[Coco] pf for epson for drivewire

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Monday 01 April 2013 11:42:18 Aaron Wolfe did opine:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>> > I just checked and Aaron, whats the biggest file I can us as a
>> > drivewire disk?  The one I have been using as a scratchpad is now
>> > over 10 megs.
>>
>> DW uses a 24 bit LSN, so 4 GB is max device size.  Max
>> filesystem/volume size will depend on the CoCo side software.  I
>> believe NitrOS9 is fine with 4 GB.
>>
> In other words, NP unless linux has a problem with a 4+Gb file.  :)
>
> Thanks Aaron.  I just rebooted this machine, and haven't restarted dw yet,
> but I switched to the new package, so it should Just Work(TM) it says here.
>
> But when do we fix the coco's client so that this machine can be rebooted
> without crashing the coco? It only works if I have it running here, and go
> reset the coco3.  So I'll do that next, brb.
>
> Murphy has arisen from the dead, I thought I'd outlived that jerk.
>
> Because even as root, no runnee. Says unk option -XstartOnFirstThread. I
> had moved all my .xml files to the new version from 4.3.1g.
>
> Humm -XstartOnFirstThread does not grep in the *.xml's  Took that out of my
> starter command script.  Now it doesn't load the default disks.  Why not?
>

-XstartOnFirstThread is a Java VM option that is only needed (and only
valid) on Macs.

There are 3 OS specific scipts/launchers:

DW4UI.exe is for Windows
DW4UI.command is for Macs (and contains the -XstartOnFirstThread option)
DW4UI.sh is for Linux/*nix

You can also just double click on DW4UI.jar on many systems, or enter
the command:

java -jar DW4UI.jar

> Loaded them ok by hand, now go reboot the coco3.  No connect.  The coco
> probes them by attempted cd's before opening a shell window in its startup,
> and I see those tx blinks on the usb interface, but no response from this
> machine, so obviously my copying the xml files over didn't work.  OPen the
> editor, serial port is COM14???  S/B /dev/ttyUSB0, tried both ttyUSB's,
> doesn't work.
>
> Opening the load or save file buttons also see no .xml files.  I'll switch
> the directory link back to the 4.3.1g tree & retest.  And had to nuke that
> same option in that DW4UI.command java invocation file too.  And it still
> did not load the default disk, had to do it by hand.  So, now, go reboot
> coco3 again.  Nope, no server.  Open config editor & its AFU again, from
> the old, did work just fine, *.xml files.
>
> Fooled around for another half an hour and finally got it to start with the
> selected disk images loaded.  And the config editor says the correct usb
> port is being used, which turned out to be ttyUSB1.  But still no heartbeat
> from the coco.  The USB circuit is good, I just printed a test page from
> cups to the printer on top of the coco's desk, all the same wire to the
> final hub down there.
>
> I'm fresh out of ideas Aaron, what else do I check?  It was working, and
> had been since the last reboot 2 weeks ago, I had even gotten a dir from
> /x1 on it 2 hours ago.
>

Do not use the DW4UI.command file.  It is for Macs.  Use the DW4UI.sh
file or just type:

java -jar DW4UI.jar

(or fire that command off any way you'd like)

Try a "killall java" at the linux prompt to make sure we don't have
orphaned processes hanging around.

Then open DW and use the Simple Config wizard from the Config menu.

Does it find your serial port?  If not, we may have a permissions
issue.  If so, complete the simple wizard and see if things start
working.

-Aaron


> Here is my DW4UI.command file:
> #!/bin/sh
> cd ${0%/*}
>
> java -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -jar DW4UI.jar --backup --nomidi &
>
> Your turn?
>
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