Amiga OS 3.9 and FS-UAE

[Bladeforce]

Hi, now i dont know if this is an fs-uae problem in the settings or if it is standard amiga os stuff but I will try anyway

I have installed Amiga OS 3.9 with picasso in fs-uae and everything seems to work fine except (and i do not know if this is how the amiga os was back in the day) the desktop has scroll bars. I have set 1024x768x32 and it sets fine except the desktop scrolls. ie. I have to scroll down to see the trashcan. Is this the norm or do i have to find a little setting somewhere either in workbench or fs-uae that will show the whole desktop?

Any old school boffins to help?

Many thanks

[amigafreak68k]

Please look as the Screenmode prefs have set to default values in height and width. If there bigger valaues, the Workbench screen may have scroll bars...

[Bladeforce]

Hi yes i have that already checked I have upload a screenshot of what it looks like
Thanks

[diablothe2nd]

without any windows open (and left click on a blank spot on the desktop just to make sure no other window is selected), you need to hold rmb and go to the very top left of the screen, and let go on "Backdrop"

then rmb again > window > snapshot > snapshot all

and it will remember next time you boot

[Bladeforce]

thanks diablo worked great many thanks!!

[diablothe2nd]

you're welcome buddy!

[Bladeforce]

Thanks for that one would have any experience with this error when tring to open anything from the utilities or preferences menus?

cannot open "resource.library" version 44

It seems to have been working fine but i just installed worms directors cut, which works fine but i'm getting that error when trying to run any utilities or preferences! doh!

Having fun for sure with this haha

Thanks if you can

[diablothe2nd]

most of the missing files and weirdness from a fresh 3.9 installation can be resolved by installing "BoingBags". BoingBag 1 corrects cockups that were made with the first release of OS3.9. You can get them here:

http://os.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=12

once you've installed BB1, do a cold reboot (which is restart [not reset] under the uae F12 window, then install BB2. This should correct most issues.

Going further than BB2 though requires a little more knowledge. Best to just get things working first and get yourself accustomed to it before making more extensive changes

[Bladeforce]

ok thanks but having tried what you have said i have mounted a small folder on my host for a drive in amiga os 3.9 now boing is in lha format and when i try to double click it i get the same error as above when trying to open the lha unarchiver program, sheesh lol

Thanks

[diablothe2nd]

try this. you'll need to run it from the cli (rmb in top left again > execute command, in dialogue type cli and press ok.

just put the boingbag and lha.run into the same folder.

cd to it as you would with windows dos prompt.


lha x BoingBag39-1.lha ram:

and go look in your ram drawer

edit, WHOOPS! forgot to add the link to LHA:

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lha

[prowler]

IIRC, the Amiga OS 3.9 UnArc program is broken, and that's what causing this error.

Download LHARun for Aminet, and use that to extract the BoingBag 1 archive. Installing the BoingBag 1 Update should fix the UnArc program.

Edit: Beaten to the post by Diablothe2nd!

[Bladeforce]

i rmb and select execute command and nothing happens

[diablothe2nd]

have you got other windows open that are hiding it? you can cycle through windows by clicking the double square button in the top right of the window.

execute command pops up a dialogue which you type "cli" into without quotes, or just navigate to System drawer where you installed OS3.9 and double click the Shell icon there

[Bladeforce]

ok cool i managed to get the cli open but how and where is the mounted drive on the host? i presume if you mean by it's like dos i use "cd" but i cant see where to browse to after i input "dir" i got a list but nothing corresponds to the mounted drive

[diablothe2nd]

where did you put bb1 and lha.run?

actually lets make this easier, as you'll only be deleting the files once installed anyway.

copy lha.run and bb1.lha to your ram folder and close the ram folder window.

in the cli type:

ram:lha x ram:BoingBag39-1.lha ram:

press return. a load of text will scroll up the screen. when it stops, open your ram folder again, rmb >window > show > show all, and you should see a folder called boingbag. in that will be the installer you can double click

[diablothe2nd]

actually thinking about it, the command MIGHT be:

run ram:lha.run x ram:BoingBag39-1.lha ram:

try that if my previous one didn't work

[Bladeforce]

ok moved them to ram drawer, all there. i open the cli and enter the line exactly as you put with .run after the first ram:lha(.run) it errors out if i dont have the .run and it loads the lhasfx program (c) Stefan somebody or another then it says
Filename.run -? for help then i get operation successful but there is no folder in my ram drawer :/

Edit tried it also with your second command same thing

[diablothe2nd]

one sec, lemmie just go through the process myself on my uae as my memory maybe lacking slightly lol

[diablothe2nd]

AHA! my apologies. it appears Lha.run is a self extracting archive.

just type RAM:lha.run and hit enter

THEN you should be able to use:

ram:lha_68k x ram:BoingBag39-1.lha ram:

EDIT - damn, there's so much ramming and boinging coming from this thread, people will start raising eyebrows

[Bladeforce]

ok i run ram:lha.run and it extracts some files successfully then i enter the command you wrote and it says lha_68k unknown command yet it said they were successfully extracted lol