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#51
Applications / Question regarding Lucide + WP...
Last post by bottomtop - 2012.09.26, 01:32:46
Hello,

A few weeks ago when I was using WPS wizard I was impressed that when I opened a folder containing PDF files, I could see a thumbnail of the first page of that PDF file in the preview pane.   Now that I no longer use WPS Wizard, this is not happening.   Although, It seems from what I have read that Lucide still creates these thumbnails, and stores them in something called an "extended attribute".   On my system I use Xworkplace and I was wondering if there was a way that I could still see the thumbnails in the WPS?
#52
Hardware / Re: eCS on Samsung Series 7 Sl...
Last post by Sigurd - 2012.09.25, 09:07:37
Following the readme of Lars Erdmans USB Drivers 186 I deleted the "USB Widget" from e-center - since then eCS usually starts with a CPU Usage between 1 and 4%..... USB Widget/ USB Dock turns out to be a broken application.

I also installed AHCI 1.24 but that seems to make no difference.

Still have some weird boot processes, that stopped while the eCS boot screen is displayed.....

Something positiv:

With Wim's help and guidance I was able to extract some information from the Touch and Stylus via USB what gives some hope here :-)

Stay tuned....

#53
General Discussion / Re: New York City’s subway sys...
Last post by Blonde Guy - 2012.09.24, 22:17:53
The subway system still uses OS/2 and a lot of other operating systems from the time of the Metrocard introduction.

I read in the New York times that the automated signaling system on one line was installed in 1922 and is still running. They had a fire and got replacement parts from a train museum. Working with OS/2 on the subway system often seems like that. OS/2 is not used in any application that a customer could see.
#54
General Discussion / Re: New York City’s subway sys...
Last post by miturbide - 2012.09.24, 17:00:16
Hi wstan

Neil Waldhauer (BlondGuy) hangs out on this forum from time to time. Maybe he can answer some of you doubts.
#55
Article Discussions / Re: What is the future of this...
Last post by diver - 2012.09.24, 16:47:00
Qt 4.8 will come sooner anyway, so stay tuned.

regards
Silvan
#56
General Discussion / New York City’s subway system ...
Last post by wstannl - 2012.09.24, 15:32:52
The following story at time.com prompts my question about the use of OS/2 in the New York City subway system:
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/02/25-years-of-ibms-os2-the-birth-death-and-afterlife-of-a-legendary-operating-system/3/
I refer specifically to this quote:
"While OS/2 is not running any visible part of the system, it does serve an essential purpose, and there are hundreds of OS/2 computers in service," says Neil Waldhauer, a consultant who helps New York City Transit and other clients keep their OS/2 applications running."
Anyone have any more in depth knowledge of this? I am curious which version of OS/2 is used and where it appears ie) Metrocard dispensers, Metrocard "swipe" entry/exit points, databases, etc.
I have used the subway in NYC and find the whole infrastructure quite fascinating.  :)
-wstan
#57
Article Discussions / Re: What is the future of this...
Last post by ivan - 2012.09.24, 13:53:53
Hi Silvan,

The best I can do is point you to the answer I got when I asked that question on the Sigil forum http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189434  see reply #7.

There is also an ongoing discussion re the beta 0.6 version  http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191617

I do agree that our Qt 4.7 is excellent - thank you - I use it for things like CoolReader, Image resize (SIR) and so on.

ivan
#58
Article Discussions / Re: What is the future of this...
Last post by diver - 2012.09.24, 10:41:27
Quote from: ivan on 2012.09.22, 19:01:25
I also agree we need more information on porting software.  I am not a programmer but I would be prepared to try IF I knew where to begin.  For example, I use Sigil to produce epubs of the manuals we produce, thanks to Paul we have a port of it but it is version 0.2 and rather short of the features of the latest version 0.5.  If I knew how to start and setup what is necessary to port version 0.4.5 which is the last version possible because of QT4 restrictions, I would try and see if I could port it.

does Sigil 0.5 and better need Qt 4.8? If not it should be possible to port as well, as our Qt 4.7 is very good.

regards
Silvan
#59
Hardware / Re: eCS on Samsung Series 7 Sl...
Last post by Sigurd - 2012.09.24, 08:32:18
Hi,

thanks for your reply - I tried it but unfortunately it does not change something. The boot process is still something weird and I think it seems to be a problem with ACPI tables or USB. I even tried the new 186 USB drivers that seems to make extend the "recognation rate" of the USB connectors, but unfortunately have no effect (still do not know if there is some to expect) on the boot process.

In addition I tried to load UNIAUD drivers wich fail to load during bootprocess ("can not initializise....")  :-(

Will go on testing this evening with Stylus drivers Wim provided me.

BTW - is there a way to exclude USB devices during boot process, i.e. to disable Touch support?
#60
Hardware / Re: eCS v2GA - Questions for h...
Last post by DougB - 2012.09.24, 04:26:53
QuoteHave there been any updates that I have missed for successfully hibernating of eCS?

I don't think so, but I may have missed something too.

The ACPI project is still struggling to try to get suspend and resume to work on the majority of systems. Hibernation is a whole new adventure, after that works.