icaros desktop 2.0 and Amiga 68k software

[paolone]

So I'm behind the times when it comes to AROS.  I had a question.. 2.0 is coming out soon and I have a question about it or icaros in general.

Does 1.5.x or 2.0 run Amiga 68k software without having to run UAE?

Ok. I will try to explain this once forever

AmigaOS 3.X/AROS 68K software is like wine
AmigaOS 4.X PPC software is like another kind, but similar, wine
AROS x86 software is like brandy

you can mix wine, you can't mix it to brandy. To put wine into brandy and keep it as wine, you nedd a glass to contain it.

UAE is the glass

I hope I'd been clear.

[paolone]

Don't worry. If it's buggy, we're gonna fix it.

[paolone]

I tried it in virtual box. It installed fine. Single directory install, no Work: partition.
I tried a few apps (can't remember which) and it locks up. I didn't have time to test it more.

Great bug report I'd say. No clue about the issue and no hint about VM specs (for instance, how much memory did you assign to it?). No explanation about other settings and no steps to reproduce the problem. Considering that people should at least provide ALL these informations to fill a bug report, and that the most willing ones will also include a system log from sashimi, can you please tell me how can I/we investigate your problems, when they've been reported with the most generic and unhelping words you could choose?

[paolone]

Hey Paolone, I have had similar problems running it in VirtualBox and I seem to have narrowed it down the sound. VirtualBox version is 4.3.18 r96516 under MAC OS X Yosemite. The particular problem I am having is with ICH AC97. Icaros detects it but when I play a test sound, it shortly plays and then freezes the AHI window. The other sound devices from VirtualBox are not detected by ICAROS. The Virtual HDD is 5GB and 1GB Ram.

I'll provide more details when I get a chance to play with it more.

It may be VirtualBox. One build works, the next one not. Try a older version. I remember not having particular sound issues with older VBox releases. That's why I use VMware virtualizers only for my personal productivity: they work.

[paolone]

Hello! I've just placed a new video about M68K support on Icaros Desktop! This should help understanding how AmiBridge works and how it will work with upcoming update 2.0.1.

http://vmwaros.blogspot.it/2014/11/something-about-amibridge-on-v201.html

Hint: watch it in HD for a detailed vision.