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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / OS/2 Licensing

« on: December 29, 2024, 08:41:26 pm »

I'm looking at how people use OS/2. I think people want to try something different, and I see a lot of copies that can be downloaded.

OS/2 is not abandonware. No version of OS/2 is “free”. ArcaOS is based on an IBM licensed OS/2. It's still for sale.

That said, you can freely download any number of OS/2 versions. If you are a licensed OS/2 user, you can legitimately use these downloaded versions.

These are the license classes I recognize

OS/2 Warp 4	1996 release, without Software Advantage
OS/2 Warp 4	1996 release including Software Advantage
MCP	one of the Merlin Convenience pack releases, 1, 2, 2R
MCP	with Arca Noae software
eCS	eComStation release, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2R, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 beta
eCS	with Arca Noae Software
ArcaOS	versions 5.0.x, 5.1
ArcaOS	with Software Subscription

While running under VirtualBox, Warp4 needs TCP/IP 4.3 from Software Choice to implement Shared Folders
While running under VirtualBox, Warp4 and MCP both need Arca Noae Software to implement Power Off
Warp 3 probably has the same restrictions as Warp 4
Earlier versions of OS/2 probably cannot run TCP/IP 4.3

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Setup & Installation / Installing CUPS on MCP

« on: December 25, 2024, 05:55:22 pm »

Well, the short answer is to install rpm/yum on MCP, then cups.

But I like the interfaces for Printman and Cupswiz. It makes configuring printers so much easier. I can download these from Alex Taylor's website, and, after installing the prerequisites, I can get Printman to start. Cupswiz initially starts with an error in DosLoadModule, but can be corrected by fiddling with UCONV.DLL and friends.

But, after that, Cupswiz comes up empty. I have both cups and hplip installed, but where did the printer models go? (see attached screenshot)

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Setup & Installation / TCP/IP 4.3 patches

« on: November 11, 2024, 09:48:18 pm »

I'm installing Warp4 from 1996 on a VirtualBox environment. I'm trying to install all the fixes.

I've installed TCP/IP 4.3, but VBoxService wants TCPIP32.DLL, and I'm not seeing it where I expect to see it, in C:\MPTN\DLL

What installs TCPIP32.DLL, and what fixes or patches are available?

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Hardware / Is this WiFi supported?

« on: October 01, 2024, 05:44:19 pm »

I have a USB Wifi dongle.

ID 0bda:c820 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.  (lsusb output attached)



How can I tell if it has a driver under ArcaOS?

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Virtualization / VirtualBox: Can't copy files to a shared folder under ArcaOS guest

« on: September 21, 2024, 02:36:17 am »

Host system: Red Hat 9.4 (same behavior also under Windows 11)
I installed the extension pack, and my ArcaOS 5.1 guest system. I shared my home directory.

I can copy files from the shared folder. I can edit files with Lotus SmartSuite (I can save the changes.)

I cannot copy (control drag in WPS) files to the shared folder. When I try the system gives error Sys0266: The specified file was not copied. A file with the new name exists in the shared folder, but it has 0 bytes. (see attachment for error message)

I can move (drag in WPS) a file to the shared folder. If that file already exists in the shared folder, then I get Sys0266 error, otherwise the move succeeds.

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Networking / NetDrive error message

« on: July 30, 2024, 10:04:38 pm »

When I boot ArcaOS 5.1 my Lenovo ThinkCentre M920, I get the following error from NetDrive:

OSSS32_Initialize: FAILEDpci_register_driver: query_device found fb 8086:a348 class=40380 checking bt87xUnable to attach 32-bit driver.

And yet I can still mount a drive using ArcaMapper.

What does it mean?

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Multimedia / Improvement in Webcam support

« on: July 25, 2024, 03:26:12 pm »

Starting with Arca Noae USB drivers version 12.16, Webcam support is working with USB 3.0 on all the machines/webcams I have available to test. Prior to this version, USB webcams only worked with the USB 2.0 drivers.

The function is nice and fast, and I see no lag with the picture. Laptops with webcams that are attached with USB 3.0 tend to be much higher resolution, probably because they are newer.

I am using WebCam, UVC Webcam Support for OS/2 (ArcaOS, eComStation) by Wim Brul.

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Off Topic discussions / Comparison between an inkjet printer and a cat

« on: May 28, 2024, 04:44:35 pm »

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Utilities / K File Wizard

« on: May 15, 2024, 04:34:17 am »

K File Wizard is a file manager for OS/2 integrating file operations of both the local and the remote support FTP and SFTP. K File Wizard was written by KO Myung-Hun.

I downloaded it from HobbesArchive, but when I try to run it, I get the following error:

SYS0002: The system cannot find the file specified. "KCRYPTO"

Does anyone know where kcrypto.dll can be found?

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Networking / VNC to Ubuntu LTS

« on: May 02, 2024, 08:39:43 pm »

I'm trying to use our VNC to connect to Ubuntu LTS.

It looks like it's trying to work, but I can never get a password accepted.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

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Programming / IBM APL2 for OS/2

« on: January 26, 2024, 01:48:27 am »

I recently obtained a copy of IBM APL2 for OS/2

The previous owner gave me a load of books, magazines and notes on APL. (see photos)

If any APL enthusiast wants these, let me know. I'm in the Santa Cruz, California.

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Applications / Running Converseen

« on: October 22, 2023, 03:18:26 am »

I saw Tellie has made a port called Converseen, which looked like it could convert those HEIC files that the iPhone creates when you take a picture. I love PMView, but it doesn't support that format.

Unfortunately, I can't get it to run.

The readme.os2 instructs me to use yum

yum install libraw

Yum fails, but helpfully suggests installing LibRaw.

yum install libzip

Yum fails here, but does not make any suggestion.

At this point converseen does not have the needed libraries, and fails with SYS0002: The system cannot find the file specified. "RAW_R23"

Interestingly, PMDLL cannot make anything of converseen.exe. It puts up "Building tree", but never any other information.

I'm using netlabs-rel repository.

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Networking / Samba Users and Groups

« on: October 17, 2023, 04:51:49 am »

I'm running Samba server for OS/2 on ArcaOS 5.1. I am trying to understand how Users and Groups work, and also how the kLibc User Manager works along with Samba.

When ArcaOS 5.1 installs Samba, it makes a user named User, and password is Password. It also makes a password for the user I named during the install, Warp30. I don't know the password for this user, either.

The first time running Simple Samba Configuration Center (SSCC), the icon has the parameter /install. After that, the parameter is changed to /config. I'm not sure what actions /install takes. It takes a root password at that time.

It would be nice to be able to snapshot the users and groups, so that I could preserve a working set. It's too easy to make Samba stop functioning.

Ironically, I made a presentation on Samba at Warpstock 2015. I'm not sure how to get good information on the topic. I've somehow preserved my one working set of users since then, but I don't really understand in depth how to maintain users and groups.

http://www.warpstock.org/filemgmt_data/files/Samba%20Warpstock%202015.pdf

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Applications / Drag and drop printing

« on: September 14, 2023, 12:42:35 am »

So, if I have a group of Lotus WordPro files selected, and I drag them to a printer, they print. But they don't seem to print in the order they were in the folder.

If a group of files are dropped on a printer, what determines the order in which the files will print?

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Applications / Registry editor

« on: July 10, 2023, 06:32:35 pm »

I'm using \OS2\SYSTEM\REGEDIT2.EXE. If I open the HINI_USER_PROFILE, then all is well. But if I open the OS2.INI file on another drive, then the REGEDIT2 closes with a new entry created in POPUPLOG.OS2.

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07-10-2023  09:17:53  SYS3171  PID 0046  TID 0001  Slot 001b
H:\OS2\SYSTEM\REGEDIT2.EXE
c0000005
1ffc1b8c
P1=00000002  P2=001bfffc  P3=XXXXXXXX  P4=XXXXXXXX 
EAX=1a390000  EBX=1a533434  ECX=001c0018  EDX=00000014
ESI=1a661a44  EDI=1a390650 
DS=0053  DSACC=d0f3  DSLIM=bfffffff 
ES=0053  ESACC=d0f3  ESLIM=bfffffff 
FS=150b  FSACC=00f3  FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:1ffc1b8c  CSACC=d0df  CSLIM=bfffffff
SS:ESP=0053:001c0000  SSACC=d0f3  SSLIM=bfffffff
EBP=001c0044  FLG=00010202

DOSCALL1.DLL 0002:00001b8c

I can recreate this by accessing the same INI file using REXX function SysIni, although the exception location is different.