Kyvos was updated

@Walkero

Yes, you're right. I digress every now and then just to talk a little.

Yes, the partitions aren't causing any problems. They're correct.

It would be nice to see a video with Virtio-GPU just to see how it works.

@whiteQuote:
Agreed. Given how long it's been, I assumed that this project was dead. Nice to know that it's still in development.

-- Ken

@white

I used to be very involved with Qemu. I think you know about its development and that I was the one who initially pushed this project forward with Balaton. Back then, Qemu was completely unusable... until I reported bugs about Pixman and Co to the Qemu developers, and from then on, things ran much better. Even AmigaOS 4.1 bugs were found as a result: 16-bit software bugs SDL2/16bit Software Rendering for example (Milkytracker) and Pegasos2 kernel problems.

There is a huge thread on Amiga-News about how it all began with Qemu. Of course, Balaton has done an absolutely fantastic job here and continues to do so.

What I actually wanted to say is that the Virtio GPU driver has been in development for over two years. I already asked Hans and AmigaKit for beta access so that I could test this driver properly, but my emails have remained unanswered to this day.

And Balaton, who developed the whole thing for us free of charge, deserves such a beta driver for the recognition and further development of his work on Qemu. But maybe that has already happened in the meantime.

If this driver is released one day, that's great, but I'm not asking for it anymore, as it's no longer a priority for me at the moment due to my real machine.

@Maijestro

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I did reply, but could only point you to Matthew. I'm under strict instructions that only A-EON beta testers can have access to the beta VirtioGPU drivers. So I've referred everyone who asked to test it to Matthew (including you).

Unfortunately, the A600GS/A1200NG project seems to consume all of Matthew's attention these days.

@all

The decision on when and how to release the driver is up to A-EON. If it were mine, the a pre-release would have been out ages ago.

Hans

@Maijestro
It's always nice to talk to you.

Clearly, real hardware is always better.
Even for a simple 68k+Vampire, even if WinUAE is clearly superior.

You made the right choice in buying the X5000, and as I said, I'm very happy for you.
In life, there are empathetic people and others who aren't.
I'm happy when someone else is happy.
It's part of who I am.

As I said, I don't consider the cost of hardware tied to the bundled software (so for me, not buying it is a question of software, not hardware).

As I said, 600-700 euros would be a reasonable price for me.
But the price is higher, so I'm not buying it.

I was thinking about getting the new Ryzen with a motherboard and adequate memory.

But in the end, I'd be wasting money.
I'm keeping the 5800x with 48GB of RAM, and the 4060 since I have a 1080p AOC monitor is more than enough; basically everything runs fine.

The PS5 is stuck there, there's nothing. I bought it for GTA6, but that was delayed to 2026.

Obviously, I haven't given up on qemu, but I haven't had time lately. I think I figured out the problem using @Walkero's program. I took a look at the configuration it creates in the .log.

But if the Virtio-GPU driver is fine, why not buy the entire Enhancer Software 2.3 package?

Of course, trying the beta would be nice.

I remind you that with WinUAE, I've done everything with 4.1, absolutely everything.
The only limitation was not having a graphics driver for 4.1.

So I would have liked to try it and test it.

I imagine it's a bit like Morphos X64, not exactly the same, but the example is valid.
In the case of Morphos, it would take someone to fund the project.
But this is just my personal opinion.

Maybe a machine with a Virtio GPU will be available for pre-order.

But that's business, and I understand that in life, you need money to make a living.

And you have no idea how much money I spent on my wife's illness (a lot).

This is just the market, not a controversy

Have fun with the X5000

I purchased Kyvos yesterday. I own an AmigaOne X5000/40 but also plan to use AmigaOS4.1 on Q-Emu on my MacBook Air just to have a mobile system in addition. Kyvos seems to be a good solution for Q-Emu noobs like me. I have to find time for the installation but when I am done I am happy to give feedback.

@Walkero

I wanted to ask if it would be possible to implement VFIO in the next version.

Example:
-device vfio-pci,host=06:00.0,bus=pci.0,x-vga=on,multifunction=on -device vfio-pci,host=06:00.1,bus=pci.0 -device bochs-display,romfile=""

Just insert a form to enter the above commands.

Clearly, the entire VFIO section must be done manually on Linux without your interface.

But once VFIO is configured, a form in your interface that you created to enter the data would be very useful.

Assuming that everything is already configured on the Linux host (VFIO, etc.).

So, just add this additional option.

Thanks.

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Basically, this would simply add the following command:

-device vfio-pci,host=06:00.0,bus=pci.0,x-vga=on,multifunction=on -device vfio-pci,host=06:00.1,bus=pci.0 -device bochs-display,romfile=""

to your command line created with Kyvos

Clearly each user would add their own group assigned to a real Radeon GPU.


I had a €20 Amazon voucher,
and since I didn't buy Metal Gear Solid SNAKE EATER for PS5,
I got a 1TB Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 PCI SSD for just €70.
So today I'm trying again with the real GPU

Hoping for a date to be determined for the Virtio GPU.

@white
I will have a look, but you do not need to wait for this to happen. You can add it right now. Please check the section "Editing the config files" in the manual of how to do it.

@all
A new version of Kyvos just released. https://ko-fi.com/post/A-new-update-of-Kyvos-is-released-D1D11JFFZR

Here are some of the changes

## 1.2.0 [2025-08-09]
### Added
- Added the advanced creation form
- Added VMs' protection from deletion feature
- Added support for running MorphOS on an emulated Pegasos2
- Added support for running Aros i386 and x86-64
- Added support for running AmigaOS 4 on an emulated Sam 460ex
- Added SMB path to be accessed using Samba

### Updated
- Updated the manual with new sections describing the two different methods to create a virtual system, information on how to set up an AROS system, and some generic guidelines how to share a folder with samba in different operating systems. Also, I added more information in the FAQ section.

### Fixed
- Fixed a bug with the system icons in list, that was checking the given name instead of the system name. That made MorphOS systems to show AmigaOS 4 icon because they didn't include the OS name in the given name
- Fixed an app crash when selected a VM that doesn't have a config file in the expected folder

Hope you like the new version. Let me know of any issues.

@Walkero

I'm making a mistake with manually creating kickstart.zip.
That was the reason.
For example, if I use my line with the HDD created with Kyvos, it doesn't work. It tells me it can't find SLBv2, and even if I fix that, it still doesn't find the subsequent modules.

I need to find the patience to fix these errors a bit.

@walkero

First of all, thank you for the new version. Of course, I wanted to get started right away today and try out Kyvos, but I can't set paths on MacOS.

Here's an example of the Qemu path I wanted to set manually.

Qemu path *

“/Users/.../Downloads/Qemu/build/qemu-system-ppc”

This is the complete path including Qemu build, but it is not recognized in Kyvos. I also tried...

“/Users/.../Downloads/Qemu/build/”

...but unfortunately, the same thing happened. The path to 7z cannot be set either.

Has anyone tested this on MacOS yet? The app behaves normally otherwise, but I had to give it permissions when I ran it for the first time.

@Maijestro
Your paths are invalid. What are those triple dots (/.../)?
I tested it on MacOS x86 and works fine. How did you install the 7z? I recommend to use brew and install the p7zip as mentioned in the guide.

@walkero
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I guess that's just redacted username and he actually has something there not the ... shown in the post.

@walkero

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As Balaton already wrote (...) it normally contains my user name under MacOs.

After installing p7zip via Homebrew, it still cannot be found here either. Perhaps a path problem under MacOs Sequoia 15.1?

I'm not sure if it matters, but I'm using MacOs ARM/M1.

@walkero

First of all, thank you for granting my request to include AROS 32Bit and AROS 63Bit on Kyvos!

I have successfully tested my two AROS One 32/64Bit distributions, and no problems were encountered. AROS systems are very fast with QEmu, but it is unfortunate that only VESA mode is supported and not native mode.

For the next version, could you kindly add 6GB of RAM as well (I added 6GB manually in the test.)? AROS 64Bit requires a minimum of 5GB of RAM to run 64bit applications correctly, but those who only have 8GB on their system can only add 6GB, thank you.

On Windows 7 64-bit, I found that 7-zip is detected correctly, but a red diamond appears in the second request. However, Kyvos worked perfectly (I did not test OS4 because I do not have the required CDs).

@all
I just released v1.2.1 of Kyvos which has the following changes:

## 1.2.1 [2025-08-10]
### Added
- Added 6GB memory option

### Fixed
- Fixed the Sam460ex systems to be able to get up to 4 media devices (3 HDs + CD-Rom) (issue #4)
- Fixed a few GUI issues (issue #3)

@walkero

just bought this as well, cant wait to test it when i get home from work.

i already have sam4603x iso and os4.1 classic.

are they good enough to be using or is it better to purchase pegaos os4.1?

nox

@noXLar
The Sam460ex can be released with Qemu. The Classic unfortunately it is not supported. Hope you have fun with Kyvos.

@Maijestro
I am sorry I didn't reply earlier. Today I released a couple of bug-fix versions. The latest version is 1.2.2, which I believe it has a fix for the issue you have with 7z. Can you please download and test it?

Perfect, thank you. I tested the new version 1.2.2, and the 6GB are now available for AROS 64Bit, and Z-zip is now recognised on Windows 7.