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Software News : New version 1.6 of AmiCygnix available
Posted by cygnusEd on 2020/8/10 17:44:21 (428 reads) News by the same author
Software News

Version 1.6 brings some innovations and updates. Some bugs have been fixed again.
Due to the update to GTK+ 2.24.32, AmiCygnix 1.6 will be a requirement for future software packages.



New in AmiCygnix-Base:

* Update to version 2.24.32 of GTK+, the latest version of GTK+ 2. In addition to some new features, the drag 'n drop in GTK+ 2 applications now finally works. The corresponding programs have to be linked again. Programs like Rox-Filer or Gimp benefit greatly from this. Therefore, please pay attention to updates of these programs!
* Full support for Unix locale strings. So you can now select the country, the encoding and special variants in addition to the language. You can also select multiple locales.
* The size of the windows of the Workbench display driver can now be reduced with a size gadget (except Picasso96pip). The content can then be moved using a scroller.
* Support for version 3.16.3 of GnuTLS, the latest version of the SSL/TLS layer. Support for SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.3 is new. The Trusted Certificates included have also been updated. Problems with programs like NetSurf or Claws-Mail should be solved with it. However, the corresponding programs must be relinked. Therefore, please pay attention to updates of these programs!
* Support for LDAP through OpenLDAP 2.4.49. Is now integrated in libcurl and will also be used in Claws-Mail.
* Support for AISS in the menus of the Workbench display driver.
* Revised myX11Setup with improved help function. Thanks to Michael Christoph!
* Italian translation updated in many AmiCygnix scripts. Thanks to Samir Hawamdeh!
* New Spanish translation of the texts in the Workbench display driver. Thanks to Javier de las Rivas!
* New catalog in Russian for myX11Setup. Thanks to Eugene Sobolev!
* Fixed a problem when starting the AmiCygnix desktop via myX11Setup.

New in AmiCygnix-Tools:

* All GTK+ 2 applications are now linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. In addition to some new features, the drag 'n drop now finally works.
* The browser "NetSurf" is now linked with the latest version 3.6.13 of the SSL/TLS layer GnuTLS. This fixes problems with SSL connections.
* The program "ROX-Filer" is configured during installation this way, that it can be used as a replacement for the "idesk" desktop manager.

Download links:

http://os4depot.net/index.php?functio ... k/misc/amicygnix-base.lha
http://os4depot.net/index.php?functio ... /misc/amicygnix-tools.lha

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kas1e
Published: 2020/8/12 16:09  Updated: 2020/8/12 16:10
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 Tested
@Edgar

Tested latest version, and sadly to say issues with freezes of OS in some drivers, and jerky mouse movement in other ones are still there :(

There i collect all the info and bug reports i had when i tried to play with. All tests done on my x5000 with RadeonRX :

1. When installing and it ask for desired screen resolution, it have set 1024x768x16 , and i can choise nothing else, while i have all those listed modes in screenmode of workbench. I.e. i can't tick any other mode.

2. There still issue with mouse movement being jerky in some modes, and freezes of whole OS in some other modes. There is the list of modes and results of them (all tested over myx11setup + 1920x1080x16):

- customscreen - freeze of OS after few seconds, but mouse movement fluid while it didn't freezes
- customscreendb - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- customscreendb2 - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- cybergraphics - mouse movement fluid, no freeze, but colors are wrong. Like ARGB/RGBA swap issues, etc (probabaly because workbench itself for me 32bit?)
- picasso96 - freeze of OS after few seconds, but mouse movement fluid while it didn't freezes
- picasso96clonewb - mouse movement fluid, no freeze, but colors are wrong. Like ARGB/RGBA swap issues, etc (probabaly because workbench itself for me 32bit?)
- picasso96clonewbdb - mouse movement VERY jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- picasso96clonewbdb2 - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- picasso96pip - can't launch on x5k (sure RadeonHD/RX didn't have PIP support), exit properly, so all handled correctly there.
- picasso96wb - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- picasso96wb2 - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- workbench - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.
- workbench2 - mouse movement jerky, no freeze, colors ok.


3. Moving of windowses VERY slow in the cybergraphics and picasso96 drivers (where mouse movement is fluid), but more or less ok in those drivers where mouse movement jerky. So there no win-win choice between.


And some suggestions if you doesn't mind:

1. Will be good to have "compositing" driver, maybe it will fix all issues with speed ? At least with speed of windows movement maybe.

2. Also 32bit support is need it of course :)
cygnusEd
Published: 2020/8/14 14:17  Updated: 2020/8/14 14:17
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Joined: 12/24/2006
From: Germany
Comments: 566
 Re: Tested
@kas1e
Quote:
1. When installing and it ask for desired screen resolution, it have set 1024x768x16 , and i can choise nothing else, while i have all those listed modes in screenmode of workbench. I.e. i can't tick any other mode.

This is really strange. The list of screen resolutions is static and no option is disabled in the script. Only a default mode is selected, but you should be able to select an other mode.
Maybe your installer binary is the problem? Which version do you use?

Quote:
2. There still issue with mouse movement being jerky in some modes, and freezes of whole OS in some other modes. There is the list of modes and results of them (all tested over myx11setup + 1920x1080x16):
...

Some of the problems are described in the documentation in "Cygnix:Docs/Display-Driver-GB.pdf".

But the point is, that I got a lot of feedback telling me, that version 1.6 has the best performance so far. Also a X5000 user with a RadeonRX told me, that it works great and he has no colour, no performance and no stability problems.

All ...db... display driver and the display driver for the workbench do make massive use of the graphics function BltBitMapRastPort(). Maybe your gfx card is not well supported by the Radeon driver and has no (good) hardware acceleration with this function? I have no other idea.

Also the stability problem is annoying. The old driver like "cybergraphx" and "picasso96" are very plain and simple. Maybe there is a problem with BitMap locking. But I can say, that all driver are working very stable on my system (X5000 and RadeonHD 7770). I have also good results with a RadeonHD 6450.

Do you have access to an other gfx card? Would be interesting, if it works.

Are you a OS4 beta tester? Maybe it collides with it.

Quote:
1. Will be good to have "compositing" driver, maybe it will fix all issues with speed ? At least with speed of windows movement maybe.

I also have a driver with compositing support, but it does not work well. It is not usable for AmiCygnix.

Quote:
2. Also 32bit support is need it of course :)

Yes, this would be fine. It is working here in parts. It has colour problems, but I can already see, that performance is lower than in 16bit.
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