[Coco] DWTCPDevice cannot be cast to DWSerialDevice

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 17 November 2014 10:26:15 Bill Pierce via Coco did opine
And Gene did reply:
> You can also get the version by typing "dw se st" (dw server status) in
> either the dw4 console cmd line (bottom of the gui) or from OS9 cmd
> line on the Coco (dw must be in /dd/cmds)
> 
> 
> Bill Pierce
> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens

I wasn't aware that could be done from a terminal on the coco3, but there 
I get this:
{t2|08}/DD:dw se st
DriveWire version 4.3.3o (06/21/2013) status:

Total memory:  63360 KB
Free memory:   27047 KB

Now, to Aaron:

I just found the error log in drivewire.
And regardless of whether I try to start a shell on an /n or on a /z 
descriptor, the error log on the server says: (and the numbers do not 
change)

DWVPorthand dwproto-0-10 Unknown API command:'{N1|03/DD:Error #216 - Path 
Name Not Found'

A dump of the descriptor show the drivername and filemanager, and both are 
in memory as they are part of the OS9Boot file.  A dump of z1.dd:
Address   0 1  2 3  4 5  6 7  8 9  A B  C D  E F  0 2 4 6 8 A C E
-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----  ----------------
00000000 87CD 003B 002E F187 D600 3000 3343 07FF  .M.;..q.V.0.3C..
00000010 111C 0000 0100 0101 0000 1808 180D 1B04  ................
00000020 0117 0305 0807 0002 002E 0000 5018 5AB1  ............P.Z1
00000030 5343 C673 6364 77F6 7ED7 7B              SCFscdwv~W{

and mdir  shows:
{t2|08}/DD:mdir      

   Module Directory at 11:15:01
REL         Boot        Krn         KrnP2       KrnP3       KrnP4    
IOMan       Init        RBF         rbdw        dwio        X0       
X1          RBSuper     lltc3       DD          S1          SH       
rb1773      D0          D1          D2          SCF         VTIO     
KeyDrv      SndDrv      JoyDrv      CoGrf       sc6551      Term     
W           W1          W2          W3          W4          W7       
scdwv       N           N1          N2          N3          Z1       
Z2          Z3          t2          scdwp       p           PipeMan  
Piper       Pipe        Clock       Clock2      GrfDrv      Shell    
Date        DeIniz      Echo        Iniz        Link        Load     
Save        Unlink      MDir        

So scdwv is in memory, so whats the Error #216 that the server logs really 
telling me?

Thanks a bunch for clues.  If it means anything, this nvidia video card on 
this machine is being driven by the nouveau driver.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 10:04 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DWTCPDevice cannot be cast to DWSerialDevice
> 
> 
> Drivewire uses the standard *major.minor**[.build[.revision]]* version
> system.
> 
> 4 is the major, 3 is the minor, 3 is the build, and O is the revision. 
> The previous revision was N.  The next would be P.
> 
> 4.3.3O is the current version.
> 
> 
> I think there has been confusion because an O on a Coco VDG screen
> looks like a zero if you aren't too familiar with the character set,
> and the about screen in DW uses a VDG screen to display the version.
> 
> The version is also displayed on the console when the server starts, in
> the log file, on the GUI screen at startup if you are viewing the
> command screen, during the "check for new version" wizard, and can be
> displayed any time from GUI or the CoCo in OS9 using the DW command. 
> All of these would probably use a less ambiguous font for the letter
> O.
> 
> On Nov 17, 2014 9:51 AM, "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 17 November 2014 08:32:26 Jens did opine
> > 
> > And Gene did reply:
> > > Am 17.11.2014 um 00:06 schrieb Aaron Wolfe:
> > > > There is no 4.3.3 "zero".  Only 4.3.3o, which is therefore likely
> > > > the version you have.
> > > 
> > > Yes, i see it now that Help/About print 4.3.3o and not 4.3.30 ;)
> > > Sorry...
> > 
> > Mine does print 4.3.30 06/21/2013, but no new version is available
> > when I have it check, and FWIW, that response is reported, IMO,
> > faster than it could possibly go online and check...
> > 
> > So, is there, or is there not a newer version than 4.3.30?
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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