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I have never found kernel 3.10 sources available. Some of the earlier beta 3.0 sources are out there but not the final version.
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It would be pretty nice to get the intel igp working native/accelerated like i815e (framebuffer no such device...) Do you have any clue why on some of my older machines only the original kernel is working, every newer kernel leads to two blinking lights on the keyboard, regardless what I do. There must be something different on the later kernel from bernie and every other one that came later. The FSC-E600 muted AD1980 problem could not be fixed. the crazy thing seems that sbemu that fixed it for my FSC-E600 seems to break the other implementation of the AD1980 of the FSC-C100...that bug/false wiring is really the pain in the ass. so thank you for your work. I will report later... |
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So...working with Milan...I am very close to completing my Amithlon/Epia Kernel4 build.
I have 4 functional USB ports and the Epia onboard Ethernet card is working. at some point I will also have AC97 sound. In the meantime I have created a top cover for the Hush case...with a strategically placed sink drainer plug hole directly above the cpu fan..not that it generates an excessive amount of heat anyway. Never had a cover for the Hush it was aquired without it. I'm in 2 minds as to spraying the whole cover grey/silver ...but looks ok in white ? Also ..having built the Amithlon OS on a 120gb IDE hard drive...I took an image with HD clone..and wrote this to a micro SD card (128gb) ..and fitted an adapter in place of the Hard drive. This gives a a bit more space to play with..reduces power loading of the pico psu...a gives me space to fit a single PCI card with a right angled riser pcb. Pleased it is I am. ..and a big THANX to Milan for taking the time to help me. |
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Choosing a graphics card for Amithlon Posted on July 5, 2018 by snkbitten There are a limited number of supported graphics cards for Amithlon. NVidia, Matrox, ATI and even Voodoo. Some better than others, though it still revolves around older linux 2.4 framebuffer support. Going through the kernel and gathering what we can find, this is the support breakdown for acceleration with each card type. This is information based on kernel 4.
Acceleration options defined in the kernel: (1)FILL_RECT / (2)COPY_RECT / (3)BLIT_TEMP / (4)COPY_RECT_COMPLETE / (5)DRAW_LINE nvidia: (1)FILL_RECT / (2)COPY_RECT / (3)BLIT_TEMP / (4)COPY_RECT_COMPLETE / (5)DRAW_LINE matrox*: (1)FILL_RECT / (2)COPY_RECT / (3)BLIT_TEMP / (5)COPY_RECT_COMPLETE / (5)DRAW_LINE radeon: (1)FILL_RECT / (2)COPY_RECT / (3)BLIT_TEMP / (4)COPY_RECT_COMPLETE / (5)DRAW_LINE voodoo: (1)FILL_RECT / (2)COPY_RECT / (3)BLIT_TEMP / (4)COPY_RECT_COMPLETE / (5)DRAW_LINE We can definitely see that overall nVidia has the most enabled acceleration functions with the Matrox and Radeon cards each dropping a different function. The Voodoo is the least supported and would be close to standard VESA framebuffer. I’ve not had a functioning PCI Radeon card, I believe AGP cards are the ones that work in Amithlon (based off a few laptops with AGP Radeon cards known to work). Matrox has both PCI and PCIe cards that work and nVidia has both AGP and PCI cards working. I have no feedback from anyone using a Voodoo card with Amithlon. Still working through what we can, hopefully gaining more insight in to how Amithlon functions with as much specifics/details as possible. ------------ * for matrox there should be a difference between mystique/millenium and G100/200/400/450/550. btw. I did not get amithlon working with the G100, for G200 and up everything is OK, the G100 seems to be broken because VESA is broken in this one and the early matrox cards require "video=matrox" and "video=dovesa". Has anyone tested witch ATI and other cards are supported by this kernel ? http://aminet.net/package/misc/os/newkernel2 This is an alternative updated kernel from the archive "newkernel.lha" which can be found on the aminet. Only try this kernel if "newkernel.lha" does not work for you. It was derived from the same kernel sources as the kernel found in the archive "newkernel.lha". ie. Linux version 2.4.19-pre4 It supports some ATI series graphics cards and some other graphics cards.This kernel does *NOT* support nVidia cards, Matrox cards, or the generic VESA BIOS driver. I can't find anything about what cards are meant here and how they perform e.g. whitch acceleration they offer. perhaps it would e helpfull to see what gfx-cards this linux-kernel supports, perhaps this indicates what is meant here. for me as a retro gamer the older stuff is much more interesting as the very latest that is supported. Last edited by dr.zeissler; 09 June 2024 at 11:46. |
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@SnkBitten
I got amithlon installed on VMware Workstation however as you can see, it really doesn't like the emulated video card. Do you have any ideas? |
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I've only used Virtualbox which supports pretty much everything except video acceleration (vesa modes only). I suspect VMware Workstation to be similar in video support
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There seems to be more AGA Software that runs directly on amithlon. No UAE. see APX-Demos 25:30 Sorry for german language...there is more to come.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine: "Krake" Big-Tower - Asus TX-97 SuperSockel 7 Intel Chipsatz - AMD K6-III+ 450Mhz (FSB 75Mhz) - 256MB SD-Ram (2x128MB) - 3,5" 1,44MB + 5,25 1,2MB (Onboard FDC) - 3,5" 1,44MB + 5,25 360KB (Catweasel ISA Controller) - 20GB IDE + 60GB IDE HDD - ATI-Rage Pro PCI 8MB - 3dfx Voodoo1 6MB (MiroHighscore) - GravisUltrasound (ISA) - Soundblaster Live (PCI) - Realtek 8029 10MBit Ethernet (PCI) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3456
Please try it on your amithlon (without UAE of course) |
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Then read its readme, and saw it says: AGA or CGX. The demo itself supports RTG. So it is suitable to be run on Amithlon. ![]() |
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It would be hell of a lot work to test all the existing stuff against amithlon...
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Could you test it out at some point? What's weird is after installing AmithlonUpdate131 the video modes disappear. |
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