new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!)

TPR

@roslof I've been trying to get GSplus up and running and have everything you've mentioned in this post except for this: GSOS6.0.1.img

I can't seem to find any reference to this or videos on how to make one by Googling it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I'm trying to run something like "Thexder" and I have the gsp and the 2mg files in the correct place according to the gsp file but I don't have that .img file that you mention.

Folly

@TRP

Just found the solution.

The package depends on libreadline-dev (GNU readline)
If installed on linux it will find the readline.h on your computer.
I manually compiled gsplus and this worked.

I checked also some gsplus forks.
This fork has updated the apt install <dependancies> in the readme.md :
https://github.com/daehahn/gsplus

Add these in the script on line 19 (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators/gsplus.sh) :

getDepends libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev re2c libfreetype6-dev libpcap0.8-dev libreadline-dev

Try to install again.
It should work now.

If this works someone could do a pull request or send an issue on valerino's github.

ps. When you have it working , can you share some info here?
How to run images etc. or get Thexder to run. I am also new to gsplus.
(It boots but I don't know how to load things)

TPR

@folly Thanks. I don't have a script editor to tell me what line 19 is but in Wordpad I counted the lines and I added it here:

rp_module_flags=""

function depends_gsplus() {
getDepends libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev re2c libfreetype6-dev libpcap0.8-dev libreadline-dev
}

function sources_gsplus() {
gitPullOrClone "$md_build" https://github.com/digarok/gsplus
}

Wish me luck!

TPR

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TPR

@folly Yeah, I think Retropie-Setup really didn't like that and I'm still getting the same error...

TPR

@folly Can you post your version of gsplus.sh somewhere so I can try it?

Folly

EDIT : (22-12-2020) Problem has been solved now in the original fork of @valerino.

@tpr said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

@folly Can you post your version of gsplus.sh somewhere so I can try it?

I pushed the file to my github, so you can try.
Hope it works for you.

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators
wget --backups=1 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/main/00-scriptmodules-00/emulators/gsplus.sh

(EDIT: fixed above line, now it will overwrite the gsplus.sh and make a backup of the old file)

or download this repository and extract the file :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share

TPR

@folly I seem to still be getting an error using your version. Here's what my log file says:

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Building 'gsplus' : Apple II/GS emulator v
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29")
-- Check if the system is big endian
-- Searching 16 bit integer
-- Looking for sys/types.h
-- Looking for sys/types.h - found
-- Looking for stdint.h
-- Looking for stdint.h - found
-- Looking for stddef.h
-- Looking for stddef.h - found
-- Check size of unsigned short
-- Check size of unsigned short - done
-- Using unsigned short
-- Check if the system is big endian - little endian
-- Checking for module 'sdl2'
-- Found sdl2, version 2.0.10
-- Checking for module 'freetype2'
-- Found freetype2, version 22.1.16
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/gsplus
Scanning dependencies of target x_readline
Scanning dependencies of target partls
Scanning dependencies of target to_pro
Scanning dependencies of target atbridge
[ 5%] Building C object bin/CMakeFiles/to_pro.dir/to_pro.c.o
[ 5%] Building C object bin/CMakeFiles/x_readline.dir/readline.c.o
[ 5%] Building C object bin/CMakeFiles/partls.dir/partls.c.o
[ 6%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/aarp.c.o
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/gsplus/src/readline.c:90:10: fatal error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
#include <readline/readline.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [bin/CMakeFiles/x_readline.dir/build.make:63: bin/CMakeFiles/x_readline.dir/readline.c.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:102: bin/CMakeFiles/x_readline.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
[ 8%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/atbridge.c.o
[ 10%] Linking C executable partls
[ 11%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/elap.c.o
[ 13%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/llap.c.o
[ 13%] Built target partls
[ 15%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/pcap_delay.c.o
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/gsplus/src/to_pro.c: In function â€˜format_memdiskâ€™:
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/gsplus/src/to_pro.c:370:3: warning: â€˜strncpyâ€™ specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-overflow=]
strncpy((char *)vol_hdr->vol_name, name, strlen(name));
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ 16%] Building C object bin/atbridge/CMakeFiles/atbridge.dir/port.c.o
[ 18%] Linking C static library libatbridge.a
[ 18%] Built target atbridge
[ 20%] Linking C executable to_pro
[ 20%] Built target to_pro
make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators
Could not successfully build gsplus - Apple II/GS emulator v (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/gsplus/bin/GSplus not found).

Log ended at: Fri 11 Dec 18:46:43 GMT 2020
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 15 secs

Folly

EDIT : (22-12-2020) Problem has been solved now in the original fork of @valerino.

@tpr

Try to install the package manually.

sudo apt install libreadline-dev

Then try to reinstall gsplus again.

TPR

@folly Yay! That seemed to at least build without any errors. Thank you!

Now I just need to spend some time to see if I can get it running. Do you happen to know what BIOS files I need and what folders they go in?

Folly

@tpr

@roslof said use ROM.01 for the best compatibility.
Find this file APPLE2GS.ROM and rename it to ROM.01.
(there is an apple mirror ftp)
I placed it just in :
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
Perhaps you have to select the rom through the menu (F4) and save your config.
(hopefully it will stick)

Folly

@tpr

I am now trying both ways running apple2gs.

Through lr-mess I already have Thexder running.

But not yet in GSplus.
GSplus needs a .gsp booter file.
Tried this with thexder but i did not boot Thexder.
I am still missing the GSOS6.0.1.img harddrive file, perhaps thats why it will not work.
(EDIT : hardfile is not needed for booting Thexder)

For those who are also reading this, @roslof discribed a lot about GSplus :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25576/new-scriptmodules-lr-vice-xvic-gsplus-proper-lr-mess-integration/176

TPR

@folly How did you get it running under lr-mess? I have that installed as well but everytime I load something it freezes when it loads up. Maybe I have the wrong BIOS locations? What are the BIOS locations for the lr-mess version?

TPR

@folly When I use lr-mess-apple2gs it always crashes on this Initializing screen:

Folly

@tpr said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

@folly How did you get it running under lr-mess? I have that installed as well but everytime I load something it freezes when it loads up. Maybe I have the wrong BIOS locations? What are the BIOS locations for the lr-mess version?

I think your BIOS is not fully compatible.
check your log :
/dev/shm/runcommand.log
(after trying)

You can read my posts from here, and learn how you can do this :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25576/new-scriptmodules-lr-vice-xvic-gsplus-proper-lr-mess-integration/270

This my last post on how I got it running with lr-mess :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/1014

TPR

@folly GREAT! Will look at that now. Thank you!

TPR

@folly I'll look for that apple mirror ftp to grab the BIOS files. What folders should they go in for lr-mess-apple2gs?

TPR

@folly I was able to get Thexder running in GSplus:

I have the launcher files in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/
and the .2mg files in: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/[Disk Images]/

My BIOS is in: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/apple2gs/

I still cannot get it to work with lr-mess-apple2gs

Any idea what folder the BIOS should be in for that to work? Nothing I have tried brings it up, and it just keeps crashing on the "Initializing" screen.

Folly

@tpr

Nice.

If you have it working then should get it working too.
Will try tomorrow again.

We can try lr-mess later.
Perhaps i can help you.

EDIT: Tried one more time. Indeed it works with GSplus !!!

TPR

@folly

This is what I see in my log after I try to load a game with lr-mess-apple2gs:

341s0632-2.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0232a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0124a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0728 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0748 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0132-d.e12 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.

I'm not sure what that means or what I am missing.