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eaglebtc
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Then change your Expose keys tongue.gif


Also, could someone clarify how to share files between Mac and Windows? I thought I had it setup right...but it still doesn't work. Here's what I did:

OSX
Set password on admin account (bradleyc)
Change computer name to PearSMB, reboot
Drop an alias to another folder into Public

Windows:
Start, Run, \\PearSMB.inet (I run a freesco box: the domain is 'inet')
Receive password prompt, enter "bradleyc/*******" (user/pass)
Window for OSX opens, revealing one folder: "BradleyC"
Double-click, nothing happens for 60 seconds; BONG! computer is not responding, moron!!

So now what do I do?
HaraldBluetooth
Quote -
Also, could someone clarify how to share files between Mac and Windows? I thought I had it setup right...but it still doesn't work


To reduce "risks" I would do the following:
1. make a new user i OS X with easy userid/pass.
2. Connect to the OS X IP-adress instead of the name.

Btw, you must start the ftp-server in OSX first! (i am not at the right computer at the moment so i can not guide you here. Was however logical).
NOTE: I am not sure if the denomination was ftp-server or file-shareing or whetever it was (not at the right computer as i said)
TheReaperMan
is the new build out with full screen and networking, mouse etc ??
Tekmaven
Quote - (TheReaperMan @ Jun 1 2004, 08:31)
is the new build out with full screen and networking, mouse etc ??

The CVS currently has the networking checked in. I haven't asked anyone, but I have a hunch that the reason why the Fullscreen patch isn't checked in is because its only for Windows. And about the "mouse", well, the mouse has always worked.. so I don't know what you mean...

Does anyone know any MSNIM or AIM contact info for the developers? I'd love to talk to them for a few minutes.. lol
TheReaperMan
i mean the fix for the right mouse button(ie with out having to press control etc), could some one post/give me a url with the networking and full screen version, i installed one of the builds and forgot to make a backup[ first and i have lost my full screen now:<
ForeverUnknown
Quote - (T0Y S0LDIER @ May 31 2004, 23:15)
browse to the home folder, the reg info should be listed there, you can delete it. i did, though i never got online wtih 10.1 sadly.

TS

ok thanks. i'll try it when i get home
Predatorz:
Since many reply in this forum I guess I can ask here.
I got a Mac G4 Cube for free, but it had no harddrive in it when I got it.
I tried to put in my Western Digital 61,5gig that I formated with FAT, but when I started my mac and booted up everything was going really slow and it didnt find my harddrive.
What can I do, someone help me smile.gif
McG
wow. this thread is HUGE. on my setting its 58 pages long! sad.gif that's a lot. what's the largest thread on neowin? is there a way to find out?
McG
Quote - (Tekmaven @ Jun 1 2004, 00:02)
Actually, no it didnt.. lol. I created a new HD image using fsutil (as i've described earlier), and looked at it in a text editor. Luckly the editor I used showed "null characters", and turns out thats all the image is ;-). So its a nice 5-7 line loop, and viola, image file created :-).

In other news, besides me feelign sick, my mother just went to the hospital with heart attack symptoms unsure.gif

I think I'm going to work a little harder now, just so I can stay up and wait for some answers. Who knows, there might be a build in a few hours :-).

hey -- best wishes to your mom
T0Y S0LDIER
Quote - (Predatorz: @ Jun 1 2004, 10:58)
Since many reply in this forum I guess I can ask here.
I got a Mac G4 Cube for free, but it had no harddrive in it when I got it.
I tried to put in my Western Digital 61,5gig that I formated with FAT, but when I started my mac and booted up everything was going really slow and it didnt find my harddrive.
What can I do, someone help me smile.gif

dont hold me too it, but i think your best bet would have been to delete the partition that you had on there before and leave it empty. when your cube boots, it should find an empty drive... at leasts that i would figure. when you get into the installer, run the disk utility and format in os x extended or extended journaled and i cant see where you'd have any problems with the install. good luck

ForeverUnknown: it should work fine, i deleted it in 10.1 and in 10.3, but i dont think it sends it unless you tell it too, or at least it implies as much. but if you drop it in the trash folder, you shouldnt have to worry about trying to explain why you have os x running on x86 hardware and why you didnt pay for it. because of rules though, i would recomend not asking something about it not being legit and how not to get caught. as it stands, i just broke them for telling you how... think thats a first and it will be the last, as i do value being able to come to the site and post. good luck with that though.

TS
Fozzieb
Win32 SDL build is here, but i can't host it
Peter82
New "SDL" version
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1522
I copy files to pearpc go to cmd and type :
ppc-sdl.exe ppccfg1.cfg
but nothing happend.
This is my new config file :
CODE
## PearPC Configuration File

#xres = 1152
#yres = 864
xres = 800
yres = 600
##
## 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 = "-v"

##
##    This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
##
prom_driver_graphic = "C:\Documents and Settings\Piotr\Pulpit\PEARPC\pearpc-0.1.2-win32-jitc\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=0xFE00000

##
## 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 = "D:\pearpc-3gib.img"
#pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "F:\Mac Osx v10.3 Phanter Disc1.iso"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

##
##    Network
##
##    Choose one of the cards

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

pci_rtl8139_installed = 0
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

##
##    USB
##
pci_usb_installed = 1

##
##    NVRAM
##
nvram_file = "nvram"
Fozzieb
Do you have the sdl.dll file?
Peter82
Yes i have , i copy it to pearpc directory and also to system32 and windows but still nothing happend.
Predatorz:
T0Y S0LDIER, do u know what the harddrive should be, slave/master? and the cdrom/dvdrom
Tekmaven
whistle.gif Announcing the relase of PearPCFront Beta 1!

It's currently a work-in-progress.. but when you run it, you'll get the overall jist of things. Just one thing to note for now, your PearPC binaries must be in the \installdir\PearPC folder. I've included Richard Goodwin's "05.31.04, 12AMEDT" standard build with this.

Website: http://www.tekmaven.nu/PearPC

Screenshots: Here

Download: Here
Starman
Nice, Tek!!

Mike
aka JAWheat411
Quote - (Tekmaven @ Jun 1 2004, 11:41)
whistle.gif Announcing the relase of PearPCFront Beta 1!

It's currently a work-in-progress.. but when you run it, you'll get the overall jist of things.  Just one thing to note for now, your PearPC binaries must be in the \installdir\PearPC folder.  I've included Richard Goodwin's "05.31.04, 12AMEDT" standard build with this.

Website: http://www.tekmaven.nu/PearPC

Screenshots: Here

Download: Here

Killer man.
Giving it a whirl now.......
I will post comments.


EDIT: I couldn't really get it to run. All the config settings are right. Oh well....
Tekmaven
I noticed a small small bug... File -> Exit does not work :-P. LOL (You can hit the X, that still works)

If anyone has any PearPC problems, that is unrelated to this app. The only problem you could ever have is if it generated a bad config file ;-).
Tekmaven
Quote - (aka JAWheat411 @ Jun 1 2004, 11:48)
EDIT: I couldn't really get it to run. All the config settings are right. Oh well....

Why didn't it work? lol
T0Y S0LDIER
Quote - (Predatorz: @ Jun 1 2004, 11:52)
T0Y S0LDIER, do u know what the harddrive should be, slave/master? and the cdrom/dvdrom

i would imagine that the hd would be master, but im not comlpletely certain as i've not worked on the inside of a mac... im just learning macs currently through ppc. your best bet would be to swing by the mac boards and run the question by them. ~~Neyo~~ should have the right answeres for ya. good luck!

TS
TwiztidOne
I keep on getting cannot load video.x in your app tekmaven
Tekmaven
Hmm.. video.x? lol Go into the [InstallPath]\PearPC folder, and see if you have video.x.

Also, I've noticed I have a few bugs with the image creation wizard. The whole darn thing is a mess lol. I'm going to fix it now, and hopefully get a build soon ;-).
aka JAWheat411
Quote - (Tekmaven @ Jun 1 2004, 12:10)
Why didn't it work? lol


EDIT: Ok got it running. Had to play around with it for a minute.

Oh and what version of PPC is this in there. Does it have full screen and networking?
Tekmaven
Hmm, weird. Now I'm getting that error. I've ran it 1000s of times, and this is the first time I've seen it. I'll investigate.
Tekmaven
Quote - (aka JAWheat411 @ Jun 1 2004, 12:26)
EDIT: Ok got it running. Had to play around with it for a minute.

Oh and what version of PPC is this in there. Does it have full screen and networking?

Did you use the image creation wizard? Its broken.. and gives bad files.

Which I'm fixing now.. lol.
Emon
Quote - (Tekmaven @ Jun 1 2004, 11:29)
Did you use the image creation wizard? Its broken.. and gives bad files.

Which I'm fixing now.. lol.

just use my app for image creation smile.gif ..
aka JAWheat411
NO I used an image I had before. I actually had to play around with the boot method to get it to work.
Will this work if I copy my other PPC files into it? Because I was using a version with fullscreen and all
sacrecow
Can someone post a working ppc-SDL config file? I am having no success.
wacko.gif
Tekmaven
Quote - (aka JAWheat411 @ Jun 1 2004, 12:35)
NO I used an image I had before. I actually had to play around with the boot method to get it to work.
Will this work if I copy my other PPC files into it? Because I was using a version with fullscreen and all

Yup
Tekmaven
Somehow.. this has something to do with image files. If I use my already-installed OS X image file, PearPC works. If I use a fresh one (to install OSX), it video.x errors.

Awkard...
0sm3l
the SDL version seems to be working for me but only 1024x786 sad.gif too big for my screen and my keyboard is not working well wacko.gif
sacrecow
XP-RTM, what do u have in your config file for the video driver line?
TwiztidOne
Yes i have video.x file and i can get it running with out your front end. i am using a pre made hd img file.
0sm3l
well i have it running, is actually faster and i like it now im trying to set up networking since older versions didnt let me but automatically doesnt seem to work sad.gif
phalanx126
how'd you get the SDL version to work...i downloaded the .exe file and the sdl.dll file is in the directory as well. when i go to command prompt to run the prgm, it does nothing. suggestions?
aka JAWheat411
Hmm.
I am thinking maybe a moderator/admin here could create a PearPC section on the forums. Then move and split this topic. Or something. Getting crazy now with all these posts.
Tekmaven
Yup lol.

As for the weird thing, somehow the video.x error isn't the error, because all that I'm doing is running the pearpc exe file and...

*Wow*

Okay, my appoligies. Ya see, I knew I overlooked soemthing :-). I'm giving the config file the value "video.x", without the path too it! As a quick fix, try copying video.x to the folder with your secondary image file (i put it in the primary, it didnt work, and i put it in the pearpcfront folder and it didnt work).
eaglebtc
WOW! The SDL-0003 version works GREAT! It does feel faster now, but quicktime movies are still slow. The Real-Time Clock issue needs to be addressed as well.

Great job nilss!
Dazzla
SDL versions doesn't load for me at all.

Running "PPCSDL.exe good.config" does nothing at all

config:

CODE
ppc_start_resolution = 14
fs_refresh_rate = 60

redraw_interval_msec = 60

prom_bootmethod = "auto"

prom_env_bootargs = ""
prom_env_machargs = ""

prom_driver_graphic = "C:\PPC\video.x"

memory_size=0x20000000

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

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0
pci_ide0_slave_image = ""

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

pci_usb_installed = 1

nvram_file = "nvram"
gamestargrinder
u know why the sdl version dont work
cause u gotta download the source file/archive look at pearpc.net
then u gotta get the ppc-sdl.exe and the dll
then u compile in cygwin

see the sdl is compiled yet u cant just stick the ppc-sdl.exe in ure current ppc directory cause thats an different version
xplatinum
Quote - (aka JAWheat411 @ Jun 1 2004, 20:12)
Hmm.
I am thinking maybe a moderator/admin here could create a PearPC section on the forums. Then move and split this topic. Or something. Getting crazy now with all these posts.

yeah cuz I'd really like to know what this SDL-0003 thing is... cuz I don't feel like looking through the past 155pages to find some info...
Rob2687
see PearPC.net for the sdl crap. i cant get it to compile though
KeR
the SDL thing is crap, I tired it and saw no difference, well except the mouse was really messed up.
Fozzieb
Quote - (Dazzla @ Jun 1 2004, 20:53)
SDL versions doesn't load for me at all.

Running "PPCSDL.exe good.config" does nothing at all

you have to comment out the full screen refresh rate
xplatinum
Quote - (Rob2687 @ Jun 1 2004, 21:09)
see PearPC.net for the sdl crap. i cant get it to compile though

But what is it suppose to do ?

I got the binaries... an exe and a dll file.

How do I use it and what do I need it for ?
Danrarbc
Quote - (Dazzla @ Jun 1 2004, 20:53)
SDL versions doesn't load for me at all.

Running "PPCSDL.exe good.config" does nothing at all

config:

CODE
ppc_start_resolution = 14
fs_refresh_rate = 60

redraw_interval_msec = 60

prom_bootmethod = "auto"

prom_env_bootargs = ""
prom_env_machargs = ""

prom_driver_graphic = "C:\PPC\video.x"

memory_size=0x20000000

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

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0
pci_ide0_slave_image = ""

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

pci_usb_installed = 1

nvram_file = "nvram"

The SDL build doesn't support the fs_refresh entry in the config file.

Remove it or comment it out and it'll run.


Beware. In Windows the keymap is messed up, it's impossible to type in the virtual Mac. The shift key is G or something, all mixed up laugh.gif


Edit: Heh, I'm a slow typer on 56k. Didn't realize someone gave the solution 2 minutes before me tongue.gif
Fozzieb
Lol, if yer not fast ....
gamestargrinder
does anyone know how to remove the 10.3.4 update i think thatll be my best bet for networking
Fozzieb
well, got networking going. Posting this in Safari biggrin.gif

Going to install the updates and see if it still works.
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