PUAE 2.4.0 beta series

[GnoStiC]

PUAE 2.4.0 beta series:
http://github.com/GnoStiC/PUAE

* i don't supply binaries for any os
* this version works for me, macosx 10.6.7 on macbook pro i7 & imac
* for bug reports "Toni Wilen's rules" apply; "not working is not a bug report"
* don't forget to report bugs so that i can fix them (attach your config file and steps to reproduce the bug)

cheers,

[Mequa]

A question, Gnostic:

Given you're sticking to the WinUAE version numbers, how closely sync'd is PUAE to WinUAE?

[GnoStiC]

emulation corewise almost sync'd.
but not all these new features are in the gui menus, you have to hack your way around enabling them. i have to put them in the gui, test it, enable it.. i hope one day i'll have enough spare time to do it

Originally Posted by Mequa

A question, Gnostic:
Given you're sticking to the WinUAE version numbers, how closely sync'd is PUAE to WinUAE?

p.s.: 2.4.0 beta is not pushed to git yet, found some last minute bugs. will push tomorrow.

[palaste]

Thanks for the update! I will try to compile the newest version of the source code and see if it works any better. The last time I tried, it seemed like the problem was with Gnome, not with P-UAE.

[chiark]

...and here was me thinking you'd pretty much got PUAE to where you wanted to be

Excellent news, thanks GnoStiC!

[kire_online]

Eagerly awaiting binaries for Mac OS X from some generous person.

[chiark]

Once 2.4.0 is on github, I'll provide an experimental build.

I think we now have a stable 2.3.3, which I'll archive as 'stable' in the distro, and also 2.4.0 as experimental.

[Mequa]

I'd like to see a stable Ubuntu/Linux binary making it into the package manager alongside E-UAE.
WinUAE is one of the main reasons I stick to Windows 7 as my primary OS.

(That and Dolphin for Wii emulation, which is much slower on Linux).

[nexusle]

Hi chiark,

is there any mac build out now??

[chiark]

It's having trouble with P96 modes, but it is working. I'll post it later this weekend.

[dreamkatcha]

I'll look forward to that, thanks. Have you been compiling it with support for CD32 or is that not possible yet?

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by dreamkatcha

Have you been compiling it with support for CD32 or is that not possible yet?

This is a good question! I think, it's a little bit trickier to get CD support working on Mac OS X build (the same thing on E-UAE).

If you want, you can try my E-UAE build with buildin CD ROM support (CD32 emulation is working)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46087535/e-uae_ub.zip

[dreamkatcha]

Cheers nexusle. I gave it a go and managed to get the boot screen to appear - so far so good.

[nexusle]

Please note. To get CD ROM working, you must start the emulator without CD ROM in drive.

[dreamkatcha]

Thanks for the tip. I thought I'd try it by mounting a CD with Toast to begin with, but EUAE doesn't want to play ball. Nevermind, back to old school CD burning.

[Daedalus]

Hi all, I asked in another thread but noticed afterwards that it was an old one (arrived there straight from Google...), but how difficult is this to build on Ubuntu? I'd like to give it a go, since E-UAE doesn't seem to behave well on my setup.

Of course, if someone had a binary package built that they could share, that would be easier

[wilshy]

Loving your work as always!

[Mequa]

Has anyone had any luck getting AROS ROM working on PUAE?

I has no success using the latest available sources for PUAE 2.3.3, even when enabling the serial port during compilation and in .uaerc. It hangs at a blank screen when trying to run on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.10 with AROS ROM (I tried a few versions).

I tried using Kickstart 3.1 ROM and running the AROS boot ADF, and got this error:

Your Amiga program just did something terribly stupid 0092F028 PC=00000488
D0 0000FFFF D1 0000FFF8 D2 00000000 D3 00000000
D4 00000000 D5 00000000 D6 00000000 D7 00000000
A0 0092F028 A1 0000043E A2 001FFDB0 A3 00000000
A4 0000021C A5 00F80218 A6 0000020C A7 00000400
USP 00225938 ISP 00000400 SFC 00000000 DFC 00000000
CACR 00000000 VBR 00000000 CAAR 00000000 MSP 00000000
T=00 S=1 M=0 X=0 N=1 Z=0 V=0 C=0 IMASK=0 STP=0
Segmentation fault

That's using the aros-20110822-boot.adf image included with Amiga Forever 2012, which works with E-UAE.
Later versions (e.g. from latest nightly builds) give a garbled yellow screen instead (on both E-UAE and PUAE).

[Mequa]

CPU seems to be stuck in the GUI at 68000, despite showing up in the terminal window as 68020.

I also got this when pressing the pause button:
(UAE:23182): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkButton' to `FloppyFileEntry'
Segmentation fault

It also appears the random segfaults on starting are related to the GUI - if I disable the GUI in .uaerc they magically disappear.

[Mequa]

I finally managed to build Linux and FreeBSD binaries of PUAE 2.3.3 f2fc773 with JIT working.

On 64-bit Linux/FreeBSD, it appears the best option for building PUAE is to run a 32-bit distro in e.g. VirtualBox. (64-bit seems very buggy at the moment as well as lacking JIT).

PUAE-f2fc773 Linux binary (zip archive)
PUAE-f2fc773 FreeBSD binary (zip archive)

The Linux build tested fine on Kubuntu 11.10 x64 on Intel i7, and Ubuntu 11.10 x32 on an Intel Atom netbook. The BSD version tested fine on PC-BSD 9.0 x86. A working configuration file is included, as well as the build script I used, and PUAE documentation and Amiga files. I also included E-UAE for fallback.

Still no-go with AROS ROM, however, so drop in a kick.rom. It appears PUAE's serial port emulation is broken? The GUI is also still not fully operational, so edit the .uaerc file included as necessary (I also included a duplicate copy). It is very close to usable though!

Remember to change the file permissions to executable before using it.


Edit: It will boot the CD32 ROM too: