@walkero

I can ping the server

PING orgin.biz (85.25.209.116): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=297.51 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=297.54 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=297.604 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=297.787 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=297.059 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=5 ttl=52 time=297.221 ms
64 bytes from 85.25.209.116: icmp_seq=6 ttl=52 time=297.236 ms

--- orgin.biz ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 297.059/297.422/297.787 ms
15.Workbench4.1:>

but Wookiechat can't connect.

@Mikey_C

Already on 2.11

James left the Amiga scene some time ago and sold his Amiga. I doubt he will return.

Not personally, but I think I read about it on Hyperion.

@walkero

Have tried both irc.amigans.net and NO.amigaworld.net, I get the same results as Mikey_C.

Starting to wonder if it's my ISP blocking something?

I haven't used IRC in a long time (probably late 90s), so I thought I'd give it a go with WookieChat but I can't connect to irc.amigans.net. I get these errors:

[09:11:36] -SE.AmigaWorld.net- *** Looking up your hostname...
[09:11:36] -SE.AmigaWorld.net- *** Checking Ident
[09:11:36] -SE.AmigaWorld.net- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
[09:11:46] -SE.AmigaWorld.net- *** No Ident response
[09:12:12] [Server] Link: 127.0.0.1 (Connection timed out)
[09:12:12] [Server] Disconnected
[09:12:12] [Error] gethostbyname() Failed.

127.0.0.1 is what I have in Internet prefs for my localhost, so maybe I have something configured wrong there?

@rjd324

Well, I had the network card in my X5000 also just stop working, although I had problems with it from day one, and my Amiga was switched off and not used for long periods during the pandemic.

I have a cheap PCI-E sound card in my X5000 I bought from Ali Express. Something like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32969245543.html (apologies, Odyssey won't render this well).

Very impressed the X1000 had onboard sound! Hope you figure out the issue.

I just renamed mine to the name of the card, Radeon RX560

Actually, I'm not using any NGFS partitions on my X5000 anymore. I have found it too unstable. I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong, but I have lost 2 NGFS partitions in the past.

I will try and check the version of my X5000 boot CD, but I don't currently have a computer with a CD/DVD drive (the DVD drive in my X5000 has stopped working again even though I replaced it in December). It was the version I downloaded when I built my machine back in 2017.

I haven't faced any problems running out of PCI slots. I have a PCI sata; originally also had a PCI network card, replaced it with a PCIe network card that subsequently died, by which time a driver for the onboard ethernet was available. Soundcard is a cheap PCIe one I got from Aliexpress, but if I had the money today I would get the Audilogy FX. The soundcard was the last component I added to my build several months later.

As for uboot commands, booting some environments like Linux require some very complex commands, so you can save a shortcut command that can execute them more easily (that's my impression,please correct me if I'm wrong).

Take care, it's vey easy to mangle uboot and make your machine unbootable (as I once did with a SAM that didn't belong to me and scrambled to fix!)

If you haven't already, take a look at the wiki here http://wiki.amiga.org/index.php?title=X5000_Emergency_Boot_USB

@ktadd

Try http://fast.com

@jabirulo

InfoWB 53.36.

Initially saw it when trying to create an icon for a drawer that didn't have one. Took a look at replicating it and saw it when trying to create icons for some datattypes that I had that had an older style of icon.

I still have some that are showing this behaviour, I can try and send them to you.

@rjd324

Quote:

That's what the X5000 needs the most, such a shame.

When I built mine in 2017, I chose the Zalman Z3 in white, but time has proven this a poor choice as sunlight has bleached it as much as my classic Amigas.

I've found a small bug in InfoWB, don't recall seeing it in previous versions.

If I open the Info window on an icon and then right-click and select Icon --> Default, the preview of the icon disappears. However, if I save it, the icon does indeed get the default icon.

Doesn't always seem to do it, though, can't quite figure out when it works correctly and when the icon disappears.

@rjd324

Glad to hear you got an answer, either way.

If you're not keen on a DVD/CD drive, you can also make a bootable USB drive, although I'm not quite sure how as one came with my X5000. I also have a second bootable partition on my SSD; in an emergency, I can select it from uboot and boot from that.

I have had alot of problems with installing updates from both AEON and Hyperion, so I recommend a safe way of booting your machine as an absolute must.

The X5000 is fickle with video cards. I had trouble getting my Radeon HD 7850 to work, and I also had a Sapphire Radeon R9 280x Toxic that I never managed to get any output from.

Do you at least get the Uboot splash screen, or it there nothing at all?

I don't suppose you have access to a PC you could test it in?

@Antique

You haven't got the X5000 mixed up with the PS5, have you?

I am using an SSD on my X5000 with SFS formatted partitions, not too many problems. I did have one partition become unwriteable, had to backup, reformat and copy back to it no problems.

I think Trixie is using the beta version of NGFS, which I understand is pretty good. However, I'm using the version that shipped with my X5000 and it's very buggy. Have lost a number of NGFS partitions.

That doesn't really leave me with many options, except FFS.

@Antique

Thanks, did a strip down and re-plug the cables and all seems to be good now; was powered on and stayed on for over 24 hours, and then restarted fine.

I suspect that, when I had to replace the dead DVD drive before Christmas, I knocked the motherboard power out so it was only making partial contact.

@trixie

Nope, no network applications running.