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Re: Rpcemu Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8 (george greenfield) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:16:52 GMT > From: Tony Moore <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Rpcemu] RPCEmu 'viewfinder'? > Message-ID: <7aa7704f52.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On 10 Jan 2012, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > The config file is at <Windows hard drive> Program files\RPCEmu\rpc >> > in which vram_size can be altered to 2,4 or 8. >> >> The only 'legal' settings for this are 0 and 2. '2' is in fact 8mb, >> however only RISC OS 4.02 (automatically patched) and 5.xx look for >> and recognise more than 2mb. > > Thanks for the explanation. > > Tony > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:42:01 GMT > From: Tony Moore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Rpcemu] RPCEmu 0.8.9 > Message-ID: <0a73784f52.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On 1 Jan 2012, Peter Howkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > [snip] > >> * Windows >> >> - The window size is now taller by one pixel. Previously it was too >> short, and the very bottom row of the display was missing. > > I installed RPCEmu v0.8.9, running RO 4.39, on a Vista host. The display > is X1280 Y760 C32K EX1 EY1 F60 (as reported by the Display Manager), > however the bottom row of the display continues to be missing. WimpInfo > reports minimum, and maximum, values of Y as 2, and 1518. Moving the > pointer to the bottom of the window doesn't bring the iconbar to the > front (when covered). > > Is this something else which doesn't work with RO 4.39? > > Tony > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:08:57 GMT > From: Tony Moore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Rpcemu] v0.8.9 networking setting > Message-ID: <546c754f52.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > When I installed RPCEmu v0.8.9, running RO 4.39, on a Vista host, I > copied the boot sequence, and rpc and cmos files, from the previous > installation of v0.8.8, in which networking had already been configured. > > Networking in v0.8.9 works perfectly but I have noticed that, in the > Settings > Networking... dialogue, Networking is set to off, and the > un-selected Ethernet Bridging shows the correct Bridge Name, rpcemu, > greyed-out. When I select Ethernet Bridging, and click OK, if I open the > dialogue immediately afterwards, Networking is set to off again, etc. > > This is not a functional problem, because networking is working, but I > wonder why the dialogue doesn't reflect reality. > > Tony > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:34:28 GMT > From: george greenfield <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Rpcemu] Rpcemu Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > In message <[email protected]> > [email protected] wrote: > >> Send Rpcemu mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Rpcemu digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Some ques re RPCemu-0.8.9 on Linux (Terry Duell) >> 2. Re: RPCEmu 'viewfinder'? (george greenfield) >> 3. Re: RPCEmu 'viewfinder'? (george greenfield) >> 4. Re: RPCEmu 'viewfinder'? (Tony Moore) >> 5. Re: RPCEmu 'viewfinder'? (Tom Walker) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:37:07 +1100 >> From: "Terry Duell" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Rpcemu] Some ques re RPCemu-0.8.9 on Linux >> Message-ID: <op.v7t6b5u8rs0ygh@localhost> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"; >> DelSp="yes" >> >> Hullo Peter, >> >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:37:12 +1100, Peter Howkins >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Please compile up RPCEmu with additional debugging. >>> cd rpcemu >>> make clean >>> ./configure --enable-debug >>> make >>> Rerun the test of clicking on the directory that causes the lock up. >>> Post the rpclog.txt file that is created to us. >> >> Attached rpclog.txt. >> RPCemu crashed when I tried to open my linux home dir in hostfs. >> I ran RPCemu from a terminal. The following are the last lines writ to the >> terminal... >> >> Func 15 >> Read directory entries and information >> r1 = 0x01c12fe8 (ptr to wildcarded dir. name) >> r2 = 0x0223d364 (ptr to buffer for returned data) >> r3 = 46 (number of object names to read) >> r4 = 266 (offset of first item to read in dir) >> r5 = 1024 (length of buffer) >> r6 = 0x00000000 (pointer to special field if present) >> PATH = $.Fedora >> HostFS completed directory >> Shutting down Allegro due to signal #11 >> Segmentation fault >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers, > > Reply to Message 4. > > "The config file is at <Windows hard drive> Program files\RPCEmu\rpc > in which vram_size can be altered to 2,4 or 8. However, in my > installation of RPCEmu 0.8.9, running RISC OS 4.39, on a Vista host, > changes to the vram_size are ignored and, when the program is run, the > parameter is re-set to the maximum value shown in the Settings> > Configure menu, ie 2MB. > > Tony" > > Indeed. I wonder how Jim managed it? I'm not too Windows-savvy: I > found and opened the rpc file using Notepad, altered the VRAM value > and then had the choice of saving it back as .txt or 'other files'. > Having noted that it is a .cfg file I chose the latter. It failed to > save, and I assume administrator privileges are required? > > George > > Update to my recent post: I don't think it's necessary to alter the Windows rpc.cfg file at all, under RO4.02. Once I'd increased the VRAM values by a factor of ten (as suggested above by - AFAICR - Peter Howkins) I found that the Acorn AKF91 driver in use no longer defaulted to 256 colours when a display size of 1280 x 1024 was selected; in fact, it could support up to 16M colours! George -- george greenfield _______________________________________________ Rpcemu mailing list [email protected] http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
