[Coco] Full GUI DriveWire 4 beta

Wed Dec 29 15:05:12 EST 2010

One thought, do you have ConfigAutosave turned off in config.xml?
That has to be on if you want to use the GUI, and having it off might
cause the disconnect between what you see in the GUI and what's in the
config.xml.

I just fired up the debian 64 VM and built from cvs to see if there is
any difference between running on linux and windows that might explain
it, but everything seems identical in operation here.

I do see that the default fonts on my linux box are quite a bit larger
than the fonts on windows.  lots of labels don't fit very well.  Do
you see the same problem on your linux box?

-Aaron

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> The rate override setting wasn't getting populated on the form.. just a typo.
> I added a setting to disable the MIDI initialization code, put
> <UseMIDI>false</UseMIDI> in the instance.
> As for the rest of the issues, I cannot reproduce them here.  Please
> update to latest CVS and see if they remain for you.
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>>
>>>> First user comment:  The simple configuration has a pulldown for port
>>>> speed,
>>>> but does not offer the 460k speed that I typically use with the DE1 fpga
>>>> CoCo 3.  Is there a way to get this to appear?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Almost all of the options from the config.xml are in the server and
>>> instance config areas of the GUI and named the same thing, but in the
>>> instance config they are divided into tabs.  The "Rate Override"
>>> setting used to run at 460k is on the last page, "Advanced".
>>
>> -----------
>>
>> Ok, found it.  But, it is not "taking" this setting.  When I enter 460800 it
>> asks me if I want to reset the server.  I pick "ok", go away from the tab,
>> then back.  Now it's blank again.  The override is not being saved to the UI
>> xml file either.
>>
>> After attempting this, the server goes into a continuous loop of:
>>
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:17:25 WARN  [dwproto-0-8   ] lhandler.DWProtocolHandler:
>> resetting protocol device
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:17:25 DEBUG [dwproto-0-8   ] ocolhandler.DWSerialDevice:
>> shutting down
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:17:25 ERROR [dwproto-0-8   ] lhandler.DWProtocolHandler:
>> Serial mode requires both SerialDevice and CocoModel to be set, cannot use
>> this configuration
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:17:25 DEBUG [dwproto-0-8   ] ocolhandler.DWSerialDevice: died
>> while in read1
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:17:25 DEBUG [dwproto-0-8   ] lhandler.DWProtocolHandler:
>> cannot access the device.. maybe it has not been configured or maybe it does
>> not exist
>>
>> ... etc, etc. until killed.   Both serial device and coco mode are set,
>> FWIW.
>>
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>>
>> Slightly different subject: MIDI.  I get a traceback at server startup:
>>
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:18:16 DEBUG [dwproto-0-8   ] rtualserial.DWVSerialPorts:
>> initialize internal midi synth
>> javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException: Can not open line
>>        at
>> com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1132)
>>        at
>> com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1036)
>>        at
>> com.groupunix.drivewireserver.virtualserial.DWVSerialPorts.setMIDIDevice(DWVSerialPorts.java:674)
>>        at
>> com.groupunix.drivewireserver.virtualserial.DWVSerialPorts.<init>(DWVSerialPorts.java:71)
>>        at
>> com.groupunix.drivewireserver.dwprotocolhandler.DWProtocolHandler.run(DWProtocolHandler.java:157)
>>        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
>> Caused by: javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixer.openImpl(PulseAudioMixer.java:714)
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixer.openLocal(PulseAudioMixer.java:588)
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixer.openLocal(PulseAudioMixer.java:584)
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixer.open(PulseAudioMixer.java:579)
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioDataLine.open(PulseAudioDataLine.java:95)
>>        at
>> org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioSourceDataLine.open(PulseAudioSourceDataLine.java:75)
>>        at
>> com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1077)
>>        ... 5 more
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:18:17 WARN  [dwproto-0-8   ] rtualserial.DWVSerialPorts:
>> Error loading soundbank: cannot get soundbank from stream
>> 29 Dec 2010 10:18:17 DEBUG [dwproto-0-8   ] rtualserial.DWVSerialPorts:
>> MIDI: set profile to 'gm'
>>
>>
>> In the Linux user community, PulseAudio is generally regarded as "Pulse! No
>> audio!" due to it's horribly buggy behavior.  I do not and cannot use it,
>> since it kills all sound output (Linux sound is a hopeless mess, IMHO).
>>
>> What incantation do I need to prevent the server from attempting to access
>> sound in this manner?  If it's Pulse-but-no-audio or nothing, I'll take the
>> latter.
>>
>> ---------
>>
>> Generally, the GUI does not seem to reflect or "lock" to any of the
>> instances in my server XML configuration.  I enter "DriveWire4", which is
>> the name of the first instance and it does not seem to obtain or understand
>> any of the settings.  The XML has:
>>
>> <Name>DriveWire4</Name>
>>
>>    <DeviceType>serial</DeviceType>
>>
>>    <!-- set serial rate for DE1 fpga -->
>>
>>    <RateOverride>460800</RateOverride>
>>
>>    <!-- Port to listen on, for use with MESS -->
>>
>>    <TCPDevicePort>65504</TCPDevicePort>
>>
>>   <!-- device name, like COM1 on windows or /dev/ttyS0 on linux -->
>>
>>   <SerialDevice>/dev/ttyUSB0</SerialDevice>
>>
>> ...
>>
>> but the instance dialog defaults to blank for the device name and offers
>> only ttyS0 on the pull down.  If I manually enter /dev/ttyUSB0, it is not
>> retained in the dialog.  The baud rate is not picked up either.
>>
>> Any ideas or things you'd like me to try?  It seems like the UI is in a
>> different universe from my server config :-).
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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