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Internet / Re: Mypal68: A possible alternative browser?
« on: February 25, 2026, 07:42:13 pm »
32 bit?

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in february the access to the forum pages is getting harder for me (my home connection works good), I succeed to open a forum page once in many attempts, mostly ending with the alert "server is not responding"

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Storage / Re: Sharing drive between OS/2 and linux
« on: February 19, 2026, 07:11:40 pm »
I'm sorry from now if going to write something useless for such scope; is that much away from sharing folders by samba between Linux and OS2 ? That's beacuse it is normally possible  that way between OS2 guest Virtualbox and Linux host. Of course not talking about Virtualbox Shared folder feature

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Virtualization / Re: Something on ArcaOS 5.0 in Virtualbox
« on: February 13, 2026, 04:47:45 pm »
Thank you Martin.
Can you tell -in case I'll try the GA 7.2.4 version-  if a proper uninstall job of the previuous installed (Valery's GA) must be applied ?  That is because I remember that it took a bit of manual installing work .

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Virtualization / Something on ArcaOS 5.0 in Virtualbox
« on: February 13, 2026, 01:12:12 pm »
Hi, sorry if non joining Martin's topic talking about some Guest Additions weirdness in the latest VB version, I think not completely fitting for as follows:

-have Virtualbox 7.1.4 on Windows 11
-2 guest VM consisting in OS2 Warp 4.52 and ArcaOS 5.0
-both with Valery's GA 5.0.51 r218 , found best working years ago compared with te official Virtualbox ones, never tried other GA from there.

Have two things which could be improved.

1- ArcaOS 5.0 windows dragging shows annoying moving wake (video attached)
2- both VM leave "dirty tracks" when pointer touches upper or lower menu bar (image attached)

Do you think it could be caused by Guest Additions, or maybe video driver?

Thank you

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Internet / Re: Mypal68: A possible alternative browser?
« on: August 28, 2025, 09:09:18 am »
here is another 32 bit browser recently appeared:
 "Supermium is a Chromium-based web browser designed to support older Windows versions while offering enhanced security, performance, and customization options"
Now, said that my knowledge in porting software is near to zero and this browser fits to Windows only, it raise to me two basic user questions:

- Chromium is open source - multi platform browser ?
- does multiplatform browser 32 bit means theoretically portable in OS2/ArcaOS ?

even if I realize that both "yes" answers do not mean automatically that it can be simply ported to OS2/ArcaOS, I'd like to learn -if possible-  comments from you.

https://www.supermium.org/

their contact email has a funny address : emmawatsofficial54@gmail.com

and the street address 1600 Grand Avenue, London, NW1 6XE, UK  brings several companies link if you research it by Google.
Most of them shares same email address : prorevitaa@gmail.co  , but some others also have emmawatsofficial54@gmail.com.

who are them ?

https://github.com/win32ss/supermium

provided by

https://win32subsystem.live/

please donate to

https://www.patreon.com/win32

......

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Internet / Re: Mypal68: A possible alternative browser?
« on: July 26, 2025, 08:58:26 am »
I use latest release of Mypal68 since its first version has been released, on a XP SP3 vm.
I'm very satisfact with it; stable, responsive, well working on any webpage I need.
Guess by now that if it ever worked on Warp 4.52 / ArcaOS as it does on XP SP3, seems to me a good progress* under the item "browser".
 if

* Dooble QT5 still engages me with instability, random traps and hidden characters in the webpage

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Setup & Installation / enterprising Dooble QT6 installation
« on: March 14, 2025, 02:03:02 pm »
dearest, I'm here again submitting one of my basic questions to your kind attention.
I've been dealing last 3 years with Dooble QT5 until his latest release just downloaded from ftp://dry@ftp.os2voice.org/tmp and joined with the two new QT5 dll to replace the previous ones.
Session/browsing works fine enough, but trouble come when I close the session: 90% of times it makes system trap.
I was wondering to switch to Dooble QT6 to see if it can improve-correct such behavior, and wanted to ask if you the steps to preceed, considered that I'm actually QT5-provided.
Thank you much

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yes Lars, while it is obvious that your OS2PCAT.PSD has fixed the system trap (and thank you for the important job you did which is the only hope for people like me), I still cannot explain why the kernel failure does not happen in a linux host.

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Hi/2.

Are you using OS2PCAT by Lars ? If not, I suggest to use it.

And if you are using PIIX4 as an ide controller, then try PIIX3.

magic !  OS2PCAT4 was the care, so simple!
Thank you much

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Hi Steven, as noted here above, I see that does not seem to be a specific problem of the VM OS2 kernel itself, it works fine in a Virtualbox Linux hosted, viceversa it goes KO at that time on a Virtualbox Windows hosted. Of course I also tried to work whit a restored version of a previous OS2 VM, but it behaves the same. And have gone back with older Windows Virtualbox releases as well: same behavior.  The issue could be caused by one of the Windows 11 update, which then affects OS2 VM but not ArcaOS VM.
Not really a serious situation, I've alternatives available not to stay learning IT engeneering which is away from my knoledges. It also may happen that the issue will disappears with future Windows 11 updates.
Thank you anyway

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......, unless succeed to downgrade VirtualBox in Windows.
Thank you

no luck even downgrading Virtualbox x Windows, tried more than one downgrade: 7.0.22 , 7.0.16 , 6.1.50  with their extensions pack, the problem is still there

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just discovered it is a VirtualBox (Windows 11 hosted) issue!!
In fact, have cloned same virtual machine on a Linux Mint hosted Virtualbox, and seen SM email pane working with no issue at all.
Now : what is the difference?
All settings between the two virtual machines are identical, checked one by one in all sections.
The only difference is:
Windows 11  VirtualBox  is  7.1.4 r165100 (Qt6.5.3)
Linux Mint 22.1 Virtualbox is 7.0.16_Ubunbu r162802 (Qt5.15.13) .
The reason why it use to work well before, should refer to the time I upgraded the VirtulBox version in Windows. Also, cannot explain why all goes well in ArcaOS vm same Windows 11 Virtualbox.
Not easy for me finding a fix for this, unless succeed to downgrade VirtualBox in Windows.
Thank you

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mauro,

Quote

I interpret that to mean:

1) you are in web page (browsing) where there is an email link
2) you click on that link and expect that the email client window would pop up, thus allowing you to create an email
3) instead of this outcome you experience a trap/failure

Is that correct?



ah, ok.  more exactly:
I'm in SM window browser, I browse the web, then if I want to start a new mail message I can do it (compose message window selected from FILE menu opens, I write the message and send it). But I cannot touch the item Mail & Messages from WINDOW menu, the one which opens the email folders pane, at that point OS2 traps.

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I've read your suggestions, first of all thank you for spending your time in focusing my issue.
Will now try to apply what suggested and let you know.

Roderick please need also to know how to turn all dll eventually high-loaded in a "standard" load status , ignoring which are them.

Dariusz, not understood what you're asking me to do: having both FF and TB installed and then what action...?

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