Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 340
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" <deadmail>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 00:00:07 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Wednesday 08 May 2002
 Number  340
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re: [os2genau] MIME association PMmail/2??? : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhautathccnet.nl>
2  Re: [os2genau] Gigabit Ethernet on copper : brianbatkdfisher dot com dot au
3  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd : Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
4  Re: [os2genau] Odin : John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
5  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd : John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
6  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd : Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
7  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd : Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
8  Re: [os2genau] MIME association PMmail/2??? : John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
9  [os2genau] Interesting reading .... : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
10  Re: [os2genau] GSview wants it twice. : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhautathccnet.nl>
11  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd : John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
12  Re: [os2genau] Odin : Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
13  Re: [os2genau] Interesting reading .... : voytek" <voytekatsbt dot net dot au>

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 00:56:05 +0200
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhautathccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] MIME association PMmail/2???

John Angelico schreef:

> On Mon, 06 May 2002 23:12:31 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>
> Hi Kris and all.
>
> >
> >
> >John Angelico schreef:
> >
> >>
> >> I endorse this wholeheartedly with one proviso - Russell has done wonders
> >> to the install and it is no pain at all. There has just been a new release
> >> of Ghostscript and GSView (see a recent VoiceNews).
> >>
> >> Then I would add that you can disable the plug-in from your browser,
> >> install GSView in its place and be free of the Win-OS/2 stub which I
> >> believe lurks under teh covers of the so-called OS/2 Acrobat reader.
> >>
> >
> >I never managed to perform that trick properly. Could you please elaborate on the how to do?
>
> 1. In Netscape go to Help: About Plugins and see the DLL name for the
> Acrobat reader
> 2. Shut down NS, go to the directory under X:\Netscape containing said DLL
> and delete or rename it
> (NB: this means that if you apply an update to NS plugins or NS whole
> package this process must be repeated)
> 3. Go back to NS, and in Edit Preferences Navigator Applications add a
> Helper for .PDF files and point it to GSView

But I'm asked to enter the "mime-type" too. hat is this about?

--
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Wed, 8 May 2002 09:02:32 +0930
From:  brianbatkdfisher dot com dot au
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Gigabit Ethernet on copper

Ed,
Thanks, much appreciated.
Bye

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Brian Butler
System Administrator
brianbatkdfisher dot com dot au

                                                                                                
                    Ed Durrant                                                                  
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                    03/05/2002             copper                                               
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Any National Semiconductor dp83820 based card.

Driver is on June eddie-Rom (see Graham when he gets it)

Cheers/2

Ed.

brianbatkdfisher dot com dot au wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Can anybody recommend a gigabit ethernet on copper NIC with OS/2 drivers?
> Thanks
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Brian Butler
> System Administrator
> brianbatkdfisher dot com dot au
>
>
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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 00:33:56 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd

Hi,
One of the LinuxSA guys gave me the solution:
GhostScript & GSView on Windoze will create PDFs locally.

On Tue, 7 May 2002 19:45:40 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote:

>Hi.
>I have just clicked to what you want to do.
>I was going to do this but my PMPDF prompts me for a file name.
>Does your release automatically assign file name as docname.pdf?
>

Regards,

Daryl  Pilkington 

//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
O<O  AUSTRALIA
\_/
<O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
     IBM Certified Systems Expert

        email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
          Mob: 0425-251-300

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 09:31:13 +1000 (EST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Odin

On Tue, 07 May 2002 20:04:44 -0400, Paul Smedley wrote:

Hi Paul.

I am jumping in here anew since I have the same symptoms as Graham, and
having been lurking on this thread with interest. I have installed Update 2
from ECS but this Odin thing I have had since Update 1. It hasn't been a
problem since we don't do a lot of Win32.

I downloaded that zip file, but having looked inside and seen how much
there is, I am cautious about unzipping everything, installing and then not
being able to back out cleanly.

How would I recover from this heart transplant surgery ie. what if the fix
doesn't solve my problem? 

I have zipped up the current OS2LDR and OS2KRNL files but what else should
I be saving - "JUST IN CASE" - everything represented in the zip?

Alternatively, could I just unzip and install the OS2LDR and OS2KRNL files
only?

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
____________________________________________

>G'day Graham,
>
>Good to hear the new kernel solved your problem.  I don't drink champagne but the 
>missus does :)
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul.
>
>On Mon, 06 May 2002 22:37:15 +1100, Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist wrote:
>
>>HI Paul
>>
>>yes found it and installed it without hiccups and the ODIN error message on boot 
>>has disappeared!   do you drink champagne??  thanks!!
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 06 May 2002 21:03:24 -0400, Paul Smedley wrote:
>>
>>>Graham,
>>>Latest OS/2 Testcase kernel (which works great here) is at 
>>>http://www.ecomstation dot org/testcase/w40426.zip
>>>
>>>Installation instructions (very rough) are:
>>>
>>>Go to command prompt
>>>
>>>Change to boot drive
>>>
>>>attrib -r -s -h os2krnl
>>>
>>>attrib -r -s -h os2ldr
>>>
>>>unzip x:\w40426.zip (where x:\ is the path where you saved the file)
>>>
>>>Answer 'Yes' to any prompt to overwrite files.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps,
>>>
>>>Paul.
>>>
>>>On Mon, 06 May 2002 20:19:31 +1100, Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist 
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>OK Paul
>>>>
>>>>I am always 'scared' to fiddle with my kernal files!  Before I used WarpUP Cd 
>>which 
>>>>was painless and through the IBM Web Browser interface....!!  so can you point 
>>me 
>>>>to the kernal files and perhaps suggest how I install them? I do have a 
>>maintenance 
>>>>partition so that I can install that way!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 06 May 2002 20:14:01 -0400, Paul Smedley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Graham,
>>>>>Obviously your install of CP2 didn't install the Symbol files for the Kernel - 
>>>>win32k.sys 
>>>>>relies on the symbol files to know where to "hook in" to the kernel in order to be 
>>>>able to 
>>>>>load win32 .exe files as if they were native .exe files.
>>>>>
>>>>>Easiest way to fix this is to install the latest available kernel from IBM - I can 
>>>>>recommend the latest Testcase kernel - works great here!
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 06 May 2002 18:01:34 +1100, Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist 
>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have used ODIN successfully and recently did a clean install on my 
>>Thinkpad 
>>>>>>using CP2. and then also did a 'clean' install of the latest Odin .wpi using 
>>WarpIn 
>>>>>>(latest release) and it seemed to install OK but when I reboot, a message says 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"WIN32K - ODIN 32 support driver 
>>>>>>failed to find symbolfile...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and then I can run any of the installed windows programmes... 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> 
>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Graham Norton
>>>>Neurologist
>>>>
>>>>"when I need a hole in the head, I use Windows
>>>>when I need a window on the brain, I use OS2!"
>>>>
>>>>
>
>>>> 
>
>>>
>>>

>>> 

>>>
>>
>>Graham Norton
>>Neurologist
>>
>>"when I need a hole in the head, I use Windows
>>when I need a window on the brain, I use OS2!"
>>
>>

>> 

>
>

> 

>
>

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 17:12:30 +1000 (EST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd

On Wed, 08 May 2002 00:33:56 +1000 (EST), Daryl Pilkington wrote:

Hi guys!

>Hi,
>One of the LinuxSA guys gave me the solution:
>GhostScript & GSView on Windoze will create PDFs locally.

So does the OS/2-eCS version. See VoiceNews for latest release data. Zips
available from OS2site dot com software FilePile.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
____________________________________________

>
>
>On Tue, 7 May 2002 19:45:40 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote:
>
>>Hi.
>>I have just clicked to what you want to do.
>>I was going to do this but my PMPDF prompts me for a file name.
>>Does your release automatically assign file name as docname.pdf?
>>

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 17:19:45 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd

>So does the OS/2-eCS version. See VoiceNews for latest release data. Zips
>available from OS2site dot com software FilePile.

Or by clicking on the "Link" at the end of the description which
will take you to the website/ftp site of origin, nothing liking
checking to see if there is a more recent version.

http://www.os2site dot com/sw/unixport/ghostscript/index.html

Cheers
Ian B Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 17:42:34 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd

Hi John,
Yes, but how do I run M$ Office on the same box :)
ODIN doesn't quite do it, & Virtual PC is an extra cost which would
require a  hardware upgrade to run it, not that I'm implying Virtual PC
is badly coded.

Mac users have had the same problem for years & lets face-it, whilst
not as technically elegant, having a file server for shared files &
networked workstations running the real OS natively is the
simplest/cheapest way to go.

Plus you can get support if something goes wrong :)

What I want to do is allow files created on Windoze, (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint et-al) to be converted to PDFs.

Once they are in that format, I can easily read, print or fax them from
eCS.
This solution would solve 90% my, (& others), eCS / Windows
compatability problems.

On Wed, 08 May 2002 17:12:30 +1000 (EST), John Angelico wrote:
>
>On Wed, 08 May 2002 00:33:56 +1000 (EST), Daryl Pilkington wrote:
>
>>One of the LinuxSA guys gave me the solution:
>>GhostScript & GSView on Windoze will create PDFs locally.
>
>So does the OS/2-eCS version. See VoiceNews for latest release data. Zips
>available from OS2site dot com software FilePile.
>

Regards,

Daryl  Pilkington 

//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
O<O  AUSTRALIA
\_/
<O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
     IBM Certified Systems Expert

        email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
          Mob: 0425-251-300

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 17:48:27 +1000 (EST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] MIME association PMmail/2???

On Wed, 08 May 2002 00:56:05 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote:

>> 3. Go back to NS, and in Edit Preferences Navigator Applications add a
>> Helper for .PDF files and point it to GSView
>
>But I'm asked to enter the "mime-type" too. hat is this about?

Hi Kris.

Um, so far I have called mime-type "x-pdf" to identify it as an extension
to NS but still type PDF. I am not too clear on the conventions in this
area, but have followed the style of the other entries I already found. 

If anyone can explain it better, please do. 

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 18:03:24 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] Interesting reading ....

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/safe.html

Cheers/2
Ed.
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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 11:05:10 +0200
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhautathccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] GSview wants it twice.

John Angelico schreef:

> On Wed, 08 May 2002 00:56:05 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>
> >> 3. Go back to NS, and in Edit Preferences Navigator Applications add a
> >> Helper for .PDF files and point it to GSView
> >
> >But I'm asked to enter the "mime-type" too. hat is this about?
>
> Hi Kris.
>
> Um, so far I have called mime-type "x-pdf" to identify it as an extension
> to NS but still type PDF. I am not too clear on the conventions in this
> area, but have followed the style of the other entries I already found.
>
> If anyone can explain it better, please do.

Well, I've put a lacklustre

text/ps

in the field.

The first time it didn't work, but the second time NS configured automagically itself
in respect to gvpm.exe.

So finally I've got rid of the Acrobatic interference. I own you one - thank you very
much!

--
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 20:07:17 +1000 (EST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] SOLVED: Printing to an OS/2 box running lpd

On Wed, 08 May 2002 17:42:34 +1000 (EST), Daryl Pilkington wrote:

>Hi John,

Hi Daryl

>Yes, but how do I run M$ Office on the same box :)

Ach zo! You vant extra holl-in-head, OK? <GD&R>

>ODIN doesn't quite do it, & Virtual PC is an extra cost which would
>require a  hardware upgrade to run it, not that I'm implying Virtual PC
>is badly coded.

Yeah, sorry. I haven't even missed Win32 support on my eCS here. That's how
little I have to worry about Win-compatibility.

>
>Mac users have had the same problem for years & lets face-it, whilst
>not as technically elegant, having a file server for shared files &
>networked workstations running the real OS natively is the
>simplest/cheapest way to go.

Tru-nuff!

>
>Plus you can get support if something goes wrong :)

Smile when you call it "support" mate!

>
>What I want to do is allow files created on Windoze, (Word, Excel,
>PowerPoint et-al) to be converted to PDFs.

All of those file types? Mainly Word?

I find Papyrus is able to read MS-Word latest versions very well (even the
demo version does, but it doesn't print...). Mesa does a sparkling job on
XLS files. I have no idea about PPT though.

>Once they are in that format, I can easily read, print or fax them from
>eCS.
>This solution would solve 90% my, (& others), eCS / Windows
>compatability problems.

I read you loud and clear, but would like to know your answers to the above
as well.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 19:39:06 -0400
From:  "Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Odin

G'day John,
The below text from the readme included with the Testcase kernels details what files 
should be backed up - essentially the trace files and the kernel and loader.

I enjoy life on the edge so I don't worry about backups :)

Following are rough instructions for applying the os2krnl fix:
In the directory from which you boot (C:\ or d:\ or whatever), type these
commands. Note that os2krnl should have come with this file.

>1. attrib -r -s -h os2krnl
>2. attrib -r -s -h os2ldr
>3. copy os2krnl os2krnl.sav
>4. copy os2ldr os2ldr.sav
>5. copy \os2\system\trace\*.tdf  \save       (or wherever)
>5. unzip -o xxx.zip
>If you want, you can turn the os2krnl and os2ldr attributes back on, but
>it's not necessary to do so.

Hope this helps,
Paul.

On Wed, 08 May 2002 09:31:13 +1000, John Angelico wrote:

>On Tue, 07 May 2002 20:04:44 -0400, Paul Smedley wrote:
>How would I recover from this heart transplant surgery ie. what if the fix
>doesn't solve my problem? 
>
>I have zipped up the current OS2LDR and OS2KRNL files but what else should
>I be saving - "JUST IN CASE" - everything represented in the zip?
>
>Alternatively, could I just unzip and install the OS2LDR and OS2KRNL files
>only?
>

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Date:  Wed, 08 May 2002 21:59:34 +1000
From:  "voytek" <voytekatsbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Interesting reading ....

On Wed, 08 May 2002 18:03:24 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/safe.html
>

nice article, but, I'd add a DON'T:

don't send HTML email

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