PUAE 2.4.0 beta series

[GnoStiC]

now that fs-uae is out (and i believe it'll have JIT soon), you'd better go with it

[nexusle]

Is this the dead of PUAE?!

[GnoStiC]

nope i'll always work on Amiga Emulation one way or another..

but let's be honest, fs-uae provides what most amiga emulator users need and more. and i believe at one point Frode will also code a nice polished GUI for advanced users

Originally Posted by nexusle

Is this the dead of PUAE?!

[demether]

nope i'll always work on Amiga Emulation one way or another..

You can take a look on aros classic amiga emulation/integration if you don't know what to do

[dreamkatcha]

GnoStiC, just wanted to add that despite the existence of FS-UAE I really appreciate the work you've put into PUAE and hope you continue to improve it in future.

As demether said, PUAE remains the better solution for Amiga emulation on low-end computers.

[lesta_smsc]

Kudos to your hard work Gnostic! PUAE reminded me of Fellow... ran very well on older machines!

[Mequa]

Originally Posted by GnoStiC

but let's be honest, fs-uae provides what most amiga emulator users need and more.

While I appreciate the hard work Frode has put into FS-UAE, from what I've seen it's not a feature-complete implementation of UAE but has several features removed. I'm not sure if newer versions of FS-UAE intend to have full WinUAE-like functionality, but from my impression PUAE was meant to bring the full feature set of WinUAE to non-Windows platforms, while FS-UAE focuses on a smaller feature set.

As such, I'd like to see a feature-complete updated non-Windows-only UAE, whether based on PUAE or FS-UAE. So I think PUAE development could fill this void, if Frode prefers to keep FS-UAE features limited for compatibility/gaming/media centre-like use.

There certainly seems room for both UAE's, so I hope FS-UAE development doesn't discourage further work on PUAE. Perhaps both could exchange sources (as well as building on WinUAE of course) to speed up development?

[ipp0]

Mhh. I never got P-UAE compiling. Now Version 2.4.1 gives me:

make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src/gui-qt'
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../src -I../../src/include -I../../src -I../../src -I../.. -I/usr/lib/qt4/include -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtGui -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/default  -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT  -DCPUEMU_0 -DCPUEMU_11 -DCPUEMU_12 -DCPUEMU_20 -DCPUEMU_21 -DCPUEMU_31 -DMMU -DFPUEMU -DUNALIGNED_PROFITABLE -DJIT -DAMAX -DGAYLE -DNCR -DAGA -DAUTOCONFIG -DFILESYS -DSCSIEMU -DSCSIEMU_LINUX_IOCTL -DA2091 -DCDTV -DCD32 -DBSDSOCKET -DSUPPORT_THREADS -DUSE_SDL -DFDI2RAW -DDEBUGGER -DSAVESTATE -DENFORCER -DACTION_REPLAY -DXARCADE -DDRIVESOUND  -I../../src/include -I../../src -I../../src   -g -O2 -MT puae_mainwindow.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/puae_mainwindow.Tpo -c -o puae_mainwindow.o puae_mainwindow.cpp
puae_mainwindow.cpp: In member function »void puae_MainWindow::display_fromselect(int, int*, int*, int)«:
puae_mainwindow.cpp:884: Warnung: NULL in Arithmetik verwendet
puae_mainwindow.cpp: In member function »void puae_MainWindow::values_to_memorydlg()«:
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1052: Fehler: »struct uae_prefs« hat kein Element namens »gfxmem_size«
puae_mainwindow.cpp: In member function »void puae_MainWindow::enable_for_memorydlg()«:
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1202: Fehler: »struct uae_prefs« hat kein Element namens »gfxmem_size«
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1203: Fehler: »struct uae_prefs« hat kein Element namens »gfxmem_size«
puae_mainwindow.cpp: In member function »void puae_MainWindow::values_from_sounddlg()«:
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1940: Warnung: NULL in Arithmetik verwendet
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1946: Warnung: NULL in Arithmetik verwendet
puae_mainwindow.cpp:1952: Warnung: NULL in Arithmetik verwendet
make[4]: *** [puae_mainwindow.o] Fehler 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src/gui-qt'
make[3]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src/gui-qt'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
[ipp0@Oma-Rheinholz GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89]$

"Fehler" is german translation of Error.

Even ./configure && make gives me loads of errors.

[Mequa]

I get the same errors (in English!). It appears gfxmem_size is not implemented yet, among other things...

[stainy]

How will this work/compile for the Pandora??

[GnoStiC]

Originally Posted by ipp0

make[4]: Entering directory `/home/ipp0/Desktop/GnoStiC-PUAE-9aa5c89/src/gui-qt'
..

i never finished gui-qt. the only compilable gui at the moment is cocoa gui.

Originally Posted by stainy

How will this work/compile for the Pandora??

check gp32x forums

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Mequa

While I appreciate the hard work Frode has put into FS-UAE, from what I've seen it's not a feature-complete implementation of UAE but has several features removed. I'm not sure if newer versions of FS-UAE intend to have full WinUAE-like functionality, but from my impression PUAE was meant to bring the full feature set of WinUAE to non-Windows platforms, while FS-UAE focuses on a smaller feature set.

I would say that is has not yet added all features, rather than having some "removed" . But I don't intend to create a WinUAE clone, and I see little value in trying to recreate 100% the same feature set, just for the sake of it. Rather, I'll focus on adding useful or interesting features, whether they can be ported from WinUAE, some other UAE, or created from scratch. FS-UAE also has features which are not present in WinUAE. If you miss a specific feature in FS-UAE, you are welcome to make a feature request (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=63808).

Originally Posted by Mequa

As such, I'd like to see a feature-complete updated non-Windows-only UAE, whether based on PUAE or FS-UAE. So I think PUAE development could fill this void, if Frode prefers to keep FS-UAE features limited for compatibility/gaming/media centre-like use.

What features FS-UAE includes (and will include) is mostly based on considerations such as what I have time to implemented, what I want to implement, and what features I think I'll manage to maintain over time (Also, I have occasionally been persuaded by what other people think is important).

And yes, I primarily designed FS-UAE to scratch my own itch, to play Amiga games well on Linux actually. But FS-UAE has now several features which are not relevant for gaming, such as RTG graphics and upcoming JIT compiler support, so the scope has effectively been broadened.

It is also a misconception that FS-UAE is primarily designed for media centre setups (Partially my own fault of course, because of the initial project description on the webpage). I use FS-UAE mostly on my PCs in front of me. The GUI is designed to also work from 3 meters away, because I also want FS-UAE to work great in this setting, and I'm not interested in maintaining several different integrated UIs.

Originally Posted by Mequa

There certainly seems room for both UAE's, so I hope FS-UAE development doesn't discourage further work on PUAE. Perhaps both could exchange sources (as well as building on WinUAE of course) to speed up development?

All UAE projects are open source and license compatible, so source code is easily exchanged where applicable. -And the core emulation code is largely shared. I use the codebases from WinUAE, E-UAE, UAE and PUAE as reference points when working on emulation-related code (such as JIT) in FS-UAE. A lot of code is not easily shared however, such as the win32-specific code from WinUAE (od-win32), the QT GUI from PUAE, and the GUI for FS-UAE. There are opportunities for better code sharing in some places.

Anyway, I don't want to hijack this thread, just wanted to respond to the FS-UAE bits

[Harry]

I just retrieved PUAE from the repository, and I dont know how to build it. The compiling instructions say that i should run configure, but there is no configure in the package and also no instruction how to create it. Can you please either add a configure or the instruction how to generate it?

[Mequa]

Originally Posted by Harry

I just retrieved PUAE from the repository, and I dont know how to build it. The compiling instructions say that i should run configure, but there is no configure in the package and also no instruction how to create it. Can you please either add a configure or the instruction how to generate it?

To generate the configure file, run ./bootstrap.sh

You may need to install some dependencies first, look at docs/compiling.txt for information. On Ubuntu/Mint you may need to use sudo before each line using apt-get...

For running configure, it may be best to do this from a script due to all the options. There are several included for this purpose, such as ./bronx_.sh , the main one used to build PUAE. You may wish to make a copy of this (or another script) and edit it to get the options you want, e.g. saving as "custom.sh" (then run "./custom.sh" from a Terminal).

These scripts also run ./bootstrap.sh and make, so a script like that should be all you need once the dependencies are installed. (Don't worry if you already ran bootstrap.sh.)

You may need to use sudo to get admin privileges (e.g. "sudo ./custom.sh", after following the above).

I'm not sure if the current repository version is buildable though, it may stop with errors. In that case, try obtaining an older version (and/or wait for an update).

Good luck!


Edit:
Below is my attempt to build the latest PUAE (GnoStiC-PUAE-129480a), using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit (in VirtualBox). I have some experience with C code, but nothing like with projects as large as UAE! (Other than a small optimised routine I submitted for Akiko C2P, which is in WinUAE, PUAE and FS-UAE sources now...)

The current version fails with the following error message:

gtkui.c: At top level:
gtkui.c:2222:6: error: conflicting types for ‘gui_fps’
../../src/include/gui.h:15:13: note: previous declaration of ‘gui_fps’ was here

On modifying gtkui.c, I get this error:

gtkui.c: In function ‘set_mem_state’:
gtkui.c:335:19: error: ‘struct uae_prefs’ has no member named ‘gfxmem_size’

gtkui.c: In function ‘p96size_changed’:
gtkui.c:734:18: error: ‘struct uae_prefs’ has no member named ‘gfxmem_size’

I set the first line to 0 instead of gfxmem_size, and commented out the second.

It built for a while, then I got this error:

blkdev.c:125:3: error: ‘devicefunc_cdimage’ undeclared here (not in a function)
blkdev.c:191:2: error: #else without #if
blkdev.c:198:13: error: redefinition of ‘install_driver’
blkdev.c:135:13: note: previous definition of ‘install_driver’ was here
blkdev.c:204:2: error: #endif without #if

I replaced the reference to devicefunc_cdimage to NULL, and added "'#if 1" before the "#else".

Then later on when building again, I get:

akiko.o: In function `akiko_reset':
........../akiko.c:1819: undefined reference to `Sleep'

I commented out that line (which appears to be Windows-specific) and replaced with ";".

And it finally built! Screenshot below.

(AROS ROM isn't working though, as with the last build of PUAE.)


P.S. GnoStiC, please fix the above errors!

[GnoStiC]

1) i haven't touched gtk sources in a long time now, i'll fix those
2) for aros you've to supply extra -I /dev/ttysX command line parameter

i have newer sources on my other pc, i'll commit them in a day or two.

Originally Posted by Mequa

...
(AROS ROM isn't working though, as with the last build of PUAE.)
...
P.S. GnoStiC, please fix the above errors!

[Mequa]

As for gtk, you may also want to take a look at these warnings on running ./uae binary from a Terminal:

(UAE:10870): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkFrame' to `GtkBox'

(UAE:10870): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack: assertion `GTK_IS_BOX (box)' failed

(UAE:10870): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkFrame' to `GtkBox'

(UAE:10870): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack: assertion `GTK_IS_BOX (box)' failed

Originally Posted by GnoStiC

1) i haven't touched gtk sources in a long time now, i'll fix those

And also blkdev.c and akiko.c (if you haven't fixed those already)?

2) for aros you've to supply extra -I /dev/ttysX command line parameter

With ./configure or make, or puae binary? (Or another way?)

I also get this when running the binary from a Terminal:

Could not load system ROM, trying system ROM replacement.zfile_gunzip: aros.gz failed. not gzipped file.

Hi GnoStiC,

I see you have got PUAE running on a Raspberry Pi. I started trying to compile the latest git master, but it's full of errors which I'm ploughing through - I'm compiling on the debian 6 image from the Raspberry Pi foundation and using the build_linux_nojit.sh script slightly modified to include --with-sdl-gui.

There seem to be lots of mis-matched prototypes that have needed tidying up.

Do you have a more recent set of sources that could be commited to github?

Very eager to get PUAE running on my pi! Thanks so much for the software!

Okay, back-tracked to 2.3.3 rather than bleeding edge and everything compiled fine using SDL-1.2.15 on the raspberry-pi. It runs good, but is definitely a bit slow. It's not too bad, but it's definitely slower than your video shows!

Can you let me know what options you used to compile? Did you enable JIT?

Anyway, very glad to get PUAE running on the pi! Yay! Thanks so much for this software!

[marlo]

Hi all, im new to this forum but not for Amiga, from early days (i have 51) I have installed on a chinese android tablet Puae 2.3. I dont know nothing about programming in android /linux/ubuntu. So i only need where can i get tha last Puae version in .apk format to install in my tablet. Thanks to all for any help.

[spannernick]

Does this work on COS 32bit..?