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KolibriOS allows some configures for user requirements. This file describes
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such settings.
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For this it is required to change files on ramdisk. If you boot from floppy,
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there is no problem - change files on floppy. If you use floppy image
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kolibri.img - either use program which can work with images (for example,
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WinImage or DiskExplorer) or make changes from Kolibri and do not forget to
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save ramdisk (with the application rdsave).
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1. Desktop background.
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a) Replace in the file autorun.dat (it is text file) the parameter for
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the program kiv ("\S__background.jpg") the name of file to the full
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Kolibri-path to JPEG-, BMP-, GIF- or PNG-image which you like. It will be
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new background. background.jpg now can be deleted.
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b) Replace in the file autorun.dat "/RD/1/KIV \S__background.jpg" to
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"/rd/1/PIC4" (spaces are ignored by the loader program). You can delete
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BACKGROUND.JPG. New background will be nice texture.
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For programmers: you can change texture and color, for this in file
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pic4.asm from distributive sources change:
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* to change texture: value of variable usearray (string 585)
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from ptarray to any of ptarray2,ptarray3, ..., ptarray9.
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* to change color: in procedure check_parameters find string with
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the appropriate comment (string 127) and add to 0x40000 1 or 2.
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After changes recompile pic4, by request pack with kpack (in
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distributive is so), inject to ramdisk.
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c) Two previous points sets background for a long time (until next
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reinstall). It is possible also after Kolibri boot to set background
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until next reboot in programs kiv, iconedit, pic4, tinyfrac.
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2. Configure system menu.
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Data for system menu are placed in text file menu.dat. It can be edited
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in any editor keeping format. If you use Kolibri TINYPAD, you
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must disable option "optimal fill on saving".
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3. Configure autorun.
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The list of programs, loading when system boots, is read out from
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text file autorun.dat. It can be changed in any editor keeping format.
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For example, you can add as first item start of application startmus
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(delay 1, without arguments) to hear distinctive melody each time at
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booting.
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For programmers: you can change melody, for this edit file startmus.asm
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from distributive sources: there you can choose melody from three existing
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or add your own - format of melody is explained in documentation on
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subfunction 55 of function 55.
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4. Icons list.
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The list of desktop icons is kept in text file icons.dat, but to
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change the list it is recommended to use icon manager icon (which can
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be run from desktop context menu). Images for icons are kept in file
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iconstrp.gif, which must be edited by external graphics editor.
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5. Skin.
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The skin can be viewed and changed dynamically with the application
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desktop; after you choose most likely for you skin, you can make it
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permanent by replace file default.skn, from which system loads skin at
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booting. Standard skin is included to ramdisk, some alternative skins can
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be found in distributive in the folder Skins. You can also create your own
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skin, for detailed comments look at distributive sources.
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6. Sound.
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Driver sound.obj, which is located on ramdisk by default, is intended for
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south bridges Intel ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5, ICH6, ICH7 and
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NVidia NForce, NForce 2, NForce 3, NForce 4. If you have SB16-compatible
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sound card, remove sound.obj and rename sb16.obj from the folder 'drivers'
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to sound.obj. If you have controller sis7012, rename sis.obj from root
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folder in distributive to sound.obj and copy it to floppy or image to
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the folder 'drivers' (replacing old). The driver fm801.obj can be useful
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for ForceMedia FM801 controller, the driver vt8235.obj - for VIA chipsets,
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the driver emu10k1x.obj - for EMU10K1X audioprocessor, all are intended to
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similar with previous case use: copy it to the folder 'drivers' as
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'sound.obj', replacing the old file.
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7. Bus Disconnect.
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The application KBD (Kolibri Bus Disconnect) allows to disconnect processor
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bus in order to decrease its temperature, a side effect is noise in AC97
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codecs. The application can be loaded automatically at system boot, to do
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this add to autorun (file autorun.dat, see 3) a line of the form
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"/RD/1/KBD BOOT 20 # Enable Bus Disconnect for AMD K7 processors".
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8. Network settings.
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Initial network configuration is read at boot from the ini file
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/rd/1/network/zeroconf.ini. You can set automatic detection with DHCP
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("type=zeroconf") or fixed IP addresses ("type=static").
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9. Configuration of videomode for ATI videocards.
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The driver for ATI can set required screen resolution with refresh rate
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at system startup, if they are supported. The list of supported modes
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can be obtained with the utility VMODE, it allows also manual mode setting.
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To set the mode at startup one must pass to the loader ATIKMS, described
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in AUTORUN.DAT, the argument -m<width>x<height>x<refresh>, e.g.
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/RD/1/DRIVERS/ATIKMS -m1024x768x60 -1
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Pay attention that the format of autorun.dat does not allow spaces in
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command line, so there must be no other arguments.
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Also one can disable ability to change videomodes and all linked actions
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at startup by passing the argument -n. The driver will still support
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hardware cursor. To fully disable the driver, one can simply delete
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the line with ATIKMS from autorun.dat.
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