Hi All,

Happy New Year 2021! Many thanks for the great update! I was able to update to MorphOS 3.15 on my AmigaOne X5000/20 today. I will test the new version in the next days.

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A-EON AmigaOne X5000 Update Instructions

You will need a 500MB or larger USB disk

Prepare the USB Disk

Copy the image to a USB disk

Linux Instructions

With your system powered on, insert a USB disk that is at least 500MB into a USB port
Determine the /dev path to your USB disk using one of the below methods:
- In a terminal as su or sudo, enter "fdisk -l"
- In a terminal as su or sudo, enter "parted -l"
- Check the GParted menu in the upper-right corner

These instructions assume the /dev path to your USB disk is /dev/sdz; however, your actual /dev path is likely to be different - use the actual /dev path to your USB disk

In a terminal as su or sudo, enter the below command:

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where "/dev/sdz" is the /dev path to your USB disk

NOTE: Do not attempt to copy the image to a specific partition - you need to enter the /dev path to the disk, not to a partition (use "/dev/sdz", not "/dev/sdz2")

Mac Instructions

With your system powered on, insert a USB disk that is at least 500MB into a USB port

Open the Terminal app in Applications > Utilities
Determine the /dev path to your USB disk by entering the below command:

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These instructions assume the /dev path to your USB disk is /dev/disk9; however, your actual /dev path is likely to be different - use the actual /dev path to your USB disk

Enter the below command:

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where "/dev/disk9" is the /dev path to your USB disk

Windows Instructions

With your system powered on, insert a USB disk that is at least 500MB into a USB port.
Download "USB Image Tool" from alexpage.de

Open USB Image Tool

On the left panel, select your USB disk
Click the "Restore" button and select the MorphOS disk image


Boot to MorphOS

Begin with your A-EON AmigaOne X5000 system powered down and insert the USB disk into a USB port - remove any other USB disks that are plugged in.

Power on your system and press ESC when the boot animation starts to load the U-Boot menu.

Choose "Command Line" from the U-Boot menu

Type the following commands:

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After selecting the language and keymap please select "Installation ..."

Choose "Update Installation"

Choose the MorphOS volume and the button "Update".

After that please shutdown MorphOS (Ambient - Shutdown... - Shutdown) and remove the MorphOS USB stick.

Please start the AmigaOne X5000 and the new MorphOS 3.15 will boot automatically.

Cheers,
Christian

[ Editiert durch xeno74 02.01.2021 - 11:57 ]

Has dual booting been resolved for the AmigaOne X5000/20 yet? I want to use MorphOS and AmigaOS 4.1 on my X5000 with a modern GPU that supports most features.

The triumvirate of OSes that can run on the X5000 (OS4.1FE, MorphOS, linux) still lack a fully featured common GPU implementation.

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And will lack in the future.
Is theoretically possible, that MorphOS and AmigaOs will have support for the same more modern cards, but I think linux will never have it.
There is a bug in amdgpu PPC big-endian version, and new improvements focuses on little-endian.

But who knows, maybe I'm wrong and someone will be dealing with decades old things from which he has no profit, except joy

@sailor
Are you talking about this?

Personally I’m not interested in running Linux on the X5000. I have plenty of other machines I can run Linux on. It would be really nice to dual boot MorphOS and AmigaOS 4.1 on the X5000 with a newish GPU. Or even better the architecture shift solution finally arrives for MorphOS. I understand OS development is hard work, so I guess good things come to those who wait.

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I dont know exactly - I know that Nvidia Nouveau have problem with kernel page size, custom kernel with 4kb page is needed on big-endian. I was playing with this when I had FX4500 inside my Quad.
Regarding the amdgpu I know only that it doesn't works on big-endian , thus we must use radeon, i.e. we are limited to northern island and lower cards.

> we are limited to northern island and lower cards.

It's more complicated than that because the actual GPU architectures, which are what determine (non-)support, don't correspond to the "Islands" family names (which correspond to the R(V)Xxx GPU names). The Northern Islands family (= RV9xx GPU) also contains such GPUs with TeraScale 3 architecture (i.e. HD69x0 cards with RV970 "Cayman" GPU) that isn't really supported by MorphOS.
In conclusion, it would be more correct to say that MorphOS support is limited to most of Northern Islands (i.e. RV910 "Caicos" GPU to RV940 "Barts" GPU) and all lower GPUs.

Generally I think it is a better solution to get a setup that can run MorphOS right now than to wait for some support that may or may not arrive.

Of course this is something that users with specific setups don't want to hear, and of course it is inconvenient if you can't have best of the both (or multiple) worlds easily in your system.

We really need to focus on things that give most benefit for all users, not just some rather small subset of users of one particular system/setup. We also look at the registration numbers of specific models to see where the focus should be put. Before anyone asks, yes, we do understand that lacking driver support might not encourage registrations.

Please don't read too much into this comment. It is not an official statement of any kind, just a friendly reminder that while some things would be great to have (from your point of view), it still might not happen anytime soon, if at all. You could be waiting for a very long time (if not forever).

> We also look at the registration numbers of specific models

Btw, would 5000 registrations not have been a good reason for another celebration with statistics? :-)

Hello guys,
I am trying to boot on my X5000/40 MorphOS using a USB, but it stacks after bootmorphos and doesn't load at all.

The last printed messages are:
Trying to load "bootcyrusplus.img" from "SDH0:"...
Loaded "bootcyrusplus.img" from "SDH0:", booting...

After that stays on uboot grey screen without proceeding.

Tested 4 different sticks but no luck with any of them. I also tried with no hard disk plugged in.

In case the Gfx cards I tried on my machine are not supported, would I see something after that step, for example black screen or grumbled graphics? I tested an HD770, R9 280X and a Gigabyte GV-R725XOC-2GI.

Any recommendation?

Not sure what HD770 is but it does not sound like you have a supported graphics card.

@jacadcaps
Thank you so much for your reply. I will try to find a compatible card and proceed with that. Does anyone have any card to recommend as the best choice?

> Does anyone have any card to recommend as the best choice?

Just for MorphOS? Or do you want to run other operating systems also?

@Andreas_Wolf
Just for MorphOS...

> Just for MorphOS...

Then it's the one mentioned there (or rather the one mentioned 5 comments later).

Thank you so much Andreas. Will look for one of these cards. Probably for the X1950XT.

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I am currently trying to replace my Radeon HD5450 by the X1950 XT, at least for testing purpose because the card is too big for regular usage.
The question: Do I have to manually change something in the options of MorphOS because after having booted the X5000, the Boing Ball appears, then the MOrphOS boot loader starts and then a black screen appears saying: Wrong screen resolution, set it to 1920x1080@60Hz.
But I cannot do anything..

Any hints?

@walkero
Have you already found and installed a XT? Any experiences?

I had the same issue when i ahve changed my GPU, the only way to solve is booting on the DVD and make a new install
or maybe change manually the screen prefs afiter booting on the DVD.

first try the boot on the dvd or the usb

Regards

@gordini21

Thank you very much for the hint!
Yes, I could boot with the help of the USB-Stick.

But I do not know what to do then...
Because: In Prefs/Screens the correct graphics card is set (X1650Pro).
Do I have to copy this prefs? Is this X1650 configuration only saved for/on the USB-Stick?

The only strange issue: In prefs/monitors a wrong monitor (31kHZ) is set. But also if I enter there the correct values of my monitor, save and then try to boot with the SSD disk, I get the 'wrong screen resolution' message....

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It's good that it works when booted from the USB stick, then you can get it to work from the installed system too.

Withouth thinking this too well now, I'd have couple quick suggestions. You could remove (or rename to different name to be revertable) the System:Prefs/Env-Archive/MUI/screens.txt file. This defines which resolution and monitor Ambient and other screens are trying to open. And if this doesn't help, try the same with the System:Prefs/Env-Archive/sys/PublicScreens.prefs file.

I think that if these files are missing, MorphOS tries to use something that it finds for defaults and it should work as booted from the installation media. These are probably created only after user has manually saved some related settings...

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And of course you could try to boot MorphOS into some default resolution instead to a saved one. Press the CTRL key during the startup to get it forced to the 1024x768@75Hz VESA mode, or press the Shift key or LMB to get into the early startup boot menu where you can select between some other modes.

[ Edited by jPV 31.07.2021 - 10:42 ]

@jPV

Thank you very much!!
Shift+LMB did not work. I guess because the wrong/correct screen resolution is loaded *before*.

But: With some luck, CTRL key work.

And I guess I have found the reason why I am having trouble: It is due to my monitor.
Booting with CTRL key I got some standard screen, as you described. If I then set the sreent resolution to 1920x1080 - my Philips Brilliance 241B has 16:9 format - I immediately get the info: Wrong screen resolution. Set it to 1920x1080@60Hz. And the screen get black.

Okay, I again did the procedure and had a closer look:

For the X1650Pro I only can choose a 1920x1080@76Hz. Obviously my monitor cannot display that.
Now I have changed to 1280x720@60Hz: And this does work - but of course is not that fun.

Funny enough: If I am remembering correctly, for my HD5450 there also is only 1920x1080@76Hz available but the monitor can display it. Has anybody an explanation for that???
Could this has anything to do with HDMI connection (HD5450) and DVI connection (all X-cards)??

And is there any poosibility to add a screen resolution of 1920x1080@60Hz for the X-cards?

Thank you!!!

> I guess I have found the reason why I am having trouble:
> It is due to my monitor. […] is there any poosibility to add
> a screen resolution of 1920x1080@60Hz for the X-cards?

You could try this workaround. (Shot in the dark, though.)

Thank you.

But in this case - for once i found this out myself - it is much more simple:
MorphOS does recognize my monitor: Philips Brilliance 241B. But obviously assigns a wrong freqeuncy of 75Hz.

---> System: Prefs/Preferences/Monitors

Under monitor specifications my monitor is listed.
Choosing '24Bit 1920 x 1080' under Screen resolutions and then 'Edit....'.
And there a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080p (60hz) is available.
Test....Working!
Ok....Save....Restart.
And yes, it works! :)

I have only one question:
What is the difference between '1920x1080p(60hz)', '1920x1080 (60hz)' and '1920x1080(60hz)CVRB2'?

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It was Shift or LMB, but not simultaneously.


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I guess there are different settings (pixel clock, sync and pulse values, etc) for same resolutions that are standards or common enough otherwise. For example, that last one seems to refer to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Video_Timings.

I guess you should just try which one works with your monitor if you don't know better :)

EDIT: well...... I changed from 1920x1080p to 1920x1080 CVTRB2 myself.... less bandwidth, less load to gfx chip or something? :P

For future references, it seemed to modify a monitor file in Prefs/Presets/Monitors/ directory. And you can see name of the monitor file from the Prefs/Env-Archive/CyberGraphX/RadeonMonitor file. If someone needs to play/fix/revert/debug these settings...

[ Edited by jPV 31.07.2021 - 20:55 ]