Picasso96 problem

01 June 2006, 00:08

I just installed Picasso96 on my harddisk but it doesn't seem to work. I have tried to install it 5 times now before i went to look for help. Just to let you know that i searched the boards here but the latest one that addressed my problem and a solution for it dated back from 2002. So when i reboot after the install this is what i get:

Picasso96: Could not create graphics board context for 'uaegfx',
please check your Picasso96 installation!

As i said before there was a solution for it but that was apparently for previous versions of WINUae as they said you have to set your RTG memory to 4 MB. Since that setting is greyed out and inactive in WINUae 1.2 im totally stuck now. Maybe i'm missing something? I can tell you it's driving me crazy for days, so i really hope to find some help here, that would be greatly appreciated.

andreas · 01 June 2006, 00:16

OK, I've investigated this a little bit.
The greyed-out / not-greyed-out is determined by the CPU.

RTG is only selectable if CPU = ...
- 68020
- 68020+FPU
- 68040

Although it escapes me why 68EC020 should not work with P96; this is the CPU used in stock A1200 machines. That the option is disabled with the EC020 appears a bit bizarre to me...

01 June 2006, 00:33

Woow awesome it finally works, you were right mate. Now i have the problem that it says that the lib needs to be updated but it seems to work without doing it. Anyway i can't thank you enough, i'm one step closer to a perfect Workbench.

Toni Wilen · 01 June 2006, 07:56

There is nothing bizarre. 24-bit address space has not much free space for display RAM.

2MB chip: 8MB max display RAM. Totally useless configuration..
4MB chip (or 2MB+2MB): 4MB max display RAM. Could be usable but..
more chip or fast: no space for RTG RAM..

z00mba · 04 June 2006, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Korgy

Woow awesome it finally works, you were right mate. Now i have the problem that it says that the lib needs to be updated but it seems to work without doing it. Anyway i can't thank you enough, i'm one step closer to a perfect Workbench.

But you really should do the update! You just have to replace the rtgmaster.library installed on your Amiga side by the one included in WinUAE/Amiga Programs/ folder and that's all. You'll get much better performance than with stock Picasso 2 installation and less error. The Amiga emulation really need this extra speed as it's not very fast (I'm not blaming (Win)UAE).

01 June 2006, 00:08	#1
Korgy Posts: n/a	Picasso96 problem I just installed Picasso96 on my harddisk but it doesn't seem to work. I have tried to install it 5 times now before i went to look for help. Just to let you know that i searched the boards here but the latest one that addressed my problem and a solution for it dated back from 2002. So when i reboot after the install this is what i get: Picasso96: Could not create graphics board context for 'uaegfx', please check your Picasso96 installation! As i said before there was a solution for it but that was apparently for previous versions of WINUae as they said you have to set your RTG memory to 4 MB. Since that setting is greyed out and inactive in WINUae 1.2 im totally stuck now. Maybe i'm missing something? I can tell you it's driving me crazy for days, so i really hope to find some help here, that would be greatly appreciated.

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01 June 2006, 00:16	#2
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	OK, I've investigated this a little bit. The greyed-out / not-greyed-out is determined by the CPU. RTG is only selectable if CPU = ... - 68020 - 68020+FPU - 68040 Although it escapes me why 68EC020 should not work with P96; this is the CPU used in stock A1200 machines. That the option is disabled with the EC020 appears a bit bizarre to me...

01 June 2006, 00:33	#3
Korgy Posts: n/a	Woow awesome it finally works, you were right mate. Now i have the problem that it says that the lib needs to be updated but it seems to work without doing it. Anyway i can't thank you enough, i'm one step closer to a perfect Workbench.

01 June 2006, 07:56	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,534	There is nothing bizarre. 24-bit address space has not much free space for display RAM. 2MB chip: 8MB max display RAM. Totally useless configuration.. 4MB chip (or 2MB+2MB): 4MB max display RAM. Could be usable but.. more chip or fast: no space for RTG RAM..

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