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Applications / Re: Firefox 17.0.11 won't start
« on: June 23, 2014, 02:53:45 am »
Hi Joop. i'll try to answer your points or get more info.
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I copied all the user files from FF10 to a new directory which is used by FF17, but it seems that this FF won't use that. So how do I get all settings into the new one, including lists with sites, passwords etc.?
I hope that you are using the environment setting MOZILLA_HOME to store your profiles in one place outside of the programs directory. You should always back up your profile before trying a new version. You can go to the URL about:support and click the open directory button besides profile directory to find it.
Here's an article on moving your profile, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Recovering%20important%20data%20from%20an%20old%20profile
When having problems such as most you list, you should test in safe mode (Help-->Restart With Add-Ons Disabled) and also try a new profile (firefox.exe -profilemanager) to test if your problems are locally caused by corruption in your profile.
I use run! so I have .env file for this. Yes I use MOZILLA_HOME and with each major update it will get its own new fresh directory, so for FF17 this will be FIREFOX_PROFIEL_170x and for FF24 it is FIREFOX_PROFIEL_240x. I copy all the files from the old FIREFOX_PROFIEL_1xxx to the new one and start FF. Its roughly the same as in the article. Because the language pack is from FF10 it will notify that its disabled due to version incompatibility. Going to the Mozilla site for getting a new one gives the problem. The add on manager will run for ever in the background. Have to play to see what name will come up exactly in popup, too late for that tonight, another time.

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Applications / Re: Firefox 17.0.11 won't start
« on: June 23, 2014, 02:38:52 am »
Hello Dave,
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I can't get it into another language (that's something else than spelling, its about language toolbar, help etc). The nl.xpi from version 17.0.11esr is not accepted because its incompatible, the nl.xpi from version 17.0.10esr is accepted, can be installed, can be set to use it, but it doesn't make any difference, its English and it stays English.
Can you give me detailed instructions to reproduce this? I've never played with language packs. Also you should try with a new profile and also perhaps 17.0.5esr
Its very easy. You can do it online or offline. I always use offline. This is that you download a language file. Go to ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/ and then go to the release of your choice. Go to win32, go to xpi and download a xpi file, dutch would be nl.xpi. Save the file on your drive, normally I insert version between countryname and .xpi, but thats up to you. Start FF and with menu file and then file open you go to the directory where you saved the xpi file. Open that file. FF will automaticly know what to do. If its okay you can decide to install the file and it will be active. You can check in the options page > add ons or go direct to add ons.
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If you use a master password and make use of passwords then on the background  a proces is running, in popup it is "Inv.PM wachtwoord vereist" would translate like password required or something. With FF10 this closed as soon as you exit FF. With FF17 and FF24 it isn't closed and it sends the cpu meter to 99.99% with slow responces as a result. Same thing for if you want to install an add on. The manager keeps on running in the background and the cpu meter goes up to 99.99%
I can install add-ons without problems.  I also just tested the master password thing, seemed to work fine.
Yes, thats right, but when you exit FF your cpu meter is going way up to 99.99%. Because I don't have that much programs running same time this is strange. With popup you can see that still a FF task is running. You can kill it, but this not the normal way of doing things in my opinion. Don't know about you ;-)

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Applications / Re: Firefox 17.0.11 won't start
« on: June 22, 2014, 07:07:03 pm »
Installed FF 24.3, same problems. I managed to use the old settings but found some problems which go back to at least version FF10. If you use a master password and make use of passwords then on the background  a proces is running, in popup it is "Inv.PM wachtwoord vereist" would translate like password required or something. With FF10 this closed as soon as you exit FF. With FF17 and FF24 it isn't closed and it sends the cpu meter to 99.99% with slow responces as a result. Same thing for if you want to install an add on. The manager keeps on running in the background and the cpu meter goes up to 99.99%.

Is this only on my system or is the problem more common?


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Applications / Re: Firefox 17.0.11 won't start
« on: June 21, 2014, 11:24:47 pm »
Thanks for the help, thought I got all, the last mentioned file was not in the list. Now I've FF17.0.11 running, but there are a lot of things very wrong. I can't get it into another language (that's something else than spelling, its about language toolbar, help etc). The nl.xpi from version 17.0.11esr is not accepted because its incompatible, the nl.xpi from version 17.0.10esr is accepted, can be installed, can be set to use it, but it doesn't make any difference, its English and it stays English.
I copied all the user files from FF10 to a new directory which is used by FF17, but it seems that this FF won't use that. So how do I get all settings into the new one, including lists with sites, passwords etc.?
The add-on container seems to run forever, had to do a ctrl-alt-del for popup and with the list and the kill option for deactivating the container. So for non English users its not an option, I stay with FF10 latest.

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Applications / Firefox 17.0.11 won't start
« on: June 21, 2014, 07:13:59 pm »
Installed or better said unzipped the zip file into a new directory. Copied the contents of mozsupport.zip to the ecs\dll directory. I use run. So in the ff directory there is a Firefox!.ENV file and the file Firefox!EL.EXE. Normally a program will run without ant trouble with this setup. Its the same as other ff setups, only this time additional dll files to copy. Done that. Yet at start up I get a beep and this;

Unable to start 'FIREFOX.EXE' - rc= 2 - possible cause: 'STDCPP6'

** press Enter to continue **

I have no idea where to look and what this error will tell me. So anyone can explain to me what I did wrong this time?

Thank you
Joop

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Cruelty in OS2World
« on: June 14, 2014, 03:51:24 pm »
I have the same problem. I'm native Dutch speaking and you want to put in information as correctly as possible and also I do jump from message to other pages for checking info. My settings are forever, but don't know what it does, after some time your out (forever hehe). The solution is already given. If I know that the answer will be difficult and long than I copy the complete message to the text editor, do all my stuff there and if ready log on again, go to the message, go to reply mode and copy the message back in.

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The main problem with all of the hardware rating sites, is that they get old, and it can be difficult to determine if a device is currently available, or 10 years old, and "out of stock". I don't know of a good way to resolve that problem.
I think its easy to put in an addon date. Most owners know if it is old or just bought around the corner. May be a field "production date".

Perhaps, there could be a list of "known" users, who can post without review. Others would need to have their posts reviewed, before changes are made.
Sounds good to me, I think that it will be an one time job to give users the rights, most of them are known from posting more than once and others are reviewed, but I think that it will be low volume of unknown users.


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I think its a good plan, but I'm not sure if the .be site is interesting because lots of stuff is not in the shops anymore. Now we can deal with older hardware due to the nature of our drivers, but how far back are you going with older hardware?
Did looked at the site, found already a missing group ;-), can I add that? And where do you add that group?. Its a tablet as replacement for the mouse from Wacom.

The Russian site is not clear enough and not in the proper language, always difficult if you working worldwide, so no blame to the owner.
 
I think that four or five fields will do with a remarker field for if some chip on a motherbord is not supported or does the wrong things. I agree with others that it must be simple for adding. If all of us can just do that will also include the danger that some "os/2-haters any form" can do that, only with other intensions. So how are you going to solve that question?

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Internet / Re: Strange problems with Firefox
« on: April 16, 2014, 12:22:05 am »
I generally don't have mentioned problems. But there are some ways to make it more difficult for a user to copy a picture or to safe it to a local drive. One of these is probably some script which alter the function. If I want to save a picture, even if the owner has made it "impossible" is to use MB2 and go to page info. Then use the media tab and just look up your picture. From there you can save it.

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Applications / Re: Which are your Favorite OS2-eCS Apps?
« on: December 28, 2013, 07:12:48 pm »
File Commander/2
Embellish
PMView Pro
WebWriter/2 (matter of fact, I almost don't use anything from the menu, but's stil there and I didn't found another one yet)
Firefox

Too bad we only are allowed to dish up 5 programs ;-(


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Setup & Installation / Re: ecs2.2 beta refresh
« on: December 21, 2013, 02:18:52 pm »
A pity is the touch pad doesn't work. Only possible to use external usb mouse.
Its not written with that much words, but you could download the Wacom Bamboo driver with http://joopn.home.xs4all.nl/os2ecs/download/Wacom_Bamboo00.zip .  In the manual are a few hints what to do with a new not automatic recognized system. You could try to do just that, may be it works.

Regards,
Joop

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Applications / Commonist
« on: December 07, 2013, 02:00:46 pm »
Just send Steve a message that the communist link doesn't give the specified program on Hobbes. It seems missing.

Joop

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Setup & Installation / Re: Wacom Graphire tablet
« on: November 02, 2013, 03:09:47 pm »
Neil,

You can deactivate emi.sys, its only use is to implement touch which is not in the mouse driver. The pen or any pointing device is going over the mouse driver. Therefore you need to install the drivers in the right order.  There are only a very few programs which do support touch.

Second, the pen with your tablet is a very expensive one, once you have to replace it. The rubber lining is not protective enough for your body fluids. In time the rubber grip will crack and beneath that layer you will find accumulated body fat or so. Its not a pleasant view.

You can't activate your mouse button 2 on the stylus if you didn't installed a three button mouse driver. Your stylus point is button one, the lower button is button 2 and the upper button is mouse button 3. Or any other order if you programmed it that way.

Cheers,
Joop

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Applications / Re: Gimp on OS/2
« on: October 19, 2013, 12:42:13 pm »
I do 98% of my work with the combination of Embellish and PMView Pro.


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Applications / vlc 2.1.0 won't start
« on: October 12, 2013, 04:05:23 pm »
Downloaded the new VLC and read the readme. As far as I can read this is not different than version 2.0.7 which runs fine on my system. For first run I just overwrite the old usr directory as I did before. But with this action and no changes in structure or file the program won't start. After that I checked my menu item but the directory and file are the same. I deleted usr directory and repeated the steps with version 2.0.7 and that one just starts and runs fine.  So what's wrong?


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