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msteed

Re: WebKit based browser initiative

Posted on: 2023/7/8 3:36 #61

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@walkero

Thanks for the status update- it's good to know that progress is being made. It seems like every day Odyssey loses the ability to access another web site that used to work, so work towards an eventual replacement is very welcome.

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The work we do for webkit requires changes in adtools and gcc itself. This means that we do not actually work only on the webkit but a lot more stuff around our dev environment.

Something to look forward to in the next SDK!

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A couple of week ago we finished the majority porting of the needed third-party libraries like the harfbuzz and many others. They are all compiled with afxgroup's clib2 and are available at his ubuntu packaging server.

Hopefully these ports will also show up some place like OS4Depot, where they're accessible to native developers.

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msteed

Re: Is this a glitch or is it normal?

Posted on: 2023/7/8 3:04 #62

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@broadblues

I've got graphics.library 54.248, as supplied with Update 2. As far as I know, that's the latest public release.

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msteed

Re: Is this a glitch or is it normal?

Posted on: 2023/7/2 2:58 #63

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@nbache

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You might consider making backups of the relevant .prefs files in ENVARC:Sys/ - or if you're lazy, simply backup the whole directory.

I make regular backups of the entire system partition (and all the others), so I can restore the preferences if I need to. But you're right, making a temporary copy of just that directory would make restoring the preferences easier after playing around with them.

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BTW, what about the font you're using for the title bar, has that been changed? Just an idea.

I'm using DejaVu Sans 15 as my screen font, which is the one that's used for Workbench window titles. I think that's the default font, though maybe not in exactly that size.

I've also got a stock FE (Update 2) partition I can boot from, with no changes at all except for the graphics driver. But the problem with trying to use that, or experimenting with changes to the preferences, is that the glitch is so random and infrequent that it's not practical to try changing things to see if it makes a difference- even if I didn't see the glitch for days or even weeks I couldn't be sure that it was because of the change I made, or if it just hadn't happened to show up. Just as I'm not sure now whether changing the graphics card and updating the driver made a difference.

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msteed

Re: Is this a glitch or is it normal?

Posted on: 2023/7/1 6:07 #64

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@Deniil

My old card was an HD6570, and I definitely saw the problem when I was using that card. I was using the old v. 1.7 Radeon HD driver at the time. I'm using an R7 250 and the v. 3.7 driver now; I'll keep an eye out to see whether the problem ever occurs with my current setup.

@tonyw

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I would first revert to the standard GUI theme

I started with the standard theme, but have made adjustments to the various settings to suit my taste. Looks like I'm using the "Subtle" bitmap set for the window borders; I think that was the default set, but I don't recall for certain now.

Having spent a lot of time getting the look I want, and getting Reaction and MUI synchronized so everything looks consistent, I'm not inclined to change any of the settings now.

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I would next check the versions of graphics.library and diskfont.library,

graphics is 54.248, and diskfont is 53.13. Should be standard FE Update 2 stuff. Though as I noted, I had the problem when running Update 1 as well.

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Does it only appear in the window title, or is it visible on other text in the window?

I've never seen it anywhere but in the window title. It would be a more serious problem if it showed up elsewhere.

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msteed

Re: Is this a glitch or is it normal?

Posted on: 2023/6/30 6:51 #65

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@rjd324

I've been seeing that for years on my X1000 (I thought I was the only one...), ever since I upgraded from 4.1.6 to FE Update 1. I was hoping Update 2 would fix it, but no luck.

As with you, it seems random and completely unpredictable. I've only seen it on Workbench windows, but it's inconsistent as to when it happens, and which window is affected (usually just one window, but not always). It seems more likely after I've been using the system for some time, but that's inconsistent, too.

Sometimes it takes the form of a solid line under the entire title, as in your screenshot. Other times it's only part of the title that's underlined. And sometimes it's more like an irregular dashed line that's different each time I open the window. I've even seen it change while the window is open.

It seems harmless, and doesn't appear to affect anything beyond the window titles. I've never even considered reporting it, since it's so random and irreproducible. I recently upgraded to a new graphics card and driver, but I've gotten so used to ignoring the glitch that I can't even say for sure if I've seen it since the upgrade.

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msteed

Re: AmiUpdate and newlib.library....

Posted on: 2023/6/24 3:33 #66

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@Cageman
@smarkusg

My SiteList file contains the following:


AmigaOSUpdateServer

MyHyperionUserName

MyHyperionPassword

Where, of course, you use your actual user name and password. There's a return at the end of each line.

This issue has come up before, see post #8 et seq in this thread. Creating a proper SiteList file seems to solve the problem.

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msteed

Re: Which And Path Confusion

Posted on: 2023/6/14 1:58 #67

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Speaking of confusion: Does anyone else get a blank page after clicking the 'Reply' button below post #4 in this topic? (If you do, the browser's 'Back' button will get you back to the topic page.)

I notice that post #4 has a matched '<' and '>' in it, just like the post I was trying to compose over in the "current situation with printing" topic that caused blank pages when previewed. Something weird seems to be going on with the forum software when those two characters are present in a post.

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msteed

Re: Which And Path Confusion

Posted on: 2023/6/14 1:39 #68

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@rjd324

Looks like you've found the reason, which was indeed a multi-assign to C:. Curiously, 'C:' isn't present in the Assign list you posted, which makes it hard to see the problem.

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msteed

Re: Which And Path Confusion

Posted on: 2023/6/12 3:34 #69

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@rjd324

Perhaps C: is multi-assigned, with the path to Python being one of the assignments? Try "Assign" by itself to see what the assignments are.

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msteed

Re: What is the current situation with printing in OS4 on real hardware?

Posted on: 2023/6/9 6:38 #70

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@tonyw

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To print left/right arrows in text, try using "ampersand lt ;" or "ampersand gt ;".

Thanks for the tip. It didn't work- the page still goes blank when I preview the post (when I display the source for the blank page, it's blank too). However, it led me to try something different that did work.

There are two 'Preview' buttons on the post entry page. I've never been clear on what the difference is, but I normally use the lower one, as it seems to give a preview that more closely resembles the final post. That's the one that causes the page to go blank when there's a '<' (or an ampersand lt;).

However, when I tried the upper 'Preview' button the '<' appeared as it should. I tried submitting the post, and the '<' showed up, just as it did when using the upper 'Preview' button. So the problem seems to be limited to the lower 'Preview' button.

Incidentally, there's no problem when using the lower 'Preview' button with this post, so the problem isn't due just to the '<', but to the entire line of PostScript code in that particular post.

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msteed

Re: SObjs libmng.so.1 is missing, required by 8SVX datatype.

Posted on: 2023/6/4 3:18 #71

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@Deniil

Are you sure that's where the message is coming from? Both ListDynDep and readelf -d indicate that AK-8SVX.datatype has no dynamic section, and therefore does not require any shared objects.

Double-clicking a datatype's icon normally runs "C:AddDataTypes", which adds the associated datatype to the system. But I notice that the default tool for the AK-8SVX icon is "MultiViewer:MultiViewer", which isn't really what you want (though MultiViewer doesn't use any shared objects, either).

Perhaps your default tool somehow got set to some other program?

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msteed

Re: What is the current situation with printing in OS4 on real hardware?

Posted on: 2023/6/3 1:15 #72

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@Raziel

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What line is that?
Could you share your postscript_init.ps?

I added the following at the top of the file, just after '%%BeginProlog':


%%BeginPageSetup

<< /Duplex true /Tumble false >> setpagedevice

%%EndPageSetup

'/Duplex true' enables duplexing. Setting it to false instead disables duplexing, useful if you want to print something single sided and your printer is set to duplex by default.

'/Tumble false' sets the printer to flip the printed pages along the long side, book-style. Setting it to true instead tells the printer to flip the pages along the short side, calendar-style. False seems to be the default setting, at least on my printer, as even files sent directly to LPR: come out flipped on the long side.

It would be nice if a future version of the PrinterPS preferences editor (Enhancer?) had the ability to adjust these settings, and even nicer if the PostScript printer driver knew about duplexing. As it currently stands, you need to manually edit the postscript_init.ps file to change the settings. Fortunately these settings work for me 99% of the time.

Edit: Altered PostScript clip to have proper '<<' in it.

Edited by msteed on 2023/6/9 5:54:39
Edited by msteed on 2023/6/9 5:58:16
Edited by msteed on 2023/6/9 5:58:53

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msteed

Re: What is the current situation with printing in OS4 on real hardware?

Posted on: 2023/6/2 6:40 #73

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@livebyfaith74

I use LPR: with my networked HP laser printer. I tried a number of different network printer drivers when I first got the printer, and LPR: seemed to work the best (and it's OS4 native, unlike some of the others).

For programs that can generate PostScript output natively (like AmiPDF) I just send the PostScript directly to LPR:. For programs that don't generate PostScript on their own I use the Amiga PostScript printer driver, which is set to send its output to LPR:. (The PostScript driver has a passthrough mode that can send PostScript directly to the printer, but it's easier to just send straight to LPR:.)

My printer has a duplexer that can print on both sides of the page. The Amiga printing system doesn't know about duplexing, so I added a line to the postscript_init.ps file that the PostScript printer driver uses to enable (or, if I edit it, to disable) duplexing. That only works when using the PostScript driver, so I also set the printer to duplex by default, which works when sending PostScript directly to LPR:.

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msteed

Re: What the fastest possible x64 emulation way of OS4 today ?

Posted on: 2023/6/2 6:26 #74

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@joerg

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To speed up booting/mounting partitions by not searching for hds/partitions on empty ports/units, which can take a lot of time especially with SCSI, the RDB (AmigaOS partition table standard) includes a "last unit" flag. When you set up the first HD with MediaToolBox it was the only, and therefore last, HD drive on the emulated PATA controller and this flag should have been set, but now with the 2nd HD installed it has to be cleared.

Thanks for this valuable bit of information. Media Toolbox has no popup help, so there's no indication what the 'Last ID' control does. Given that information, I can guess what the 'Last LUN' control does. But what about 'Last TID'?

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msteed

Re: Search not working?

Posted on: 2023/5/30 6:34 #75

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@walkero fixed it!

Indeed he did- thanks!

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msteed

Search not working?

Posted on: 2023/5/29 3:21 #76

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When I try to search for anything (using Odyssey or IBrowse) I get the following:

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ERROR 403 - Forbidden!
The following error occurred:
You are not permitted to access the requested URL.
Please contact the webmaster with any queries.

I tried logging in, though search has always worked even if not logged in in the past, but I get the same error.

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msteed

Re: ImageFx 4.1 crashes with debug kernel

Posted on: 2023/5/12 18:59 #77

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Someone with access to the kernel sources could check in which parts 0xCCCCCCCC is used...

I've no access to the sources, but according to the wiki:

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If the value is 0xCCCCCCCC (or thereabouts), then you have tried to free a Node a second time.

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One common mistake when dealing with lists is to access successor and/or previous pointers from a removed node. ... To help spotting such errors the debug kernel will modify the ln_Succ/ln_Prev pointer to a given fixed invalid value...

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msteed

Re: Lsof AmigaDOS?

Posted on: 2023/4/8 1:06 #78

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@daveyw

Perhaps you could try opening the file, on the assumption that any file that is actively being written is going to have an exclusive lock on it, so opening it will fail. If the open succeeds, the file must have been closed and the lock released. If using a DOS script, you could use any DOS command that opens a file and does something harmless if it succeeds (i.e. CountLines).

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msteed

Re: AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup - March 2023

Posted on: 2023/4/5 6:19 #79

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@AmigaOldskooler

Thanks for another great writeup. I feel like releasing something new just so I can see my name in one of them!

I say that only partly in jest; when you're developing just for personal enjoyment, getting some recognition from the community can be a significant motivation. Keep up the good work; you don't have to be a developer to help support Amiga software development!

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msteed

Re: Task scheduler

Posted on: 2023/3/28 3:39 #80

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@joerg

A great little utility- thanks!

@all

It's obvious what most of the displayed numbers represent, but there are some whose meaning is not apparent. Does anyone know what the F:xxxxx, D:xxxxx, and S:xxxxx figures at the top of the display mean? (See Capehill's screenshot for reference.)

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