@Rigo
@davec555


Second that. I'd be in for a contribution too. Even if small. And Thank you. Let's hope OS4 Updates will be coming too.

@Hans
@nbache

Wouldn't it be possible to have a second directory named "Kickstart2" with all the relevant modules and at boot time load all the modules from this second directory, by having a second configuration in the kicklayout file?

What if I rename the RadeonHD v3 driver to "RadeonHD_v3.chip" and v5 to "RadeonHD_v5.chip" put them both in the same "Kickstart" directory and just have two different configurations in the Kicklayout, one loading v3 and the second loading v5.

Would that work?

I too do miss the early boot menu, "boot without Startup-Sequence" and "warm reboot" with the v5 and RX driver.

@kas1e

Tank you Hans and kas1e and all involved.

Will all the code improvements benefit the Xy000 machines too?

@joerg


Thank you very much for this explanation!

I checked again on the AmigaOS_Manual:_Workbench_Monitors wiki on amigaos.net and I could not find such information, neither did I find anything in the System Documentation drawer.


Btw, what is the correct tooltype name: "BOARDNAME" or "BOARDTYPE"?

@nbache

Quote:
You are right, I typed it in on an Android phone and the site did not work properly, thanks for pointing that out, I will edit my previous post.

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Well spotted. I checked on the AmigaOne and the name of the cards in Rangers is without the space between “Polaris” and the number. I wrote the post by memory without checking.

Up until now, I hadn’t read anywhere what you and Joerg explained, good to know about the workings of CMPLENGTH, I will make changes accordingly in my system.


Edit:
edit Niels:

Are you one of the responsible persons for the wiki? Maybe it would be a good idea to edit and explain this. I’ll be glad to offer my help, maybe writing the text and you will only have to redact it, if you are short on time.
Unless that is, that the wiki is not being edited for political reasons, to force some higher ups to collaborate to bake bread, instead of “competing” for the crumbs.

@joerg

Perhaps more emphasis should be placed on usability. Making the system confusing just for the sake historical reasons seems abstruse to me.

Other changes have already been made to the system without taking into account the historical aspects, e.g. removing the utilities and WBStartup drawers.

And that was a good thing.

Apart from that, Commodore also made changes from AmigaOS 1.x to 2.x and 3.x and some were radical.

my AmiUpdate has the following servers listed:

www.amiupdate.net
update.amigaos.net

When I press "Scan" a Ringhio pops up:
-----------------
AmiUpdate
Connection to codebench.co.uk failed.

There may be a problem with you internet connection.
-----------------

It seems codebench.co.uk is still down. Are there any updates worth mentioning since 2023-07-01?

@K-L

1. it has the name of the monitor which is connected, e.g. "NEC EA 224WMi" or "BenQ PD2725U"

2. It depends on the graphics card I have inserted, e.g.:
(ATI R9250)
CMPLENGTH=11
BOARDTYPE=Radeon 9250

(AMD RADEON RX550)
CMPLENGHT=19
BOARDTYPE=Radeon RX Polaris12


(AMD RX560)
CMPLENGHT=19
BOARDNAME=Radeon RX Polaris11

(Gigabyte R9 270X)
CMPLENGHT=15
BOARDNAME=Radeon HD Oland

(Sapphire HD 7970)
CMPLENGHT=21
BOARDTYPE=Radeon HD 7900 Series

In SYS:Storage/Monitors I have a monitor file for each of the above, I just remove the extension of the name and put it in DEVS:Monitors. e.g. from "NEC EA 224WMi.RX550" to "NEC EA 224WMi", and swap it with the one in DEVS:Monitors (which will be renamed accordingly).

Maybe I should try one single monitor file for each monitor and put all the tool types as above in one single "Monitor driver" per Display and disable the ones I don't need. That would remove sum clutter for sure.

I find it very confusing when the monitor files are named after the Graphics card which is inserted, which seems to be the default setting when installing AmigaOS 4.1FE.

I noticed that the freezes are less (or disappear?) when the monitor driver in DEVS:Monitors has the correct name for the graphics card.

The Radeon R7 250 freezes almost immediately when plugged in if TOOL TYPES entry in the monitor driver is not changed accordingly.
Once I put the name I could read in Ranger, I almost get no freezes. The 560 behaves similarly.

And the freezes that appear, only the gremlins know what is causing them. Since the Enhancer update the system has become more unstable for me.

tuvok

fs-uae on mac M2

Emulating A4000 phase 5 060, OS3.2.1 0m 2 seconds.