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Need forward and back buttons in the tabs of windows.

Forum thread started by Dave_J on Sat, 2009-12-19 22:56

A must have for R1 Alpha 2. Or in R2
Forward and back buttons for each window tab. Like the ones in all of the other OS's.

Trouble compiling Vice commodore emulator on Haiku

Forum thread started by eightbit on Wed, 2009-12-16 00:33

Vice is a great commodore machine emulator, and it's usually very easy to compile. I've had no problems compiling on linux and BeOS. When trying to compile on Haiku, it seems "configure" can't figure out what type of machine/ or OS I'm using. I realize there are prebuilt VICE binaries for BeOS/Haiku, but I'd much rather compile it myself. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help. I've included the terminal output below:

~/Desktop> cd vice-2.1
~/Desktop/vice-2.1> ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2005-07-08, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config....
and
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config.sub

If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2005-07-08

uname -m = BePC
uname -r = 1
uname -s = Haiku
uname -v = r33109 Sep 12 2009 17:45:45

/usr/bin/uname -p =
/bin/uname -X =

hostinfo =
/bin/universe =
/usr/bin/arch -k =
/bin/arch =
/usr/bin/oslevel =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =

UNAME_MACHINE = BePC
UNAME_RELEASE = 1
UNAME_SYSTEM = Haiku
UNAME_VERSION = r33109 Sep 12 2009 17:45:45
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

Trouble running Haiku alpha on Shuttle SN41G2

Forum thread started by JscBeTrayer on Sat, 2009-12-12 16:55

Hello all,

many greetings and thanks to the whole Haiku community for all the great work already done to resurrect this fantastic OS :)

I downloaded Haiku alpha iso and installed it without any issue on an old Shuttle XPC Barebone (SN41G2) which I had already used for BeOS in the past :)
However I am facing two issues at the time (which I assume to be related):
- the system won't boot unless I turn safe mode on: the desktop background and mouse pointer appear but everything is frozen before the tracker even starts and icons don't display on the desktop. If I activate safe mode, everything starts normally.
- once the system is started, if I turn on the media server, everything freezes and I have to reboot from hardware

Additionnally, does anyone know if it is possible to add support for the network driver of the nForce2? I saw a driver on bebits but comments on the development Haiku tickets seem to indicate there should be a driver ported from FreeBSD for this chip...

Should I try to upgrade my alpha to a nightly build?

Thanks by advance for any answers/tips... :)

Jean

How to create ISO file from latest code?

Forum thread started by junkoi on Tue, 2009-12-08 00:44

Hi,

I want to try the latest code (from SVN repo). How can I create the ISO file from the code?

Thanks,
J

Haku fails in Bochs

Forum thread started by junkoi on Mon, 2009-12-07 09:29

Hi,

Anbody tries Haiku with Bochs?

Haiku (Alpha version) failed for me in Bochs. It enters the debugging mode with message "General protection exception" error. Bochs reports error: "CPU0 ] WRMSR[0x00000201]: attempt to write invalid phy addr to variable range MTRR 0000000f:f8000800"

The Bochs configuration is below. Anybody knows how to configure Bochs to fix the problem?
(I am running Bochs 2.4.2)

Thanks,
J

megs: 900
romimage: file=/usr/share/old-bochs/BIOS-bochs-latest
vgaromimage: file=/usr/share/old-bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
boot: cdrom
ata0-slave: type=cdrom, path=haiku-r1alpha1.iso, status=inserted
mouse: enabled=0

Can i choose a limited use of my memory ram by Haiku?

Forum thread started by lowdread on Fri, 2009-12-04 23:37

Sorry for my english ...
I have "bad sectors" in my memory ram ... and in linux i can choose the usage of a specific amount of ram by the system in the boot process ...
Can i make this limited use of memory ram by Haiku?

(in my grub i have for linux this option: mem=449M ...)

New Computer

Forum thread started by eav on Thu, 2009-12-03 04:36

I just got a new Toshiba T135 1307 it does not have a dvd drive, what's the best way to install Haiku? Also has anyone done this install; how did it go?

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