And I can not access "Adapters and Protocols app" anymore.
Does anybody experienced this problem or know how to fix it?
Regards
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You need at least this:
[PROT_MAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[IBMLXCFG]
nullndis_nif = nullndis.nif
tcpip_nif = tcpip.nif
[tcpip_nif]
DriverName = TCPIP$
Bindings = nullndis_nif
[nullndis_nif]
DriverName = NULLNDS$
in your protocol.ini. (Where NULLNDIS.OS2 is an example NIC driver, a NULL one) Maybe, you deleted protocol.ini?
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Hi
Today I tried to boot that PC again and got a trap on PROTMAN.
I tried Alt+F1 and F2 and get the same trap too.
I did not delete "protocol.ini" (or at least not intentionally).
Regards
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Hi
I just booted (removing some networks stuff from boot) and protocol.ini was incomplete:
[PROT_MAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[IBMLXCFG]
I restored the information and it seems to be back in business. "Adapters and Protocols" it is working now.
Thanks Valerius.
Regards
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Hi
FYI: I just confirmed on my VM. If you remove all network adapters from the "Adapters and Protocols" 1.12 (which it is not a common thing since everybody wants to have a network adapter there) it will set "protocol.ini" to:
[PROT_MAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[IBMLXCFG]
It will prevent "Adapters and Protocols" to load again with that "crippled" protocol.ini if you save it, but I can not replicate the trap on the VM yet.
I'm not sure if I should open a ticket for it on ArcaOS Mantis yet. It is not a bug, but it is lack of prevention on the app to stop the users to do harmful things. I also can not find the right "Project Category" to open the ticket.
Regards
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I'm not sure if I should open a ticket for it on ArcaOS Mantis yet. It is not a bug, but it is lack of prevention on the app to stop the users to do harmful things. I also can not find the right "Project Category" to open the ticket.
You should, if a configuration program creates a condition that prevents the computer from operating and that was not the intention of the user, that is definitely a bug.
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Hi Martin
If \ibmcom\mpts.exe starts with the "crippled" protocol.ini - I seem to recall it does - then you should open a bug report about naps failure to start.
Regards
Pete
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Hi.
I just opened the ticket:
https://mantis.arcanoae.com/view.php?id=1463
Regards
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There's been a ticket already open on this, actually, with a test fix attached several months ago. However, the original reporter never provided any feedback so it's been sitting there ever since. I've linked it to Martin's ticket.
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Hi Alex.
It is strange but I can not access ticket 1191. It says "Access Denied".
Should it be this link? https://mantis.arcanoae.com/view.php?id=1191
Regards
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It is strange but I can not access ticket 1191. It says "Access Denied".
Should it be this link? https://mantis.arcanoae.com/view.php?id=1191
That should be fixed now.
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Thank Alex.
With your latest patch the application is working fine. I just tested it and worked. You may close the ticket I opened.
Regards