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Hardware / Re: Turn off PC by power button
« on: July 02, 2018, 08:52:35 pm »
In the ACPI toolkit there is a WaitButton sample. Maybe that can be used for some button input. There's also a poweroff sample.

I made something similar with an external micro controller. The controller reads the buttons and send the OS/2 system a message via the com port and the OS/2 daemon which receives the message shuts down the system. I've discussed part of it at comp.os.os2.programmers.misc a few months ago.

But I fear none of them is what you really want. I guess you want the same what the power button does on recent win boxes. Unfortunately TTBOMK we do not have it currently.

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Setup & Installation / Re: USB 3.0 /3.1
« on: June 26, 2018, 08:14:50 am »
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...and it usually don't have USB 3.x, but usually we have an wifi adapter...
Depends on the individual POV. For me wifi is not so important cause I work with real computers not toys with mini displays called notebooks ;) USB3 on the other hand would be very interesting when it comes to speed of making backups on external drives. And most important for me are graphic drivers. Both big displays and multi monitor I need desperately.

As you see, different individual needs. We will see how AN prioritize activities. Personal guess - USB3, audio, wifi and then graphics.


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Networking / Re: Intel 2915, no networks
« on: June 21, 2018, 11:23:04 am »
With OS/2 and xwlan you've flexibility which you are probably not used to when you came from windoze f.i.

As you might have seen there are two inst*cmd (instwgt.cmd, instexe.cmd). Depending on how you've installed the previous version the program and it's corresponding files are in different places (directories). Moreover you can install the exe (wlanstat) in more than one place if you like. But you probably don't.

Just one scenario - if you've installed the widget (xwlan widget in xwp xcenter) then you most probably had run instwgt.cmd. If you simply run the instwgt.cmd which comes with 3.13 (3.12 or up) then all files should be updated. Locked files are unlocked while running instwgt. I've even packed into the unlock.exe which is needed for this.

Of course you can delete all files manually but as you saw some files (dlls) are locked. There are different versions of unlock.exe. The best ones are coming with xwlan ;) and rpm. But even eCS has one included which should work.

'Conflict between xwlans' - I can not imagine what you mean by that. If you're running f.i. wlanstat.exe you can not run xwlan widget at the same time. But this is clearly visible as xwlan code checks for that.

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Networking / Re: Intel 2915, no networks
« on: June 21, 2018, 08:48:47 am »
Did you check step by step http://trac.netlabs.org/xwlan/browser/trunk/src/ship/readme.txt ?

The way I read your post I guess you stuck at #1


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Networking / Re: NetDrive traps - since latest LIBCX drop...
« on: June 06, 2018, 04:33:15 pm »
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Anyways, this is hard to explain, so I'm going to log a ticket at the Samba Netlabs.org project page.
For Pauls built? Guess Pauls mantis page would be more appropriate.

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Networking / Re: Intel 2915ABG on a T41 with OS/2 (questions)
« on: June 01, 2018, 08:57:05 pm »
Sorry I mixed some things up. The problem was with my T42p and Intel 2200 [8086:4220]. WRND32$ V2.01 works but the newer one supplied with ArcaOS (being more precise it was a BlueLion test release) does not.

Code: [Select]
works        ---> 23.10.07   8.21         215.551      0   ___A_  genm32w.os2
does not work --> 11.02.08  20.00         215.768      0   ___A_  genm32w.os2.ori

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Networking / Re: Intel 2915ABG on a T41 with OS/2 (questions)
« on: June 01, 2018, 07:29:51 pm »
I still do not see which card you have exactly. Here's the list of cards I've tested https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,1202.msg12286.html#msg12286

IIRC the R52/Intel 2915  8086:4224 does have problems with WPA2 (not WPA).

Another note - I recently discovered that the Atheros     168C:1014 in my T60 does not work out of the box with ArcaOS. I reinstalled the older Genmac2.0 instead 2.2 which is shipped with AcraOS and now it works.

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Cat5 is good enough for 100m and 100Base-TX and even more. But 100m is the standard and Cat5 is specified for that. For 1000Base-T Cat5e is specified and 100m have to work with it.

Though the 5 and 5e standard differ only in some additional measurement and most of the time the cable is/ was exactly the same. There is absolutely no reason to promote Cat6x or even higher if you do not use 10Gbit or more.

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IIRC correctly you need a driver version 9.xx. Later versions did not work for me. And I think the NIC needs an IRQ < 16. This maybe route able in BIOS or is default with older hardware anyway.


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Setup & Installation / Re: Panorama v Snap Video
« on: May 14, 2018, 09:02:13 am »
I am running a ATI Radion HD7800 at 2560  x 1600  16M colors  connected through dual link DVI
And before that i had another ATI - cannot remember the exact model - something wth "queen" in it also at 2560/1600 with displayport or DVI.
Good performance with panorama


Hope this info is usefull for someone

Peter
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This is a misunderstanding, dual-links are cables with more pins, not two separate cables or interfaces, ...

Thank you Peter and Olafur. I stand corrected. It's the first time read that this is possible with OS/2. Sorry when my ignorance started to confuse others.

Peter, you stated your ATI Radion HD7800 can drive your monitor with 2560  x 1600 running Panorama. What other resolutions are possible more than 1920x1200? Which monitor do you use?

Olafur, do you know a working combination of graphic card and big monitor (more than 1920x1200) which works with Panorama (guess SNAP will not work, correct?)?

Especially I would be interested in a card/monitor/driver setup which allows WQUXGA (3,840 × 2,400) @ 30 Hz. Or the same resolution with 60Hz via Display Port.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Panorama v Snap Video
« on: May 13, 2018, 11:49:49 am »
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It seems that there are two types of DVI cables, one limited to 1920x1200, and the better ones (with additional wires) 2560x1600.
Not quite true. One DVI is limited to 1920x1200. Even that needs reduced blanking intervals but that's not the problem with TFTs.

You would need a second DVI interface which works together with the first one in dual link mode. We do not have any supported graphic card which can handle such thing. And TTBOMK no BIOS on this planet supports this. So no chance either with Panorama nor with current SNAP.

Edit - marked wrong statements. Even the rest does not make much sense anymore. See below.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Panorama v Snap Video
« on: May 12, 2018, 09:33:58 pm »
...By looking at the ArcaOS DVD I see there is a modified (updated??) Snap driver.  Will that work with large monitors and Radeon video cards - I am considering getting a 30" 2560x1600 monitor if it will work at that resolution with ArcaOS or OS/2.
...
No.

SNAP supported graphic cards do have only DVI and RGB. You don't want to use analog/RGB (VGA) with a modern display anyway so you're limited to DVI. Which itself is limited to 1920x1200. You would need a graphic card with Display Port for higher resolutions. But these did not exist when SNAP was actively developed.

HDMI is a consumer interface with lot of different standards and problems. Not really intended and suitable for computer monitor usage. But as a lot of computer users liked to play videos this crappy interface found his way even into modern computers. You would need HDMI v1.3 at least to get 1920x1200 (max. 2560 × 1440) and HDMI >= v2.0 for you desired resolution. Given HDMI v2.0 was introduces something about 2013 this was about 7 years after active development of SNAP has ended. I wouldn't think any graphic card supported by SNAP will give you more than 1920x1200 for a single monitor. Some support two monitors on two interfaces which effectively gives you 3840x1200 as with my X300.

I don't know if there exit a graphic card/motherboard with DP AND proper BIOS which support for more than 1920x1200. If yes this may work with Panorama some day. But I doubt.


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Hardware / Re: Lenovo T420 - disabling touchpad
« on: May 09, 2018, 11:08:26 pm »
Now I had a look at the keys and touchpad. As usual with Thinkpads disassemble is quite easy. Two screws and the well know Thinkpad keyboard design can be lifted up. Attached some pictures. As we see the keys I want to use (that one near the space bar) are not part of the touchpad but of keyboard electronics. So I though maybe I can read out these keys the same as the other keys/mouse messages. But I did not find any utility which reacts on these keys. AFAIK the keyboard/trackpoint is attached to the system via PS/2. So the trackpoint and the 3 keys emulates a PS/2 mouse. Seems this is all old well known legacy stuff.

After that I discovered that these keys do not even work with Windoze10. Tried the W10 drivers I found at Lenovo but can not make these mouse keys work. Regardless which settings I tried. Though I'm no Win expert and don't want spend much time with this rubbish peace of shitty malware. Anyway if it does not even work with Win I started to believe these keys are broken.

I remember there were ISO images with DOS tools for older Thinkpads to test various hardware components. I think to remember there was a keyboard test too. Anyone knows such basic hardware test tool for the T420?

Do these keys (below space bar) work for others with the T420? With OS/2 or Win?

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Hardware / Re: Lenovo T420 - disabling touchpad
« on: April 29, 2018, 07:06:53 pm »
Another annoying problem with the T420 is even with enabled touchpad the keys at the bottom are used as mouse buttons. On older models (T60, T42p...) both the top keys near the space button and the bottom keys can be used. Another show stopper for using this notebook with OS/2 :( Though given the low resolution (1366x768) I never considered the T420 using for real work. Only for testing some stuff.

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Networking / Re: Test build wpa_supplicant v2.7
« on: April 29, 2018, 06:55:10 pm »
I've uploaded a new test build with current code of development branch. Included is wpa_gui.exe too. See https://bitbucket.org/Andi_B/os-2-wpa_supplicant/downloads/20180313_wpa_supplicant_v2.7beta.zip
Here's the top of the readme -

###############################################################################
Installation intructions for Beta & RC testers

Using with XWLAN/WLANSTAT
-------------------------
- Replace installed wpa_supplicant.exe with the included one. When using xwlan
  widget wpa_supplicant is usually found in
  \util\xworkplace\plugins\xcenter\xwlan\.
   When using the standalone wlanstat then it is in .\xwlan\.
- Check if the new version is used by xwlan/wlanstat
   (right-click - properties - tab 'WPA supplicant' check version and path)
- Connect to wpa protected networks and post your findings at correspondending
   thread at os2world.com

- You can also test wpa_supplicant with a .conf file. F.i. set up a profile
   with no security, switch on wireless and start wpa_supplicant manually
   (f.i. wpa_supplicant.exe -i lan1 -cwpa_supplicant.conf - see wp.cmd)

Using with wpa_gui.exe
----------------------
wpa_gui is a QT frontend for wpa_supplicant. You can use it instead of
xwlan/wlanstat for managing your wireless networks. It works for me and I can
connect to my local wireless networks here.
- Start wpa_supplicant with a .conf file f.i. wp.cmd
- Use wpa_gui for scanning and configuration

As usual your wireless card has to be supported by genmac to use wireless
networks with OS/2.

There is also included wpa_cli.exe. But this is not tested very well.
###############################################################################

@Holger - I've seen these delays in establishing the connection since ages. I guess this is the way it works since a long time on OS/2. But I do not have any *nix system to test against. Though it may be a timing problem together with genmac too. I don't think it does make much sense to test against v0.5.7 as I don't even know if we have the sources for the OS/2 version somewhere.

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