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#31
Hi Alex

Looks like there is an OS/2 specific readme missing from the package I downloaded then as searching through the 3 read*.txt files included only mentions something about requiring msvc90.dll and possible problems with mapi dll - both related to a windows installation.

As it seems likely that this version does not fix the myriad problems that I've experienced with OO3.x releases so far I'm not going to be pursuing this further. I can only hope that the problems get fixed before a GA - if not I will have to really consider whether to continue using an operating system that does not have a working "office package".


Regards

Pete
#32
Hi Matt

Many many years ago I had a SB AWE32 P'n'P ISA soundcard. There used to be a trick to getting the Windows audio support installed which was something like this:-

Edit the winos2 system.ini file and add the following

[sndblast.drv]
Port=
Int=
DmaChannel=
HDmaChannel=
MidiPort=


Obviously you will need to add the appropriate values to the above.

Then you need to add the drivers to the list of installed drivers using the Control Panel, Add Unlisted/Updated driver. You need to do the Add process for all drivers involved with the SB - midi, wave and any others involved.

I also seem to recall an SBWIN.INI file was involved, which may have only had an entry showing the OS/2 boot drive letter.

Sorry to not be much help but it must be over 12 years since I last installed an AWE32...


Regards

Pete


#33
Hi melf

Not spotted in the various readme files included with this build.

It looks like, from an earlier post in this discussion, that the dll files may be somewhere on netlabs. I've not spotted them though.

I did try copying all ic*.dll files not present in 3.4.0 from 3.2.0 which now leaves me looking for jpeg.dll ... and possibly other files.

Guess I'll just wait for the GA and see if that works properly.


Regards

Pete



#34
Hi David

I've now downloaded and unzipped OOo_3.4.0_os2gcci_install-arc_en-US.zip

Sad to say that this is worse than previous builds as any attempt to get this running results in this message onscreen:-

Unable to start OpenOffice.org!
Execution failed! Contact technical support.
Return code: 2
Failing module:LIBXML2


Looks like there is at least 1 DLL file missing from the package as searching for LIBXML2* does not find any files with that filename in the OO340 directory tree.

I copied the LIBXML2.DLL file from my unreliable OO3.30 installation and tried again. The result suggests that more DLL files are missing:-

Unable to start OpenOffice.org!
Execution failed! Contact technical support.
Return code: 2
Failing module:ICUUC42



Guess I'll wait and see if OO340GA works...

Still using OO115 for Windows running via ar5os2.exe as that is the only version of OO that does not crash when I try to use it.


Regards

Pete




#35
Hi

It might be worth running sysinstx ?:  (where ?: is the boot drive letter involved) to make sure the system files are in place.

You would need to do this when booted from a CD or floppy drive or another OS/2 boot partition.

If that fails then you need to check the partition/volume information has not somehow been destroyed.

What version of OS/2 is involved?


Regards

Pete
#36
Games / Re: BrowserQuest game on eCS
2012.04.04, 01:50:36
Hi Martin

Now there is a game to make your CPUs spike at close to 100%

Regards

Pete
#37
Hi All

Happy Birthday os2world.com

Thanks for being a useful website for the past 12 years - and hope you keep going for a long while yet  :-)


Regards

Pete
#38
Hi Robert

I'm not that familiar with HPFS386 but seem to remember reading somewhere that it has the same limitations as HPFS in reality - 64Gb maximum partition size but to avoid problems that should be limited to 50Gb.

Please correct me if I have that wrong.


Regards

Pete


#39
Hi ehtron

Well, thanks for the tip as the http://www.symmetry-systems.co.uk/ website now loads without problems.

I'll have to revisit other websites using Flash that have failed to work properly so far - no Flash playback - and see if it makes a difference to those.

Regards

Pete


#40
Hi

I'm using beta2 and always see this problem when trying to access http://www.symmetry-systems.co.uk/

Usually the browser, Seamonkey 2.6, hangs and has to be "killed".


Regards

Pete
#41
Hi David

If it is of any help there is a website mentioning various SB cards and the drivers that users report as working with the card here http://www.os2usr.org/os2sound.html


Regards

Pete
#42
Hi melf

Sorry, no idea about the connectivity problem - no wireless and using virtual switch myself - but here is a tip that sometimes works to get a mouse pointer to become visible again: tab your way into the Programs -> Utilities folder and start the Text Editor.


Regards

Pete

#43
Hi

As the recent/current builds of uniaud do not support sound in VirtualPC there is not much point in trying them.

As it is an AC'97 device with an AD1981 mixer - no mention of the soundchip though - I would suggest backleveling uniaud to 114RC6 and then testing.


Regards

Pete
#44
Hi

If you already have several versions of gs installed then you do not need to install another build - the gs installations do need to be on the same drive as cups but not in the same directory as cups eg j:\cups, j:\gs

You have to specify which build of gs to use in the \cups\lib\cups\filter\pstoraster file.

To save you a little time and trouble: No gs build later than 8.71 works properly with cups.


Regards

Pete
#45
Hi Silvan

I was going to open a bug report about this but someone beat me to it  :-) 

See http://svn.ecomstation.nl/flash10/ticket/52


Regards

Pete