Cannot boot the Desktop under Linux

Hi,

I’ve compiled rpcemu, D/L the HardDisc4.5.20.util and IOMD-Soft.5.20.zip rom.

I can boot on it, move the !Boot folder from HardDisc4 to hostfs ; but when I try to reboot rpcemu, the boot is stuck, here are the last messages on console :

Func 0
___ Set current directory
___ r1 = 0xfa207ea4 (ptr to wildcarded dir. name)
___ PATH = @
___ PATH2 = @
Func 11
___ Read disc name and boot option
File 255
___ Load file
___ r1 = 0xfb413244 (ptr to wildcarded filename)
___ r2 = 0×0003e1b8 (address to load at)
___ r6 = 0×00000000 (pointer to special field if present)
___ PATH = $.ThemeDefs.!RunImage

I tried to compile both with and w/o —enable-dynarec ; doesn’t change behaviour.

My rpc.cfg is following :

model = RPC710
mouse_twobutton = 0
network_type = off
mouse_following = 1
cdrom_type = 0
cdrom_enabled = 1
refresh_rate = 60
stretch_mode = 1
sound_enabled = 0
vram_size = 2
mem_size = 256
ipaddress = 172.31.0.1
cpu_idle = 0

Any hints ?

model = RPC710

Make that model=RPCSA
There’s a bug in the emulation that means ARM7 and ARM6 modes don’t work. I don’t think it’s been fixed yet as the emulator folks were developing some test code to shake out other similar quirks.

model = RPC710

No one has got around to writing a specific guide for the Linux build of RPCEmu – however in both Windows and Mac OSX versions the advice¹ is to run with StrongARM emulation configured.

model = RPCSA
cpu_type = SA110

Drop the VRAM to 0 as another test.

¹ The windows version certainly has problems if you don’t the SA emulation with RO5.2x

No one has got around to writing a specific guide for the Linux build of RPCEmu

It’s on my to do list – might get on to it in a few moments at work when I finish the new FreeRADIUS on Debian setup.

Thanks, it’s okay now.

BTW I tried to put “model = StrongARM” but it falls back to RPC710. I didn’t find “RPCSA” option in documentation.