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Hardware / Re: Resolution Assistance
« on: May 23, 2023, 03:23:54 pm »
I don't have an M93p, but I'm using a lot of Lenovo machines with a 4K monitor with DisplayPort and HDMI inputs. With all the machines, I get 3840 x 2160 resolution for DisplayPort, and 1024 x 768 for HDMI.

I'm using Panorama. I think I tried SNAP, but it didn't do any better. I tried with ArcaOS 5.0.7 and ArcaOS 5.1 beta. Panorama offers what the monitor tells it to offer. Perhaps if you had a better DP-HDMI converter, things would work better. I plan to try the only VGA-DP converter on the market, and I'll report that when it arrives.

It would be nice to have a real video driver for monitors like this one. DisplayPort and HDMI carry Audio as well as Video, and we lack this capability. In practice, I can also use 1920 x 1440, which looks nicer than expected on the monitor.

Thanks for the update, I used your site in configuring it.  ;) It may be the adapter itself then // it looks wider on the HDMI (monitor side) so I probably have an active conversion going the wrong way and failing back to passive? Not sure, probably could try some others.

I ended up using a VGA to HDMI converter that has a USB to carry sound as well, have not tested the sound yet.

My resolution now can get up to 1920x1080 but fails when I try the full 4K.

Do you have a link to the DP to HDMI cables you are using? I would love to return this $50 cable and get one that supports 4K.

KC

My Monitor has a DisplayPort input. I use that. I have not found a real working VGA to HDMI converter, but I'm more focused on getting VGA to DisplayPort to work.

My other find, which may or may not be helpful was a Lenovo branded USB-C to DisplayPort adapter. This makes my Lenovo and Dell laptops work well with the monitor.

Sound is also an issue. Without a driver that combines audio and video, I suspect I need a real mixer to do the job.

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Hardware / Re: Resolution Assistance
« on: May 22, 2023, 03:16:04 pm »
I don't have an M93p, but I'm using a lot of Lenovo machines with a 4K monitor with DisplayPort and HDMI inputs. With all the machines, I get 3840 x 2160 resolution for DisplayPort, and 1024 x 768 for HDMI.

I'm using Panorama. I think I tried SNAP, but it didn't do any better. I tried with ArcaOS 5.0.7 and ArcaOS 5.1 beta. Panorama offers what the monitor tells it to offer. Perhaps if you had a better DP-HDMI converter, things would work better. I plan to try the only VGA-DP converter on the market, and I'll report that when it arrives.

It would be nice to have a real video driver for monitors like this one. DisplayPort and HDMI carry Audio as well as Video, and we lack this capability. In practice, I can also use 1920 x 1440, which looks nicer than expected on the monitor.

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 16, 2023, 02:33:36 am »
I tried DFSee, but DFSee does not see the drive at all. LVM can see the drive, but no operation actually works. I tried renaming the drive, and it says it worked, but when I open it again in LVM, the original lack of disk name appears.

MiniLVM shows an extra unavailable drive with the right size, but no operation is allowed.

I found a USB zip drive and hoked it to an ArcaOS 5.1 beta system. Everything seems to work. I can verify that my zip disks are working. I used this system to assign a drive letter to the disk.

Back on the IDE Zip drive system, the disk with LVM information does not appear. Adding a drive letter does not seem to help.

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 14, 2023, 03:16:31 pm »
I would think so, but LVM says the drive is inaccessible, and MiniLVM seems to agree. It shows the little cloud and does not give the option. I think the actual zip disk is formatted HPFS.

Back in the day, DaniS506.ADD didn't need any parameters to access a Zip disk. I wonder what the !BIOS flag does?

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Applications / Re: LVM.EXE cannot execute
« on: May 14, 2023, 04:23:56 am »
My zip drive is an IDE Zip 250 drive. I am using DaniS506.ADD.

The computer also has a flawed installation of eComStation, and on that volume, I have installed USB drivers 10.248. That is the volume that cannot start LVM.

The ArcaOS system can start LVM and you can see how that is going in the ZIP thread.

https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,2958.0.html

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 14, 2023, 04:17:14 am »
Look at the LVM /QUERY output I posted above, disk [ D2 ]

I have a IDE ZIP 250 drive connected via IDE. LVM sees it but won't use it.

DaniS506.ADD sees the drive.

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R1.08.15     /!BIOS
            Daniela's Bus Master IDE Driver for OS/2 Version 1.08.15
Controller:0  Port:01F0 IRQ:0E  Status:OK BusMaster Scatter/Gather
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#0
 Unit:0 Status:OK SMS:16 LBA BusMaster UltraDMA5/PIO4 BPB
  Model:ST3250820ACE                            3.ACD   
   OS2:log   phys   BPB/BIOS   IDE:log   phys     Total Sectors
  C  30401  65535                65535  16383   Avail  488397168
  H    255     16        255        16     16   OS2    488392065
  S     63     63         63        63     63   % Used     99.99
 Unit:1 Status:OK ATAPI BusMaster UltraDMA2/PIO3
  Model:IOMEGA  ZIP 250       ATAPI             41.S   
Controller:1  Port:0170 IRQ:0F  Status:OK
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#1
 Unit:0 Status:OK ATAPI PIO4
  Model:SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B                T100   



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Hardware / Re: ArcaOS on a HP EliteBook 840 G3?
« on: May 14, 2023, 04:08:13 am »
Don't forget to go into BIOS and make the required changes.

You need Legacy boot, CSM and to disable hyperthreading.

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Applications / Re: LVM.EXE cannot execute
« on: May 13, 2023, 04:05:58 pm »
I have a compromised eComStation installation on the computer from the Zip disk thread. It gives the same result as yours. LVM cannot load, and yet MiniLVM functions normally.

Same computer, fresh install of ArcaOS, LVM works great. (except for not processing the Zip disk, which may not be the fault of LVM)

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 13, 2023, 03:37:19 pm »
You can see my system, with OS/2 convenience pack german, eCS and ArcaOS. This dump is taken from ArcaOS 5.0.7.

The zip disk is clearly this one.

[ D2 ]                     239                239     239
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS2 ]                    239 Logical  Available                       

Nothing is inserted in the drive at this point. If I insert a disk, and refresh removable media, nothing changes. The LVM /query is identical.

Code: [Select]
Disk                 Size (MB) Free Space:  Total Largest
KLM Drive 1             238472             208468  208468
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ A1 ]                   10001 Primary  In use       LVM1               
   eCS-E                    10001 Logical  In use       eCS-E               
   ArcaOS-H                 10001 Logical  In use       ArcaOS-H           
   [ FS1 ]                 208468 Logical  Available                       
[ D2 ]                     239                239     239
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS2 ]                    239 Logical  Available                       
[ D3 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS3 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D4 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS4 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D5 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS5 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D6 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS6 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D7 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS7 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D8 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS8 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D9 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS9 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D10 ]                     96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS10 ]                    96 Logical  Available                       

This is the result of LVM /QUERY:UNUSABLE

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Disk                 Size (MB) Free Space:  Total Largest
[ D2 ]                     239                239     239
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS2 ]                    239 Logical  Available                       
[ D3 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS3 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D4 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS4 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D5 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS5 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D6 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS6 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D7 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS7 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D8 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS8 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D9 ]                      96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS9 ]                     96 Logical  Available                       
[ D10 ]                     96                 96      96
   Disk Partition       Size (MB) Type     Status       Logical Volume
   [ FS10 ]                    96 Logical  Available                       


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Web applications / Re: Dooble releases, Qt5 builds
« on: May 09, 2023, 05:35:57 am »
Regarding Nextdoor.com, Displaying the login page is trivial. Actually logging in is needed to derive any of the gain of using their website.

eBay and PayPal can actually log in and do some things, but not the things I'd normally do on those web sites.

This is not meant as criticism of the dooble porters/developers. I'm documenting what is broken at this time. I'm hopeful that development will continue and improvements will be made.

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Web applications / Re: Dooble releases, Qt5 builds
« on: May 08, 2023, 02:34:58 am »
I set VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT to 2560. Here are some websites where dooble does not work well enough. I also had failures on some banking websites, which I'm not posting in a public forum.

PayPal.com -- loads a blank page. After creating a new profile, allows sign-in, seems to work, hung while cancelling invoice.

ebay.com -- loads a blank page. After creating a new profile, seems to work for a while. Hung while listing an item.

nextdoor.com link -- loads a blank page. After creating a new profile. "Error logging in. The server is busy, please try again later."
nextdoor.com -- Created a new profile. "Internal server error. Please try again or contact us if the problem persists."

pirateship.com -- Created a new profile. hangs when trying to create a shipment.

My local supermarket, New Leaf,  Flyer

https://u7632418.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=3Rvr9JqwLJVWMUMowZeEEBNd1yHExrMtctonv9ZLLZB3jRf-2Bv-2FSAxYW0Rua32Jl-2FpiDyq5AVGj7-2F-2BoQ0HsHzWKNQKaG2hdTv78B35OEKhuz1e3K-2BMoS09ZRFwmJ4Eb8zeOaCeUj3tXpSNymmw-2B6LTwrEHQJKE2xiqtYcj08Pq7S7N6Wj6KK0ijumh9FlVv0-2BNfP-2F-2FOuMv3AO5-2BKROXbvZ6rIgfkVjE0i7avkW-2BgNCq8-3D8lnq_pS5LulTa8lS6qzAAh9sBiVnVlDeEGUc6xSxAWvPZh0OxhrWC-2FtSvmpVp4G9G0K9LVemmdYcZIvWDbzFzHFZaxdtfktQhN0YwluksD4JnSt11uRLSnUf1Tnw8WShaDhCZ6Bjx84oiOH8eVmxULOg08qmkUFSybbJq99jtsvHXInDw4e3U01qzh32V6QbcdGWtI2ckZx4gD7LxDTdr4E3Wzeex3NyVJv-2BQ-2BpFIdK3-2FN-2BNsN6eJUzDQbhNqz2z66fST-2BcTD2xen-2BOHeoHeJoZL3viFX8to6mA6rvr7ajCHp4qXiLDztdAamULtIMBKGrI9FLh-2FzKPM1ZH3zKCzqSYFRGdpBqtk-2FbBU-2B80ObUpvtbWnST-2BA5RpiMPaCdCWI-2Bm3IpFY-2FU5LJAYtHyZS0qVTdfsl7P3GueQjbuKXif9wp0Ha5XHxxvzzV-2FE02ZoULYuUvHf2Iw5LNShsFDEKSTM8kCjaimnzJeXyrcEl8ckR3InsM-3D

-- "something went wrong"

https://www.businessinsider.com/tj-maxx-nordstrom-rack-which-store-is-better-2018-8 -- many flaws, pictures missing


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Networking / Re: NAT Network & Host-Only Network
« on: May 06, 2023, 03:20:55 pm »
Your TCP/IP and adapters look fine. You only show an error restoring connections after logon, which is a PEER problem.

All you are showing is that a problem occurred.

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 04, 2023, 04:09:49 pm »
I guess I don't see how to add LVM information. The disk doesn't seem to show up.

Not quite true, there is an inaccessible ghost disk in LVMGUI that has the right size.

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Setup & Installation / Re: NVME Issues
« on: May 04, 2023, 03:39:41 pm »
In theory, you should be able to add the NVMe driver to the ArcaOS 5.0x installer and finish the installation.

In practice, I have not been successful. Partly, that is because I am a beta tester, and have access to the ArcaOS 5.1 beta. That installs with no issues with NVMe. So I didn't try very hard to get 5.0 to install.

What does work easily is to take an ArcaOS 5.0 installed on hard drive, add NVMe driver, and copy to an NVMe hard drive, then boot to it. I've been running NVMe for a while on my Lenovo ThinkCentre M920q (tiny form factor).

I'm new to using NVMe drives, and I bought a cheap 2 TB one, and it failed at a little over 10000 hours of use. I hope these things are reliable.

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Hardware / Re: [Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE
« on: May 03, 2023, 10:49:19 pm »
I got a machine with the IOMega Zip-250 drive, but I'm having trouble with the instructions to getting it to work.

BASEDEV=DANIS50s.ADD /!BIOS
BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT

Gives me

Code: [Select]
R1.08.15     /!BIOS
            Daniela's Bus Master IDE Driver for OS/2 Version 1.08.15
Controller:0  Port:01F0 IRQ:0E  Status:OK BusMaster Scatter/Gather
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#0
 Unit:0 Status:OK SMS:16 LBA BusMaster UltraDMA5/PIO4 BPB
  Model:ST3250820ACE                            3.ACD   
   OS2:log   phys   BPB/BIOS   IDE:log   phys     Total Sectors
  C  30401  65535                65535  16383   Avail  488397168
  H    255     16        255        16     16   OS2    488392065
  S     63     63         63        63     63   % Used     99.99
 Unit:1 Status:OK ATAPI BusMaster UltraDMA2/PIO3
  Model:IOMEGA  ZIP 250       ATAPI             41.S   
Controller:1  Port:0170 IRQ:0F  Status:OK
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#1
 Unit:0 Status:OK ATAPI PIO4
  Model:SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B                T100

When I insert a zip disk, and refresh removable media, no drive letter appears.

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