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Policy question
by Myria 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Should ReactOS copy unnecessary restrictions that Windows has? The example I'm thinking of is NtSetLdtEntries. In Windows NT (and currently ReactOS as well), this function will not let you create an LDT entry whose limit is above the user/kernel barrier. This restriction sounds like it was made with security in mind, but it doesn't affect security. The processor's page table will already block access to kernel memory no matter what selector you use. After all, the default user CS and DS already have a limit of FFFFFFFF. Should such a problem be fixed? Fireball said "no, unless some 3rd party app or driver depends on them" when I asked about whether such restrictions should be copied. Pretty much the only thing using NtSetLdtEntries is NTVDM, and this restriction already causes some DOS programs to break that would otherwise work. (Such programs are usually setting selectors that wrap the address space.) Melissa

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ULONG vs. SIZE_T
by Myria 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

I've noticed that in the ReactOS source code, there are many places where a parameter or structure is ULONG when it should really be SIZE_T. Using ULONG instead of SIZE_T is not portable. It will be difficult to port ReactOS to x64 and Itanium in the future because of this. I think the project should stop the bleeding by requiring all new code to make proper use of ULONG versus SIZE_T. This does mean going against the documentation of native syscalls on the Internet, but it must be done sometime. Of course, I'm not really part of the project... Melissa

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X-Chat 2
by James Tabor 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Hi all Could be all based on wine patches, I can no longer get xchat 2 and the new one to run. I noticed it can not find the lib directory in the launch directory. Wine has this problem too. Also when installing the new X-Chat 2 from http://www.silverex.org/download/xchat-2.6.2-1.exe, It installs the Font to C:\ReactOS\Fonts not C:\ReactOS\media\fonts. I had to create C:\ReactOS\Fonts so I can have a clean install. I tested my GGO patch and the SVN and the result are the same. Okay, wine does this too, I tested it. (dll/ntdll/ldr/utils.c:2019) Failed to create or open dll section of 'libgtk-win 32-2.0-0.dll' (Status c0000135) (dll/ntdll/ldr/utils.c:1347) failed to load libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll (dll/ntdll/ldr/utils.c:1812) failed to load libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll (dll/ntdll/ldr/utils.c:1934) LdrFixupImports() failed for xchat.EXE (dll/ntdll/ldr/startup.c:485) Failed to initialize image Then do it from lib, "..\xchat" (dll/ntdll/ldr/utils.c:2019) Failed to create or open dll section of 'pango-1.8.2/lib/pango/1.4.0/modules/pango-basic-win32.dll"' (Status c0000135) You will get a popup. This has been a problem for years! Thanks, James

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Break in 22232
by James Tabor 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Hi, I'm getting this with Mozilla, Firefox and SeaMonkey. KeBugCheck at ntoskrnl/cm/regobj.c:528 A problem has been detected and ReactOS has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. Technical information: *** STOP: 0x00000051 (0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000) Frames: <ntoskrnl.exe:1d50 (ntoskrnl/ke/bug.c:493 (KeBugCheckEx))> <ntoskrnl.exe:1d67 (ntoskrnl/ke/bug.c:514 (KeBugCheck))> <ntoskrnl.exe:129c6 (ntoskrnl/cm/regobj.c:528 (CmiObjectDelete))> <ntoskrnl.exe:52c6b (ntoskrnl/ob/oblife.c:151 (ObpDeleteObject))> <ntoskrnl.exe:1290c (ntoskrnl/cm/regobj.c:523 (CmiObjectDelete))> <ntoskrnl.exe:52c6b (ntoskrnl/ob/oblife.c:151 (ObpDeleteObject))> <ntoskrnl.exe:50f4c (ntoskrnl/ob/obhandle.c:153 (ObpDecrementHandleCount))> <ntoskrnl.exe:510b0 (ntoskrnl/ob/obhandle.c:244 (ObpDeleteHandle))> <ntoskrnl.exe:52166 (ntoskrnl/ob/obhandle.c:1125 (NtClose))> <ntoskrnl.exe:66527 (ntoskrnl/ke/i386/trap.s:306 (KiFastCallEntry))> <ADVAPI32.dll:7dd9 (dll/win32/advapi32/reg/reg.c:1178 (RegDeleteKeyA))> All three are the same, James

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0.3.0 RC1 problems
by Brandon Turner 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

I cant seem to make a stable qemu install for the release, wmare works fine though. On the first boot to the installed desktop, it just shuts down after about 1 sec. I usually see the device wizard pop up for a sec and then it just turns off. Anyone else having thse problems? Any hints? Brandon

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Patches: A couple of Spelling Fixes
by Neil Blackburn 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

Hi! I submitted a couple of patches to Bugzilla Bug 1555. Can someone please commit the patches for me. Thanks.

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Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [greatlrd] 22195: make malloc, calloc and some other function return NULL if size is 0
by Royce Mitchell III 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

greatlrd(a)svn.reactos.org wrote: >@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ > */ > void* calloc(size_t _nmemb, size_t _size) > { >+ if ( _size == 0) >+ return NULL; >+ > return HeapAlloc(hHeap, HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, ROUND_SIZE(_nmemb*_size) ); > } > > What if _nmemb is zero? > >@@ -60,6 +66,9 @@ > */ > void* realloc(void* _ptr, size_t _size) > { >+ if ( _size == 0) >+ return NULL; >+ > if (!_ptr) return malloc(_size); > if (_size) return HeapReAlloc(hHeap, 0, _ptr, ROUND_SIZE(_size)); > free(_ptr); >@@ -71,6 +80,9 @@ > */ > > umm... shouldn't we call free() if we're going to return NULL because size is 0? Also, the free() at the bottom is never called now. > void* _expand(void* _ptr, size_t _size) > { >+ if ( _size == 0) >+ return NULL; >+ > return HeapReAlloc(hHeap, HEAP_REALLOC_IN_PLACE_ONLY, _ptr, ROUND_SIZE(_size)); > } > > Again, shouldn't we free the existing buffer if we're returning NULL because size is 0?

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Screenshot of 22170
by James Tabor 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Hi, I only installed win32k.sys not the rest. Here is a funny pic. Thanks, James

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ROS harware
by David Johnson 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Do we have a target harware spec? Or will ROS be for general harware like regular Windows? -- Dave Johnson http://www.davefilms.us DaveFILMS(r) http://thevoicezone.us The Voice Zone™ Voice Talent Writer, Producer, Director Independent Audio Theater Producer http://www.perditioncity.us voiceoverjobs(a)gmail.com Member of the Darker Projects team. http://www.darkerprojects.com ShadoeWorld.com Correspondent ---------------------------------------------------------- Tired of a proprietary Windows on your computer ? Use free ReactOS instead ( http://www.reactos.org )

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0.3.0 RC1
by WaxDragon 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

0.3.0 is now RC1. Hopefully Brandon will have time to put up RC1 on SF soon, but those inclined can check out a copy now. While I will allow a wallpaper to be added before release, anything else needs to be a bugfix against a bug in Bugzilla. WD -- ReactOS is a hub, follow the spokes and you'll immediately find absolutely everything you need to know about Windows. ReactOS is not just software, it's people. kjk_hyperion

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MSCoder magazine proposal
by Katarzyna Chauca 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

My name is Kate Chauca and I represent MSCoder Independent magazine for developers using Microsoft platforms (www.mscoder.eu/es). We would like to invite all of you to help us to promote ReactOS. We are looking for people who will write articles about ReactOS for our magazine. We would like to place live ReactOS on the CD of our magazine. If you find it interesting please let me know. Every one can cooperate with us. Best Regards Kate Chauca katarzyna.chauca(a)software.com.pl www.mscoder.eu/es

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SoC 2006 (Login Framework)
by Justin Haygood 31 May '06

31 May '06

There are three integrated systems needed for authentication in ReactOS: 1. Winlogin 2. MSGINA (ROSGINA would work better, no?) 3. Some sort of Identity Management system with support for local and remote authentication (remote can come with SMB support later) Tiers 2 & 3 can be developed and tested on a non ReactOS system (aka a real Windows system) initially (tho with the code staying in the ROS Subversion tree), while Tier 1 is ReactOS specific. I thus see three stages (aligned with the systems mentioned above): 1. Identity Management System with basic tools (get Setup to use it, at least some basic command line tools to add and remove users and change passwords, no need for a UI yet) 2. A ROSGINA that uses the Identity Management System 3. Get Winlogin back up and running and using the ROSGINA for authentication. Since its stage 1: The identity management system's sole purpose is to create a cross-subsystem, ReactOS-wide way to authenticate users. How each subsystem uses the information provided is up to the individual subsystem. As such, I see a database (Berkerly DB or Sqlite) of users (and possibly a separate one with groups) with some basic metadata describing the user: 1. Username 1. Real Name / Nickname 2. Encrypted Password (encrypted with a choice of algorithms, AES, Blowfish, etc..) 4. Groups user belongs in (by name) Any other metadata that should be stored in the authentication database? The identity management system's API can be quite simple: BOOL AuthenticateUserA( LPCSTR username, LPCSTR password ); BOOL AuthenticateUserW( LPCWSTR username, LPCWSTR password ); Basically, returning a TRUE if the particular user is valid and FALSE otherwise. Other APIs to get other metadata can come later? Any other ideas? --Justin Haygood justin.haygood(a)gmail.com

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0.3.0 Features last call.
by WaxDragon 31 May '06

31 May '06

There has been very little activity in 0.3.0, so I am putting out a last call before feature freeze. If no one comes forward, we will feature freeze during the weekend so we can start bughunting. I've also bumped trunk to 0.4.0-SVN, and created an 0.3.0 entry in Bugzilla. WD -- ReactOS is a hub, follow the spokes and you'll immediately find absolutely everything you need to know about Windows. ReactOS is not just software, it's people. kjk_hyperion

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Translate...
by :: Sandro :: 31 May '06

31 May '06

I'm interested in translate any article about ReactOs or the ReacOs to Portuguese. What article is interesting to Brazilian comunity? How can I help to translate the ReactOs to Portuguese? Thanks, Sandro.

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r22100 breaks build (?)
by Timo Kreuzer 30 May '06

30 May '06

Looks like r22100 breaks the build (at least for me): [CC] ntoskrnl\cm\ntfunc.c ntoskrnl\cm\ntfunc.c: In function `NtCreateKey': ntoskrnl\cm\ntfunc.c:474: warning: implicit declaration of function `ObpReleaseCapturedName' make: *** [obj-i386\ntoskrnl\cm\ntfunc.o] Error 1

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ReactOS Website Frontpage - Text review/rewrite
by Klemens Friedl 30 May '06

30 May '06

The ReactOS website frontpage content has remained the same for several months and it has lead to some confused visitors who has asked a lot questions in the forums. We need a high quality text for the frontpage which need to be reviewed by native speekers. The current text is good, but not brilliant. There is for example no single line where it states that ReactOS not using the linux kernel. Or the following sentense is not optimal: "Finally, a FOSS operating system for everyone!". End-User does not need to know what "FOSS" is nor any other technical slang. This are just a few example which shows some downsides of the current frontpage content. I am talking about the following page: http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html ... to be exactly, the main part, starting with "ReactOS Project" and ending with the "W3C" icons. Please take some time and review the text and post your suggestions here (ReactOS Mailing List). The text does not have to have the same length or same structure/layout. It would be great to have a longer text splitted up into several sub-topics suitable for a website frontpage. Visit other website's and compare the content. To sum up, we need a lot of volunteers (with good english language and grammar knowledge) who want to help ito improve the ReactOS website. Even if you are not a native speaker and/or not good in english, you are welcome to post your suggestions/ideas/etc. I hope this email will get a lot of response and I am looking forward to an efficient conversation. Klemens Friedl ReactOS Dev & Website Admin http://www.reactos.org

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Re: [ros-diffs] [amunger] 22052: Bump trunk to 0.4.0, no turning back now.
by Maarten Bosma 30 May '06

30 May '06

amunger(a)svn.reactos.org schrieb: > Author: amunger > Date: Fri May 26 19:14:13 2006 > New Revision: 22052 > > URL: http://svn.reactos.ru/svn/reactos?rev=22052&view=rev > Log: > Bump trunk to 0.4.0, no turning back now. Wouldn't it be smater set it to 0.3.1 ? I mean the next version is 0.4.0 actually very unlikely. Maarten Bosma

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NtGdiGetGlyphOutline patch
by James Tabor 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi, It is based on Wine implementation. It has other hax with it mostly tests. There is a hax for NtGdiGetCharABCWidths to allow it to pass one of the "gdi32_crosstest font" tests. Over all, it is truly Ugly and going to change. WYSIWUG ATM. Thanks, James

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Graphics Engine
by Rick Langschultz 29 May '06

29 May '06

I was just looking at the graphics system at many open source operating systems. Seems to be most of them rely on other engines to take care of their GUI system. I was thinking what about creating a GUI or Window Server that draws MPEG2 or MPEG4 compliant graphics.

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Re: [ros-svn] [jimtabor] 20958: Port Wine GetCharWidth32A.
by Magnus Olsen 29 May '06

29 May '06

This implention is wrong please revert it it shall and must be implement in win32k not direcly to gdi32 NtGdiGetCharWidth ----- Original Message ----- From: <jimtabor(a)svn.reactos.org> To: <ros-svn(a)reactos.org> Sent: den 21 January 2006 01:52 Subject: [ros-svn] [jimtabor] 20958: Port Wine GetCharWidth32A. > Port Wine GetCharWidth32A. > > > Updated files: > trunk/reactos/lib/gdi32/objects/font.c > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-svn mailing list > Ros-svn(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-svn

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Theming idea
by Timo Kreuzer 28 May '06

28 May '06

I think few of the devs ever read the Design forum (???) There are a some nice GUI designs, mostly done with a drawing program. So I thought it would be great to make those designs available inside ROS. Some of them (I think kokodin made a good and quite good programmable design) could be done by changing the user32 code, but it's not a good idea to make theming by changing user32 code. So I had the following idea: all code really needed to draw the GUI elements could be exported into an external dll (gui.dll or something like that) so some basic theming would be pretty easy and still fast. We would only need a kind of GUI API that would allow changing most things, but would not be too complex. What do you think of this? If you think it's a good idea, I would try to outsource the gui code out of user32 and try to develop a basic and a secondary (based on kokodin's design) dll.

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Re: [ros-diffs] [greatlrd] 22062: replace djgpp hell bugs fcvtbuf with project http://www.jbox.dk/sanos/source/lib/fcvt.c.html with small modification's to match ReactOS arch. Floating point to string conversion routines Copyright (C) 2002 Michael Ringgaard. All rights reserved. Make wine test for fcvt shut up we are failing 64 of wine test in msvrt printf, but we pass all fcvt test. before we did fail 75 test in wine test of msvrt printf test. Before we did fail almost all test case for fcvt in w
by Alex Ionescu 27 May '06

27 May '06

greatlrd(a)svn.reactos.org wrote: > Author: greatlrd > Date: Fri May 26 23:23:34 2006 > New Revision: 22062 > > URL: http://svn.reactos.ru/svn/reactos?rev=22062&view=rev > Log: > replace djgpp hell bugs fcvtbuf with project http://www.jbox.dk/sanos/source/lib/fcvt.c.html with small modification's to match ReactOS arch. Floating point to string conversion routines Copyright (C) 2002 Michael Ringgaard. All rights reserved. > > Make wine test for fcvt shut up we are failing 64 of wine test in msvrt printf, but we pass all fcvt test. before we did fail 75 test in wine test of msvrt printf test. Before we did fail almost all test case for fcvt in wine test > I've been actually importing a LOT of the SanOS code into rtl back when I was working on fixing many of the broken inlined GAS routines, and his code REALLY kicks ass. I strongly recommend using the SanOS CRT functions when possible. Best regards, Alex Ionescu

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RE: [ros-dev] RE: [ros-diffs] [amunger] 22052: Bump trunk to 0.4. 0, no turning back now.
by Murphy, Ged (Bolton) 26 May '06

26 May '06

Murphy, Ged (Bolton) wrote: > > > amunger(a)svn.reactos.org wrote: > > > > URL: http://svn.reactos.ru/svn/reactos?rev=22052&view=rev > > Log: > > Bump trunk to 0.4.0, no turning back now. > > > > Ehh??? Oh I see, nevermind. I read it wrong initially. ************************************************************************ The information contained in this message or any of its attachments is confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. The views expressed may not be company policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact postmaster(a)exideuk.co.uk <mailto:postmaster@exideuk.co.uk> and then delete this message. Exide Technologies is an industrial and transportation battery producer and recycler with operations in 89 countries. Further information can be found at www.exide.com

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RE: [ros-diffs] [amunger] 22052: Bump trunk to 0.4.0, no turning back now.
by Murphy, Ged (Bolton) 26 May '06

26 May '06

amunger(a)svn.reactos.org wrote: > > URL: http://svn.reactos.ru/svn/reactos?rev=22052&view=rev > Log: > Bump trunk to 0.4.0, no turning back now. > Ehh??? ************************************************************************ The information contained in this message or any of its attachments is confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. The views expressed may not be company policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact postmaster(a)exideuk.co.uk <mailto:postmaster@exideuk.co.uk> and then delete this message. Exide Technologies is an industrial and transportation battery producer and recycler with operations in 89 countries. Further information can be found at www.exide.com

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Re: [ros-bugs] [Bug 1172] VIA Rhine II net driver doesn't detect miniport
by James Tabor 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hi! ReactOS.Bugzilla(a)reactos.org wrote: > http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1172 > > > hpoussin(a)reactos.org changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CC|hpoussin(a)reactos.org | > Summary|Network driver will not |VIA Rhine II net driver > |install. |doesn't detect miniport > > > > > ------- Comment #9 from hpoussin(a)reactos.org 2006-05-23 22:18 CET ------- > Changing title, as it is no more a installation problem. > (btw, the wrong name in ncpa control panel is due to a missing entry in > [Strings] section) > > Funny, it once worked. [MANUF] %PCI\VEN_1106&VT3065.DeviceDesc% = VT3065_ndi,PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3065 ;%PCI\VEN_1106&VT3065.DeviceDesc% = VT3065_ndi,PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3065&SUBSYS_734C1462 <snip > Manuf = "VIA Technologies, Inc." VT3106S.DeviceDesc = "VIA Rhine III Management Adapter" VT3106J.DeviceDesc = "VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter" VT3065.DeviceDesc = "VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter" VT3043.DeviceDesc = "VIA VT86C100A Rhine Fast Ethernet Adapter" FET.Service.DispName = "VIA Rhine Family Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver Service"

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