Just a quick report from LinuxWorld London. We've just finished
the first day of the exhibition, lots of interest. What surprised
me a bit was that the general awareness about the project was
somewhat lower than last year in Frankfurt. I guess that 80-90%
of the people we spoke last year had already heard about the
project, that percentage was a lot lower here (more around 30%).
Another pleasant surprise was the stability of the system. We ran
it on an old laptop with a few applications: Quake 1, WinZip,
IrfanView, AbiWord. On demand we showed some other apps like
regedit, notepad, task manager. The system froze one time when
a visitor played around with it, other than that no problems at
all. Not a single kernel crash. We had to Tab-K to force a kernel
check to show the BSOD to a visitor. I say let's bring out r18189
(I think...) as 0.2.8 (j/k).
People were reacting very nicely. It was nice to see them
picking up a flyer rather uninterestedly, start to read, and
then suddenly turn back to watch the demo when they realized
what the project was all about.
Ge van Geldorp.
Why has the created file trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/makefile been added to the
repo?
regards
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-svn-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:ros-svn-bounces@reactos.org]On
> Behalf Of greatlrd(a)svn.reactos.com
> Sent: 08 October 2005 01:22
> To: ros-svn(a)reactos.com
> Subject: [ros-svn] [greatlrd] 18318: Sync aginst a older version of
> wine,fixed GvG patch for so we do not lose poll_mouse,tested in few apps
> and games in ros and windows. Next sync is againstcurrent version of
> wine. and it does remove almost whole mypatch for wine
>
>
> Sync aginst a older version of wine, fixed GvG patch for so we do
> not lose poll_mouse, tested in few apps and games in ros and
> windows. Next sync is against current version of wine. and it
> does remove almost whole my patch for wine dinput thx to GvG
> implemet userhook for mouse and keyboard in reactos.
>
>
> Added files:
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/makefile
>
> Updated files:
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/Makefile.in
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/data_formats.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/device.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/dinput.xml
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/dinput_main.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/dinput_private.h
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/joystick_linux.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/joystick_linuxinput.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/keyboard.c
> trunk/reactos/lib/dinput/mouse.c
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Hi,
there were some rhumors of us being on SYSTEMS with a booth or part of
one. Is this still current and can we present ours somehow?
I for my part want to help out on presenting reactos and organize what's
needed in my hometown.
Robert Köpferl wrote
> However I'm gogin on a big voyage at 11.11.2005 so I *can* make another
> relase (maybe the mentioned 0.2.8)
0.2.8 was a joke. It really needs to be 0.3 next time, and sooner rather
than later :)
> Thus I would like to find a new release manager to replace
> mine -- at least temproary. ( :-/ )
I think WaxDragon would fill this role perfectly, if he's willing.
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[CC] lib/ddraw/main.c
In file included from lib/ddraw/rosdraw.h:10,
from lib/ddraw/main.c:13:
w32api/include/ddk/ddrawint.h:484: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
w32api/include/ddk/ddrawint.h:485: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
make: *** [obj-i386/lib/ddraw/main.o] Error 1
Thanks,
James
The stats:
In Sepember, there were:
578 commits
98 bugs opened
94 bugs closed
I wasn't able to determine the bugs that weere touched during the last
month, since something made *all* bugs appear touched.
A little change of format, I will review the closed bugs first, then
go over the SVN commits in less detail than last month.
*First of all, the new website has been released! This resolved
about 10 bugs, many of which were the oldest in Bugzilla. Thanks to
everyone involved with the new site, it looks great!
* The taskmgr repainting bug was fixed. (583)
* ReactOS currently installs with only 32MB. (debug builds too!) (703)
** Reopened, see test results below..
* Freeldr now checks for invalid dates from the BIOS. (716)
* The last page of the installer is drawn correctly now. (735)
* Many notepad fixes and enhancements.
* Floppy support fixed. (753)
* Control combos fixed, you can now Ctrl+D in Putty to logout. (763)
* Last of the vmwinst.exe bugs fixed, can change resolution now. (764)
* ncftp now works. (779)
* Various regedit fixes and enhancements.
* WinRAR installer works. (785)
* vim.exe input works again. (796)
Some of the SVN highlights:
*Various notepad improvements and fixes.
*Various regedit improvements and fixes.
*LPC work
*NDK work
*Sync to Wine-20050830
*More win32k work
*New CSR code
*More rtl cleanup
*0.2.7 was tagged
*USB drivers added to bootcd
*Ion's 17838 WIP code !!!!
*Ntoskrnl header cleanups
*"Text" test added to rosperf
*Some new winefile icons
*The TAB+ debug combos work again
*GDB stub fixes
*Vaious application leak fixes
*Setupapi got alot of work this month
*Simple TCP/IP Services added (tcpsvcs)
*Simple Device Manager added (devmgr)
and the usual pile of build and bug fixes.
We also gained two developers this month! Lets welcome Bletch
(npwoods) and GedMurphy!
Lets start October off with r18248:
(Here is the rough draft of the testing list I am using, feedback apriciated)
(http://waxdragon.homeip.net/~ford/reactos/ros_regression_items.html)
Installation:
* Installs under both vmware and qemu
hangs under vmware 5 with only 32MB
completes first stage installer under qemu with 32MB, crashes on
first reboot (see bug 703 for more details)
Drivers:
* PCNet driver works VMWare
* vmx_svga (and vmwinst.exe) work under VMWare
* Ne2000 driver works under QEmu
* CL54XX video driver works under QEmu
* floppy driver appears to work under both VMWare and QEmu
* USB drivers (UHCI and usbhub) both load under VMWare5
Applications: (Tested under VMWare5 only)
* Abiword 2.2.9 installs; opens, edits and saves files.
* Info-ZIP UNZIP 5.42 unzips the OOo 1.1.4 install
* OOo 1.1.4 unpacks, and starts to install, but NONE of the text is
rendered on the installer pages. I fumbled my way though the
installer by memory, and it even completed the file copy, but it
appears to hang setting up the registry. I can't tell, no text. ;0)
This is progress though.
* Firefox has multiple issues still, both install and runtime.
* OffByOne installer has issues, but the binaries run and load pages,
slow and some issues (win32k?).
* The Mozilla ActiveX Control 1.7.12 works with ibrowser, but needs
msvcp60.dll to register the dlls. This is different that the 1.6
control. Eventhough, it seems to work a runtime, making ibrowser the
best browser canidate. (Still can't type in it though.. bug 876)
* dillo gets a UM exception trying to start
* lynx 2.8.3 runs, gets hung loading pages occationally, can break out
of load. works ok.
* mIRC 6.16 installs (shortcut error), and can even connect to
freenode by IP. Hopefully, Alex's ws2_32 will fix that.
* jbmail installs and connects to my ISP pop3 server *by IP only*
* Miranda IM 0.4.0.1 and 0.3.3.1 have multiple issues, both install though.
* PuTTY works, still drops chars if you type too fast (really
noticeable under debug/qemu). OTOH, I can use the Control+ combos now.
I can log out and detach fom screen.
* RealVNC viewer suffers from the same crash tcpsvcs does. Gunnar has
a patch for this in bugzilla, will followup.
* 7za (the commandline stand alone 7-Zip) works well.
Shipped Apps (in-tree)
* regedit still has the treeview bug, but due to recent work, I can
actually create new keys and string values, and I can still import
from the command line. You can export subtrees now also. PROGRESSION!
* taskmanager has had some bugs fixes recently, but the System Cache
setting now reads 0 after fixing it in windows.
* Notepad has had alot of improvements, it's looking good.
* winemine still doesn't work (black box)
* Solitare works, but is still missing the menubar. REGRESSION.
* ps works
* mc starts
* format still does nothing, just hangs
* calc *seems* to work.
* cat works
* ftp works, but still can't tell the difference between ascii and
binary transfers.
* ncftp has progressed and you can use it for uploads and downloads,
the only issue I am aware of is you cannot backspace.
* ping works
* ipconfig is getting bad data from the OS, but works fine under windows.
* finger works
* route works, and had some cosmetic improvements
* netstat fails loading snmpapi.dll
* hostname returns the name you filled in second stage setup now. ;0)
* arp does not work, missing some of the plumbing.
* telnet works, and seems to buffer input properly.
* tcpsvcs crashes upon start up, seems that AfdSelect is setting DPCs
will NULL procs. There is a patch from Gunnar (Bug 857) that addresses
this, still needs more testing. Hoping to regression test it after
this stupid email that has taken me three days. ;0)
To end this note, I will point out a few bugs. We are still seeing
fatal hangs on shutdown on some configurations. Also, during this
testing, I corrupted the registry three times, will need to look into
that.
All and all, we have made progress.
Keep up the good work!
WD
(If I forgot anything, or you have something to add, please reply to this note)
--
<arty> don't question it ... it's clearly an optimization
Here is the original Linux Format article:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gedmurphy/ReactOS.jpg
<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gedmurphy/ReactOS.jpg>
I got it wrong, it was 0.2.4 they featured last time.
-----Original Message-----
From: Murphy, Ged (Bolton) [mailto:MurphyG@cmpbatteries.co.uk]
Sent: 07 October 2005 15:31
To: 'ReactOS Development List'
Subject: [ros-dev] ReactOS 0.3 and magazine deals
Hi all,
As a result of Linux World UK this week, I have 2 popular Linux magazines,
Linux Format and Linux User, who are very interested in featuring us in the
near future.
Linux Format have featured us before, and would like to do a re-visited
write-up detailing how far the project has progressed since the last
feature, which was 0.2.5
Linux User seemed interested in doing something with one of our developers
who is a competent writer, for a full feature.
Both magazines would like to wait until the 0.3 release before doing their
feature.
I need to contact the editors with information and I'm guessing one of the
first questions which will be asked is 'when will the 0.3 release be out?'
GvG has said he wants to start up on networking, starting with getting
Firefox running
I will be doing as much as I can on the user mode side along with assisting
Gé in any way I can.
I know Alex has done a hell of a lot of work on the new WS2_32 and friends,
and WaxDragon's relentless testing is highlighting progressions and
regressions all the time.
So I suppose I have 2 questions here:
- Can we consider setting a date to aim for the 0.3 release, so I have
something to give to the magazines? It doesn't have to be set in stone, just
an incentive to work towards.
- Is anyone willing to get involved in relaying / writing information to
pass on to Linux User magazine?
Also, I think the requirements for the 0.3 release need to be reviewed. It
has some features listed that will hold back the release of 0.3 for no good
reason
<http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/about_roadmap.html>
http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/about_roadmap.html
<http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/0.3.x/0.3.0>
http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/0.3.x/0.3.0
Lastly, can I coax anyone else into joining the ReactOS network movement ?
hehe
Thanks for listening :)
Ged.
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Hi all,
As a result of Linux World UK this week, I have 2 popular Linux magazines,
Linux Format and Linux User, who are very interested in featuring us in the
near future.
Linux Format have featured us before, and would like to do a re-visited
write-up detailing how far the project has progressed since the last
feature, which was 0.2.5
Linux User seemed interested in doing something with one of our developers
who is a competent writer, for a full feature.
Both magazines would like to wait until the 0.3 release before doing their
feature.
I need to contact the editors with information and I'm guessing one of the
first questions which will be asked is 'when will the 0.3 release be out?'
GvG has said he wants to start up on networking, starting with getting
Firefox running
I will be doing as much as I can on the user mode side along with assisting
Gé in any way I can.
I know Alex has done a hell of a lot of work on the new WS2_32 and friends,
and WaxDragon's relentless testing is highlighting progressions and
regressions all the time.
So I suppose I have 2 questions here:
- Can we consider setting a date to aim for the 0.3 release, so I have
something to give to the magazines? It doesn't have to be set in stone, just
an incentive to work towards.
- Is anyone willing to get involved in relaying / writing information to
pass on to Linux User magazine?
Also, I think the requirements for the 0.3 release need to be reviewed. It
has some features listed that will hold back the release of 0.3 for no good
reason
http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/about_roadmap.html
<http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/about_roadmap.html>
http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/0.3.x/0.3.0
<http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/0.3.x/0.3.0>
Lastly, can I coax anyone else into joining the ReactOS network movement ?
hehe
Thanks for listening :)
Ged.
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Hi,
I downloaded and tried the Deskzilla tool. Quite nifty. :-)
But when trying to use it with the ReactOS Bugzilla at
http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/ I have problems to login.
Is there some version incompatibility?
Using it with Wine's and Castor's Bugzilla works quite well.
Regards,
Martin
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jonathan Ernst <Jonathan(a)ernstfamily.ch>
Date: 06.10.2005 13:01
Subject: A new tool to interact with Bugzilla
To: wine-devel(a)winehq.org
Cc: wine-users(a)winehq.org
Hello,
This might solve people's concerns about the difficulty to use/search in
bugzilla.
You can save queries, make fast search in comments thanks to the local
database (use top right search field), etc.
Of course I discovered this application right after having triaged some
hundreds bugs...
http://mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=7491
Deskzilla 1.0, a desktop client for the Bugzilla bug tracking system.
Deskzilla delivers features for greater productivity and an improved
working environment for the users of Bugzilla.
The second day of the show was very much like the first day.
Not a single BSOD, my laptop hung twice after visitors played
around a little bit. Basically the biggest problem I had was
how to prevent loosing my voice, I'm obviously not used to
talking as much as we did the these two days.
There were some (Linux) magazines showing interest, Ged Murphy
has their details. All in all I think it was a worthwile show
and I'm looking forward to going to one of these shows again.
Ge van Geldorp.
