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haiku on an msi s6000

Forum thread started by kg4cjv on Sat, 2014-03-29 15:57

Hi,

I'm new to haiku so I downloaded a copy of alpha 4 from the main page and installed it on a second partition on my laptop. Everything freezes when I try to do anything that "seems" i/o itensive. The cpu fan kicks on high and I'm unable to do anything. How can I troubleshoot this issue? Are there any log files that I can look at? Also, cpu stepping seems to not work. When I launch the application from the menu it shows my cpu at ?? mhz.

Thanks

installoptionalpackage error

Forum thread started by K on Fri, 2014-03-28 01:14

What did I do wrong here? Do I need to make the folder manually?:

http://drp.io/geJW

(I wanted to just paste a few lines here but the pointy brackets ruined the formatting and I don't know how to escape them. Also couldn't manage to get ShowImage or Wonderbrush to crop the image down.)

Using another window manager

Forum thread started by HaikuForever on Tue, 2014-03-18 15:45

Hi

I am interested in the possibility of using another window manager on Haiku.
Is there an easy way to do this? (I am particularly fond of Openbox)

Thanks

HaikuForever

BeZillaMail

Forum thread started by kim1963 on Thu, 2014-03-13 02:14

http://haiku-files.org/files/optional-packages/BeZillaMail-2.0.0.21pre-h...

A good time to switch?

Forum thread started by MrAccident on Mon, 2014-03-10 14:14

Within a month - Windows XP destined to be eXPired. This can be a good opportunity to move to Haiku. I definitely don't want to learn a new OS and applications, only to switch soon enough.
I have the previous version installed; I think 3. I already checked it out; and it seems workable in most aspects. I can install the new version; and start trying to find all the applications I need. But do you think there are things that can be a problem to totally switch?
If I remember correctly - there were some problems with the file-system. Something was unreliable. Maybe with fragmentation, if most of the disk is full.
Anyway, how reliable is it today. Should I use it for files? And how well does Haiku work with NTFS now?
And if there are problems - are they supposed to be solved in the next version; that's coming out soon, if I understand correctly?

Is it possible to programmatically change Web+ settings?

Forum thread started by CyberneticianDave on Thu, 2014-03-06 10:56

I'm looking to build a script I can chuck in git and just clone/run every time I pick up a new nightly and set up some basics for me. One of the things I'd like to do is modify the Web+ settings to put Goodsearch as the search engine. I noticed the settings are stored in a binary file, though. Is there any way of modifying these programmatically? Otherwise I'll just have to take the whole blob and stick that in the repo, which is a little risky as the structure may change between versions. I suppose I just backup the existing settings before I overwrite...

Looks like I've solved it myself, lol, but if anyone does know a programmatic way to do it I'd be very grateful!

Help installing OpenJDK

Forum thread started by CyberneticianDave on Mon, 2014-03-03 09:35

I've been following Haiku for a little while, lurking at the edge. Recently it's been brilliant to see how usable and stable it is.

I got a nightly a few days ago and I've been trying to follow instructions to install OpenJDK such as https://www.haiku-os.org/community/forum/apps_i_use_haiku_openjdk or http://openstatic.org/haiku/. All the instructions I've found include copying/extracting the files to a location that is read only.

So, total noob question, how do I get OpenJDK installed and working? How do we get that into Haiku Depot to make life easier for other noobs?

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