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From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: WIN-OS2 locking up
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 04:33:01 GMT

Don't get too worked up about this one, but I am "running" OS2 with only
4MB RAM, until my new computer comes in with 8MB.  I was too anxious to try
out OS2 to just let it sit in its box, while I wait for my computer.
So I think my problem is a result of not having enough memory, but I will
ask anyway.
When I use Windoze programs (Word2.0) under Program Manager, they work fine
(as fine as OS2 could run with only 4MB).  And when I use WIN-OS2, everything
works fine.  But here's my problem...
When I EXIT from WIN-OS2, rather than going back the the Presentation
Manager, the system locks up.  I am able to minimize WIN-OS2, and get back to
PM, but I cannot exit from WIN-OS2 without locking the system, and rebooting
the computer.
OOPS!  Above, I wrote "Program Manager."  I meant to write, When I use
Windoze programs under PRESENTATION MANAGER...  (Actually, they work fine
with Program Manager too...).
Will running with 8MB fix this?  I am getting used to the SLOWness of OS2
with insufficient RAM, but it shouldn't lock the system, should it?

One more thing... If anybody has any visions of trying to run OS2 with 4MB,
FORGET IT!  I am doing it now, just to see what it looks like.
I probably took a few years off of my hard drive's life, with all that
disk thrashing.  I would bet that 6MB wouldn't even be enough.
I can't wait for more memory!

Thanks,
Peter
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ae18@iamk4516.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Michael Neaga)
Subject: OS/2 Monthly Subscription ?
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:52:44 GMT

Can anybody tell me, where I can subscribe the OS/2 Monthly journal from
Europe?

Thanks, Michael Neaga
From: usdgog@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Greg Granger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2's lack of decent SVGA support (Re: OS/2 Drivers for Diamond)
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:12:47 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

In article <1992Aug17.212527.26945@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>Ah, but you only get one full-screen DOS session <bigger grin>.  DOS's
>stability isn't really an issue, since each app is (essentially) its

True, but at least I do get one full screen DOS session, currently under
os\2 I get finger exercise pushing the reset button.

I a bit p*ssed, after all in IBM's docs it clearly states that os\2
works with Tseng based video cards.  THIS IS NOT TRUE.  It doesn't work
with ET3000 based cards (well) and a seperate patch is required to get
it to work with ET4000 based cards.  This certainly suggests that they
did not testing on this type of card.  Someone, decided that there were
a lot to Tseng based cards out there so ... they 'claimed' it would
work.  Normal people call this a lie, car salesmen call it a deal and
corporations consider this SOP (Standard Operating Procedure).

IBM's order takers should have a screening procedure ... something like
this:
Q1) Is any of your equipment over 1 yr old?
  Y) You should know that os\2 will probably have difficulty with it.
  N) os\2 might work with it, do you feel lucky?
     Y) Sell quick
     N) Tell them what a pleasant voice they have.

<sigh>  I'm dreaming ... any corp. who was honest about what they were
doing would proably be out of business in a quater.

Not a particularly happy os\2 camper ...
Greg <usdgog@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: skagos@hercules (panagiotis skagos (187802923))
Subject: Trident card Full Screen DOS Problem (ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Keywords: Trident VGA
Reply-To: skagos@hercules.uregina.ca (panagiotis skagos (187802923))
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Distribution: all
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 02:24:50 GMT

Hi,

  I am having problems with my Trident 8900c SVGA card with Full Screen
DOS sessions.  Sometimes .... not all the time (but once it happens it
will always happen until I reboot) .... when I switch to a Full Screen
DOS session, the screen is all mucked up with flashing characters, strange
ASCII characters, etc.  I can clear this up by typing "mode 80,50" or
"svga on" ... but some programs (like VPIC) will not function properly.
I applied the recent trident patch (tr256fix.zip) which fixed some
problems I was having with garbage appearing on the PM screen, but it
still left the Full Screen DOS garbage problem alone.  Any help or info
on how to deal with this would be *GREATLY* appreciated.  Thanks!

  P. Takis Skagos
  (skagos@hercules.cs.uregina.ca)
From: shane@cs.UAlberta.CA (Ruman Shane James)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Shutdown Problems
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:17:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Alberta

Hello,
      I remeber a thread a few weeks ago dealing with someone whose shutdown 
function just wasn't shutting down.  Well now I mysteriously have the same
problem(after two months with no problems), was it ever resolved?  If so what
was the solution?
                                              Thanks for any help,
                                                                 Shane
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-SRC (608)873-6651)
Subject: Max IRQ rate for mouse?
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 18:54:15 GMT

Howdy.  When I set up my ATI Graphic Vantage card for a custom configuration
at 76 Hz vertical refresh of my NEC 5FG monitor, OS/2 will crash when
dragging a highlighted icon.  It crashes real, real hard--have to reboot.
I get the same effect with a Mircosoft serial mouse or the ATI inport mouse.
If I set the video refresh rate down to 72 Hz, everything is OK.  All other
mouse operations at 76 Hz are OK, including selecting a window and dragging
that around.

I've heard of com programs/boards that will choke up os/2 if they send too
hand hardware IRQ's.  Could it be that the mouse is doing the same thing?

I am using the mouse driver MOUSE.SYS and the old VSVGA.SYS that came with
os/2 and the new kernel.

Any help will be appreciated.

Sean Frigo
frigo@src.wisc.edu
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DviPS no memory error
Date: 18 Aug 92 01:28:30 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

In article <1992Aug17.092257.23590@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, funka@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Funk) writes:
> some days ago i got dvips for os2. 
> After installing it i tried to convert some simple 
> dvi-files, but always the mesage:
> "dvips: !no memory" occured.

This was cross-posted to comp.text.tex--I put a followup there. 

One other note: I could not find dvips 5.490 for OS2 1.x, so I compiled the
stuff from the dvipssrc.zoo file posted to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu with MSC 6.00A.
There were no surpises, but I did have to make a guess at the stack size
(0x2000). 

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:27218 comp.os.os2.programmer:4177
From: Derek_J_Decker@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Resource Extractor for OS/2 2.0
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 13:38:39 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

I have used DENTIST under OS/2 1.x to extract resources from EXE and DLL
files with great success.  Now I need to perform the same operation with 
OS/2 2.0, and as the format of these files are different, I cannot use the
same tool.  Is there an upgrade for DENTIST that operates with this new 
format?
 
In particular, I need to extract the charcter bitmap information in th        
DISPLAY.DLL to meet some (admittedly peculiar) local needs.  Once   
extracted, will FONTEDIT work on these resources?  or is some creativity
in order?
Thank you very much for whatever assistance rendered......
From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn")
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 DLLs
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:24:21 GMT

Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - NetWork Computing
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)

In <1992Aug19.162237.2466@nuscc.nus.sg> TAN JIN MENG writes:
>I would like to shift some of (actually al but later) my dll files in \os2\dll
>to my other drive whih is a HPFS Partition. This is partly to save space
>on my (active) FAT partition and also to try to acheive a faster boot.
>
>The problem is that if I move all the files to (d:\os2\dll from
>c:\os2\dll) and change the LIBPATH to reflect the new location, the
>system will not boot properly because it still expects some of the dll
>files to be still on c:\os2\dll!
>
>Is this a bug or a feature ;-).
>
>I could try experimenting of course to find out which dlls are actually
>needed in c:\os2\dll and move the rest. But ... very tedious. Is there
>any quick way to identify the necessary files?
>

There a number of DLLs that are needed by the system before the LIBPATH
statement in CONFIG.SYS is processed.  The paths to these DLLs are hard
coded into OS2KRNL as either \OS2\DLL or \ (i.e. the root) of the BOOT
drive.  There is no way, short of using a binary editor on OS2KRNL (which
I've actually done with good results for various projects) to change this
default.  The following is a list of those OS/2 V2 DLLs that are required
to be present on either the root or \OS2\DLL directory of the BOOT Drive.

ANSICALL.DLL
BKSCALLS.DLL
BMSCALLS.DLL
BVSCALLS.DLL
DOSCALL1.DLL
KBDCALLS.DLL
MOUCALLS.DLL
MSG.DLL
NLS.DLL
NPXEMLTR.DLL
NAMPIPES.DLL
OS2CHAR.DLL
QUECALLS.DLL
SESMGR.DLL
VIOCALLS.DLL

I believe there are a few others but I can't remember right now which ones
they are.  I believe they might be DTM, FKA, and OS2SM.

All other DLLs can go whever you want via LIBPATH
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
Subject: Re: PMV2001 Not enough memory error - HELP|
Organization: University of Manitoba, Canada
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:18:09 GMT

[ Steve Withers and Wim Van Holder discuss the infamous PMV2001 and
its multiple beeping. ]

Many people (including myself) have encountered this problem with the
new kernel (rev 6.142 or something similar).  This new kernel was
supposed to fix, among other things, the non-shrinking swap file.  For
some people, it seems to replace it with a non-growing swap file.

There are two workarounds for this problem:

	1.  Go back to the old kernel.  If you used the installation
            script supplied with the patch, just do the following:

		[C:\] ATTRIB -H -S -R OS2KRNL
		[C:\] REN OS2KRNL OS2KRNL.NEW
		[C:\] REN OS2KRNL.OLD OS2KRNL
		[C:\] ATTRIB +H +S +R OS2KRNL

 	    Then, reboot.  It's a good idea to either erase the old
            swapfile (probably called C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT),
            which requires a floppy boot, or move it to another
            place by changing the "SWAPFILE=" statement in your
            "CONFIG.SYS" file.

	2.  Make the initial size of your swapfile so big that it'll
            never *have* to grow:

		SWAPFILE=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT 2048 40960

It's too bad, because the new kernel seems to fix a lot of monitor
syncing and WIN-OS/2 problems but the PMV2001's are such a significant
problem.

Kevin Buhr <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
From: harald@vall.dsv.su.se (Harald Fragner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Hands up! Who has deleted WinOS2?
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:33:31 GMT
Organization: Stockholm University, Sweden
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
: 
: I was in need of some disk space and clearing out files I don't
: need/use.......so I deleted Windows out of OS/2 v2.
:  
: I'd be interested to know.....am I alone?

I installed WIN-OS/2 when I installed the beta, but when I installed GA
I left it out. I don't have any windows programs I really need so I
figured then I won't need WIN-OS/2 either.

/Harald
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: edb1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (edward.benyukhis)
Subject: OS/2 video drivers for Diamond Stealth
Keywords: OS/2 drivers for Diamond Stealth board
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:06:36 GMT


Can anyone provide me with some assistance on locating OS/2 video
drivers that will allow me to exploit full capability of the
Dimond Stealth graphics board.  It seems that after installation
I have been running at 640 x 480 VGA mode and I do not know how
to go to a higher resolution mode or if higher resolution mode
is at all available.  Drivers for Stealth board are preferred.


Thank you,


Edward Benyukhis
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Using CMD.EXE instead of PMSHELL.EXE
Keywords: RUNWORKPLACE, WPS
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:00:49 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <18AUG199208083688@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) writes:
>I don't think Shutdown is necessary if you run CMD.EXE as your Workplace,
>but there is a program on ftp-os2 called SHUTDOWN.ZOO.  It SEEMS to do
>the job.

Yes it is!  If you have lazy writes on, then you stand a very good
chance of corrupting your disk if you just flip the power off.

If you don't run the shutdown.exe program (in shutdown.zoo), run some
other program that shuts down the system (I heard that the boot.exe
program (for boot manager) does this).  If you don't have any such
program, press CTRL-ALT-DEL and wait for the screen to clear to your
BIOS's sign-on message before powering off.

Shutting down the system or pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL cleans up the file
system, and commits all writes to the disk.  It is an essential
procedure before removing power or resetting the system.


-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "I don't even represent myself
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
 ((|,)
  ~|~  Hi! I am a .signature virus, copy me into your .signature file.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Raytracing in the background ='s *smooth*
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 10:28:43 GMT

I had a go at running the DOS raytracing program "Vivid" in a vdm. 

Pulse showed the system going flat-out, but nothing seemed to slow down at
all. My Zmodem download at 9600 carried on merrily and I was playing Wolf3D at
the same time. 
 
After about half an hour (I'm downloading the GNU C++ compiler.......), I
flicked into my DOS vdm and there was the image! All raytraced and beautiful -
though crude - I wanted it done this week.....:-)
 
It didn't slow OS/2 down at all! I was really amazed.
 
Steve

-- 
Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | If you don't vote for MMP on 
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         |  September 19, 1992, then you 
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            |  must like things the way they 
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  are.....can I live with YOU?
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Cache parameter
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:25:47 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug17.220412.28727@serval.net.wsu.edu> bgraham@yoda.wsu.edu (Brooks Graham ) writes:
>
>I have noticed that there are two places in the CONFIG.SYS that specify
>the OS/2 disk cache size.  Once in the IFS= line and the other in (I think)
>a CACHE= line.
>
>What's the difference between these two caches?  Are there really TWO caches?
>Should the sizes be the same?  I have noticed that increasing the CACHE= size
>improves performance on a FAT partition but I can't really tell the 
>difference on my HPFS partition.

Yes there are two caches.  The DISKCACHE= line controls caching
(including lazy writes) for FAT volumes (like floppies), while the
CACHE= parameter of the IFS=HPFS.IFS controls caching for the HPFS
driver.
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   |)  David Charlap           "I don't even represent myself
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
 ((|,)
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From: rider@geloser.CAM.ORG (Serge Ayotte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: SIZES of files on HOBBES
Date: 13 Aug 92 12:54:12 GMT
Organization: Gentleman Loser System, Montreal/Qc/Cdn

ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:

> In article <01kBPB1w164w@geloser.CAM.ORG> rider@geloser.CAM.ORG (Serge Ayotte
> >
> >OTHERS
> >As for nmyself I WOULD LIKE TO FIND GCC IN SEPERATE FIND! The system I
> >do the ftp from (the university system) is NOT running Unix so I'm stuck
> >to got get those file on floppy from the computing center since
> >downloading them is a pain in the a** because it aborts in the middle
> 
> Umm, what system are they using? It must have MSDOS compatible floppies,
> if that's where you're getting the disks from.
> 
> If it's DOS or OS/2 you can run a split program. OK, it's not UNIX you say.
> Is it a Mac? We can't suggest a way to split huge files onto floppies
> if you dont tell us! :-)

OOPPSS!! Must be all the painting I've been doing that's getting to my
head...

No such luck... THe PC I used to get get te BIG files onto floppy are
just connected to the LAN and used a 3270 emulation to connect to the
mainframe wich if memories serves correctly use VM or VMS and then a
sub-OS called MUSIC...

See You around the 'Net!!

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 |          Matrix Rider                     Serge Ayotte             |
 |      Gentleman Loser System (private), Montreal/Quebec/Canada      |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 under OS/2 and Win-OS/2 in SVGA
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:52:51 GMT

In article <mferrare.714383308@adelphi> mferrare@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Mark Ferraretto) writes:
:
:Two questions:
:
:2)	How can I load SVGA drivers for Win-OS2?  System setup only
:shows network setup and nothing else.

First get yourself a ms-windows 3.0 SVGA video driver. Then just copy
that over \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\VGA.DRV. Then start up a WIN-OS/2
fullscreen session and you should be all set.
:
:3) (I lied) I copied FSFILTER.SYS to c: and put it as the first line
:in my config.sys but I still can't see the OS/2 2.0 d: partition.  Do
:I have to do something else?

I think you also need to copy over the file (\OS2\MDOS\)FSACCESS.EXE and
run that after you load the FSFILTER.SYS driver.
-- 
   | Don Smith     (yahweh)      |  Its a Satanic drug thing....     |
   |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu     |    ....you wouldn't understand.   |
   |djs6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu   |                                   |
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From: tenny@euclid.uucp (Nathan Tenny)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Two peculiar problems...
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:56:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon



Problem #1: COM ports.

I have an internal modem installed on COM4; programs running under "native"
DOS do fine with it, but anything running under OS/2 (even in a DOS session)
behaves *strangely*; typically, it will find nothing on COM4 the first time
it looks, and will hang the second time.  Most programs (including SofTerm)
stop responding to system requests at this point, and once in a while the whole
machine will lock up and have to be hard-booted.  What the hell is going on?

(For what it's worth; I have the modem on IRQ3, and COM2 disabled to avoid
conflicts.  There's a trackball on COM1, and no other serial devices.)

Problem #2: mysterious boot failures.

For some time now, when I have booted from a DOS floppy (usually to run comm
software---see above), OS/2 has failed to come back up the first time---it
displays the WPS background, but doesn't actually bring anything up.  After a
3-finger salute, it's fine.

Last night, it did this and didn't come back after the Ctrl-Alt-Del; I booted
about 5 times running, hard-booted, started from a floppy and ran CHKDSK/F,
all to no avail; reinstalled, and it did it again; eventually I deleted
CONFIG.SYS and the .INI files, re-re-installed, and it worked; though of course
I lost what system setup I'd done.

The problem started when I installed my modem (with attendant COM port
nonsense) and, simultanaeously switched over to a Trident SVGA board.
Anybody know what to blame?

Thanks

	NT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: turner@elec.uq.oz.au (Michael Turner)
Subject: SCSI-WORM ?
Summary: Will OS/2 recognise a WORM-SCSI.
Keywords: SCSI WORM
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:00:29 GMT

I have a future domain TMC850 scsi card and a 
Maxtor RXT-800S WORM drive. I have done a manual
installation of the drivers FD8XX.ADD and IBMINT13.I13
in the config.sys but have no responce or recognition
from OS/2.

Does any one know if OS/2 recognises the Maxtor WORM
and if LUN and ID have to be changed from their
default of 0 & 0
From: ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can't print from lpt2
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:05:14 GMT
Organization: ISG Technologies Inc. Mississauga Ont. Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

mskreis@iastate.edu (Mark S Kreisberg) writes:
: 
: I just purchased a parallel printer adapter so that I could use my second
: printer.  Unfortunately, the IRQ assignment for this card is fixed at
: IRQ 7.  So, I enabled IRQ 5 on my I/O card (which, by default, is set to
: lpt2) by disabling IRQ7 and set the I/O address on the adapter to lpt1.
: 
: I hooked up both printers, made sure the appropriate drivers were install-
: ed, and began some testing.  The printer on lpt1 functions properly; however,
: when I try to print a file on the other printer, the process times out and I
: get a "Printer not responding!" message.
: 
: Both ports work through DOS 5.0, so perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly.
: Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

No suggestions, I'm afraid, just some encouragement that it is
possible.  I can print on lpt1 and lpt2 (at the same time, even).  Some
people have mentioned problems with cables causing this error (OS/2
apparently uses more of the lines than DOS does, since it is interrupt
driven rather than polling the printer).  You might try swapping the
cables and to see if the problem switches printers.

For what it is worth, I have a NEC Silentwriter 2 Model 90 as LPT1 and
an old Epson RX-80 as LPT2.  I just hooked them up and they worked the
first time.

--
Ted Richards            ted@isgtec.com             [...!uunet.ca!isgtec!ted]
ISG Technologies Inc.   3030 Orlando Dr. Mississauga  Ont.  Canada   L4V 1S8