From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Jan 9 21:17:13 2006 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) In-Reply-To: <43C1E2E3.3040201@earthlink.net> References: <1136736143.14660.4.camel@mduckworth.phillypark.net> <43C1E2E3.3040201@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <94cc157f224e60bec05b365dada6b629@web.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Dennis van der Burg Subject: Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT1.16.x/XaAES on 68000-machine Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:09:21 +0100 To: Mint List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Sender: burg_dw@web.de X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: burg_dw@web.de Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Level: Op 9-jan-06 om 5:13 heeft josephus het volgende geschreven: > Mark Duckworth wrote: >> On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 12:20 +0100, Dennis van der Burg wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> A few days ago I tried out the latest MiNT/XaAES snapshot 1.16.3a >>> with TeraDesk3.70 on my TT030 with 4MB ST-RAM, and I was able to >>> boot just fine, leaving about 1.5MB memory free. >>> >>> This made me try FreeMiNT1.16.x/XaAES on a MegaST4 (before, I gave >>> up trying because I thought 4MB RAM was not enough). Wouldn't it be >>> great to see the speed improvements of kernel-module-XaAES on a >>> machine that most needs it ;) I did use the mint000.prg/xaaes000.km, >>> had no other programs in the auto-folder besides mint, no ACC's and >>> no XFS/XDD loaded. I had put Debug/trace level to 3. >>> Below my experiences. >>> >>> (a) 1.16.3a snapshot from 31-12-2005 (http://xaaes.atariforge.net) >>> >>> The startup of FreeMiNT appears to be OK, but as soon as the part >>> 'Reading mint.cnf ... done' should have come up, the system freezes >>> with 11 bombs. Needless to say, that also stopped me from testing >>> the accompanying XaAES. >>> >>> (b) 1.16.1 official (11 oct 2004) >>> >>> The startup of FreeMiNT goes OK, after which XaAES is started (with >>> xaeloader.prg from within the mint.cnf), which seems to go OK >>> initally, but then I end up with a blank screen saying 'press any >>> key to continue ...'. Doing that gives me a blinking cursor in the >>> left upper screen, after which the system reboots. >>> I have included a piece from the xaaes.log below. >>> >>> ---- snip ---- >>> Screenmode is: 1 >>> Physical work station opened: 1 >>> v_exit_cur ok! >>> v_opnvwk failed (0)! >>> k_init failed! >>> press any key to continue ... >>> Cleaning up ready to exit ... >>> >>> ---- snip ---- >>> >>> If I start NVDI4 before MiNT, XaAES (AESSYS) gives a bus-error just >>> after "Screenmode is: 1", and the text "pid0 (): assert >>> (`curproc->stack_magic == STACVK_MAGIC') failed at line 505 of >>> ../sig_mach.c." appears. >>> >>> best regards, >>> Dennis >> Hrmm.. >> Excellent excuse to power on my Mega STe :-P >> Mark > I have a working mega4 with Rainbow Tos. I am currently running 1.15, > at least that is what mintvers returns. My mega4 is and has been > running all this time. I use it as a clock. > > I have trouble with the tools. I have never successfully established > minix fs. I had a megafile60. the tool ran, but when I looked at it > the original files were still there for TOS. I could not find anything > with ls. > > ls works strangely on my system. I have 1.16 but it is still on the > PC in archive form. If someone wants me to test 68000 1.16 I can. > > josephus On the MegaST4 I have a working setup of MiNT1.15.12 as well (upgraded KGMD install, working minix fs; also an EasyMiNT ST-installer exists but I didn't try that one yet). The speed of XaAES has been greatly improved since then, but requires 1.16.x - which explains my interest in trying out the 68000 MiNT1.16.x kernel. Dennis