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Hi,

I received my CD about a week ago. First off all a BIG THANK YOU to QSSL for that! Even with all of my >10 years QNX experience, it’ll be like starting over.

Right now I’m on a discovery trip through the system. I could add to all the “greate stuff” and “good show” comments, but I guess you must’ve already gotten over a thousand of those posts :slight_smile: So I’ll just stick to the todo/wish list.

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  • Installation

The installation was a breeze. I was up and running in 5 minutes. Thanks to the newsgroup postings (a great source of information!) I knew how to get my ne2000 network card and the big tcpip stack working (also after reboot).

I’m not sure about one thing, though: I had already installed qnxrtp from the downloaded ISO image (hey, I couldn’t wait :slight_smile:. When I got my officially shipped CD, I used the Package Manager to add everything it offered me. Is there a chance that the shipped CD contains older packages than the downloaded version? Does the Package Manager recognize and warn if an older package is being installed over a new one?

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  • Video card

I have an S3 ViRGE/DX card. IIRC, there was a post about this stating that the driver only supports 60HZ refresh. This is a bit too low. (The flickering is noticable) Since I’m to new at this, I’ll wait and hope that there will be an updated driver available.

\

  • Soundcard

Ah yes, everyones problem :slight_smile: Mine is an ISA card and has an OPTi 82C924 chip. Pretends to be “SB compatible” like so many other cards. Right now I’m gathering all sorts of docs and sources from the web and then I’ll venture to write some kind of startup program to configure the card in “compatible mode”.

In the mean time, I hope someone reading this post already knows of a util/driver for this chip and is so kind to point me to it…

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  • Dialer

Seems to work OK. I still need to figure out the correct way how to configure it to override my default route. (Right now I’m connected via ethernet via a simple QNX4 gateway serving as a NAT router.) This is a minor issue though…

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  • Vmail/Voyager

Another cause for many posts. Vmail definitely needs to be improved (or maybe there are config options I’ve mist?). It does more communication than needed. For instance, if you leave all your mail on the server after reading them, it shouldn’t reget them when you connect the next time. The same goes for news articles. If you select “display all articles” it appears that it regets the old headers. Netscape, for instance, “remembers” all the mail and newsheaders and only fetches the new ones, wheater you select “show all messages” or “show new messages”.

What I also miss right now is a spell-check feature. I could save my text and run Ispell in a different window and then copy the corrections, but it’d be nice to have this feature hooked in.

As for Voyager, well, as expected it’s missing the java stuff. I take it this is in the works(?)

Both Vmail and Voyager seem to occassionally freeze up (sort off). Vmail would sometimes get in a state where when you click on an article header the message body doesn’t show up. Slaying voyager.server and restarting, seems to fix this. A reproduceable way of pushing vmail in this state is to just click on an URL link in a message. (I accidently discovered this when I wanted to see the picture of that woman really partying big time, of which Donna Kinsman said that it’s definitely NOT her :slight_smile:

=========================

Those points are “first contact” issues. A newbie will encounter these problems first thing. If he/she has never heard of QNX before, a wrong impression might be the result.

So far for now. If I encounter more interresting issues, I’ll post them. In the mean time you can count me in as one of the enthousiasts. Right now I’m using qnxrtp at home, purely on a hobby basis. But I’ll grasp every upportunity I get to catch the interrest of our managers at work. But first I need a convincing show. One thing that might help a lot is if there’s an MS-Word like package. I’ve seen some posts about StarOffice mentioned in other threads. I don’t know this package, but if it does things like MS-Word, it’ll help a lot.


regards,

rick

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Rick, theres a WP called AbiWord which is better than the default editor
(although that is better than some !)

You can find it for download on www.qnxstart.com (I think)


Rick Lake wrote in message …

Hi,

I received my CD about a week ago. First off all a BIG THANK YOU to QSSL
for that! Even with all of my >10 years QNX experience, it’ll be like

starting over.

Right now I’m on a discovery trip through the system. I could add to all
the “greate stuff” and “good show” comments, but I guess you must’ve already

gotten over a thousand of those posts :slight_smile: So I’ll just stick to the
todo/wish list.

====================

  • Installation

The installation was a breeze. I was up and running in 5 minutes. Thanks to
the newsgroup postings (a great source of information!) I knew how to get my

ne2000 network card and the big tcpip stack working (also after reboot).

I’m not sure about one thing, though: I had already installed qnxrtp from
the downloaded ISO image (hey, I couldn’t wait > :slight_smile:> . When I got my officially

shipped CD, I used the Package Manager to add everything it offered me. Is
there a chance that the shipped CD contains older packages than the
downloaded version? Does the Package Manager recognize and warn if an older
package is being installed over a new one?

  • Video card

I have an S3 ViRGE/DX card. IIRC, there was a post about this stating that
the driver only supports 60HZ refresh. This is a bit too low. (The

flickering is noticable) Since I’m to new at this, I’ll wait and hope that
there will be an updated driver available.

  • Soundcard

Ah yes, everyones problem > :slight_smile: > Mine is an ISA card and has an OPTi 82C924
chip. Pretends to be “SB compatible” like so many other cards. Right now I’m

gathering all sorts of docs and sources from the web and then I’ll venture
to write some kind of startup program to configure the card in “compatible
mode”.

In the mean time, I hope someone reading this post already knows of a
util/driver for this chip and is so kind to point me to it…

\

  • Dialer

Seems to work OK. I still need to figure out the correct way how to
configure it to override my default route. (Right now I’m connected via

ethernet via a simple QNX4 gateway serving as a NAT router.) This is a minor
issue though…

  • Vmail/Voyager

Another cause for many posts. Vmail definitely needs to be improved (or
maybe there are config options I’ve mist?). It does more communication than

needed. For instance, if you leave all your mail on the server after reading
them, it shouldn’t reget them when you connect the next time. The same goes
for news articles. If you select “display all articles” it appears that it
regets the old headers. Netscape, for instance, “remembers” all the mail and
newsheaders and only fetches the new ones, wheater you select “show all
messages” or “show new messages”.

What I also miss right now is a spell-check feature. I could save my text
and run Ispell in a different window and then copy the corrections, but it’d

be nice to have this feature hooked in.

As for Voyager, well, as expected it’s missing the java stuff. I take it
this is in the works(?)

Both Vmail and Voyager seem to occassionally freeze up (sort off). Vmail
would sometimes get in a state where when you click on an article header the

message body doesn’t show up. Slaying voyager.server and restarting, seems
to fix this. A reproduceable way of pushing vmail in this state is to just
click on an URL link in a message. (I accidently discovered this when I
wanted to see the picture of that woman really partying big time, of which
Donna Kinsman said that it’s definitely NOT her :slight_smile:

=========================

Those points are “first contact” issues. A newbie will encounter these
problems first thing. If he/she has never heard of QNX before, a wrong

impression might be the result.

So far for now. If I encounter more interresting issues, I’ll post them. In
the mean time you can count me in as one of the enthousiasts. Right now I’m

using qnxrtp at home, purely on a hobby basis. But I’ll grasp every
upportunity I get to catch the interrest of our managers at work. But first
I need a convincing show. One thing that might help a lot is if there’s an
MS-Word like package. I’ve seen some posts about StarOffice mentioned in
other threads. I don’t know this package, but if it does things like
MS-Word, it’ll help a lot.

regards,

rick

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Thanks for the tip, “Custom PC”. I’ll check it out as soon as I get the
chance.

rick

Custom PC wrote:

Rick, theres a WP called AbiWord which is better than the default editor
(although that is better than some !)

You can find it for download on > www.qnxstart.com > (I think)

Rick Lake wrote in message …
Hi,

I received my CD about a week ago. First off all a BIG THANK YOU to QSSL
for that! Even with all of my >10 years QNX experience, it’ll be like
starting over.

Right now I’m on a discovery trip through the system. I could add to all
the “greate stuff” and “good show” comments, but I guess you must’ve already
gotten over a thousand of those posts > :slight_smile: > So I’ll just stick to the
todo/wish list.

\

  • Installation

The installation was a breeze. I was up and running in 5 minutes. Thanks to
the newsgroup postings (a great source of information!) I knew how to get my
ne2000 network card and the big tcpip stack working (also after reboot).

I’m not sure about one thing, though: I had already installed qnxrtp from
the downloaded ISO image (hey, I couldn’t wait > :slight_smile:> . When I got my officially
shipped CD, I used the Package Manager to add everything it offered me. Is
there a chance that the shipped CD contains older packages than the
downloaded version? Does the Package Manager recognize and warn if an older
package is being installed over a new one?

\

  • Video card

I have an S3 ViRGE/DX card. IIRC, there was a post about this stating that
the driver only supports 60HZ refresh. This is a bit too low. (The
flickering is noticable) Since I’m to new at this, I’ll wait and hope that
there will be an updated driver available.

\

  • Soundcard

Ah yes, everyones problem > :slight_smile: > Mine is an ISA card and has an OPTi 82C924
chip. Pretends to be “SB compatible” like so many other cards. Right now I’m
gathering all sorts of docs and sources from the web and then I’ll venture
to write some kind of startup program to configure the card in “compatible
mode”.

In the mean time, I hope someone reading this post already knows of a
util/driver for this chip and is so kind to point me to it…

\

  • Dialer

Seems to work OK. I still need to figure out the correct way how to
configure it to override my default route. (Right now I’m connected via
ethernet via a simple QNX4 gateway serving as a NAT router.) This is a minor
issue though…

\

  • Vmail/Voyager

Another cause for many posts. Vmail definitely needs to be improved (or
maybe there are config options I’ve mist?). It does more communication than
needed. For instance, if you leave all your mail on the server after reading
them, it shouldn’t reget them when you connect the next time. The same goes
for news articles. If you select “display all articles” it appears that it
regets the old headers. Netscape, for instance, “remembers” all the mail and
newsheaders and only fetches the new ones, wheater you select “show all
messages” or “show new messages”.

What I also miss right now is a spell-check feature. I could save my text
and run Ispell in a different window and then copy the corrections, but it’d
be nice to have this feature hooked in.

As for Voyager, well, as expected it’s missing the java stuff. I take it
this is in the works(?)

Both Vmail and Voyager seem to occassionally freeze up (sort off). Vmail
would sometimes get in a state where when you click on an article header the
message body doesn’t show up. Slaying voyager.server and restarting, seems
to fix this. A reproduceable way of pushing vmail in this state is to just
click on an URL link in a message. (I accidently discovered this when I
wanted to see the picture of that woman really partying big time, of which
Donna Kinsman said that it’s definitely NOT her > :slight_smile:

=========================

Those points are “first contact” issues. A newbie will encounter these
problems first thing. If he/she has never heard of QNX before, a wrong
impression might be the result.

So far for now. If I encounter more interresting issues, I’ll post them. In
the mean time you can count me in as one of the enthousiasts. Right now I’m
using qnxrtp at home, purely on a hobby basis. But I’ll grasp every
upportunity I get to catch the interrest of our managers at work. But first
I need a convincing show. One thing that might help a lot is if there’s an
MS-Word like package. I’ve seen some posts about StarOffice mentioned in
other threads. I don’t know this package, but if it does things like
MS-Word, it’ll help a lot.


regards,

rick

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:> >I'm not sure about one thing, though: I had already installed qnxrtp from :> the downloaded ISO image (hey, I couldn't wait :slight_smile:. When I got my officially :> shipped CD, I used the Package Manager to add everything it offered me. Is :> there a chance that the shipped CD contains older packages than the :> downloaded version? Does the Package Manager recognize and warn if an older :> package is being installed over a new one?

The installation of older packages has been taken care of. As for the CD you
have; the only difference I believe is that the mailorder CD contains
Quake 3, Renderware & doom. These items were obviously left from the
downloaded .iso as you can imagine how much additional time it would have
taken to download.

Thank you very much for taking the time to browse the (many) previous
articles in search to your questions. If you have not come across this one
yet it may be worth your while.

http://qdn.qnx.com/report/problemlist.txt

As for the other questions I’ll let someone else field those. :slight_smile:

Mike Shane
QA, QNX
mshane@qnx.com

:> >
:> >
:> >- Video card
:> >
:> >I have an S3 ViRGE/DX card. IIRC, there was a post about this stating that
:> the driver only supports 60HZ refresh. This is a bit too low. (The
:> flickering is noticable) Since I’m to new at this, I’ll wait and hope that
:> there will be an updated driver available.

Good choice from what I understand another one is in the works.

:> >
:> >
:> >- Soundcard
:> >
:> >Ah yes, everyones problem :slight_smile: Mine is an ISA card and has an OPTi 82C924
:> chip. Pretends to be “SB compatible” like so many other cards. Right now I’m
:> gathering all sorts of docs and sources from the web and then I’ll venture
:> to write some kind of startup program to configure the card in “compatible
:> mode”.
:> >
:> >In the mean time, I hope someone reading this post already knows of a
:> util/driver for this chip and is so kind to point me to it…
:> >
:> >
:> >- Dialer
:> >
:> >Seems to work OK. I still need to figure out the correct way how to
:> configure it to override my default route. (Right now I’m connected via
:> ethernet via a simple QNX4 gateway serving as a NAT router.) This is a minor
:> issue though…
:> >
:> >
:> >- Vmail/Voyager
:> >
:> >Another cause for many posts. Vmail definitely needs to be improved (or
:> maybe there are config options I’ve mist?). It does more communication than
:> needed. For instance, if you leave all your mail on the server after reading
:> them, it shouldn’t reget them when you connect the next time. The same goes
:> for news articles. If you select “display all articles” it appears that it
:> regets the old headers. Netscape, for instance, “remembers” all the mail and
:> newsheaders and only fetches the new ones, wheater you select “show all
:> messages” or “show new messages”.
:> >
:> >What I also miss right now is a spell-check feature. I could save my text
:> and run Ispell in a different window and then copy the corrections, but it’d
:> be nice to have this feature hooked in.
:> >
:> >As for Voyager, well, as expected it’s missing the java stuff. I take it
:> this is in the works(?)
:> >
:> >Both Vmail and Voyager seem to occassionally freeze up (sort off). Vmail
:> would sometimes get in a state where when you click on an article header the
:> message body doesn’t show up. Slaying voyager.server and restarting, seems
:> to fix this. A reproduceable way of pushing vmail in this state is to just
:> click on an URL link in a message. (I accidently discovered this when I
:> wanted to see the picture of that woman really partying big time, of which
:> Donna Kinsman said that it’s definitely NOT her :slight_smile:
:> >
:> >=========================
:> >
:> >Those points are “first contact” issues. A newbie will encounter these
:> problems first thing. If he/she has never heard of QNX before, a wrong
:> impression might be the result.
:> >
:> >So far for now. If I encounter more interresting issues, I’ll post them. In
:> the mean time you can count me in as one of the enthousiasts. Right now I’m
:> using qnxrtp at home, purely on a hobby basis. But I’ll grasp every
:> upportunity I get to catch the interrest of our managers at work. But first
:> I need a convincing show. One thing that might help a lot is if there’s an
:> MS-Word like package. I’ve seen some posts about StarOffice mentioned in
:> other threads. I don’t know this package, but if it does things like
:> MS-Word, it’ll help a lot.
:> >
:> >
:> >regards,
:> >
:> >rick