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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions

« on: November 13, 2024, 08:14:06 pm »

Hi Per

A few years back I had a monitor that was failing. Sometimes at Power On I had a blank screen other times the screen was a "white out". This happened less often during reboots.

I initially thought the graphics card was failing but that tested OK in 2 other systems. I then swapped monitors and the problem moved to the system that I had swapped monitors with. Turned out to be a power supply intermittently failing in the monitor.

Could it be the monitor rather than the RX 580 graphics card 'showing signs of "giving up"'?


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions

« on: November 13, 2024, 05:57:29 am »

Hi Per

I seem to recall reading somewhere that some recent/current graphics cards will only work properly with a UEFI bios. Cannot find where I read that though to double check...

If the above is right are you using the rx 7800xt with a UEFI system?

No, Sorry, cannot recommend any particular current graphics card.


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions

« on: November 13, 2024, 02:49:10 am »

Hi Per

The issues with the rx 7800xt are more likely to be a graphics card failing than cheap/dodgy cables.

You could check that the graphics card is seated in slot correctly.


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions

« on: November 12, 2024, 09:08:27 pm »

Hi Per

I am pleased with the Dell p2222h monitor I bought a few months back so am happy to suggest Dell as a brand - possibly this may be of interest  https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-32-4k-uhd-gaming-monitor-g3223q/apd/210-bdxs/monitors-monitor-accessories


Regards

Pete

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Setup & Installation / Re: No mouse/keyboard after BIOS update

« on: November 12, 2024, 02:05:22 am »

Hi Per

I think "XHCI Hand-off" passes control of usb3 controllers to OS drivers when they load so should be Enabled.
But I guess the easy answer is Suck it and See  :-)


Regards

Pete

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Setup & Installation / Re: TCP/IP 4.3 patches

« on: November 11, 2024, 10:23:23 pm »

Hi Neil

You may find this site useful  http://web.archive.org/web/20060926004818/http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/english/site_contents.html  - especially the  link to here  http://web.archive.org/web/20060926010736/http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/english/tcpip.html


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Report Your Working ArcaOS-OS2 Hardware Month

« on: November 10, 2024, 04:32:48 am »

Hi Martin

In response to your request for the lsusb report on the Logitech M570 trackball please find attached lsbout_Logitech.txt

I am guessing that the trackball info is in the Logitech Unifying Receiver report as it does not appear anywhere else in the lsusb output.


Regards

Pete

8

Programming / Re: ClassiCube porting thread

« on: November 09, 2024, 01:51:53 am »

Hi Jochen

I tried starting ClassicCube and was rewarded with this message

"Some required resources weren't found
OK to download?"


What are the "required resources"?


Regards

Pete

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Applications / Re: XWP 1.0.17: any availability date ?

« on: November 09, 2024, 12:31:45 am »

Hi All

Copy'N'Paste is even easier if you have a 5 button mouse eg Logitech M570 trackball  - see https://www.trackballmouse.org/logitech-wireless-trackball-m570/ - as you can set buttons 4 & 5 to do the Copy and Paste in the System Setup -> Mouse object.

May also be worth remembering that Shift+Delete will Cut selected text in an entryfield and Shift+Insert will Paste it elsewhere - don't forget to paste it back into the original entryfield if it is needed there  :-)


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Report Your Working ArcaOS-OS2 Hardware Month

« on: November 02, 2024, 04:29:09 am »

Hi Martin

Looking at https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Slim_Soundbar_SB521A I think you need to correct the "with Netlabs' USB Drivers" to something like "with Netlabs' USB Drivers - latest versions are usually found at https://www.hobbesarchive.com/?search=usbdrv".

Reasons: Earlier Netlabs (Lars) build, v10.250, did not work and the Netlabs page only links to https://hobbesarchive.com/ rather than the location of the latest package - just trying to make it easy for people to find the working drivers.


Regards

Pete

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Programming / Re: [SDL2] SDL_ListModes and emulation

« on: November 02, 2024, 04:05:03 am »

Hi Lars

Installed the sdl2*.dll files from SDL2_2-0-4_2020-09-07 which work at least as well as the SDL2_2-0-4_20160225 files they replaced.
Going by file sizes and dates only sdl2.dll has changed.


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Report Your Working ArcaOS-OS2 Hardware Month

« on: November 02, 2024, 01:13:06 am »

Hi Martin

I have been told that the following line in the lsusb output indicates that it is a USB1.0 device so uses USBAUDIO.SYS
   bcdADC = 1


Regards

Pete

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Hardware / Re: Report Your Working ArcaOS-OS2 Hardware Month

« on: November 01, 2024, 07:36:59 pm »

Hi Martin

Following USB Audi driver updates available from Lars - not sure if they are actually available for download yet - I can report my Dell Slim Soundbar SB521A - https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-slim-soundbar-sb521a/apd/520-aasi/pc-accessories - works when plugged into a USB2 port on my system box.
It does not work when plugged into a USB3 port or when using the AN supplied USBAUDIO-12.16 driver.


The lsusb output for this soundbar:-

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:a510 Dell Computer Corp.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
  idProduct          0xa510
  bcdDevice            2.06
  iManufacturer           3
  iProduct                1
  iSerial                 2
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0080
    bNumInterfaces          2
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 DELL Slim Soundbar SB521A
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           0
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Control Device
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              6 DELL Slim Soundbar SB521A
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 9
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (HEADER)
        bcdADC               1.00
        wTotalLength       0x003a
        bInCollection           1
        baInterfaceNr(0)        1
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                12
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID            14
        wTerminalType      0x0101 USB Streaming
        bAssocTerminal          0
        bNrChannels             2
        wChannelConfig     0x0003
          Left Front (L)
          Right Front (R)
        iChannelNames           0
        iTerminal              18 Speaker
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 9
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID            15
        wTerminalType      0x0301 Speaker
        bAssocTerminal         14
        bSourceID               4
        iTerminal               0
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                13
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
        bUnitID                16
        bSourceID              14
        bControlSize            2
        bmaControls(0)     0x0003
          Mute Control
          Volume Control
        bmaControls(1)     0x0000
        bmaControls(2)     0x0000
        iFeature                0
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                15
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      8 (EXTENSION_UNIT)
        bUnitID                 4
        wExtensionCode     0x0bda
        bNrInPins               1
        baSourceID(0)          16
        bNrChannels             2
        wChannelConfig     0x0003
          Left Front (L)
          Right Front (R)
        iChannelNames           0
        bControlSize            1
        bmControls(0)        0x01
        iExtension              0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           0
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       1
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (AS_GENERAL)
        bTerminalLink          14
        bDelay                  1 frames
        wFormatTag         0x0001 PCM
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                11
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
        bFormatType             1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
        bNrChannels             2
        bSubframeSize           3
        bBitResolution         24
        bSamFreqType            1 Discrete
        tSamFreq[ 0]        48000
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 9
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x07  EP 7 OUT
        bmAttributes            9
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               Adaptive
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0150  1x 336 bytes
        bInterval               4
        bRefresh                0
        bSynchAddress           0
        AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength                 7
          bDescriptorType        37
          bDescriptorSubtype      1 (EP_GENERAL)
          bmAttributes         0x01
            Sampling Frequency
          bLockDelayUnits         0 Undefined
          wLockDelay         0x0000
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceSubClass         2 ?
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

Regards

Pete

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Programming / Re: [SDL2] SDL_ListModes and emulation

« on: November 01, 2024, 01:16:01 am »

Hi David

Yes, have the latest of those already, Thanks. They work.


Regards

Pete

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Programming / Re: [SDL2] SDL_ListModes and emulation

« on: October 31, 2024, 08:28:45 pm »

Hi Lars

I deleted the sdl2*.dll files that starfighter definitely uses and updated SDL2 to 2.28.1-1 then tried running Starfighter.
Result: Error window displayed stating Cannot start J:\Games.eCS\StarFighter\starfighter.exe ...

Dropped starfighter.exe onto the PMdll object which shows starfighter needs the following files to run
sdl2.dll
sdl2mix.dll
sdl2img.dll

The above are not included in SDL2 2.28.1-1
Maybe you already have those somewhere on the libpath? - Or am I missing some sort of "forwarder" dll file where calls to sdl2*.dll files get passed to sdl2200.dll?


Regards

Pete