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Networking / Re: windows 7 does not see os/2 device
« on: August 06, 2015, 12:28:33 am »
Well, Arthur, it looks like SAMBA is not started. Try the "Start SAMBA server" icon and see if the status changes to "running". Once SAMBA is running, the shares may be visible to both OS/2 and Windows.

Nice information, Dave, about getting IBM File and Print Client to work with Windows 7.

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Looking at the CUPS howto, I see a pretty good description of how to download and install CUPS. (Thanks, Pete!)

A couple of things are lacking. First, about shopping for a printer. The method today is to buy a printer based on what the vendor would most like to sell, then try it on Cups, and if that doesn't work, then abandon eCS and use some operating system that supports printers.

A better solution would be to collect the list of printers that Cups supports, and present it pretty clearly so you can see the supported printers. To test the list, take a Sunday newspaper, and check Cups support for each printer that you find.

Second, about apps support. Show configuring and using Cups support for Open Office, Firefox and PMView (feel free to substitute apps that you use). Especially show printing on an envelope or other non-standard form. I'm finding that printer support is actually better than back in the IBM supported days, but you have to do a lot of tinkering, research and waste a bit of paper to get there.

A Warpstock attendee asked me if we could have a presentation about hand editing PPD files. If that's what it takes, I'd like to see that described. My printer works because I edited the PPD file to take out unsupported characters / languages.

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Networking / Re: windows 7 does not see os/2 device
« on: July 23, 2015, 03:55:48 pm »
When you get a chance, please show us the Samba Status Monitor, Daemons screen so we can see if Samba is running.

Tobopeep has PMVNC server installed, so if you start that, you will be able to remote control Tobopeep, too.

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Networking / Re: windows 7 does not see os/2 device
« on: July 22, 2015, 04:12:02 pm »
Samba Server is not installed with eCS 2.2 beta 2, but it is installed on my eCS preloaded systems.

The Quick Guide doesn't really address users and has a link that looks like it went out of date.

I always use usernames and passwords for my networking. Can Windows and SAMBA work without them, as Arthur is asking?

Another thought is about name resolution. Arthur: do the Windows machines know Tobopeep by name, or just by IP address? It looks like you've got some kind of name resolution configured. Personally, I just use the hosts file on each machine.

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Events / Re: Warpstock 2015 presentations
« on: July 22, 2015, 04:00:34 pm »
I have added the following presentation to the Warpstock 2015 website

http://www.warpstock.org/staticpages/index.php?page=ws2015_sessions

Presenter:
Paul Smedley

Title:
Printing with CUPS on OS/2 & eComStation

Description:
Information on using CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) with OS/2 and
eComStation. How it works, and how to buy a printer that is likely to
be able to be supported on OS/2.

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Events / Warpstock 2015 presentations
« on: July 04, 2015, 05:08:52 pm »
For people interested in attending/viewing Warpstock 2015, I'm soliciting presentation topics

Here are some of my ideas -- please add your own.

  • DLL heck: how to resolve conflicts along the LIBPATH, ecspecially with RPM/YUM
    vs. other installers.
  • OS/2 loader and the 512 MB problem. QSINIT and RAM Drives.
  • Config.sys: Reviewing the order of execution of statements in Config.sys and
    the proper order of loading drivers.

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Applications / SmartSuite can't find default.mwp
« on: June 29, 2015, 03:30:06 pm »
This is with SmartSuite and all the fixes I can find applied. Most installations seem to run fine. One computer gives this error message:

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Cannot open SmartMaster default.mwp. Please select another SmartMaster.

Default.mwp seems to be where it always is. (\LotusW4\SMASTERS\WORDPRO\default.mwp)

Attachments:
1. opening a Word Pro file.
2. instead of opening, Word Pro preferences opens.
3. Then this error appears.

How can I repair this?

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Hardware / Re: Unexeptable priner speed.
« on: June 23, 2015, 06:28:27 am »
How does that software emulation work on OS/2? The printer (I have one, too, but a 4090) seems to have PS on board. Also here, it prints at a similar speed to Mac (don't have Windows handy).

What I found is that PostScript support on OS/2 is kind of messed up. There are three PS drivers for the 4090, IBM, eCups and PSPRINT. All seem to work, but with minor differences.

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General Discussion / Re: OS4 kernel and associated files
« on: May 30, 2015, 09:08:19 pm »
Thanks, OS4User. I will go that route when I get a chance. As I work with QSINIT to find the rest of my RAM, I'm seeing a conflict with the Arca Noae release of MultiMac (R8169.ADD). This may affect the OS4 loader as well. If I revert to MultiMac from eCS 2.2 b2, QSINIT works well to show the full RAM of the system.

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General Discussion / Re: OS4 kernel and associated files
« on: May 26, 2015, 05:10:45 am »
Thanks, Doug. I tried QS_INIT, and it seems to fix the memory hole. I'm seeing 3492 MB now. If I change BIOS settings for video, the available memory goes up or down as expected.


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General Discussion / Re: OS4 kernel and associated files
« on: May 26, 2015, 02:22:51 am »
Well, I'd hoped for answers to my questions, but here are the files, in hopes for answers later.

I'm not using any com port, so there won't be a log.
I've attached the config.sys.
os2loader.ini is unchanged from the distribution.

This memory hole problem is unexpected. I thought I had this same hardware working without a memory hole. Perhaps it can be eliminated in BIOS.


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General Discussion / Re: OS4 kernel and associated files
« on: May 25, 2015, 05:44:17 pm »
I have a new system that is limited to 512 MB RAM.
I'm trying out the OS/4 loader and kernel in order to see close to the installed 4 GB.

The OS/4 loader is working fine to load OS/2 loader.
It works with updated DOSCALL1.DLL
But it still reports 512 MB RAM.

I cannot load the OS/2 kernel, even with Alt-F7 to suppress the LOGO.
The machine simply resets.

I cannot load the OS/4 kernel.
Loading: acpi4.sys. File not found or corrupted.


Where can I get acpi4.sys?
Do I even need the OS/4 kernel just to see 4 GB RAM?

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Applications / Re: Firefox plugins stop working
« on: May 09, 2015, 09:01:54 pm »
Removing pluginreg.dat brings back the Flash plugin. Thanks!

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Applications / Re: Firefox plugins stop working
« on: May 09, 2015, 06:27:02 pm »
Sure it does. No plugins are recognized.

I have Flash 11 installed.
1. create new profile
2. flash 11 works. Plug in is recognized and I can switch it on and off.
3. surf around a while
4. flash doesn't work. No plugins are recognized
5. restart Firefox/system. No change.


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Applications / Firefox plugins stop working
« on: May 09, 2015, 03:25:29 pm »
I'm using Nightly (Firefox 24 compiled by Dave Yeo). I used it for a while, then my plugins disappeared. Even though all the files are still there in the plugin directory, Firefox no longer uses them.

I created a new profile, and the plugins are back. So I used that profile for a while (moving all my bookmarks and passwords to the new profile), but in a few days, my plugins are gone again. I made yet another profile, and they are back.

Any idea what is going on? Is there a way to restore plugin capability to a profile?

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