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

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

This post is deleted!

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.

Folly

@tpr

Most are already in MESS 0.151 ROMs .
You have to have apple2gs.zip containing those roms in the BIOS directory.
341-0132-d.e12 is in apple2ee.zip
Use the old 341-0748 from the apple mirror ftp.
Repack to zip.

Use sha1sum to check the sums.

sha1sum *

58fbf770d3801a02d0944039829f9241b5279013  341-0124a.bin
8e14e85c645187504ec9d162b3ea614a0c421d32  341-0132-d.e12
e8744180075182849d431fd8023a52a062a6da76  341-0232a.bin
c0f4704233ead14cb8e1e8a68fbd7063c56afd27  341-0737
c70576869deec92ca82c78438b1d5c686eac7480  341-0748.bin
2784cdd7ac7094b3e494409db3e72b4e6d2d9e81  341-0748.bin -> new <- do not use
41d18c36a617ab9dce668445440d34354be0672  341s0632-2.bin
34e2443e2ef960a36c047a09ed5a93f471797f89  apple2gs.chr