Tag - OS-2

Thursday 11 October 2007

Novedades (muchas)

By Delfi_r on Thursday 11 October 2007, 00:40 - Noticias eComStation

Paul Smedley has released (10/7/2007) an OS/2 port of Squid version 3.0.rc1. Also available (7/24/2007) is another port of version 2.6s14. Squid offers high performance proxy caching for Web clients supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP requests.

Amouse version 2.80.03 has been released (10/6/2007). This scroll mouse driver has USB support, improved Logitech support, an XCenter widget, and more.

WPS-Wizard version 0.6.0 beta 2 has been released (10/5/2007); the latest version can be found on NetLabs. This is a WPS addon which provides desktop gadgets, and gives you freely configurable context menus for all filesystem objects. You may have different extended menus for different classes. It now includes support for PNG icon themes; there are Noia blue and warm themes available (10/5/2007). Cairo is used for rendering, so alpha-blending can be used.

Peter Weilbacher has released (10/3/2007) an OS/2 build of KompoZer version 0.7.10. This is an unofficial continuation of NVU, the WYSIWYG website editor that includes a powerful CSS editor and FTP uploading capability.

Juergen Ulbts has released (10/3/2007) Azureus4eCS version 0.1.0. This package makes it possible to use Azureus 2.5.0.4 on OS/2, by using SWTSwing, a Swing implementation of SWT. Azureus is a P2P client to download files using the BitTorrent protocol.

Juergen Ulbts has released (10/3/2007) Eclipse Enabler version 1.1.0. This package makes it possible to use Eclipse 3.2.2 on OS/2, by using SWTSwing, a Swing implementation of SWT. SWTSwing is also an open bounty at OS2World.com.

jRisk version 1.0.9.3 has been released (10/3/2007). This is a Java version of the game Risk.

ACPI driver version 3.03 was released (10/2/2007) on the eComStation Betazone (for Software Subscription customers only). Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is a replacement for APM, PnP, and related hardware features. It features support for multiprocessor systems (SMP, Dual Core, and HyperThreading), and there is an APM driver available (poweroff works, but suspend causes traps if you have an Intel NIC!). There is an ACPI Tools web page as well, which includes a battery monitoring widget for XCenter. From VOICE News.

JamochaMUD version 2.2 has been updated (10/2/2007). This is an open-source Java MUCK/MUD client.

eSchemes version 1.40 has been released (10/1/2007) on the eComstation BetaZone (for Software Subscription customers only). This replaces the original eComStation Scheme editor and gathers the functionality of Window Themes, eStylerLite, Icon Themes, Sound Schemes, Pointer schemes, and other look & feel settings into one place. From VOICE News.

wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows) version 2.8.6 has been released (10/1/2007). This is a sophisticated cross-platform C++ framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where possible) the native controls.

Gendatam Suite beta 3 release 6 has been released (10/1/2007). This is a Java family history application, providing support for the Gedcom format.

JAlbum version 7.3 has been released (9/30/2007). This is a web photo album generator that runs on Java.

JGraphpad version 6.0.4.1 has been released (9/25/2007). This is a Java-based powerful, free diagram editor that allows you to create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and more.

VICE version 1.22 has been released (8/11/2007). This is a versatile Commodore emulator. It uses DIVE and DART, and supports fullscreen mode.

JIP version 0.95 has been released (10/1/2007). This is a Java client for DynDNS.org and other dynamic DNS providers, which requires Java 1.4.2.

MultiZilla 1.8.3.3k has been released. This is an extension that adds more features to the tabbed interface in Seamonkey.

An OS/2 port of the Tesseract open source OCR engine version 2.01 has been released (9/27/2007). From VOICE News.

Paul Smedley has released (9/25/2007) a build of CUPS 1.3.2, with ESP Ghostscript 8.15.4 and Gutenprint 5.1.3. You can print using the command line tools, or try the CUPS port driver. CUPS is the Common Unix Printing System; the goal is to improve the printing support in eComStation. You can see what printers are potentially supported; those mentioned as working with CUPS or Gutenprint should work. There is a newsgroup dedicated to discussion and feedback.

SmartSVN version 3.0.4 has been released (9/25/2007). This is a Java Subversion GUI client, with features like built-in File Compare/Merge, Change Report or Tag and Branch handling, and more. It requires Java 1.4.1 or higher.

MagicDraw UML 14.0 has been released (9/24/2007). This is a Java based UML modelling tool.

Paul Smedley has updated (9/21/2007) the OS/2 build of Samba version 3.0.26a. Provided are both the Samba server, and a client plugin for the NetDrive Filesystem, which supports 64-bit file I/O with NDFS 3.0 or higher. It allows you to mount SMB or CIFS shares on OS/2 without the need of NetBIOS (IBM LAN Manager or IBM Peer).

The RAR archiver has been updated (9/21/2007) to version 3.71 (the "DOS" version also has OS/2 support). This is a command-line compression utility, with tight general and multimedia compression, recovery record option management of non-RAR archives, RCVT aRchive ConVersion Tool, and more.

The Panorama VESA video driver was updated (9/20/2007) on the eComStation Betazone (for Software Subscription customers only). This is a generic VESA driver, which supports all VESA 2.0 compatible video adapters. There are also some "widescreen activators" available for Intel and ATI chipsets, which hack the VESA BIOS to support some widescreen modes. Users with SMP systems and/or widescreen panels may find this useful if there isn't an accelerated driver available; there is also an FAQ available. From VOICE News.

Mr. Message has been updated (9/22/2007). This is an instant messenger client which is capable of communicating over AOL's Instant Messenger network using the OSCAR protocol. From VOICE News.

PHPMyAdmin version 2.11.1 has been released (9/20/2007). This is a set of PHP scripts to administer MySQL over the web.

Java Movie Database version 1.3.5 has been released (9/20/2007). This is a Java based application for searching and getting information about movies and actors, getting the data from the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Thanks to Juergen Ulbts for the info.

General Network Utilities has been updated (9/19/2007). This is a powerful Internet diagnostic tool kit featuring several tools designed to help you quickly identify problems, locate where the problem is, and gather data which can be used to solve the problem either directly or through your Internet Service Provider. From OS2.org.

File Commander/2 version 2.30-dev has been updated (9/18/2007). Also available (4/20/2002) is the stable version 2.20. This is a Norton Commander clone for OS/2.

PDFMergeNX version 2.0 test has been updated (9/18/2007). This is an application for manipulating PDF and PS files; it provides a graphical interface on top of GhostScript, XPDF, and ePDF.

GBM version 1.52 has been released (9/15/2007). Generalised Bitmap Module is a library for handling many different bitmap file formats, and is used by applications like Mesa, PM-Raw, and PM-Exif. It includes a PM bitmap viewer and editor. It now features a REXX interface library, as well as plugins for Lucide and Mozilla. The source code is freely available and released as public domain. From VOICE News.

Maul Publisher version 3.13 has been released (9/14/2007). Maul Publisher is "the world's first professional desktop publisher for OS/2 Warp." It will automatically take care of page numbering in folding booklets, reversal of margins for facing pages, page numbering offsets where you don't want to start from page one, reversal of margins for top bound booklets and top folding booklets, centering margins on printers with odd margins, and multiway folding sheets and maps. In addition, you have full control of column, row, gutter, and centre gutter guides, including the automatic adjustment of page offsets when a number of sheets are bound into a folding booklet. There is a language translation toolkit, so that anyone interested can provide translations for their native languages. There is also a mailing list. From VOICE News.

Paul Smedley has released (9/12/2007) an OS/2 port of Apache version 2.2.6. Also available (8/2/2006) is Apache version 2.0.59, directly from the Apache web site. Apache is the premiere web server of the Internet; newer versions use multi-threading and offer big performance improvements.

Paul Smedley has updated (9/12/2007) his build of PHP 5.2.4; modules supported include bz2, curl, dbase, gd, exif, filepro, gd, gettext, mbstring, mysql, mysqli, openssl, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, and sqlite. He also has a build (3/19/2006) of version 4.4.2. It now includes a module for Apache 2.2, as well as CGI and CLI versions. For more info on PHP, see the PHP web site.

ncFTP version 3.2.1 has been ported (9/11/2007) to OS/2. This FTP client supports resuming uploads and downloads, tab completion, and some command line utilities. Warning: the mput command is not working correctly in this build. Thanks to Paul Smedley for the news.

Lucide version 1.20 has been released (9/10/2007) on the eComstation BetaZone. This is a multi-purpose document viewer, using plugins for different formats. It currently supports PDF, DjVu documents, and JPEG files; additional formats can be added by third party programmers. The UniClip package is now required. Bugs should be reported on NetLabs. From OS2.org.

DFSee has been updated (9/10/2007) to version 9.01. DFSee is an FDISK, display, analysis and recovery tool for disks and filesystems. It includes the ability to resize FAT and FAT32 partitions, has some JFS and LVM support, and is now shareware. There is also a support forum available. From VOICE News.

Guiffy version 8.2 has been released (9/10/2007). Guiffy is a file compare / merge (diff-like) tool with a GUI implemented in Java.

SmartCVS version 6.0.5 has been released (9/10/2007). This is a Java CVS GUI client, with features like built-in File Compare/Merge, Transaction display or List Repository Files, and more. It requires Java 1.4.1 or higher.

nveth version 0.0.4 has been released (9/9/2007). This is a NDIS driver for NVIDIA chipset network adapters.

bootAble version 4.5.2 has been released (9/8/2007). This is a script which can be used to create a maintenance partition or bootable CD with enough facilities to fully manage and recover your system. It contains support for LVM, HPFS, JFS, FAT32, UDF, and the CD file system. From VOICE News.

FTP server version 1.30 has been released (9/8/2007). Compared to the standard ftpd in OS/2, this one has better security controls, together with extra features such as symbolic links.

USB Dock has been updated (9/8/2007) on the eComstation BetaZone. This will show information on attached USB devices. From OS2.org.

Larsen Commander version 1.6 Milestone 3 has been released (9/5/2007). This is a nice GUI Norton Commander clone with many features. There is also a mailing list available.

NDPISO version 2.5 has been released (9/5/2007). This is a plugin for NetDrive, allowing you to mount ISO (CD-ROM) images.

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Thursday 27 September 2007

Unidades extraíbles USB (MSD): cómo usar y formatear (también en FAT32)

By Delfi_r on Thursday 27 September 2007, 02:43 - Proyectos de EST2000SL

La idea de este documento es posibilitar el uso de unidades extraíbles USB (discos duros portáiles, PenDrive, Memory Stick, etc.) en eCS /OS2 teniendo en cuenta los problemas típicos que se presentan con las letras de unidad, etc.

Se supone que se encuentran instalados en el sistema los controladores USB necesarios para acceder físicamente a los dispositivos y que estos se reconocen adecuadamente -a nivel físico- (p.e. utilizando DFSee o LVM el tamaño que se muestra para el dispositivo es correcto). De igual forma, se supone que se encuentran adecuadamente instalados y configurados los IFS adecuados para leer y escribir en el (los) sistema(s) de archivos que se quieran utilizar en dicho dispositivo: JFS, NTFS, FAT32, etc.

También se supone que el usuario tiene un conocimiento básico de cómo crear y suprimir volúmenes o particiones utilizando las herramientas de disco LVM y DFSee.

Establecido esto, pasamos al tema propiamente dicho:

Conectar el dispositivo USB. Tomará una letra de unidad, digamos X:. Si estamos en un sistema eCS 1.2, esto se realiza de forma automática. En sistemas más antiguos, hay que ejecutar el mandato 'LVM /RediscoverPRM' al conectar el dispositivo para que tome la letra.
Si se puede acceder a la unidad X: como se desea, hemos terminado; si no, seguimos:
Ejecutar LVM; y comprobar que informa de que la tabla de partición del disco N (el dispositivo USB) está corrupta (probablemente informe de más de un disco, atentos a esto). Salir de LVM sin cambiar nada (de todas formas, fallará sin avisar al intentarlo).
Utilizar DFSee para eliminar todas las particiones del dispositivo. Salir.
Desconectar el dispositivo mediante el mandato 'eject X:'.
Volver a conectar el dispositivo. Tomará una letra de unidad Y:, probablemente la misma que antes, pero NO debería poder accederse a ella. Ejecutar LVM y comprobar que ya NO informa de que la tabla de partición del dispositivo en cuestión esté corrupta. Si es así, hasta aquí se cumplen las previsiones.

En este momento hay dos opciones:

Utilizar el dispositivo como 'disquete grande' en FAT16. Desventajas: las usuales del sistema de archivos FAT, y que sólo podrán usarse 2 GB del dispositivo como máximo. Basta con salir de LVM sin hacer cambios y ejecutar el mandato 'format Y:'; hemos terminado.
Particionar el dispositivo, si lo admite (probabilidad del 99.99% si es de capacidad >2GB) y formatear adecuadamente las particiones, que pueden ser una o varias. Cómo hacerlo:

LVM permite crear directamente volúmenes de datos (deben ser 'volúmenes de compatibilidad') sobre el dispositivo. No obstante, es recomendable crear primero las particiones para poder elegir el tipo (primaria/lógica) y la posición y luego crear volúmenes 'a partir de particiones existentes'.

Al crear el(los) volumen(es) en el dispositivo cada uno tendrá su propia letra de unidad, asignada durante el proceso de creación. Guardar cambios y salir.

Nota: 'expulsar' una unidad contenida en el dispositivo fuerza la expulsión del dispositivo y la desconexión forzosa de todas las letras de unidad de los volúmenes que contenga.

Llamemos 'Z:' a uno de los volúmenes recién creados en el dispositivo.

Si queremos usar FAT, HPFS o JFS en esa unidad, sólo necesitamos ejecutar el mandato 'format Z: /FS:XYZ' y listos.

Si queremos usar FAT32, (imprescindible en unidades de 4 Gb o superioes que debanusarse en cámaras digitales, hay dos caminos:

1- con DFSee

Formatear _la partición_ con DFSee.
Mandato 'eject Z:'
Reiniciar el sistema (no es necesario con la versión buena del driver FAT32 instalado, pero mejor hacerlo por si acaso).

2- usando Windows

Mandato 'eject Z:'
Reiniciar
Formatear la partición (sin destruirla y volver a crearla) desde un sistema Windows; poco recomendable de todas formas.

Para usar NTFS, es conveniente utilizar la forma 2).

Alfredo Fernández Díaz

@ EST2000SL

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Wednesday 18 July 2007

'TYPO3 goes eComStation' actualizado

By Delfi_r on Wednesday 18 July 2007, 11:40 - Noticias eComStation

From: Roland Schmalenberg <roland.schmalenbergDESPAM@DESPAMlycosxxl.de >

Hi folks,
yesterday the TYPO3-team released TYPO3 version 4.1.2 and 4.0.7 with some
bugfixes, improved code quality and debugging mode for user generated SQL
queries. I've got the time to change my script today and have finished the
tests, so a new version for getting TYPO3 to run on base of OS/2 or
eComStation known as "TYPO3 goes eComStation" is out, too.

What is TYPO3?
--------------
For those people not knowing TYPO3 yet it should be mentioned that TYPO3 is
a free Open Source Web Content Management System, released under GPL. More
informations can be found at http://typo3.com/ or for developers at
http://typo3.org/

Where to get, what to need?
---------------------------
You are able to download the script package from the home of "TYPO3 goes
eComStation", http://os4you.org/typo3goesecomstation.html All you need to
run is a working OAMP or AMP4eCS (OS/2+Apache+MySQL+PHP, WPI available from
http://www.amp4ecs. // de/ ), my package and time to study

Hint for TYPO3-Beginners
------------------------
Those who want to use that CMS with OS/2 or eComStation the first time
should start with reading our documentation (available in English, Dutch,
French and German) for the TYPO3 version 3.8.x (outdated but still
available) and exam the quickstart-package.

All others will be recommended to use the latest versions ...

Yours sincerly
Roland Schmalenberg
Team TYPO3 goes eComStation (TT3geCS)

TYPO3 4.1.2 Short installation guide for impatient folks Download GetTYPO3v4forOS2.zip to your OS/2-PC, unpack to any place

Open command line in that new folder, call GetTYPO3v4forOS2.cmd with option -t4:1
Move resulting folder "dummy-4.1.2" to data folder \htdocs of your apache server
Create an empty data file ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL in folder \typo3conf Start server "Apache" and "MySQL", call localhost/dummy-4.1.2/ in your favorite browser More within a short time ...

Here is a collection of screenshots from the TYPO3 backend. They will give you a general idea of the internal modules, capabilities and concepts of the system. If you would like to see these features in action, please download the package.

Click any of the images to see an enlarged version in a new window.

The TYPO3 backend

TYPO3 has a backend divided into three main areas: The modules menu (left), the page tree (left/middle) and the module workarea (right). In the top frame, additional options occasionally appear and the bottom frame is used for user defined shortcuts.

The interface is optimized for 1024x768 but can be configured in a variety of ways that allows it to work efficiently at smaller screen resolutions. Furthermore, the interface is constructed to load fast and work with virtually any graphical browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Konqueror) on any operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux).

The 'Web > Page' module

The Page Module is where most site editing of pages and page content is done. Selecting the module will show the architecture of the website in the Navigation Pane. The architecture is represented as a tree structure showing the relationship of pages to each other. The pages visible in the tree are ones that you have rights to access and edit. This is the module that website editors and contributers will use most.

The 'Web > View' module

This module shows the page architecture and then a preview of the selected web page as it will appear in the Front End. You are also able to edit page content directly on the previewed page.

The 'Web > List' module

The List module shows all the content records stored for the page. This is useful for viewing the records for users, content items, addresses and templates related to a page. Some extensions like the guestbook extension save records on a particular page or in a system folder; the List Module is useful for viewing and editing these records.

The 'Web > Access' module

Access control in TYPO3 is done on multiple levels. Apart from access defined for modules, tables and tablefields, every page has an owner, group and settings for each of them. Page permissions can also be set here by Administrative users.

The 'File > Filelist' module

File management is an integral part of the system. You can configure TYPO3 to mount any path on the server and then allow certain backend users/groups to store files in those folders. Files can be uploaded, renamed, copied, moved, deleted - even edited online! Selecting an image folder enables a thumbnail view (a smaller view like those you can see on the left hand side) of the images in a folder. Other image information such as size, date of upload and file type is shown with the image.

The 'User > Setup' module

Enables editing of Backend (BE) Users' personal setup details. Editable features include name, username, email address, password, BE language (more then 40 langauges are available) and BE layout preferences.

The 'New page' wizard

Creating new pages is very easy. As you create pages, TYPO3 will organize them in the hierarchy of the page tree. If you want to change your site architecture, you can simply move the pages around within the system.

The 'Page content' elements

Page content types are selected when adding a new content element. Page content types can be changed at any time from the pull-down 'Type' menu at the top of the content element. The two most commonly used elements are text and image elements. In one page, you can use multiple content elements.

The RTE editor

TYPO3 features a Rich Text Editor which allows WYSIWYG editing of the web pages. This resembles Word or any other word processor so closely that users will find it extremely intuitive to operate. As an administrator, you can configure it to display your stylesheet classes and filter unwanted HTML.

Frontend editing

When backend users are logged in, the web pages may display small control panels and 'edit icons'. These provide an intuitive, context-oriented way of editing content on directly on the web pages. If you need to edit something while browsing the website, simply click the little pencil icon near the object. It's that easy!

Mailform wizard

With the mailform wizard, you can easily add a web form with customizable fields such as text fields, radio buttons, selector boxes, file upload fields, etc.

Backend user administration

Backend users are allowed to log into the TYPO3 backend and do permitted actions. Each user can also be a member of one or more groups and each group can include sub-groups. Groups contain the main permission settings you can set for each user. Many users can be a member of the same group and, thus, share permissions.

Extension manager

With the extension kickstarter wizard, the framework for new extensions can be built very easily. A basic frontend output can be created, but further coding is necessary.

Third party products

Third party products can be integrated seamlessly into TYPO3. For example, the popular GPL-application, phpMyAdmin, is available by default for admin users. It is preconfigured with the current database of TYPO3 and access is managed automatically by TYPO3. phpMyAdmin allows administrators to do really low level operation of the database.

Install Tool

The Install Tool ensures that the installation and upgrade process of TYPO3 is easy. Each time TYPO3 releases a new version or preview, the main database structure may be altered. The Install Tool will automatically identify which changes are needed in order to upgrade the database and with a single click, those changes are performed. TYPO3 is a very comprehensive system which currently runs on nearly any PHP-enabled server. However, the more exotic features, like the powerful image generation engine requires special software. The Install Tool provides tools for analysis and bug-tracking of the installation.