Icaros Desktop 1.2.6 has been released

[paolone]

The latest update to the popular AROS distribution Icaros Desktop is now available for download. The new version introduce video cards autodetection for native drivers, screen scrolling and dragging on Intel GMA driver (which can now use also embedded display of laptops and netbooks), some new games and applications and, obviously, many bug fixes and feature enhancements, two of them being the ability to associate thumbnails to image files in Wanderer windows and to run other operating systems on a Bochs virtual machine.

New from Icaros Desktop 1.2.5

- updated AROS system files to january 26th, 2011 build
- pressing lAros+Esc will now call Scout in its own screen
- Icaros now chooses the best graphics driver when possible
- added MESA 7.10, EGL and OpenVG libraries from Deadwood
- added Bochs PC emulator with DLX Linux and FreeDos images
- added ThumbNailGun and dt2thumb to "iconify" images with thumbnails
- added latest release of GMA driver with screen dragging
- added Dega, a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator
- added WaetherForecast, a Google weather client
- added Txt2Pdf, a text-to-adobe PDF conversion tool
- added dgen, a Genesis/Megadrive emulator
- added Hatari, an Atari ST emulator with free OS
- updated Janus-UAE to version 0.8
- added ability to setup amiga environment to AmiBridge
- updated standard config files for old amiga models in AmiBridge
- updated SimpleMail to v0.36 and made it default mail client
- updated Lunapaint
- updated NASM
- updated PortablE
- updated MAME
- updated FUSE Spectrum emulator
- updated AmiStart configuration files
- updated Nouveau driver
- updated Regina.library
- updated DirectoryOpus configuration
- updated AmiStart configuration files
- added Giana's Return (experimental)
- fixed a issue with drive informations
- fixed icons in Wanderer detailed file view
- fixed bugs from previous version
- incorporated Icaros 1.2.5 patch 01 Zune theme and fixes

for further informations, downloads and screenshots, please go to the project's website, http://www.icarosdesktop.org

[Crom00]

Thanks to all those involved for this project.

[MaximvsPayne]

it would be nice to have some kind of usbstickimage ready to download. übercool for netbooks!

[kedawa]

Shame it won't play nice with my mouse and keyboard.

[XDelusion]

I could really go for a guide that teaches you how to set up a standard AROS release to do all the cool things this distro does.

The reason why I'd want such a thing is for the fact that I can run AROS on about any of my computers without the system eventually locking up. On the other hand every time I install IcarOS, my machines will lock up after running for about 20 minutes or less.

Sadly with AROS, MANY things do not work until you add much of the content that you find in this distro, I.E. gray screens when trying to play a game like Giana's Return. It is for this reason I wish I knew how to build up AROS by hand.

[Manu]

Surprise surprise, my hdaudio works now ! Thanks for this update !

[Colani1200]

it would be nice to have some kind of usbstickimage ready to download. übercool for netbooks!

http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/addendum-pendrive122.pdf

@Paolo: Great work, as usual.

[yakumo9275]

sweet, installed fresh, locks up just as much as 125 did. aros has some serious bugs somewhere under virtualbox. sometimes it runs for 10 seconds sometimes for 10 minutes but always locks up...

[ncafferkey]

sweet, installed fresh, locks up just as much as 125 did. aros has some serious bugs somewhere under virtualbox. sometimes it runs for 10 seconds sometimes for 10 minutes but always locks up...

I wish I could reproduce this bug :-( Does it only lock up if you run certain programs? Does it still crash if you just boot and do nothing?

[XDelusion]

Holy crap, not only does this version not lock up my machine, but the Audio on my Dell Optiplex Sx260 now works as well!!!!

The only down side is that some games like DOOM will play, and others...
...well others still get the gray screen issue I mentioned elsewhere in these forums.

Oh, and I seem to be stuck in 640x480 mode.

Going to try it on my Dell desktop with GeForce 4 MX next.

[yakumo9275]

I wish I could reproduce this bug :-( Does it only lock up if you run certain programs? Does it still crash if you just boot and do nothing?

hmm move mouse.. lockup.
start owb look at a page.. lockup.

its not a particular app, its everything and its not something thats 100% reproducable. it may be 10 seconds or 10 minutes. I've even had it idle from login, so doing nothing will make it lockup.

this is under virtualbox, settings 1 cpu, 1gb ram.

sometimes I download and run it hosted under linux version and its even worse there. often I see corrupt list messages spewing on the console. so I know there is some wild pointer memory writing going on somewhere..

[paolone]

The only down side is that some games like DOOM will play, and others...
...well others still get the gray screen issue I mentioned elsewhere in these forums.

Oh, and I seem to be stuck in 640x480 mode.

What is your exact model of video card? and what GRUB option are you using at boot?

[paolone]

sweet, installed fresh, locks up just as much as 125 did. aros has some serious bugs somewhere under virtualbox.

What version of VirtualBox?

[yakumo9275]

What version of VirtualBox?

virtualbox 4.0.2 on an intel quad 64bit 8gb ram, using intel VT-x and VT-d for iommu etc

I give icaros 1gb ram, 64mb video ram

win2k has no problems
winxp has no problems
haikuos has no problems
freebsd 4,6,8 have no problems
solaris x86 has no problems
a bunch of linux distros have no problems (from really really 2.0.x systems old to current)

[XDelusion]

What is your exact model of video card? and what GRUB option are you using at boot?

Video Chipset: Intel 845G

GRUB Option: I've been holding down E to get into the options menu.


BTW, I see that the Intel 845G is not directly support, but considering the small size and the low price of the Optiplex systems, that it would be exactly the sort of hardware that AROS fanatics might swarm to if they want a cheap, all in one, Mac Mini-esque type unit to run their favorite Amiga clone on.


Check it!!!

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Dell+Optiplex+Sx260&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=