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SW: DosBoxFrontEnd 4.5
Net: The GUIdebook: OS/2 and eComStation timeline
Event: Kitchener-Waterloo Users' Group March Meeting
SW: Seamonkey 1.1.1
Net: eComStation 2.0 FAQ
SW: March 1, 2007 Firefox 1.5.0.10 has been released
SW: Samba Server v3.0.25pre1 for OS/2 & eComStation
SW: Maul Publisher scanner fix 3097fix311
Net: Let's gather ACPI events
SW: March 9, 2007 SeaMonkey 1.0.8 has been released.
SW: New enhanced Releases of Mozilla
Admin: SPAM blocking rejections
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #30 [ Samba, Config.sys, Voyager, FM/2,
SW: DFSee 8.12 released
SW: K Movie Player v0.2.2
SW: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10
SW: OpenOffice.org 2.04 RC2
SW: PBOOK (an iRDa application for cell phones) updated on Netlabs.org
SW: VirtualBox 1.3.8 released!
| SW: DosBoxFrontEnd 4.5 |
2007-03-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Chris Roossien
Dosboxfrontend 4.5 is on hobbes now.
Major update, few bug fixes
rewrote the templates routines and added a use mounts from template
checkbox. when selected it imports the mount points from the template. now
loading a template does not alter the program section, so when there is a
program then then you can load a template, run the program to tres, load
another template and run the program again and so on. to test with what
template it runs the best, thats what the template is supposed to do :)
http://members.home.nl/cwroossien/ecs/screenshots.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/emulator/dosboxfront_4_5.zip
Url: http://members.home.nl/cwroossien/ecs.htmll
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| Net: The GUIdebook: OS/2 and eComStation timeline |
2007-03-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
There is a website with timelines of different operating systems and their
GUI components. They have a timeline for OS/2 and eComStation:
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/timelines/os2
They also have the OS/2 2.1 tutorial:
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/tutorials/os221
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| Event: Kitchener-Waterloo Users' Group March Meeting |
2007-03-09
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Walter Metcalf
KW/2
K-W OS/2 Users Group
Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and south-western Ontario area
OS/2 and eComStation Users
March 2007 Meeting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DATE: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
TIME: From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Room DC1316, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo
Meeting facilities provided courtesy of Institute for Computer Research.
Everyone is Welcome to Attend!
Topic under Development
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Topics for discussion for this monthly meeting are still under development.
OS/2 User Forum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Sharing OS/2 Ideas)(Bring Your Questions)
(What's New with OS/2)(Announcements)
As a courtesy to our presenter, please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m.
For up-to-date information check our homepage at:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/
For directions to get to the meeting check:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/directon.html
Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and south-western Ontario area
OS/2 and eComStation Users
With the uncertainty of the weather, if it is necessary to cancel the
meeting, we will make such an announcement by e-mail by noon on Tuesday.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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| SW: Seamonkey 1.1.1 |
2007-03-09
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
"Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and
HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application." h
March 7, 2007 SeaMonkey 1.1.1 has been released.
Readme:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.1.1/contrib/seamonkey-1.1.1.en-US.os2.README
"OS/2 builds created from CVS tag SEAMONKEY_1_1_1_RELEASE without any
changes from official sources. The .mozconfig used is included below. Cairo
support is not yet activated for OS/2, so these packages do not support SVG
or Canvas.
Peter Weilbacher
Download installer:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.1.1/contrib/seamonkey-1.1.1.en-US.os2.installer.exe
Download zip:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.1.1/contrib/seamonkey-1.1.1.en-US.os2.zip
MD5:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.1.1/contrib/seamonkey-1.1.1.en-US.os2.MD5SUMS
From the included readme.txt:
"* OS/2
- This release requires updated C runtime DLLs (libc-0.5.1) from
http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html
in order to run. By default the installation routine places them in
\OS2\DLL on your bootdrive, but you can put them in the same
directory as SeaMonkey's executable, or somewhere else in your
LIBPATH. The SeaMonkey installer will not install the C runtime DLLs
for you but requires them to run.
- Minimum hardware requirements
+ Pentium class processor
+ 64 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
+ 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation
plus storage space for disk cache and mail
- Recommended hardware for acceptable performance
+ 500 MHz processor
+ 256 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
NOTE: SeaMonkey's performance and stability increases the more
physical RAM is available. Especially for long browsing and IRC
sessions 512 MiB of memory is recommended.
- Software requirements
+ Installation on a file system supporting long file names
(i.e. HPFS or JFS but not FAT)
+ OS/2 Warp 4 with Fixpack 15 or later
+ MPTS version 5.3
+ TCP/IP version 4.1
+ INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006
NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these
INETVER levels. Although SeaMonkey may seem to start and run
normally with older stacks, some features SeaMonkey needs are not
implemented correctly in older MPTS versions, which may result in
crashes and data loss.
+ Convenience Pack 2 or eComStation 1.0 or later meet these requirements
out of the box."
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| Net: eComStation 2.0 FAQ |
2007-03-09
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
There is an FAQ for eComStation 2.0 on the ecomstation.com website. The
FAQ is available to everyone not just those with a Software Support
Subscription. The eComStation 2.0 Beta program is available via the
Software Subscription Services for eComStation.:
http://www.ecomstation.com/edp/mod.php?mod=faq&op=get_cat_questions&faq_catid=21&PHPSESSID=deef45ef27937c4624b8892257be3d76
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| SW: March 1, 2007 Firefox 1.5.0.10 has been released |
2007-03-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: Please send all comments and problem reports to the news
group news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 ]
"The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully
customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new
features that make your online experience even better."
General information and links can be found on http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
March 1, 2007 Firefox 1.5.0.10 has been released.
Zipfile:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.10/contrib/firefox-1.5.0.10.en-US.os2.zip
Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.10.html
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.10
Firefox 1.5.0.10 is a security and stability update that is part of our
ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We
recommend that all Firefox 1.5.0.x users upgrade to this latest version.
Release Date: February 23, 2007
* Several security fixes
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox1.5.0.10
* Permissions Bug Fixed: In the German (de) locale on Linux, resolved
a problem with certain files tagged as read-only.
Requires a libc0.5.0.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
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| SW: Samba Server v3.0.25pre1 for OS/2 & eComStation |
2007-03-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
"Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that has, since 1992, provided
file and print services to all manner of SMB/CIFS clients, including the
numerous versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Samba is freely
available under the GNU General Public License."
http://svn.netlabs.org/samba
Paul Smedley has released a new version of the Samba server for OS/2 and
eComStation on the netlabs.org FTP server.
URL for updated build of v3.0.25pre1 is
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/samba-3.0.25pre1-os2-20070309.zip
"New! As of v3.0.25pre1 released on or after 9th March, 2007 - smbpasswd
works correctly and users can be added with: smbpasswd -a psmedley (enter
password)."
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| SW: Maul Publisher scanner fix 3097fix311 |
2007-03-11
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Peter Koller"
Maul Publisher V3.11-02.3.7Ge
========================
Maul Publisher is an industrial strength desktop publisher capable of
creating virtually all of the printing seen on everyday household items.You
can use it to easily lay out newspapers, cards, books, labels, stamps,
posters, charts, forms, and even designs like building plans or furniture
arrangements.
Further information
===============
For more information and screenshots see
http://www.manglais.com/promo/maul.html
Product, download, purchase and other web pages can all be accessed via
http://www.manglais.com/subs/php/product.php?MAULE300
Fix required when using scanners
==========================
Maul V3.11 can hang for some people. It's to do with looking for scanners:-
void ListAllTwainDevices(void)
{
DSM_Entry(...MSG_GETFIRST ...);
do {...} while(TWRC_SUCCESS == DSM_Entry(...MSG_GETNEXT...);
}
....unfortunately, I never get back the code TWRC_ENDOFLIST. So it just goes
around and around forever....
This workaround sets a maximum limit of 10 scanners (you have more than
that? :-) . Maul.exe is replaced, so the version number rises to
V3.11-09.3.7Ge
The fixpack can be downloaded by running 'Check for updates' from within
Maul Publisher, or you can download it manually:-
http://www.manglais.com/download/3097fix311.zip
Bugs
====
You see - reporting bugs does work!
Please take the trouble to report any further bugs that you may find.
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| Net: Let's gather ACPI events |
2007-03-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
When do you need ACPI? It is obligatory for any modern notebook and desktop.
* ACPI initializes your motherboard/notebook properly
* It is useful to configure hardware (via ACPI snooper) or run
"obstinate" computer (with broken ACPI DSDT tables)
* It allows startup Multi Processor / Multi Core machine and feel the
power of eComStation true multithreading and multitasking
* Provides Power control for notebooks and desktops (battery indicator,
throttling control)
* Control of idle state
* Indicators of system state
If you need new utility which allows easily switch power consumption,
please join testing (ASUS and Lenovo thinkpads).
T e s t i n g -- If ACPI.PSD is working fine on your notebook and
GetNotify.exe and EmbeddedEvent.exe catch events (brightness, LCD on/off,
multimedia keys) then
* Download ACPI Manager
(http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/?action=down), Start it, press
OK, exit. Find .dat and .dsl files in the directory of ACPI Manager.
* Collect codes (switch to AC, to battery; Brigthness, Volume, LCD
On/off, notebook cover close/open, power button) generated by
util\GetNotify.exe, util\EmbeddedEvent.exe
* Find a super button on your notebook. For example Thinkpad is equipped
with Access IBM button (http://ecomstation.ru/temp/200703/Access-IBM.jpg)
* Send us the logs, codes and information about super button.
D e e p t e s t i n g -- If ACPI.PSD is working but events are not caught then
* You should have experience how to install ACPI.PSD, how to make acpica
log, how to send zip files via email.
* Join #ecolabs irc-channel (irc://irc.ecomstation.com/ecolabs), download
configured irc-client (http://ecomstation.ru/download/openchat-20070217.zip)
* Check if your notebook has fixed DSDT table at
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php Inform us if your notebook has
fixed DSDT table.
* You should have notebook available in your hands, stay at irc-channel
for 2-3 days, 3 hours per day.
* And you should be ready to work in stress mode 1 hour per day (execute
commands and send logs to the developers)
Send logs to: support at ecomstation dot ru (rename .zip files to .ziq)
P.S. ACPI is the main component of eComStation v.next, to get access to the
drivers, please extend your eComStation Software Subscription.
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| SW: March 9, 2007 SeaMonkey 1.0.8 has been released. |
2007-03-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
SeaMonkey is a "Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat
client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one
application."
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
March 9, 2007 SeaMonkey 1.0.8 has been released.
Installer:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.0.8/contrib/seamonkey-1.0.8.en-US.os2.installer.exe
Zipfile:http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.0.8/contrib/seamonkey-1.0.8.en-US.os2.zip
Installation Instructions: http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/#instreq
Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/seamonkey1.0.8/
"This release is a security update to the outdated but stable SeaMonkey 1.0
release series. Since the newer SeaMonkey 1.1 series is already in stable
state and ready for production use, updates for the 1.0 series are only
provided for conservative users"
MD5SUMS:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.0.8/contrib/seamonkey-1.0.8.en-US.os2.MD5SUMS
README:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/1.0.8/contrib/seamonkey-1.0.8.en-US.os2.README
Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
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| SW: New enhanced Releases of Mozilla |
2007-03-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: Please send all comments and problem reports to the news
group news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 ]
As some of you have already noticed, I have built the official SeaMonkey
1.1.1 last week. It is linked from
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/, I hope the link on the
ports page will follow. For those who still use SeaMonkey 1.0.x, you will
find the corresponding release of that on
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/1.0.8.html
I also updated all packages of my enhanced releases, find them linked from
http://pmw-warpzilla.sourceforge.net/ They don't contain (m)any OS/2
specific changes but I have now switched to use high-memory as the default
and only build option for SeaMonkey 1.1.x. And they pick up all the
security changes done by mozilla.org since the December release.
I should note that I am not too happy about the "Gecko 1.8.1.2+" release.
The applications should work well enough but they have weird version
numbers that might confuse extensions (one might have to edit install.rdf
inside the .jar files) etc. This is because I tried to build them again
from the same source tree but there is no single source tree available to
cover release versions of all these apps... Hopefully the next releases of
the apps will converge to a common date...
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| Admin: SPAM blocking rejections |
2007-03-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
I do the best I can to protect the list from SPAM, but it appears that
several ISPs are now blocking the VOICE News. Of late it appears that
deltrak.demon.co.uk, fastwebnet.it and charter.net addresses are blocking
the News list posts. I have made some attempts at getting it unblocked but
I'm not sure if these will work. If you learn that your ISP is planning on
arbitrarily blocking posts that it filters please be aware that if posts
from the VOICE news list are blocked I will make an effort to contact you
or your ISP to have it unblocked but if that doesn't work you will be
unsubscribed.
If you no longer wish to receive announcements please unsubscribe from the
list using the form at http://www.os2voice.org/mailinglists.html
Mark
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #30 [ Samba, Config.sys, Voyager, FM/2, |
2007-03-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Netlabs News
This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter
News from netlabs.org:
5. March - 11. March
* Samba for eCS (OS/2)
o There is now also an SVN repository and a TRAC for the Samba server
o see: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba
* Updates to The Config.sys Documentation Project
o Finally "The Config.sys Documentation Project" and the "ConfigTool
1.3.0 database" are combined together into a single wiki page on
EDM2.
o The invitation is open to everybody in the OS/2-eCS community to
extend the wiki and add more config.sys commands.
o http://www.edm2.com/index.php/The_Config.sys_Documentation_Project
* Voyager News
o Added patches from Winter Camp 2007 hacking.
o Basic drag and drop for the desktop. Still working on that.
o Some more methods for the NOM kernel classes.
o Some automatic parameter checking implemented when calling methods.
o Preparation for runtime type information and introspection.
o Improved the Doxygen documentation.
o As usual a bunch of bug fixes... err... code refinements ;) .
o Updates to the FAQ regarding license and source code.
o See SVN for more information: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_nom/timeline
and http://svn.netlabs.org/v_desktop/timeline
* FM/2
o Small bug fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* WDSibyl
o Source code updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wdsibyl/timeline
* PATA/SATA drivers
o Source code updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/xata/timeline
26. February - 4. March
* Warpstock Europe Website Discussion
o netlabs.org wiki is used to host a general discussion about concept
for a Warpstock Europe website
o User input is welcome!
o See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Warpstock_Europe_Websites
* DosBox version 0.70
o Now supports playing Audio-CDs in DOSBox
o See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dosbox
o Also of interest to DosBox users: DosBoxFront
+ See: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dosboxfront
* Samba Server 3.0.24 and 3.0.25pre
o Paul Smedley is building Samba Server for netlabs.org
o See: http://smedley.info/os2ports/samba.html
* Uniaud
o We are working on getting the source code buildable
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud
* Network Connection Manager - Design for follow-up to Wireless LAN
Monitor
o Christian Langanke has started to work on the design for a
follow-up to the Wireless LAN Monitor
o See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Network_Connection_Manager
* netlabs.org without Adrian for 3 months
o Adrian Gschwend will be on vacation for 3 months :-)
o Read more about it here: http://blog.netlabs.org/?p=9
* FM/2
o Small bug fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kLIBC
o Small updates in the source code
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* NewView
o Various small updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline
Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have
better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is
very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/
Thanks for your support!
We can be reached at: news@netlabs.org
Greetings,
netlabs.org team
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| SW: DFSee 8.12 released |
2007-03-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Jan van Wijk
[Moderator note: This post should have gone out on 3/5/2007 but was
inadvertently missed. I apologize for the delay. ]
DFSee 8.12 has just been released.
Menu additions, display enhancements, (NTFS) resizing refinements and
several small fixes and updates.
Some info on creating a bootable USB-stick with OS/2 and DFSee (with a link
to more info) is now part of the DFSee HOWTO at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/howto.htm#usbootlf
DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, filesystem
and disk analysis, file recovery, UNDELETE for HPFS JFS, and NTFS,
resizing, imaging, cloning and sector editing.
More details at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/
Direct download links from the DFSee website:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx.msi
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_warpin.exe
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_iso.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_dsk.zip
Note: Most of these can also be downloaded using '812'
instead of the generic '8xx' version number
Or from the HOBBES website:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee812.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee
Most important functional changes since 8.11:
- CD Display current working directory without an error
- CHECK NTFS, fix alloc error messages on split-tree DIR
- CR dlg Fix size=1 sticking after a BMGR partition is made
- FORMAT Use drive locking during format (on OS2 and Windows)
- LOCK Support lock-by-driveletter for large floppy format
- LVM dlg Update of driveletters works again (bug in 8.11)
- MAP Fixed display of driveletter line with 'map * +'
- MENU Display -> Other partition views; fixed, better help
- MENU Mode=FDISK -> Set Partition -> Not active, clear flag
- NTFS Recognize Windows Vista NTLDR sectors (named BOOTMGR)
- PART LVM column aligned if > 98 cols, using max 114 cols
- PART -b Align freespace lines for Linux in its default table
- RESIZE Allow '*' for default/maximum size in the dialog
- RESIZE NTFS, avoid empty bitmap extent on expanding the FS
- RESIZE NTFS, avoid extra bitmap flushing after updating it
- STORE Better understandable store description texts
- WIPE -V Perform an all-sector verify by reading back
Known bug (in version 8.11 and 8.12)
When creating LVM/JFS volumes (type 35) with DFSee, do NOT check both:
( ) Create NEW mode, clear existing bootsector and old LVM info
and
[x] Include LVM information
Since that currently interferes with creating the extra info. This problem
is under investigation and wil be solved in 8.13. Using either one of them
is OK, but not both at the same time.
Regards, JvW
Jan van Wijk, author of DFSee; http://www.dfsee.com
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| SW: K Movie Player v0.2.2 |
2007-03-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
KO Myung-Hun has released an update to his K Movie Player v0.2.2 which is
based on FFplay. It successfully played the AVI, DIVX, MOV, MP3, MPG, WMV
files I tried, but not a DVD. Includes source.
This version:
- v0.2.2 ( 2007/03/14 )
.Sometimes floating-point arithmetic fails. Fixed.
.When '/' is pressed, an OSD is not displayed. Fixed.
.Changed check method for auto-close.
Additional requirements: InnoTek LIBC061. DART, DIVE, optional WO.
Hobbes download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/kmp022.zip
Eventually:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/video/players/kmp022.zip
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| SW: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 |
2007-03-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: Please send all comments and problem reports to the news
group news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 ]
"Thunderbird is a full-featured email, RSS and newsgroup client that makes
emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before."
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
March 14, 2007 Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 has been released.
Zipfile:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/1.5.0.10/contrib/thunderbird-1.5.0.10.en-US.os2.zip
Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/releases/1.5.0.10.html
Here's what's new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.10:
* Improvements to product stability.
* Several security fixes.
The Rumbling Edge has a more detailed list of notable bug fixes.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/archives/2007/01/1-5-0-10.html
Requires a libc0.5.0.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
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| SW: OpenOffice.org 2.04 RC2 |
2007-03-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
OpenOffice.org 2.04 RC2 was released March 5th. Its available to anyone
with a current OpenOffice.org Support Agreement for eComStation and OS/2.
Release Candidate 2 is available for download in English, German, Italian,
Spanish, French, Russian and Dutch to all customers of an active Support
Agreement for OpenOffice.org for eComStation and IBM OS/2, via their
download-area at the Mensys Online Shop. https://shop.mensys.nl/
This release adds support for:
- Support for XWP sliding menu hilite.
- Support for clipboard bitmap formats and unicode text.
- Support for mouse wheel.
- A number of other improvements which are listed in the Read1st.txt file.
It requires uclip-0_2_2-os2.wpi which is available the Mensys download
area. Other requirements include:
- Innotek Font Engine is required to run OOo/2.
- this installation will not overwrite existing installations. You
should uninstall any previous 2.0 release using WarpIn before installing
this version.
- installation should be done on a JFS volume, as it may run *very* slow
otherwise. The installation target volume must support long filenames.
Support specific to the eComStation and OS/2 version can be obtained
through the ticketing system at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/ooo2/
A newsgroup is available for community support at:
news://news.ecomstation.com/ecomstation.support.openoffice
or
http://news.ecomstation.com/thread.php?group=ecomstation.support.openoffice
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| SW: PBOOK (an iRDa application for cell phones) updated on Netlabs.org |
2007-03-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Franz Bakan has released pbook-1_3b which is a slightly updated version of
the irda-phonebook application from Oliver Stein.
"PBOOK.EXE: A GUI based tool for OS/2 that is designed to help you manage
the phone numbers in your GSM cellphone. You can read and write the
phonebook and edit it on your PC while the phone is attached to the
infrared or serial port. First, go into options and either let the program
detect the right settings or update them manually. It also contains a
feature that lets you send an SMS from your PC and manage the SMS's in
your phone. This should be generic and was tested with Nokia and Ericsson
phones."
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/irapps/pbook-1_3b.zip
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| SW: VirtualBox 1.3.8 released! |
2007-03-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
http://www.virtualbox.org/
"InnoTek VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.
Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only
professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source
Software."
"Mar 14, 2007 InnoTek today has released a maintenance update to VirtualBox
featuring numerous improvements."
Still no OS/2 host listed for download, but OS/2 is listed as a supported
client. There is still a screenshot of an OS/2 version at
http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/vbox_os2_alpha.png
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes
"OS/2 Works partially Requires VT-x hardware virtualization support.
Only MCP2 is reported to work reliably so far."
There is a discussion forums in English and German at
http://www.virtualbox.org/discussion and mailing lists at
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
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