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Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:04 am
by ddni
Yeah. User error and unrestrained installing ... ;)
I have cleaned up now.

Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:43 pm
by ddni
How should multiple kernels be stored on a USB or cf card? Is it best to create a bespoke folder for each kernel and alter the CFE command to point to the desired folder?

Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:11 pm
by mechanic
I usually rename each kernel before copying to usb/cfcard. For example, I may have 2 or 3 4.4.x kernels and I'll just name them linux-4.4rc1, linux-4.4rc2 or if I build my own something like linux4.4LK3, or linux-4.4mint5 or linux-4.4DEB2. Since I run up to 3 distros on the same machine I only have to know which kernel goes to what distro.

One of these days I'll get a single kernel for everything, and then hell will freeze over. :shock:

CFE just reads in the file by name, any linux reference does not really matter to CFE. You could name it BART_SIMPSON if you want. ;)

To change the name it might display in a screensaver you would have to build your own kernel.

Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:32 pm
by ddni
Thanks all seems to work ok by dropping the whole kernel in it's own folder ie 4.5rc1 and 4.1.16

Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:18 am
by xeno74
ddni wrote:Thanks all seems to work ok by dropping the whole kernel in it's own folder ie 4.5rc1 and 4.1.16
Excellent work! Well done! :-)

Re: First time X1000 Linux user

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:55 pm
by ddni
xeno74 wrote:Hi ddni,

Unfortunately I didn't know that you have a R9 270x installed in your A1-X1000. This graphics card doesn't have hardware 3D acceleration on Linux PPC currently. You could try to install an additional graphics card like the cheap HD5450 for hardware 3D acceleration.

Sorry.

A cheap Sapphire Radeon HD5450 for $36.40:

Cheers,

Christian
What is the situation with Linux and HW acceleration on the X5000 boards? Won't they ship with a Southern Islands compatible card for W3D in AmigaOS, a graphics card that is not supported by Linux?