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From: netlabs.org team

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:

10. November - 16. November

* WSE 2008
o We had a great Warpstock Europe again, this year. Presentations will
be put online soon.
o See: http://warpstock.eu
* ACPI
o A few updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* AMP for OS/2
o Update to Apache 2.2.10, MySQL 5.0.67, PHP 5.2.6 and phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.3
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ampos2/timeline
* FM/2
o Quite some updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Also good progress again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* Lucide
o Two requests raised
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* UniAud
o Little update for the PC speaker for laptops
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline

3. November - 9. November

* ACPI
o Good progress, including the EEE PC 1000H
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Some fixes, including for a hang, and some document updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Lots of updates and fixes again, including rc2 for version 0.1.5.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* QT3
o A few updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
* Samba
o A swat problem reported
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* UniAud
o Missing files added for 1.0.18
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/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: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org

Greetings,
netlabs.org team

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From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated his port of GCC 4.3.2.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"4.3.2 now available

Mainly due to the fact that GCC 3.3.5 (which is what is currently used by
kLibc) is becoming too old to build the latest Mozilla trunk code, I
started working on building a newer version of GCC.

I've started with v3.4.6 - as the thought was that the amount of changed
between 3.3.5 and 3.4.6 would be comparatively small compared with aiming
for the 'latest' GCC (currently 4.3.2). I now have builds of 3.4.6, 4.0.4
and 4.3.2

The current binary of GCC 4.3.2 has been used to build several projects
successfully - ie rsync, Apache2, MySQL, Firefox 3.0-cvs, Ghostscript,
ffmpeg amongst others

Known Issues with the current 4.3.2 release (2008-10-12b)
- no support yet for the GOMP multiprocessor library
- link warning when using -Zomf - emxomf will require updating to deal with
the new stabs types, but according to Knut, these warnings can be safely
ignored, and only affect debugging

Seamonkey/Thunderbird currently do not build - Firefox is OK

Updates since original build - the date in brackets reflects the first
build that contained the fix
- Added threading support (2008-10-11 build)
- fixed problem with stdcall that produced errors like ':75: Error:
invalid character '_' in mnemonic' (2008-10-12 build)
- fixed (hopefully) 'internal compiler error' crashes when -fPIC is used
(2008-10-12 build)
- Added support for precompiled headers based on cygwin code (untested)
(2008-10-12b build)
- Fixed 'gcc conftest.c -lgcc' produced -lgcc.exe (20081012b build)
- Fixed problems with cdecl (20081014 build)
- Fixed (hopefully) problems with fastcall (20081014 build)
- Binutils 2.16.1 (minus ld.exe) included (20081025 build)
- Fixed (hopefully) probelm with recursive thread support in libstdc++ -
thanks Yuri for the patch! (20081025 build)
- Fixed a problem with dllexport and Seamonkey (20081031 build)
- Fixed problem with c++ exceptions (20081105 build)
- Enabled '-O3 -march=pentium -mtune=pentium4' optimisation (20081105b build)
- Fixed problem with missing 'popcount*' symbol when linking certain code
(20081116 build)
- Fixed problems with 'vtable for xxx' symbol missing for Seamonkey
(20081116 build)

Problems with this build can be reported using my bug tracker at
http://mantis.smedley.info

Current binaries:"

GCC 4.3.2 2008-11-16 release
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20081116.zip

GCC 4.3.2 2008-10-25 release patches
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20081025-patch.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/



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From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated Ghostscript to v8.63.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"Ghostscript for OS/2 & eCS

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language. A
PostScript interpreter usually takes as input a set of graphics commands.
The output is usually a page bitmap which is then sent to an output device
such as a printer or display. PostScript is embedded in many printers.

Ghostscript has several main uses:

1. Display a PostScript file (avoid killing trees).
2. Display a PostScript file to decide if you really need to print it
(reduce the number of trees killed).
3. Print a PostScript file to a non-PostScript printer (kill more trees).



History:

* Necessary device support for CUPS is included - be sure to modify
path entry in /cups/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster if upgrading CUPS
* Added jbig support - fixes some PDFs that previously showed up blank
(Oct 10th build)
* Compiled with GCC 4.3.2 (Oct 10th build)
* Fixed CUPS support (Nov 16th build)"

Download Ghostscript 8.63 (Updated 20081116)
http://download.smedley.info/gs863os2.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/

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From: Gregg Young

I have just uploaded FM/2 3.14 to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/fm2
(moving to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/fm2) and to hobbes
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/incoming&sort=date
moving to
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=//pub/os2/util/browser

Changes are listed below:
Please note this version contains all the changes included in David
Graser's release
on Oct 08 (Some of the icon have been updated since then).

o New toolbar and drive icons (David)
o Updated toolbars they all include buttons to switch to any other
provided toolbar
(David)
o Right click on unformatted drive now provides the drives context menu
Ticket 279
(Gregg)
o Corrected the menu items available for remote, virtual and removable drives
Eliminated instances of multiple menu defaults. Ticket 290 (Gregg)
o Added new icons for some objects in the FM/2 folder. Ticket 292, 294
(David, John)
o Enhanced scan speed for initial and complete rescan of drive tree.
Ticket 25
(Gregg)
o Fixed typo that had changed the the filters data file from filters.dat
to filter.dat;
It is now filters.dat which it was originally. (Gregg)
o Help file clean up, minor corrections updates and new icons. (David, John)
o Some additional bug fixes. Tickets 163, 187, 286, 289, 2, 58, 282, 285,
287, 293
(Gregg, John, Steven)


Thanks

Gregg

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From: Don Hawkinson

Avoid the rush - shop now!!

For the rest of November, my shareware programs may be registerd for the
bargin price of $5 (US) each. As before, registration includes all future
releases.

Included in the sale are:
PMStripper
Pastry Box
DH-Grep-PM
Command line Clipboard Access (CCA)
DH_ClipSave/2
TextHelper

Details about the programs may be found at:
http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/share.html

Payment information may be found at:
http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/payment.html




Don Hawkinson , author of CCA, DH-Grep-PM,
PMStripper, Pastry Box, DH_ClipSave/2,
DJPrint, and TextHelper
http://www.dwhawkinson.com
dwhawk@intcon.net

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From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>

Mozilla's Firefox 3.0.4 (Official) for OS/2 has been released. Firefox 3
is Mozilla's next generation web browser based on the Gecko 1.9 platform.
This release fixes several stability issues, and fixed 9 security issues,
including 4 rated critical and 2 rated high. Known problems in this
release include: "Media support is not yet activated on OS/2 so HTML5
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From: Neil Waldhauer

Date: Tuesday, November 18
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Denny's Milpitas, 442 W Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035

Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we
meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware.

Hint: Denny's is right off of the 880/237 interchange to the east of 880.
Phone: (408) 262-9090

WiFi is available at the restaurant.

Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available
http://lists.baywarp.org/mailman/listinfo/members

Topics:

* Printing and LPR
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer

Web Page: http://www.baywarp.org

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From: mentore.siestoDESPAM@DESPAMalice.it

A little news for all the OS/2 - eCS users interested in music composing
and score typesetting.

Mup (Musical Publisher) is a little command-line program which reads an
ASCII file containing specific directives and gives in output brilliant
PostScript files containing musical scores with notes, staffs, clefs, tempo
and key signature, with many features and facilities.

I recently ported the latest release of mup (5.5) on OS/2 and decided to
publish it on Hobbes2, at
http://hobbes2.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/music/misc/mup_5_5.zip.

Mup is an Arkkra Enterprises ( http://www.arkkra.com ) production: a first
port of mup for OS/2 was done by Alexander Mai on behalf of my suggestions
on the UnixOS2 mailing list, then I took over porting on OS/2, using Paul
Smedley0s build environment and GCC 3.3.5.

Together with the main program I decided to bundle this package with some
third party utilities which can simplify some kind of works, like chord
printing and voice splitting on single scores.

This port is the second of my porting works: I hope in the future to
release more Open Source programs for the OS/2 community, using OpenWatcom
and GCC. I strongly encourage all OS/2 users to donate some money to Paul
Smedley and send him feedback on his OS/2 programs.

Mentore Siesto





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From: Peter Weilbacher

New versions of my enhanced Mozilla based apps are available now from
http://pmw-warpzilla.sf.net/ :

- SeaMonkey 1.1.13 (PmW)
- PmW-Fx 2.0.0.18
- PmW-Tb 2.0.0.18

They are all based on Gecko 1.8.1.18 on the date of 2008-11-13 and built
from the exact same sources. They correspond directly to the respective
official releases of SeaMonkey, Firefox, and hopefully Thunderbird.
All applications need libc063.dll to run. ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc

These releases pick up all the changes done by Mozilla since my Gecko
1.8.1.17 release, i.e. between 2008-08-27 and 2008-10-30. This includes
fixes for 11 security issues, 6 of them critical.

One minor problem was fixed in PmW-Tb:
- The en-US version shipped with wrong branding (as Mail/News instead of
PmW-Tb) in some earlier releases. This has now been fixed.
No OS/2 specific changes were otherwise done.

Please report any problems to the newsgroup
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2

Best regards,
Peter Weilbacher.



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From: Tom Brown

This month, the Saturday Help Desk returns. Rocky is going to bring his
evil system that will not run the Markvision server properly.

Jerry and Steven are going show you how to do secure remote access to your
systems using stunnel, vnc and telnet.

After this, it's going to yet another Q&A session. Bring your questions.

As always, there will be coffee, donuts and fun.

For additional information and directions, see:
http://www.scoug.com/meetings.html

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From: Eugene Gorbunoff

eCo Software is a company which is developing system components for the
operating system.

How many products created by eCo Software do you have on your PC?

1. Financial state of eCo Software. The sales of eComStation
software are growing. The investments made into the development of
eComStation drivers and applications in 2007 and 2008 exceed the
income. We are going to return the investments during 2009 and 2010.


2. eCo Software runtime
eCo Software runtime is needed for our PM and WPS applications. Updated
runtime:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/developer/?action=ecosoft-runtime
More libraries added, more updates.

Current plan: include new libraries, update the documentation.


3. ACPI (http://ecomstation.ru/acpitools)

ACPI is aimed to initialize your PC, activate power management, enable
the 2-nd core.
ACPI 3.11 is released (BETAZONE). Current stable version: ACPI 3.9.

* Thinkpad users should confirm that ACPI 3.11 works fine.
* Let's test: HP, Dell and Toshiba notebooks. If you didn't posted a
report then don't expect that your notebook will be supported by
eComStation 2.0.
* Acer notebooks work better.

Current plan: improve suspend/resume for SMP APIC notebooks. Resolve
Thinkpad troubles. Create additional utilities to simplify the setup
of the system.


4. Panorama VESA (http://ecomstation.ru/panorama)

* Do you have troubles with the latest Panorama VESA (2007/11/20)?
(Troubles when switching desktop - fullscreen sessions) Please post
the bug-report, are there new lines in popuplog.os2 or not? Which
programs cause the problems?
* Does Panorama VESA + widescreen activator support ATI Radeon
HD3650? ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4830 and 4870? Intel GMA 4500HD? HD 4550?
* Does Panorama VESA support output to HDMI? (If you attach a monitor
to HDMI and boot the system, what happens?)
* Post bug-reports to the tracker:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/panorama/?action=contacts

Current plan: collect additional 30 reports.

Widescreen activator:
* 075 -- recognition of the latest Intel (G4x/P4x) mainboard chipsets
* 074 -- additional support for updated version of Intel 965 memory
controllers. (support of the latest Intel 945 chipset revision. This
is needed for "Medion Akoya" mini laptop.)

Current plan: support ATI adapters manufactured in 2008.


5. NeoWPS (http://ecomstation.ru/neowps)

screenshots:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/eschemes-gallery.phtml

NeoWPS is aimed to update the User Interface of the operating system.
Some applications should be integrated to the desktop to stimulate
its development.

a) NeoWPS widgets are refreshed (Firewall, POP3 checker, USB Widget are
updated)
b) eSchemes (apply different color scheme) is updated (installation
is improved, editor is damaged)
c) Sunny icons (large transparent icons) are updated.
d) Central Remote Control is updated (router of commands from
multimedia devices, notebooks to system, multimedia applications).
New plugin: Monitor of battery low level. Now updating the plugins to
support new hardware of the customers. http://ecomstation.ru/crc
e) Imagination - separated on two parts again (classes + I/O Procs),
it's necessary test it again.
f) Netlabs.org Lucide is under construction, current plans: improve
user interface, improve printing, update the internal engine

Current plan: release PCM and MySafe in November 2008. Release new
version of eSchemes in november.



6. Networking

A) General network utilities were updated several times, Changes:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/gnu/?action=history
Firewall ports setup is updated (tickets: #1, #7)

Current plan: improve user interface of the utilities, start the
development of new utilities.

B) Why do users like PMDownloader? http://eros2.info/pmdownloader_en.shtml
* useful for users with modems
* if you are downloading dosenz of files per day
* reconnect feature
* set timeouts and max retries


7. Files/Disk utilities

A) Collecting requests to update JUne (JFS unerase/undelete)
http://ecomstation.ru/jrescuer

B) CD\DVD Toys are under construction (high quality front-end for
cdrecord), The program is implemented as set of utilities.


8. Multimedia

8.A -- Monkey's audio IO Proc is published, now you can listen .ape
files without thirdparty tools. http://ecomstation.ru/la-la-la
8.B -- FrImage picture viewer is released in BETAZONE,
http://ecomstation.ru/neowps -> FrImage
8.C -- Peter Nielsen updated PMView/Rus Pro in the summer.

Current plan: release eCo Tunes (internet radio) with support of remote
control.


9. USB stack

USB Dock is updated in september (utility, list of IDs, pictures)

Mensys started to update USB stack (includes drivers from eCo Software)


10. Support service

eCo Software support service is working for russian and european users.

A) You can buy eComStation FAQ brochure from eComStation resellers
(233 pages) or via Mensys: http://www.mensys.com/eComStationFAQ/ The
book is useful for eCS 2.0, eCS 1.2.5 users.
Btw, your memory is lossing the knowledge, the book will help you to
remember the tricks and tips.

B) We published unofficial FAQ about Genmac Wrapper:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/genmac/genmac.faq

C) We have some questions to you:
* How to protect system files?
* How to install Windows to external USB harddisk? To prevent
eComStation PC from damage.



11. Additional information:

* Welcome to eCo Software homepage --
http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=orders
* eCo Software runtimes -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/runtime.php
* Full pricelist of eCo Software products --
http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=pricelist
* BETAZONE -- How to download ACPI, Panorama, eSchemes? --
http://ecomstation.ru/mensys.html
* Previous eCo Software newsletter --
http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=1490




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From: Mark Dodel

Peter Weilbacher has released the official contribution of SeaMonkey 1.1.13
for OS/2 and eComStation. 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."

Following is Peter's announcement:

"The "official" OS/2 packages of SeaMonkey 1.1.13 are now available from
the Warpzilla webpage ( http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/ ) or the main
SeaMonkey download page ( http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ ).

Apparently 11 security issues (6 of them critical) were fixed in
cross-platform code for this release. No OS/2 specific changes were applied.

I made the packages in a bit of a hurry, please let me know (in this
newsgroup news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 or Bugzilla
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org ) if you find issues.

Peter."

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From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>

Nickk has released a driver for NVIDIA family integrated LAN adapters.

Installation information as well as documentation on switches to tune the
driver are also contained in the README file of the archive. The README
should be read completely, including the information on contacting Nick.
This driver remains largely untested, so feedback to Nick is VERY important.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/nveth-0.0.5.zip

Sander


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