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- First aid for problems with WarpOS
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-
- - Problem:
- The powerpc.library can't be opened. The WarpUp demos don't work at
- all and eventually cause error messages like 'can't open
- powerpc.library'.
-
- - Solution:
- The powerpc.library V8 or higher can only be opened if the ppc.library
- from Phase5 isn't active. This means, if WarpOS should be used it is
- required to make sure that no PowerPC applications are running which
- use the ppc.library.
-
- It is important to note, that even programs, which are running in the
- background, can use the ppc.library. For example some versions of the
- graphics card software 'CyberGraphX' exist which use the ppc.library.
- In this case it is necessary to install a version of CyberGraphX
- without ppc.library support if WarpOS should be used.
-
-
- - Problem:
- The powerpc.library can't be opened although no application was ever
- started which could have opened the ppc.library.
-
- - Solution:
- In this case it's possible that the ppc.library is opened at boot time,
- then it is probably located in nonvolatile memory.
-
- The best solution would be to make un upgrade of the nonvolatile memory
- so that the ppc.library is not opened anymore at boot time. The hardware
- and software should continue working properly. This is the only way
- that WarpOS can integrate itself in a completely system compliant way.
-
- If no upgrade is available which fixes these problems then you should
- set the environment variable 'powerpc/Terminator' to a non-null value.
- WarpOS then tries to remove the ppc.library and related resources by
- hand. If this causes problems please tell us so that we can develop
- further terminators to fix these problems.
-
-
-
- - Problem:
- Every demo which opens the powerpc.library, crashes.
-
- - Solution:
- - On systems without PPC board, the env variable 'noPPC' must
- absolutely be set to a value unequal zero. After that, all
- demos which are able to run without PPC (but which try to
- open the powerpc.library) should run.
-
-
-
- - Problem:
- If a demo is started several times in the shell, crashes occur.
-
- - Solution:
- The problem can occur in conjunction with the WShell, which frees
- signals that were not allocated by itself. The problem can be
- solved with the env variable 'earlyterm'. If this variable is set
- to 1, the problems should be solved. Restrictions: no global settings
- can be made in the shell, which could affect the PPC, so the tools
- 'stackppc' and 'changemmu' don't work anymore. To set the PPC stack
- size, you have to use the command 'stack' (the PPC stack is about
- double the stack size of the 68K stack).
-
-
- - Problem:
- Since version 1.6 the voxelspace demo doesn't work with Picasso96
- anymore.
-
- - Solution:
- The voxelspace supports the OS3.0 multibuffering for Picasso96
- since V1.6 to achieve a better display quality. Therefore it is
- required that an appropriate new version of Picasso96 is installed.
-
-
- - Problem:
- When those demos are started, a screen mode requester appears which
- is empty.
-
- - Solution:
- This effects occurs if a CyberGFX emulation for AGA is active. In this
- case the demos have to be started with the 'PAL' parameter.
-
-
- - Problem:
- When starting some WarpUp applications, 'ramlib' crashes appear.
-
- - Solution:
- This problem appears for newer BlizzardPPC hardware (resp. for
- newer flash ROM versions), because AMIGA-OS is patched in a way,
- that it can't work anymore correctly without ppc.library. Therefore
- a new terminator mechanism for WarpOS had to be developed. The
- variable 'powerpc/terminator' must be set to 2.
-
-
- - Problem:
- The WarpUp demos are running EXTREMLY slow.
-
- - Solution:
- The debugging variable is probably set. The variable 'powerpc/debug'
- must be set to zero.
-
-
- - Problem:
- Some applications, which access the graphics board address space directly,
- crash.
-
- - Solution:
- If CyberVisionPPC/BVisionPPC graphics boards are used, it is necessary to
- tell WarpOS about the address space location. The following env variables
- have to be set correctly:
-
- powerpc/force 1
- powerpc/gfxaddr $e0000000
-
- These values should be set correctly by the WarpUp V4 installer.
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