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gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 18:18

i wish there was an easy fix for this net problem in 10.3.4

Autumnmist

May 27 2004, 18:19

I think the default OS X theme for Firefox is just beautiful... Pinstripe.
http://kmgerich.com/archive/000049.html

Nighthawk64

May 27 2004, 18:33

I get this in the CMD window.. whats it mean?

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JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000
JITC Warning, program exception: 00080000 00000000

Danrarbc

May 27 2004, 18:35

Running here now. Definately faster than I thought it would be on this system.

You know what's scary. Quicktime starts faster in PearPC than it does in Windows for me.

Acezo

May 27 2004, 18:37

Quote - (iCeFuSiOn @ May 27 2004, 14:33)

I get this in the CMD window.. whats it mean?

Fix your CPU Config

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##
## CPU Config
##
## Processor Version Register
## Defaults to 0x00088302
## Only change if you know want you are doing
##

cpu_pvr = 0x00088302

Kurt871

May 27 2004, 18:39

It would seem that the new "integrated" build @ Richard Goodwin's site does NOT include the full-screen mod, only the networking one. F5 does not work, nor does setting a higher resolution number (IE: 14)

Nighthawk64

May 27 2004, 18:42

Quote - (ViciousX @ May 27 2004, 14:37)

Fix your CPU Config

Tried that, still didnt work..

could someone post their configuration file please? lol im new to this and im a lazy bugger

Mav Phoenix

May 27 2004, 18:46

Quote - (Danrarbc641 @ May 27 2004, 14:35)

Running here now. Definately faster than I thought it would be on this system.

You know what's scary. Quicktime starts faster in PearPC than it does in Windows for me.

It just goes to show you how much effort is put into Win32 programming at Apple.

Acezo

May 27 2004, 18:47

Quote - (iCeFuSiOn @ May 27 2004, 14:42)

Tried that, still didnt work..

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## PearPC Configuration File

##
## Resolution
##
## 0: 640x480x8 (indexed)
## 1: 640x480x15
## 2: 640x480x32
## 3: 800x600x8 (indexed)
## 4: 800x600x15
## 5: 800x600x32
## 6: 1024x768x8 (indexed)
## 7: 1024x768x15
## 8: 1024x768x32
## 9: 1280x960x8 (indexed)
## 10: 1280x960x16
## 11: 1280x960x32
## 12: 1280x1024x8 (indexed)
## 13: 1280x1024x16
## 14: 1280x1024x32
##
## The indexed modes are unsupported.
##
## default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 5

##
## Refresh Rate (in hertz)
## (only applicable in full screen mode )
##
## default: 60

fs_refresh_rate = 85

##
## Redraw interval (in ms)
## must be between 1 and 999
##
## If you set this higher, PearPC will spend less time doing redraws (and so run faster)
## but feel less responsive. You should adjust this to your computer speed and personal
## preference.
##

redraw_interval_msec = 10

##
## Loader
##

##
## Boot method
## this can be
## 1. "auto", prom will boot the first bootable partition found (default)
## 2. "select", prom will show you a list of bootable partitions
## 3. "force", prom will load and boot the local file prom_loadfile
##

prom_bootmethod = "auto"

## Example of how to use "force":

#prom_bootmethod = "force"
#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"
#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

##
## bootargs: don't change unless you know what you are doing
## machargs: set to "-v" to get a verbose startup
##

#prom_env_bootargs = ""
prom_env_machargs = ""

##
## This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
##
prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

## This will adjust the position of the initial page table (don't change)

#page_table_pa = 104857600

##
## CPU Config
##
## Processor Version Register
## Defaults to 0x00088302
## Only change if you know want you are doing
##

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302

##
## Main memory (default 128 MiB)
## must be >= 64 MiB
##
memory_size=0x20000000

##
## IO Devices
##

##
## PCI IDE Config
##
## Drive type will be set according to file extension:
## .img: Harddisk (filesize must be multiple of 516096)
## .iso: CD-Rom
## Or you can override this by specifying the type via
## pci_ide0_master_type / pci_ide0_slave_type

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "C:\pearpc\HD-OS-X-Panther-PREP.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0
pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\pearpc\custom.iso"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

##
## Network (unavailable on windows)
##

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

##
## USB
##
pci_usb_installed = 1

##
## NVRAM
##
nvram_file = "nvram"

JK1150

May 27 2004, 18:58

i updated 10.3 -> 10.3.3 and now network won't work, strange problem with ugrading i think

Skywing

May 27 2004, 19:09

Quote - (JK1150 @ May 27 2004, 18:58)

i updated 10.3 -> 10.3.3 and now network won't work, strange problem with ugrading i think

aww hell, i was gonna do that when i got home, after spending almost 2 hours getting networking working once, i dont wanna do it again.

Aiwa

May 27 2004, 19:10

Quote - (Danrarbc641 @ May 27 2004, 18:35)

Quicktime starts faster in PearPC than it does in Windows for me.

hi hi true

wonder how fast pearpc will be a year from now ...

this development is sooo coool ....

Skywing

May 27 2004, 19:11

on another note, are there any free OSX apps that allow you to change the skin/theme?

Kurt871

May 27 2004, 19:11

I took some of your suggestions and disabled networking, started OS X, then shutdown OS X, then re-enabled it to see if it worked. However, PearPC still refuses to start and I get this error in the command prompt:

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[TAP-WIN32]: Enumerating TAP devices...
main() caught exception: Could not locate any installed TAP-WIN32 devices.

Any ideas on how to fix?

Fozzieb

May 27 2004, 19:35

Does anyone have a 6 or 10 Gb pre-formated image? the 3 is too small and i cant make the 6Gb bootable

Skywing

May 27 2004, 19:42

Quote - (Fozzieb @ May 27 2004, 19:35)

Does anyone have a 6 or 10 Gb pre-formated image? the 3 is too small and i cant make the 6Gb bootable

i used the one at www.pearpc.net

worked fine, didnt have to run disk utility or anything

aka JAWheat411

May 27 2004, 19:51

Quote - (Fozzieb @ May 27 2004, 19:35)

Does anyone have a 6 or 10 Gb pre-formated image? the 3 is too small and i cant make the 6Gb bootable

Here is a 6 gig image
http://www.liquid-y.de/camouflagex/pearpc/...unjournaled.rar

And this is posted on Emaculation

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Hello,

For your conveniance I created a Panther prepped HD image with the partitions 2 and 3 reversed, so it will be bootable after installation.

As with the others I prepared: unzip and then unrar.

Best

Cat_7
Bootable 3 gig image

Fozzieb

May 27 2004, 19:57

cheers lads, of to do a full install then

phalanx126

May 27 2004, 20:05

i dont know about you guys, but i'm more excited about softpear...i hope they can pull it off

Dazzla

May 27 2004, 20:14

Gotta be done really...

banli

May 27 2004, 20:20

Ok, can someone quickly help me?

I got the network mod and all that, i believe the config is all correct. but I have know idea (in 10.1) how to get networking started.

T0Y S0LDIER

May 27 2004, 20:24

Quote - (banli @ May 27 2004, 16:20)

Ok, can someone quickly help me?

I got the network mod and all that, i believe the config is all correct. but I have know idea (in 10.1) how to get networking started.

its the OS. you, me and about 5 or 6 others with 10.1 are all having the same problem. no one will confirm so far, but all the evidence looks like 10.1 has no networking support with the tap driver.

TS

HellBender

May 27 2004, 20:28

Geez Dazzla, you can do so much at the same time.. It takes a good 30-60 seconds for anything to even come up on my computer

~clean

May 27 2004, 20:31

Quote - (Dazzla @ May 27 2004, 20:14)

Gotta be done really...

Very Nice

Acezo

May 27 2004, 20:42

For those of you who updated to 10.3.4 using the Software Update panel and not the combo package, what were you experiences? Any problems, and how is performance like compared to 10.3?

I updated to 10.3.3 using the combo and it hung on "Running Install Scripts", had to delete nvram to get back in.
Updated 10.3.4 using the combo, hung again on Install Scripts, had to re-install OS X this morning

aka JAWheat411

May 27 2004, 20:48

Just seen this on Emaculation

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I installed the 10.3.4 update and my netwrok connection went fubar....but it is fixable!

Change your config file to

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pci_3c90x_installed = 0
pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

in OS X go into network config in system preferences, under the adaptor settings configure as per the guide published on Richard Goodwin and the thread on windows networking.

However, ethernet should be available to use now!

Enjoy

credits:
Marc

Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject: How to use network in 10.3.4
Spanish Loyalist
joined: 20 Aug 2003
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gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 21:11

dazzla did u have any problems with networking in 10.3.4 cause i still cant get it to say pci ethernet conncected

gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 21:19

anyone found a fix for this network problem

Dazzla

May 27 2004, 21:22

Yeah, networking didn't work at first but I just done what was said on this thread. Remove the networking from the config, start PPC, shutdown OS X, add networking back into the config, start OS X. That's all I done.

Theres no need to keep asking every few minutes

ProtoKick

May 27 2004, 21:22

I'm sorry, but I'm a dumbass, does anyone have a link/key/legend so I can edit the amount of memory that it will use?
I've got 1gb of memory and I wish to allocate 512mb to pearpc

Litespeed

May 27 2004, 21:22

Ok, what version lets me get more than 128mb ram? I've tried Richard's nightly builds (both P4 and noarch) and neither will boot properly. I get startup and then the crossed circle and "still waiting for root device". This is on any memory config except the 128mb one.

Hmmmm just thinking....... I wonder if the amount of ram set when you install it has any influence on it.

Dazzla

May 27 2004, 21:25

512mb allocated:

memory_size=0x20000000

ProtoKick

May 27 2004, 21:25

thank you #2629

Litespeed

May 27 2004, 21:26

Quote - (Eastwood @ May 28 2004, 09:22)

I'm sorry, but I'm a dumbass, does anyone have a link/key/legend so I can edit the amount of memory that it will use?
I've got 1gb of memory and I wish to allocate 512mb to pearpc

Windows calc will do it

Work out 512 * 1024 * 1024

Then convert it to Hex.

You will need to be in scientific mode to see the Dec/Hex options.

ProtoKick

May 27 2004, 21:28

sweet, now I can tweak it to my pleasure, thanks a lot!

Tekmaven

May 27 2004, 21:31

I'm testing the new network support now.. I hope I have the same sucess others have had

Does anyone know how to control the fullscreen mod more then just refresh rate? I have dual montiors, and no matter where i put the PearPC Window, when I push F5, it goes to my primary display. What would be nice is the ability to put it on my other display, and hit a key to break out of it and go back to Windows (on the primary), and then when im ready to use it again just click into it.

Who do I even suggest anything like this to?

Edit: Oh, and it would be really nice if someone mapped right-click! (When I put my USB Microsoft Mouse on the G4 at work, OSX maps my right click properly; so I know it can be done)

0sm3l

May 27 2004, 21:35

i just installed 10.3 and it does run faster than 10.2

Tekmaven

May 27 2004, 21:41

Another thing I've noticed: when typing, sometimes the letter gets repeated a few times. For example, if I'm in Safari, and type: http://www.neowin.net, it may come out as, http://www.nnnneeeowinn.nnnet//

I'm using a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard; but that shouldnt effect it.

gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 21:42

ok well i guess ill try this again, i just put a 0 instead of a 1 in the config file for network card, do i need to add the # at the beggining. Anyways ill try this again and maybe it will work

Litespeed

May 27 2004, 21:53

Quote - (Tekmaven @ May 28 2004, 09:41)

Another thing I've noticed: when typing, sometimes the letter gets repeated a few times. For example, if I'm in Safari, and type: http://www.neowin.net, it may come out as, http://www.nnnneeeowinn.nnnet//

I'm using a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard; but that shouldnt effect it.

No I think it's a wider problem. I found that when I was in single user mode doing pdisk stuff, it woudl often double up characters.

Still, early days......

HellBender

May 27 2004, 21:53

Quote - (Tekmaven @ May 27 2004, 14:41)

Another thing I've noticed: when typing, sometimes the letter gets repeated a few times. For example, if I'm in Safari, and type: http://www.neowin.net, it may come out as, http://www.nnnneeeowinn.nnnet//

I'm using a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard; but that shouldnt effect it.

Same problem

TheReaperMan

May 27 2004, 21:53

Quote - (Tekmaven @ May 27 2004, 21:41)

Another thing I've noticed: when typing, sometimes the letter gets repeated a few times. For example, if I'm in Safari, and type: http://www.neowin.net, it may come out as, http://www.nnnneeeowinn.nnnet//

I'm using a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard; but that shouldnt effect it.

in control panel turn of the repeat thing:D
(keyboard & mouse , repeat slider on right hand side to off)

gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 21:54

when will there be Cd Drive support
not iso

Detroit

May 27 2004, 21:56

Quote - (Tekmaven @ May 27 2004, 17:41)

Another thing I've noticed: when typing, sometimes the letter gets repeated a few times. For example, if I'm in Safari, and type: http://www.neowin.net, it may come out as, http://www.nnnneeeowinn.nnnet//

I'm using a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard; but that shouldnt effect it.

I get the same thing over here, it sucks

silentprey04

May 27 2004, 22:00

Hi. This is my first post yay. Question... do I need to partition my hard drive to do this?

Litespeed

May 27 2004, 22:01

No.

And you might do well to read the various sites (pearpc.sourceforge.net and www.pearpc.net) for setup information and guides.

h-mac

May 27 2004, 22:02

Welcome to Neowin. You must have enough space on any given partition, though.

Chr1zt1an

May 27 2004, 22:04

Quote - (Dazzla @ May 27 2004, 16:22)

Yeah, networking didn't work at first but I just done what was said on this thread. Remove the networking from the config, start PPC, shutdown OS X, add networking back into the config, start OS X. That's all I done.

Theres no need to keep asking every few minutes

well, after doing that.... it works !!!

thanks Dazzla !

gamestargrinder

May 27 2004, 22:10

man u guys r luck i felt so lucky last night to get both sharing and networking working now it wont

PureEdit

May 27 2004, 22:14

Quote - (willvg @ May 27 2004, 13:54)

when will there be Cd Drive support
not iso

On linux you can probably make a link to a cd drive named osx.iso and use it that way. Not sure if stuff like that is possible on windows.