Received: from darkside. (darkside. [210.8.201.180]) by mail. (Weasel v1.20) for ; 01 Aug 2001 01:00:00 From: "Digest" To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 01:00:00 +1000 (EDT) Priority: Normal X-Mailer: CASMailer 1.0 for OS/2 Warp PPC 1.05/G4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 135 Message-ID: <200108010100.000029G6atmail.> Reply-To: Date:- 01 August 2001 1================================================ From: "John Angelico" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 00:07:22 +0900 (EST) Subject: [os2genau] Restoring WP_Desktop in the OS2INI File Hello everyone. This message is for the benefit of all list readers around the world but came out of a question at the Melbourne OS/2 SIG July meeting regarding recovery of a corrupted desktop. Down below is a three line REXX routine to restore the WP_DESKTOP attribute in the OS/2 INI file. This little beauty will often fix stupid symptoms of corruptions which are otherwise inexplicable and seemingly unrelated - things like the WPS locking up and then restarting, losing icons from your Desktop, the dreaded "Creating Temporary Desktop" message, losing all the Startup Folder icons and so on. /* Reapply objectid WP_DESKTOP to C:\DESKTOP (if your boot drive is not C then change the first argument to SYSSETOBJECTDATA) */ CALL RXFUNCADD "SYSSETOBJECTDATA","REXXUTIL","SYSSETOBJECTDATA" CALL SYSSETOBJECTDATA "C:\DESKTOP","OBJECTID=" This should be used in conjunction with the CONFIG.SYS setting for the same thing: SET Desktop=C:\Desktop I suggest that you create a little CMD and put it somewhere handy where you can reach it via the OS/2 System object and the Drives object. As I just proved, the time you will need it is when you can't get to WarpCenter or Launchpad, and your Desktop icons have already gone into the bit bucket. If you get a Desktop lockup, lose the WPS and your icons, etc then a) shut down all programs MANUALLY (Peer network appears not affected) b) close all windows and folders c) assign someone to sit in the next room and panic on your behalf (you cannot afford to panic) d) run the above ResetDesktop.CMD e) do a normal shutdown and reboot f) cleanup any residual glitches g) declare panic mode OFF and h) resume normal work. Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au -------------------------------------------- PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... To reformat a CD-ROM, use steel wool & elbow grease. 2============================================== Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:42:45 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] women = evil Women need time & money 1) women = time * money 2) time = money Sub 2) -> 1) 3) women = money^2 Money is the root of evil 4) money = evil^(1/2) Sub 4) -> 3) 5) women = (evil^(1/2))^2 simplified: 6) women = evil QED Perhaps some-one could write something in REXX or C++? -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 3============================================== Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:06:29 +0000 From: Frank Bendon Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] women = evil On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:42:45 +1000, Daryl Pilkington wrote: >Women need time & money ......... Sounds a bit like: Any good manager will tell you: intelligence gets you power .... and time is money i.e. power = intelligence and time = money and we all know that: work = power x time so: work = intelligence x money or money = work / intelligence i.e. It doesn't matter how much work I do, as long as I have next to no intelligence I will always make lots of money. :-) Frank 4============================================== From: "Michael Block" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:07:50 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Whopee !!! USB Working !!!! On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:28:43 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: > >This is an important step for OS/2. The previous "intel standard" >drivers only worked with Intel or VIA chipsets. This new Open >architecture set is likely to work with many more (my PC uses >an SIS chipset). > >Cheers/2 > >Ed. no they only worked with Intel chipsets, not VIA:-( regards Michael Block ---------------------------> Caca et declina medicus http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html The www home of perinatal psychiatry 5============================================== Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:16:12 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] Whopee !!! USB Working !!!! There was / is a patch to work with VIA chips, I'm pretty sure it's on HOBBES. just search on USB. There were also articles on Voice or OS2Zine also covering this. Ed. Michael Block wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:28:43 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: > > > > >This is an important step for OS/2. The previous "intel standard" > >drivers only worked with Intel or VIA chipsets. This new Open > >architecture set is likely to work with many more (my PC uses > >an SIS chipset). > > > >Cheers/2 > > > >Ed. > no they only worked with Intel chipsets, not VIA:-( > > regards > > Michael Block > ---------------------------> Caca et declina medicus > > http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html > The www home of perinatal psychiatry > 6============================================== From: "Michael Block" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 21:58:10 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Whopee !!! USB Working !!!! On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:16:12 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >There was / is a patch to work with VIA chips, I'm pretty sure it's >on HOBBES. just search on USB. there's a patch - it didn't work for me:-( > >There were also articles on Voice or OS2Zine also covering this. > >Ed. > >Michael Block wrote: > >> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:28:43 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >> >> > >> >This is an important step for OS/2. The previous "intel standard" >> >drivers only worked with Intel or VIA chipsets. This new Open >> >architecture set is likely to work with many more (my PC uses >> >an SIS chipset). >> > >> >Cheers/2 >> > >> >Ed. >> no they only worked with Intel chipsets, not VIA:-( >> >> regards >> >> Michael Block >> ---------------------------> Caca et declina medicus >> >> http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html >> The www home of perinatal psychiatry >> regards Michael Block ---------------------------> Caca et declina medicus http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html The www home of perinatal psychiatry 7============================================== Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:46:20 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: [os2genau] ct: Re: [OT] women = evil Got this reply from my girlfriend: men need women & time & money 1) men = women * time * money 2) women = evil 3) money = evil^(1/2) 4) time = money Sub 3) -> 2) 5) time = evil^(1/2) Sub 2),3),5) -> 1) 6) men = evil * evil^(1/2) * evil^(1/2) simplify: 7) men = evil^(3/2) ie men are even more evil than women -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns)