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crossconnect4u

Oct 09, 2019

Edited: Oct 15, 2019

Amibian 1.5 beta quick notes:

Compiled notes about quick fixes and bugs in 1.5 beta (Syntax Error Party Edition): This is a beta version of Amibian 1.5. Work in progress... - No Pi 4. No Pi 3A+ No Pi 3B+...Yet... Works on Pi 3 and likely most earlier Editions: 512MB versions may cause problems.

This beta version will not be update-able. The emulator however is.

There are a few bugs on there, but no lethal ones 😉

Most annoying one is that USB flash drives don't work (mount) as is to copy files. - To fix: sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service

- Change MountFlags=slave to MountFlags=shared

- Save and Reboot. Path of 1st USB Drive will likely be /media/usb0/, (not /mnt/Volume ID as in 1.4) Files will go in /home/Amibian/amiga-files/ (not /root/ like 1.4)

- Seems to forget ROM File used in config. Have to re-attach every time you reload the emulator or a profile. - There may be an issue remembering exact paths of files (ROMs, Floppies, HDDs)

(This turned out to be a corruption issue; after re-imaging it remembered settings)

- Directories may fail to allow writing. recommend use sudo when launching files: i.e. > sudo mc, or > sudo chmod -R 777 [path of HDD files tree you want to be able to write to: +RWX] > sudo raspiconf etc etc... - Copies in mc seem to stall...very bad!! Not just in Amibian... Think this may be my hardware issue. SD card Corruption is common for me right now...both emu and hdf files. - Keyboard quirk with X and P. There was a setting fix to turn off bug ( forums / facebook) - Keyboard bug: the "p"= p2 and x = "x + CR" is another issue - [find forum /FB fix link]

Good things: - I had some luck with RTG. >DBLPAL (640x512), 800x600, 720p, 1080p Noted Picasso96 has uaegfx awareness. (http://aminet.net) OS 3.9 does too; has device in devs/monitors - Still working on easy answers and process / explanation for implementing RTG. It has been quirky and I do not fully understand yet. - Both ClassicWB and AmigaSYS 4 (A1200, A4000, and Amiga Forever Editions) work, with web browsing. (FTP and other net protocols like FTP and IRC may have issues. Still to play with TCP stacks and look at my systems that work... I have 4 ways to emulate available. - Was able to get WiFI AND Bluetooth both working. (Internal WiFi, BT Mouse and Apple Wireless BT Keyboard this go around) no more yanking my Pi off the table! WiFi: (set country in raspiconf, edit SSID and key by typing wifi) (may not need sudo here) - before my devices staarted acting up it worked great!! Having write errors have new PSU on the way+ paying more attention to cooling. BT: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138145 what i did was -similar- bluetooth capability installed in 1.5b but may need to be turned on, I also scanned for device IDs. sudo hciconfig / sudo hcitool scan <-- (all i did... here...) Other notes for later... in the [bluetooth]# type agent on followed by default-agent / To pair type pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is your BD address of the device you want to pair / Next type trust xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Resatarting my 1.5 image due to corruption. Thus these notes... want BT & USB.

12 comments

12 Comments

ClassiC

Nov 26, 2020

change overscan settings

raymondmadden1268

Aug 03, 2020

Thanks for the comments. I actually did rewrite the image - we'll see how it goes. With regard the the beta (or non-beta), you still have to make a donation to the author and he sends a link to the download site. He did mention that a newer version will be available in the near future - everyone who donated will receive a link for that download as well. I like the look of 1.5, and I know it's a beta - so I'm not really carping about the technical issues - it's just to see if others have experienced the same problems and found a way to overcome them. Again, thank you for the input. I really appreciate it.

mbergan1

Nov 26, 2020

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I have the same issue with the mouse button not working properly, at lease in so much as it is not accurately clicking on the buttons, ie if you hold the pointer above or below, sometimes it will click on what you want.

crossconnect4u

Aug 02, 2020

funny, I never had any mouse problems on any version. Check/swap batteries, reflash image? Try different mouse ? I have had random problems. Turned out hard disk was failing on computer I was flashing from.

raymondmadden1268

Aug 02, 2020

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Thanks for the input. The mouse is brand new (as are the batteries). I have tried various mice - same result. The hard drive on my laptop is an SD card ... not a physical hard drive.

raymondmadden1268

Aug 02, 2020

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Further to my notes above, the keyboard & mouse (the keyboard has a mouse pad built in - it's not a separate mouse) work just fine on the RPi 3. They also work just fine on the RPi 4 running Raspian and Twister operating systems as well as the Pimiga install. Weird.

crossconnect4u

Aug 02, 2020

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At this point I would probably rewrite the image. I had no problem there but elsewhere due to a bad write or bad media. There are softwares to test the media too. If the rewrite works you probably had data corrupted. (Hard shut off incomplate shutdown, heat, power issue etc. also can try writing from a different computer Or redownloading image. I used hardwire initially for install then bluetoooh thereafter. (Another option if you can find a way to launch software). Good luck. There is a non beta out now as well. Don’t know the current distribution policy. I have been out of the loop for a little while...

raymondmadden1268

Aug 01, 2020

Hmmm, I saw the post regarding keyboard configuration through the "help" option. I did change the layout for the US. However, the mouse button still doesn't work. So, when I go to "load" the configuration I created, I'm boot out to the Amibian options screen. Any ideas on how to correct this?

raymondmadden1268

Aug 01, 2020

I was successful in downloading the 1.5 beta as well as flashing the image to an SD card. Amibian did boot (took a bit of time .. but it works). What I've noticed is that while the keyboard works just fine, the mouse buttons do not work. The mouse scrolls around the screen just fine .. it's just that Amibian won't recognize the mouse clicks. Is there a setting that I need to adjust?

crossconnect4u

Mar 30, 2020

Will have a look

stanond55

Mar 06, 2020

I downloaded and am using the beta version 1.5 and so far so good. I entered Ambian desktop and the key board is off. I could not change it to US where shift 2 gets me the at sign. Even after using sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration and sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. Suggestions please. My hyphen key is ö. Icelandic keyboard maybe

kimo

Mar 30, 2020

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Not sure this will solve the issue but I was just reading through the help files and in section 2 - Amibian Desktop he says you have to manually change and save the keyboard layout you want. He said it is because of a bug. Basically when you are at the main Amibian menu in version 1.5, take option 7. Help and scroll down just a little bit to section 2.