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#41
Hello all, I am back, and I have brought ideas with me! Here is my correspondance so far with the developer of Pm123 concerning what I think PM123 needs, and more over, what OS/2 needs! What do you guys think? If you have access to a Windows machine (not Vista, Tuniac does not play nice with Vista and not having DirectAudio), please give Tuniac a shot so you can see how amazing it's media management capabilities are, something that OS/2 is missing!
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Hey, I had written to you before about possible improvements to PM123, and I have spent a lot of time with MS Paint and Tuniac (a media player I use on Windows), and I think that I have come up with a good idea. PM123 is really the ONLY music player for OS/2 that is still supported, and is very good :) The only thing PM123 is missing is a good media management system with good playlisting support. Tuniac is a shining example of this for Windows. Its small, very fast, very simpe, and plays music amazingly. It has the best management and playlist system I have ever used. Please try it out so you can see what I am talking about:http://tuniac.com/build/Tuniac_Setup32_060305.exe

So, I think that PM123 should have a playlist that is like Tuniac's Media Management. I have included 2 screenshots of Tuniac in action. The first (tuniac1.png) shows the player and the full media mangement playlist, and the second (tuniac2.png) shows the player and filtering out things based upon what I typed in the entry box.

I have made a mock-up of what I think the PM123 playlist would look like and work like with the features of Tuniac (pm123list.png) so that you can have an idea of what I am thinking.

Let me know what you think! I think PM123 and OS/2 need this, nothing on OS/2 can do this!

Thanks,
Brett Carlock
#42
Hardware / Compaq Presario V5000
2008.01.28, 01:34:33
Hey, my roomate is trying to get eCS 2.0RC4 working on his Compaq Presario
V5000, and we have had some limited success so far. here are the hardware
specs:
Laptop:
AMD Turion64
ATI Radeon x200m
15.4" LCD (1280x800x32bppx60hz)
60gb HDD
1.5gb RAM
Realtek 8139 NIC
ATI/Conexant Sound

So, we got ACPI 3.05/3.06 to function corerctly with the /!NOD switch, but
we can NOT get his display to work properly. If we set it to the native mode
using SNAP it will scroll the desktop. Trying the "lcdusebios off" switch in
gaoption will result in SEVERE graphical corruption and flickering on the
next boot. Panorama did not work on the first install because the WPS class
wasnt registered and we had not figured out the ACPI switch yet. So, if you
could, please help us so we can get his computer to work with eCS. Its very
close :C

Thanks!

#43
Eros2's Modules: http://eros2.info/ssaver_modules_en.shtml

Hey guys, I was thinking that eros2's screensaver modules look really awesome, and were in fact VERY cool when I used them for Desktop Painter, so I asked him yesterday if he would ever port them to Doodle. He said that he was too busy to do it, but I was welcome to the sources so that I could port them to Doodle. Thing is, as you all know, I am no programmer :C So, I now have the packages, and the Doodle Sources. Now, I am stuck. I have NO idea what needs to be done from here. I tried to read the Doodle, manual but its not descriptive enough, I dont understand what I have to do. If anyone could help me out or perhaps try and port for me? That would be awesome! I think Doodle's Screensaver could really use some new modules, and these modules are bad-ass :D
#44
Well, thats kind of balls isnt it?

Oh well, its what I expected at least :\
#45
General Discussion / eCS 2.04 RC4
2007.12.27, 07:41:33
Hey, just released not too long ago! I am downloading now, testing in VPC later tonight (?) or tomorrow. 11%, 74kbps.

Updated eComStation Wiki page to reflect this newest release.
Some infos:
==== WHATSNEW for eComStation 2.0 RC4 ====

-=# The Christmas 2007 release #=-

New Features:

* Network reconfiguration now functions properly
* Detection of wired vs wireless NICs will be in proper order
* Added tool to configure a not-connected wired NIC interface (llaecs)
* Disk resizer has progress bar for improved usability
* New bootlogo and desktopbackground, reflecting "RC4" status

Updated Applications:

* Updated GenMac to "Release Version 2.20 RC1"
* Updated XWLAN utility to version 3.10 RC1
* Updated ACPI to version 3.05
* Updated both Firefox and Thunderbird to version 2.0.0.11
* Updated RSJ CD writer to 6.02
* Updated UniAud audiodriver to 1.1.4RC4 release
* Updated UnixLike utilities to support wildcard notation
* Updated tar (to 1.18), gzip (to 1.3.6) and bzip2 (to 1.0.4)
* Updated DOS kernel to 14.103
* Updated Time zone update for Java 1.4.2 to 2007H
* Updated MPTS Wrap to version 0908

Fixes since the previous release:

* 1686: [installer phase 2] Problem with OBJECT ID of mouse object
* 1796: [installer phase 2] GenMac needs to be installed completely on HD
* 1190: [other] APM Installation: config.sys missing: SET ENH_SUSPEND=2
* 1626: [booting of CD] XUL disc resizer
* 1633: [installer phase 1] Broadcom NeteXtreme Gigabit NIC not detected
* 1704: [other] If both GenMAC wirless interface and second inteface have
        TCPBuei enabled, Peer will not start
* 1625: [installer phase 2] eCS 2.0 rc2 error code 85 when USB CD-ROM
        support is requested
* 1800: [other] Apply ABIOS patch to OS2LDR
* 1700: [installer phase 3] ecs 2.0 it_it rc3: finalization wizard writes
        USER variable uppercase
* 1583: [other] Included versions of archiving utilities like tar, gzip,
        bzip2 are not the latest versions
* 1572: [installer phase 1] SEINST install failed
* 1711: [installer phase 1] System crashes without /!BIOS
* 1752: [installer phase 1] Trap E in OS2KRNL on starting install
* 1672: [other] Shutdown menu (estyler) does nothing if no selection is made
* 1707: [other] selecting panorama causes finish.cmd to run makewps.cmd
        from snap
* 1685: [other] Network reconf no longer works
* 1795: [other] Selective installer for networking destroys system
* 1738: [other] After successful installation, 'Selective Install for
        Networking' causes a loop in phase 2
* 1607: [installer phase 1] Broadcom 10/100 network adapter not present in
        macs listing.
* 1198: [other] Do not run CFGSORT on (network) reconfiguration
* 1732: [other] NIC not detected on HP compaq NC6320
* 1659: [booting of CD] Experimential features
* 1564: [other] (eCS 2.0 RC1) WPSEXTS missing
* 1781: [other] wpsh.ir is down level.
* 1669: [other] Amouse needs /SMP switch in SMP mode
* 1712: [installer phase 2] LAN not working, IBMLVL.INI not readable by
        MPTS.exe
* 1789: [other] JUNE.LNG misses texts and one sentence needs modification.
* 1504: [other] On this system V2.0B4 using GenMac for Broadcom NetXtreme
        NIC failed to install ANY copy of mptn.msg
* 1631: [other] mptn.msg missing
* 1580: [other] changing video drivers results in an unstartable system
* 1720: [other] Missing menuitems: Create another.., Create program object
* 1746: [other] Need to update the Samba client code in the EVFS package
* 1777: [installer phase 1] LVM fingerprint check text needs fixing
* 1722: [installer phase 2] Trap 000e ThinkPad R61
* 1724: [installer phase 1] Due to HW detection order Wireless is put on lan0
* 1641: [installer phase 1] Dual Core CPU installs W4 Kernel with "/SMP"
        option in ACPI.PSD. Result: stop at bootlogo.
* 1750: [other] FAT 32 IFS
* 1779: [other] WinOS2 apps lost during migration.
* 1688: [booting of CD] Install eCS 2.0 RC 3 in Virtual PC
* 1693: [installer phase 2] eCS 2.0 rc3 hangs loading drivers at phase2
* 1708: [installer phase 2] System hangs
* 1705: [installer phase 2] /APIC not filtered from ACPI.PSD line in phase2
* 1740: [other] MPTS does not work
* 1706: [other] x:\ibmcom\macs contains too many NIF files, causing MPTS to
        fail
* 1695: [other] MPTS crashes after easy install eCS 2.0 rc3
* 1733: [other] ACPI Wizard parameter parsing logic
* 1767: [other] Selective install *still* has OS/2 Warp 4 background and
        titlebar
* 1776: [other] UCLIP locations
* 1775: [other] en_us\ecs\install\install.zip contains a duplicate of itself
* 1758: [installer phase 1] Configure Network page references "Netware"
        instead of "NetWare" and needs additional fixes
* 1759: [installer phase 1] Network types text needs cleaning and consistency
* 1765: [installer phase 2] Disk inactivity warning text
* 1754: [installer phase 1] Language on resistration info page should be
        modified
* 1757: [installer phase 1] Registration screen text needs more polish
* 1751: [other] Unix-like commands in ecs\klibc (coreutils)
* 1761: [installer phase 1] When adding IPX, it is only available for binding
        to the first NIC
* 1742: [other] Couldn't configure MPTS .
* 1684: [other] Scheme Palete doesn't contain a setting for current colors
* 1703: [other] Default locale is still not correctly set during install.
* 1718: [installer phase 2] hang loading BASEDEVs

Updated / added drivers:

* Updated ACPI to revision 3.05
* Updated APM to revision 1.20
* Updated UniAud audiodriver to 1.1.4RC4 release
* Updated JFS code to match eCS Bootable JFS 1.0.7
   The updates for the latest IBM JFS support (14.105) have been merged
   into this release.  It is valid for both HPFS and JFS systems.
* applied IBM APAR PJ31116/PJ31056 Comet Cursor/Suspend (@@fixes 1781)
* samba plugin code at level 3.0.26 @@fixes 1746

=== eComStation 2.0 RC4 README ===

-=# The Christmas 2007 release #=-

!!! WHEN TESTING BETA SOFTWARE, ALWAYS BE SURE TO HAVE A TRIED AND TESTED
    BACKUP OF YOUR SYSTEM !!!

** Netware installation from CD1 **

It is now possible to add Netware client support to eComStation, straight
from the installation CD. This is especially important for those customers
that have a Netware networking environment.


** Preboot harddisk integrity check **

There are several situations which may cause installation problems with LVM
in the install process. In this release, it is possible to disable the
integrity check at page 2 (miscellaneous) of the eComStation installer
preboot menu.

- PBR problems:  Set when either the 'hidden sectors' or the geometry fields
in a bootsector do not match the position of the partition or the used
disk-geometry.

- CHS problems:  Set when the CHS-values in a partition-table for a
  partition do NOT match the current disk-geometry used by the operating
  system.  This may lead to error from (mini)LVM about the disk being
  'corrupt'.  Another possible cause for this error is that if there are
  any partitions present on a disk that have NO LVM information at all,
  and are of a type that gets a default driveletter assigned in that case
  (by OS2LVM.DMD/OS2DASD.CMD)

- Boot problems:  Set when extended-containers are marked ACTIVE, when
  multiple primaries are marked ACTIVE, or if any non-standard flagbyte
  values are used in the partitiontable.  These errors MAY lead to the
  system failing to boot properly!

These will now be detected before the installer starts and an option to fix
them is being presented.  If you choose not to fix them, you are not able
to proceed the installation.

This technology uses a custom DFSee 'engine' and should be safe, however,
neither Serenity Systems International nor Fsys can be held liable for any
damages that may occur to the data on your harddrive.


** Harddisk volume resizing **

This version has a custom DFSee engine that enables reliable RESIZING of FAT32
and NTFS filesystems to allow shrinking an existing Windows installation to
make room for eComStation on the same system.  While this functionality has
been available in DFSee (and the OEM Engine) for quite a while, it was NOT
considered reliable enough to offer to end users during eComStation install.
Starting with DFSee release 7.12, and the OEM Engine based on that, the
reliability of resizing has improved to the point where it can be used
without hesitation for this purpose.  A Windows NTFS filesystem resized by
DFSee will pass a subsequent Windows CHKDSK with NO ERRORS now. The engine
included in RC4 is at level 9.04.

The GUI to this tool has been updated and is now using a graphical interface.
To invoke it, please select 'Paritition Resizing Tool' from the Installation
Volume Manager which can be called during installation (choose 'New Volume'
to start MiniLVM). It will take a while to complete loading, when done,
please select Next to show the list of resizable volumes. If the list is
empty, this means there is no suitable volume detected that has enough free
space for it to be resized.

The GUI has been updated to be more intuitive to the user and will only show
resize panes when there is an actual volume available for resizing. If you
know you have freespace available on your Windows volume, but they do not
show up, you can consider running (multiple times) "defrag" under Windows,
this will rearrange the file layout on disk and may yield in more space
that can be actually freed up. The diskresizer now will show a progress
bar during resizing.

If the entire disk is occupied by a Windows Vista preload installation,
installation of eComStation will not be possible and the installer will
abort (the preboot integrity check will prevent further booting).
You can create freespace on the drive by using the tools supplied by Windows
Vista to manage your disk. In 'FAQ.TXT' a small howto is included.


** Bootable JFS **

This release of eComStation contains the option to install the operating
system on a JFS volume. The advantage of doing this is that the amount of
diskcache is only limited by system memory (typically 10% of available
memory is assigned)
This increased cache size gives a huge gain in overall system performance.
To install onto a Bootable JFS volume, you will have to select 'JFS' as
filesystem type in the 'Format Volume' page of the installer.

A number of analysis tools are available on the install CD:

in \ECS\BOOTJFS

cachejfs.exe   - query and set parameters of cache
cstats.exe     - query usage of cache

in \ECS\BOOTJFS\DEBUG

chklgjfs.exe - show results of last chkdsk
dumpfs.exe   - dump internal structure of JFS
logdump.exe  - dump current state of log to \JFSLOG.DMP
validfs.exe  - show current state of JFS
xchkdmp.exe  - show results from chkdsk.new
xchklog.exe  - dump results of last chkdsk to \chkdsk.new
xpeek.exe    - utility for interactive work with structure of JFS


** Genmac 2.20 RC1 **

This package provides generic driver support for several network interface
cards under OS/2 and eComStation.  Moreover, Genmac is enabled to support WPA
encryption with the Wireless LAN Monitor 3.x or better.

Genmac and the Wireless LAN monitor will be installed when the appropriate
hardware is detected by the installer.  If it is not detected, you can
manually select the driver in the network installation dialog.

Note:  only the selected driver will be copied onto your system, in order to
prevent problems with the MPTS installer later on.  This may seem confusing,
when you run MPTS in a later stage, it will not show all Genmac supported
NICs.

Version 2.20 rc1 of GenMac now supports the NETBEUI protocol.

Version 2.20 rc1 of GenMac now offers suspend & resume on a limited set of network
adapters (when used in conjunction with ACPI) - this is an *experimental*
feature. More details can be found in \ecs\doc\genmac\

Please note that UniAud has known problems with suspend & resume, so if you
want to use this feature, you should not activate the UniAud driver currently.

A full list of supported NIC chipsets can be found in 'WHATSNEW.TXT'.
Support has been added to autodetect over 300 NICs that are using one of
these chipsets.


** ACPI & APM **

Support for ACPI is available in this release.  The current version is 3.05.
ACPI will be automatically enabled if appropriate hardware is detected.
You can manually enable or disable ACPI support at page 4 (USB & ACPI)
of the eComStation installer preboot menu.  Even if not installed, the
corresponding documents are installed on your harddrive. You can find
detailed information and testdocuments in \ECS\DOC\ACPI and \ECS\DOC\APM

Several tests can be performed, please refer to \ECS\DOC\ACPI\TESTER.DOC
and \ECS\DOC\APM\TESTER.DOC

When ACPI is installed, there is a number of utilities from the ACPI
Toolkit you can use, see the list below:

AcpiTree.exe            - Show ACPI tree
ButtonJin.exe           - Wait press Power Button (as demon), GUI
WaitButton.exe          - Wait press Power/Sleep button, VIO
PowerOff.exe            - Power Off (immediate!!)
SetGetThrtl.exe         - Get/Set throtlling CPU
UpTime.exe              - Show uptime via PM Timer
GetValue.exe            - Get current value from PM Timer
AcpiIRQ.exe             - Show current IRQ routing
IrqStat.exe             - Show IRQ calling statistics (SMP only)
SetGetState.exe         - Get/Set frequency/power state
EmbeddedEvent.exe       - Show events from Embedded controllers
GetNotify.exe           - Show notify
Thermal.exe             - Show temperature of thermal zone
ScanPCI.exe             - Show PCI devices
TmrTest.exe             - Test working of timer (testing IRQ0 timer 0)


** multicore CPU support **

This release supports the installation of eComStation on a MultiCore CPU
computer. This includes Intel Core Duo , Core2 Duo and AMD 64 X2.
To enable it, you can do so in the ACPI Wizard that is launched from the
Post Installation tasks at the end of the installation. Alternatively you
can start the ACPI Wizard at any time from the install/remove folder in
the Local System folder on the desktop.

The ACPI Wizard will try to determine your system configuration and set
parameters accordingly. You can manually change them of course.

Please note: many drivers are not SMP capable, which may cause
instability or unexpected behaviour on your system.

For more information please refer to \ECS\DOC\ACPI\ACPI_SMP.DOC


** SMP support **

It is also possible to install eComStation 2.0 RC4 on a regular SMP
machine. You will have to activate it with the ACPI Wizard from the
Post Installation Tasks wizard that is started at the end of the
installation. This should enable you to properly finish installation,
before activating the SMP feature.


** Uninstall SMP support **

It is possible to undo a SMP installation, for example because your system
seems unstable or does not properly function with SMP activated.
For instructions on how to perform uninstallation, please refer to 'FAQ.TXT'
in the root of the CD.


** eComStation Virtual File System (Samba client support) **

Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client set
originally made for UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows and
OS/2 servers or clients.  eComStation has a native implementation of
SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN Manager and IBM Peer.  These products
have not been recently updated and may have some compatibility issues with
modern Windows SMB/CIFS implementations.

Serenity Systems International has reached an agreement with Blueprint
Software Works for the inclusion of the 'eComStation Virtual File System'
driver which provides support for Samba Client.  Currently a GUI to
configure it is lacking, but an example of how to mount a Samba resource
can be found in \ECS\DOC\EVFS\REXX

** EVFS GUI **

There now is a GUI that will make it easier to configure network access
using the Samba protocol. There is one big limitation though, the tool
cannot determine if a network connection was properly created - so it
will not provide sensible feedback on that, instead it will always
create a mountpoint which may be empty if the actual connection fails.
The object for this tool is placed in the "Local Network" folder and is
called "Virtual Filesystem for SMB"
#46
! YES! Does this mean that eCS will finally be able to authenticate with the NT Windows servers and finally be able to see them and browse them in the Network Requester?!
#47
Applications / Sun ODF Plug-in
2007.12.20, 08:31:41
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/get.jsp

This is a page to the Sun Microsystem ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office XP, 2002, 2003, 2007 application suites. This should be helpful if any of you guys need easy access to your ODF files on your Windows partitions (and dont have OpenOffice installed). I prefer (personally) Office XP to OpenOffice, so now that I dont have to have it installed to be able to read/write documents I write under eCS, I am quite happy. Combine this with the Office 2007 compatability pack for Microsoft Office (2003 and before), and I think we all should be pretty much set in terms of ease of document support.

Here is some more general info:

At A Glance
The Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office gives users of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint the ability to read, edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format (ODF)
The plugin works with Microsoft Office 2007 (Service Pack 1 or higher), Microsoft Office 2003, XP and Microsoft Office 2000
The plugin is based on StarOffice technology and is easy to setup and use, the conversion happens transparently and the additional memory footprint is minimal
The Sun ODF Plugin is currently the only converter with Enterprise support available. Enterprises who want to use the ISO-standardized file format with Microsoft Office can sign service contracts with Sun. Contact Sun Sales for further information

Designed For You

The ODF Plugin seamlessly integrates with the Load and Save As dialog and the Save (Ctrl+S) shortcut of Microsoft Office Word
A new toolbar in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Powerpoint simplifies the import and export of ODF documents
Make the ISO standardized OpenDocument file format the standard in your company, and switch the standard file format in Microsoft Office Word to ODF
#48
Applications / TerraIM
2007.12.16, 00:13:15
My roomie was using TerraIM on Vista, and so, I looked into it. Its a very small, simple AIM client that is built upon the wXWidgets framework, and has its full source included. How hard would it be for someone to hack this together for OS/2?

Some General Information about TerraIM:

TerraIM is an instant messaging client that connects to the AOL Instant Messenger network. Thus, one can use TerraIM with an existing AIM, ICQ, or AOL screen name. Just log in using your AIM screen name or ICQ number with TerraIM, and your regular buddy list will show up.

TerraIM has several useful features:

Portability - TerraIM easily fits on a floppy, and requires no install. It is perfect for environments where AIM cannot be installed, such as school networks.
Aliasing - set an alias for a buddy and that alias is displayed everywhere instead of the person's screen name.
Invisible login - login directly to invisible mode, so no one suspects that you are online
Logging - TerraIM implements real time logging. All instant messages can be recorded to files.
Remote Control - leave TerraIM running at home and remotely check messages, change the away message, and download files.
Tabbing - you have the option of having all your instant messages with one window, with tabs to switch between them.
Low RAM usage - While the latest version of AIM from AOL uses 60+ mb of RAM, TerraIM normally usess less than 5.
Skinnability - TerraIM is fully skinnable.
While TerraIM has file transfer and buddy icon support, it does not have DirectIM. If you have experience with C++ and are interested in adding features to TerraIM, contact the team.

TerraIM Homepage:
http://www.terraim.com/

TerraIM Sourceforge Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=62923
#49
Article Discussions / The OS2 petition
2007.12.14, 02:13:11
I created an event on facebook as well as posted an item linking to the survey in my profile. I am trying to go through the list and invite everyone I know, im sure a few will sign it.
#50
Thanks :) Me and my roomie are enrolled. Im thinking office pro or office student with encarta.
#51
Woot. I like SIM, but there is one problem. It does not send messages  ??? I can recieve however.
#52
Hey guys, Im back to pick your brains again :)

My room-mate is on an OS spree and has tested Vista, XP, Ubuntu, Zeta, and finally, has tried eCS. We got it to install with minimal issue, except these things were wrong:

Sound-Detected, worked, conflicted (studdered when it played repeatedly) with ACPI

Network-eCS detected wireless card but not on-board. Both were installed. Wireless was later disabled then uninstalled, on-board detected and intialized. However, flow control read transmit:disabled recieve:disabled, though we had it set to TXA_RXA in the driver properties page.

ACPI- ACPI wizard installed ACPI but no USB devices worked and the sound was studdering due to a resource conflict. Tried /SMP /ACPI, /APIC, no switches.  ???

Screen- Snap detected and installed and showed the native resolution of 1280x800x64m, however, this screen resolution on reboot yielded a big ugly mess of gray blocks, lines, and other corruption.

Laptop Specs: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00796394&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3289366&rule=44671&lang=en

Thanks guys!
#53
Hardware / Gateway Solo 1450 Oh no :(
2007.11.22, 09:16:50
Hello All, I am back home for break and of course am at the sister's laptop with the intent to get rid of my bootleg copy of XP (I had a real copy for it but I lost it before I went to china, had to get SOMETHING there :C ) and put eCS on this baby. Shes getting a macbook (blegh) and no longer wants this oudated, broken power-jack having, broken screen (flops closed/open, flickers, turns off at random) lappy any more. Its fair game for me now :) Hey, beats my Compaq Presario 1240 which is my eCS lappy right now lol!

To the point:
Gateway, in all their infinite glory, released a bios update that I stupidly downloaded and flashed. It made the VESA bios report only 832kb of VRAM to the display driver, limiting me to video modes that only require 1mb to display. So, I can get native (1024x768) resolution and refresh (60hz) but not bit-depth. Bit-depth right now is limited to 8bpp, or 256 color. NOT usuable for me. I have tried both SNAP and Panorama, but both get the improper VRAM from the BIOS, and there is NO way to set it. In windows, its not a problem. The Intel driver simply ignores the number and allocates RAM on the fly. The intel driver for OS/2 simply does not work. I cant even get to the desktop. Balls.

I have researched online and found mostly xFree86 or Fedora Core forum posts related to this, saying download this older BIOS and flash it, then be on your way. I have done that, ad nauseum, but to no effect!
I am running the "working" BIOS right now, but no 24bpp lovings from SNAP or Panorama.

I have network working (RC3 detected right away) and USB, PCMCIA but no sound. This uses the ESS Allegro chipset. Is there a driver for this? Does Uniaud support it?

For PCMCIA cards, I have a Microsoft MN-720 Wireless Adapter. It apparently uses the Broadcom 43xx chipset. How can I get this working so I can have wireless and Hardwire?

In short, I would love to salvage this for my eCS mobile, but if it cant give me sound or proper video, to the trash-heap it must go :(

Thanks guys!
#54
XFree86 / call for help with xfree86
2007.11.11, 05:25:52
Hey guys, Ive been trying to set up an X environment under my RC3 setup and I have not been nearly as successful as I could have hoped.

Heres 2 things first:
Does the 4.5.0 release support my 7600GT chipset? I cant find anything definate... Says it should work in VGA mode or something similar even if its not 100% supported.
If it does not, can I grab the video driver file (or whatever X uses) from a newer release and put it into my 4.5.0 release?

Second, can I use panorama with xFree86 or not? I dont like to use SNAP on this chipset because its not accelerated and SNAP VESA is not bearable to use, not after I saw how fast Panorama is :)

I will get back to you on the error messages I get once I reboot, I am in windows at the moment.
Thanks!
#55
Games / OpenGL / Mesa3d
2007.11.06, 11:30:15
Im not sure if this is a horse that has been beaten to death far too many times, but here goes.

OpenGL, my favorite graphics accelerator. How I love thee, let me count the ways:
Blazing fast on Nvidia hardware, Brought me things like quake 1-4, Half life, Serious Sam.

However, OpenGL sorta died on OS/2 with 1.1 Gold, and Mesa 3d for xFree86/OS2 seems to have died in 1999 at the Mesa3d 3.xx level.

How hard would it be to pick back up official OpenGL support for OS/2 and get it current with Windows, Unix-derivatives, and OSX? I think OpenGL would open the door to a lot of possibilites with eCS and would maybe be a viable means to accelerate the user interface.

If OpenGL cant be done, how viable is Mesa3d now? Does it provide any performance gain?

Am I asking for something completely dumb and useless? Im not sure :\ Let me know..
#56
Networking / RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
2007.11.06, 11:07:09
Okay, first thing is first: Im a GUI n00b, and Im a pretty useless end user, so keep that in mind.

So today, my roomate finally got Gutsy Gibbon working on his laptop with compvis and beryl and all those nice effects and he was playing around with everything and finally came across the Terminal Services client software that Ubuntu has for communicating over multiple protocols. So, he opens it up, tells me to boot to windows XP so we can test it out, I then remember that I saw a PM VNC server app that I never have used before.

Today, I saw VNC, and it was AWESOME. However, I was eventually frustrated by the less than stellar performance across RIT's blazing fast network (usually 10+mpbs over DC++) and the lack of sound and ability to share files across the connection. This lead me to do some research, and I then found out that VNC is a very simplistic protocol, and that RDP has many, many more features.

This then lead me to these pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC

where I learned about the protocols, then drilled down further to these apps/source codes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsclient

So basically, my question is this:

Who else but me would love to have a RDP compliant client/server suite that is ported to eCS and has a nice GUI so nub-cakes like myself can use it?

Basically, PM VNC but with RDP and all the other features that rdesktop and tsclient provide?
Also, some optimizations in the code would be stellar. I read somewhere (dont quote me on this) that PM VNC is a pretty quick/dirty port and because of that, can perform poorly on eCS.

Thoughts?
#57
General Discussion / eCS 2.0 RC3
2007.11.02, 20:41:48
Its out today, November 2nd 2007, and it sounds good from the release notes! I already edited the Wiki Page to reflect this new information (so excited), release notes below!

(eCs 2.0 RC3 Release Notes)
==== WHATSNEW for eComStation 2.0 RC3 ====

-=# The Warpstock Europe 2007 release #=-

New Features:

* Panorama VESA videodriver can be selected for installation
* Added AMouse mousedriver as default in the installation (fixes 1561)
* Added cleanup of 'empty' network folders that remain on the desktop
  when no actual network was installed.
* Created wrapper for PCI.EXE to add serial port support detection using
  DMI. (fixes 1253)
* Improved NIC and soundcard detection by using wrapper for PCI.EXE
* Added detection of 22 new NIC chipsets (supporting total of 304
  additional NICs) by GenMac 2.1.110 (experimental)
* New bootlogo and desktopbackground, reflecting "RC3" status

Updated Applications:

* Updated GenMac to "Release Version 2.1 built Oct 23 2007 09:21:13"
* Updated DSSaver to level 1.7.5.1 (eCS internal buildnumber)
* Updated Firewall to 2007/09/03 version
* Updated USBDock to 2007/09/08 release
* Updated Lucide to 1.20
* Updated eWPS to 1.08 (it was supposed to be in earlier verions, but
  wasn't)
* Updated DejaVu fonts to version 2.20 (sept. 2007) and added some
  missing fonts from the set. (fixes 1423)

Fixes since the previous beta release:

* Further improved hardware detection, on certain systems network cards
  were not detected, although supporting drivers are shipped
* Many fixes and improvements to the ACPI Wizard (bugfixes: 1638, 1669,
  1601, 1641, 1637, 1649, 1602, 1638)
* Added CPUID.EXE (built by Paul Smedley - Copyright 2003,2004,2005,2006
  by Todd Allen.  All Rights Reserved.) for better detection of SMP
  capabilities by ACPI Wizard.
* Re-enabled USB HID features in installer hardware page. In combination
  with updates to OS2CSM this partly fixes 1212, 1260, 1424.
* Updated WIC.EXE to same level as WarpIn in CID package, added warpin.tmf
  (fixes 1663)
* Multimedia deselection also deselects MultiMedia plugin pack for browser.
  (fixes 1657)
* Updated MPTS Wrapper - now really fixes 1645
* Updated DSSaver, it now will be enabled after installation. (fixes part of
  1618)
* Updated USBDOCK to let it add the USBRESMG.SYS to the config.sys itself
* Updated list of USB IDs with version of 2007/10/02
* Prevent applying of resource updates to (A)E.EXE (fixes 1438)
* DSSaver: updated WPSSDesk.dll to show correct initial properties notebook
  size. (fixes 1623)
* DSSaver: added sscore.cmd to write an initial sccore.cfg so screensaver
  will work even when not configured at all (i.e. after clean install).
  (fixes 1604)
* Apply SNAP setting for Netware (fixes 1597)
* Updated installation of GenGradd (fixes 1605)

Updated / added drivers:

* Updated ACPI to revision 3.04
* Updated APM to revision 1.19
* Updated Nvidia NDIS (nveth) driver to version 0.0.4
* Updated GenMac 2.1.110 (experimental) to support these additional chipsets:
   3Com 3C90xC   PCI [10B7:9200]
   Rtl 8168 GigaBit [10EC:8168]
   Rtl 8169 GigaBit [10EC:8169]
   Broadcom 10/100 [14E4:170C]
   Broadcom 10/100 [14E4:4100]
   Broadcom 10/100 [14E4:4401]
   Intel 10/100 [8086:1229]
   3Com 3C90xC   PCI [10B7:9201]
   nForce 5 10/100/1000 [10DE:0373]
   Marvell Yukon 88E8052 [11AB:4360]
   Marvell Yukon 88E8050 [11AB:4361]
   Marvell Yukon 88E8055 [11AB:4363]
   Marvell Yukon 88E8056 [11AB:4364]
   Atheros Wlan AR5005g [168C:001A]
   Atheros Wlan CARDBUS [168C:001B]
   Attansic Gigabit [1969:1048]
   Intel 10/100/1000MM [8086:1049]
   Intel 10/100/1000MM [8086:104B]
   Intel 10/100/1000PL [8086:109A]
   Intel 10/100/1000PL [8086:10B9]
   Intel 3945 a/b/g [8086:4227]
   Intel 4965 a/g/n [8086:4229]
   Intel 4965 a/g/n [8086:4230]
   Rtl 8167 GigaBit [10EC:8167]

New features of previous release:

* Netware client can be installed from CD1
* Added 27 NIC devices supported by the Nveth driver
* Improved artwork in installer screens
* Updated 4OS2 to build 3.04g (now build dynamically)
* Updated Firefox to version 2.0.0.6 (with WPS integration)
* Updated Thunderbird to version 2.0.0.6 (with WPS integration)
* Updated Dani IDE drivers from 1.7.10 to 1.8.1a
* Updated kLibc to latest version 0.6.3
* Updated UniClip to version 0.3.0
* Added ACPI Wizard that will detect system features and can be used to
  install ACPI and kernel options
* Updated DANI tools to 1.8.1 level
* Updated DANIS506.DOC to 1.8.1
* added ACPI package 3.01, can be manually selected or disabled in preboot menu
* Updated ACPI and APM support to 16/08/2007 version
* added Nveth driver to support nvidia (nforce) nics
* Updated Realtek 8139 driver to version 2005.12.05 which functions properly
  with ACPI
* Updated UniAud audiodriver to 1.1.4RC3 release
* Added TZ update for Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition - US DST timezone tool
* Split up netlabs (kLIBC) and innotek (Odin Runtime) libraries, are now
  installed with WarpIn
* Added support for the eComStation Installation Framework. Will always be
  installed. (XULrunner)
* Added logic to load TESTCFG2.SYS when ACPI is selected, prevents hangs
  on certain configurations
* Added english helpfile to accomodate checkdisk help button
* Updated USBDock to 20070504 release
* Updated WarpIn to version 1.0.15
* New versions of UPDTBMGR, MINILVM
* Updated ZIP to 2.32
* Replaced outdated ArcView 1.2 helpfile with the one of ArcView 2.0
* Updated eWorkPlace to 1.0.8
* Updated UniClip 0.2.2
* Updated Cairo to 1.2.4 and DSSaver to 1.7.5
* Updated firewall utility to version 1.2.4
* Updated NewView to 2.19
* Updated NewView en_us helpfile to 2.19
* Added 47 NIC devices to the hw detect engine, like nForce and Broadcom
  (mainly GenMac)
* UDF 2.16
* IBM APAR PJ30964 (UDF.IFS update)
* IBM1S506.ADD 10.161 (was 10.152)
* Intel SpeedStep(R) (APM) 10.163 (was 10.156)
* IBM Single Mouse driver 10.163 (was 10.152)
* KBDBASE.SYS to 10.070 (was 10.056)
* Updated IBM1S506.ADD to 10.161
* Updated OS2CDROM.DMD to 10.163
* Lucide document viewer (Lucide GA release)
* Added LxLite 1.3.3 to the distribution since resmgr uses it
* added bzip2 to \ecs\bin
* Security/2 added (optional from 'experimental features' in advanced
  install
* Added 4OS/2 to Additional Software
* Added 4OS/2 prompt shadows to Command Prompts folders
* Added Genmac 2.00 with support for 34 NIC chipsets, including many
  wireless
* Added Wireless LAN monitor 3.00, will be installed when appropriate
  hardware is detected or selected.
* Added Faxworks to CD1, it was on CD2 previously
* Added Psi/2 Instant messaging application
* Added Samba Client for eComStation. Right now without configuration GUI
* Added OpenSSH Client for eComStation.
* Added preinstall harddisk integrity check, can be skipped now from preboot
  menu.
* Updated TZ settings for locale page to conform to new rules. More info at:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/alerts/us/DST_FAQ_11-14-06.pdf
* Added USBDock as a replacement of the USB resource manager
* Added UniClip 0.2.1 to base installation, required by OpenOffice.org 2.0.4
* eClock is no longer an install option
* Added kLIBC coreutils
* All libc versions and utils are in WPI packages now
* Added MyIP by Alex Taylor to Baseutil
* Added files to support reversing SMP installation (used by "Post
  Installation Tasks" wizard)
* modified desktop scheme
* Scitech SNAP to 3.1.8
* Update realtek 1 gigabit driver
* Added Broadcom 1 gigabit driver
* Updated Uniaud to build RC2
  - Latest code for sblive cards
  - HDA works for DART (still buggy)
  - APM fixes
* Genmac adds support for the following NIC chipsets:
   3Com/SKNet Gigabit [10B7:1700]
   3Com/SKNet Gigabit [1148:4320]
   3Com/SKNet Gigabit [11AB:4320]
   3Com/SKNet Gigabit [11AB:4362]
   ASUS Wlan RT2400 [1814:0101]
   Atheros Wlan [168C:0012]
   Atheros Wlan [168C:0013]
   Atheros Wlan [168C:1014]
   Broadcom A/B/G [14E4:4324]
   Broadcom B/G [14E4:4318]
   Broadcom B/G [14E4:4320]
   Broadcom Gigabit [14E4:1654]
   Broadcom Gigabit [14E4:165D]
   Broadcom Gigabit [14E4:1677]
   Broadcom Gigabit [14E4:167D]
   CISCO mPCI [14B9:A504]
   Dlink DWL-520+ [104C:8400]
   Dlink DWL-G520+ [104C:9066]
   GN-WI01GS RT61 [1814:0301]
   GN-WI01GS RT61 [1814:0302]
   GN-WI01GS RT61 [1814:0401]
   Intel 10/100/1000 [8086:101E]
   Intel 10/100/1000 [8086:1076]
   Intel 10/100/1000 [8086:109A]
   Intel 2100 Wlan [8086:1043]
   Intel 2200 Wlan [8086:4220]
   Intel 2915 a/b/g [8086:4223]
   Intel 2915 a/b/g [8086:4224]
   Intel 3945 a/b/g [8086:4222]
   Marvel 802.11 b/g [11AB:1FA6]
   Marvel 802.11 b/g [11AB:1FA7]
   Rtl 8180 Wlan [10EC:8180]
   nForce 2 10/100 [10DE:0066]
   nForce 3 10/100 [10DE:00D6]
   nForce 4 10/100/1000 [10DE:0057]
#58
Storage / NTFS 3g Project
2007.10.20, 23:35:55
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

After 12 years of development, the driver is now stable status. Could we possibly have the sources ported over to the IFS format so that eCS can have a stable, reliable NTFS read/write/resize driver that has 12 years of active development behind it?

What do you guys think?
#59
Hi, I am not sure if this has been said before, I got into eCS not too long ago. What is the current status of the ODIN project for OS/2? It looked very promising and very, very useful to me atleast. I have happy dreams of running MS Office and WMP and Steam and a bunch of other win apps I cant live without on an OS that for some reason, I cant leave behind. I see that the last build on netlabs is from august of 2006. What happened since then? Is the project dead? Does it need funding? I would really like to see it continue if at all possible. Someone, please enlighten me.