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Events / Re: Are you going to WarpStock USA?
« on: September 11, 2014, 05:38:14 am »
None of the Warpstock organizers or attendees live in St. Louis. We've found someone to do the video/sharing.

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Multimedia / Re: Static and looping audio with UniAud
« on: September 05, 2014, 03:54:41 am »
Thin clients don't have slots so no possibility of installing any other sound card.
UniAud recognized the hardware, and it nearly works.

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Multimedia / Static and looping audio with UniAud
« on: September 04, 2014, 04:52:58 am »
I'm installing eCS 2.2 beta II on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M32 thin client. This is pretty new, not everyone has it for sale yet. eCS mostly works, but the sound is staticy and loopy. Moving the mouse around fast influences the static and loopiness.

There was an old bug with static and loopiness, but that was for SND.DLL and supposed to be fixed by MMFIX.EXE.

Any idea how to troubleshoot?

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Events / Re: Are you going to WarpStock USA?
« on: September 02, 2014, 06:03:31 am »
Warpstock is looking for someone to help with the video/sharing of the conference. Post here, or contact either Martin or me or anyone on the Warpstock board to find out more.

We've been using Skype, but we're ready to move to something more capable.

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Events / Re: Call fpr presenters - User meeting Colgne 2014
« on: August 01, 2014, 06:07:53 am »

If it is not too much to ask, please try to get a volunteer to video record the presentations, take pictures and/or make a live IRC channel with some live video/audio streaming.
Since there is some time maybe you can work some things out. To make a live audio streaming can be as simple as having an Android/iOS phone connected to the local wifi.


What apps would you use to share a conference?

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Applications / Re: FF17.0.11 latest plugin container problems
« on: July 15, 2014, 03:40:49 pm »
That page works fine here, using the Firefox 24 beta. Normally I have Flash deactivated, and activate it when I need it. I also have a profile with NoScript and Flash activated, but NoScript is a pain because I always have to permit  more things to view a page.

With Flash activated, the page reloads just fine. No freeze or anything.

I can watch YouTube videos for a while, but evenutally the machine runs out of something and I need to reboot. My on-line banking depends on Flash, and that is working also. Our Flash is not perfect, but Flash is on its way out anyway, so I'm not that concerned.

An update to the latest Flash would be nice, even so.

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Applications / Re: FF 17.0.11 won't run youtube films
« on: July 15, 2014, 03:31:35 pm »
Currently in Hobbes incoming, eventually it'll replace the developer preview. The only differences are the branding, that setting and the changelog.

I don't see anything in Hobbes incoming at this point. The Firefox 17 on hobbes is dated June 14.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/browser/firefox-17.0.11esr.en-US.os2.zip

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Applications / Re: FF 17.0.11 won't run youtube films
« on: July 15, 2014, 04:17:42 am »
Hi Joop, which version of FF17.0.11? The developers preview or my last upload?
Anyways go to about:config and check how dom.ipc.plugins.enabled is set and if set to true, change to false. I forgot this fix in the first upload.

I got the developer preview from hobbes. I set dom.ipc.plugins.enabled to false and now Flash works great. Where can I download your latest FF17.0.11?

Neil

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Networking / Re: Intel 2915 abg Wireless and WPA2 with Genmac
« on: June 09, 2014, 07:00:26 pm »
I've got an x60 with a 3945, and it does WPA2-PSK just fine. The router is set to WPA2-PSK (AES). The 4965 works for sure. I have also tested with Intel 5100 and a GenMU driver, and that works also, but at a higher speed. I don't remember testing a 2915 with WPA2.

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Applications / Re: Firefox 24 vs OS/2 World
« on: June 08, 2014, 03:22:41 pm »
I think discussion of Firefox 24 is a reasonable thing to have on OS/2 World. I don't think its healthy for a platform to do all of it's discussion inside bug reporting websites. I do file bug reports, as some of you should probably know.

I'm running Firefox 24 for my daily web browsing. If I hit a page with a lot of Flash animation, the operating system appears to halt. Control-Alt-Del does not appear to work, or else I am not patient enough. There is some middle ground -- if a page has just enough Flash animations, then Firefox stops, but it can be killed from CADH/TOP.

With Flash disabled from the add-ons menu in Firefox, I can browse the same pages. It may be a bit slow, but they work. This had not been the case for Firefox 17 or Firefox 10. They could not reliably disable the Flash plugin, nor could they render nasty, overweight pages without hanging.

As an end user, there is no way to know if this would be better a Flash bug or a Firefox bug. Nor is it clear how to submit a reproducable scenario, since the web pages in question change every few minutes, depending on what is embedded in them (which probably depends on the user's cookies anyway.)

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I do not want to undervalue the suggestion to develop an open-source framework for BSD drivers. The developers of OS/4, the new OS/2 loader and many other wonderful new things have the same weakness. Although their software is excellent and they have made huge contributions, their work does not reach a larger audience.

This is because of the crucial lack of support. End users such as myself need several things for success.

1. Clear description of the software, what it does, and documentation of the system requirements
2. An easy installation method
3. Documentation, tools and methods to troubleshoot when things go wrong
4. A bug tracking system to report bugs that is monitored and replies are made
5. Fixes for bugs and enhancements to make end users successful
6. Periodic re-releases of software that collect the bug fixes and enhancements
7. Announcements of software releases with description from item #1
8. A forum to discuss bugs and end-user questions that is monitored by someone who can answer questions.

These items do not have to be done by the programmer, but they do have to be done to make software a success.

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I don't favor funding any of the proposals at this time.

A new WiFi driver would be nice, but anyone can have WiFi by plugging in an Intel 5100 and using Doug B's excellent extensions to GenMac.
I'd actually use eclipse, but I can get by without it. We already have lots of excellent programmers editors on OS/2.

I like funding the bww Firefox as outlined by Dave Yeo. I wish we could pay bww to hire another programmer.
Pasha's driver framework is tempting, but only if we can hire him for a couple of years while we get the bugs worked out. Alas, the common fund is too small for that.

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Applications / Firefox 24 vs OS/2 World
« on: June 01, 2014, 04:51:03 pm »
I got the new Firefox 24 beta running here. But it's claiming every word I type in the composition box is misspelled. I know I'm not the greatest speller, but how can I correct my mistakes if all of them come up?

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General Discussion / Re: Website - Os/2 Release Notes is back up !
« on: June 01, 2014, 04:48:52 pm »
Well, the site looks about right, both on eCS and the new Firefox 24 beta and also on iPad with Mercury Browser

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General Discussion / Re: More on new OS/2 developments
« on: May 30, 2014, 07:41:26 pm »

Presently, I have no agreement with Mensys or XEU.


Thanks, Lewis. Good communication includes putting out bad news, too.  If we are limited to putting fixes and enhancements on top of the end users old licenses, it's a pretty serious limitation. I'm looking forward to more clarity on this issue. Like most here, I'm hoping this comes out well.

Good luck!!

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