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by ioev
Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:18 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: NTP Not Updating Automatically
Replies: 49
Views: 23843

Re: NTP Not Updating Automatically

Thank you for this! I'm having the same issue where ntp doesn't sync unless I manually run the rtc.sh script.

I checked my /var/log/messages file and it seems like there are a bunch of stack traces from my wireless adapter, so I'm assuming it just takes longer to connect now because of that.
by ioev
Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:44 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates
Replies: 6
Views: 5385

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

I'm having this issue after doing an update in the past week or so. Tried an rtl8188eu and an rtl871x chipset, and neither works anymore. The 8188eu I had originally had to compile the driver for, but it seemed to be working without for a while before this most recent update broke it. If it's useful to anyone, there is small exception stacktrace in...
by ioev
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: DOOM Enemy Behavior?
Replies: 61
Views: 31035

Re: DOOM Enemy Behavior?

Tested and I'm seeing the same behavior. Enemies make the "saw you" grunt over and over and have to be super close before they attack. Also made sure I didn't have turbo mode on for snes or super fx to rule out it causing the issue.
by ioev
Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: SNES audio channels fix/enhancement
Replies: 0
Views: 4078

SNES audio channels fix/enhancement

I was playing some LTTP and Megaman X yesterday in celebration of the SNES 30th Anniversary, and was really noticing that "thing" where in many games when sound effects play it causes some channels of the soundtrack to cut out. Secret of Mana was pretty bad for it, but it happens in enough games to make me think it's almost a feature/limi...
by ioev
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:06 pm
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Screen tearing after playing Zelda LTTP for multiple hours. [Fixed]
Replies: 40
Views: 24369

Re: Screen tearing after playing Zelda LTTP for multiple hours.

I can confirm that I've seen screen tearing after playing Breath of Fire II, though I'm not sure how long I was playing before I saw it. I'm on a Samsung plasma, I have heatsink and fan and no case on MiSTer. I normally see a bit of frame skip every few seconds or so, and I feel like the screen tear replaces the frame skip. I wonder if the problem ...
by ioev
Wed May 19, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Composite blend filters are hurting my eyes.
Replies: 10
Views: 4673

Re: Composite blend filters are hurting my eyes.

I've been using the composite blend filters in most of my cores for a while now, and haven't noticed any eye strain. My tv is a 50" plasma. Maybe temporal dithering is the problem? Having suffered eye strain in the past (and present) it's one of those things that is almost impossible to nail down the actual source of. In my case, I've had dece...
by ioev
Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:24 am
Forum: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Your favorite NES palette?
Replies: 31
Views: 21731

Re: Your favorite NES palette?

Just gonna chime in here with this:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/nes-composite-45695288

.pal files are not supported on the NES core are they?
by ioev
Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:52 pm
Forum: Guides & Videos
Topic: Getting your HDMI2VGA Working with MiSTer
Replies: 4
Views: 4388

Re: Getting your HDMI2VGA Working with MiSTer

I gave this a shot for component video, built the adapter described here https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Direct-Video#setup-for-ypbpr-signals, and tested 2 different hdmi->vga adapters (one from aliexpress, another from amazon) and had mixed results. The video was super bright (my crt was buzzing from the bloom), but blacks were wa...
by ioev
Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:35 am
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: direct_video, ypbpr, and hdmi_limited
Replies: 9
Views: 5425

Re: direct_video, ypbpr, and hdmi_limited

I'm curious about this as well. I have the exact same setup and settings as you, and my blacks seem extra black and the picture looks overly bright (compared to other component signals I have connected.) I've tried all the hdmi_limited settings, and they don't seem to cause any change. I'm using this adapter: https://www.amazon.ca/Rankie-Adapter-3-...
by ioev
Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:45 pm
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: Atari 800 core help
Replies: 2
Views: 2037

Re: Atari 800 core help

Ah, that was it! I had it set to 1, and turns out the core defaults to PAL.
by ioev
Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:52 am
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: Atari 800 core help
Replies: 2
Views: 2037

Atari 800 core help

I've tried this core a few times, but it never actually seems to load. All I get is a blank screen, can't bring up the ui, and eventually my TV will lose sync (plasma 1080p) and won't display anything. From what I can tell, it no longer needs a vhd or bios file, but what am I missing here? (My setup is a DE10 Nano + 128mb ram + mister addons usb hub)
by ioev
Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:10 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: I found a decent "solution" for bluetooth sync woes (actually no...)
Replies: 0
Views: 1399

I found a decent "solution" for bluetooth sync woes (actually no...)

Like many of you, I've been having problems syncing bluetooth controllers (NES/SNES Online.) It seems like pairing always works, but after that syncing seems hit or miss. Just now I discovered a way that seems to work very reliably. While the MiSTer is running, unplug the bluetooth dongle, plug it back in, and then immediately try to sync. This wor...
by ioev
Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:32 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Philips TV 15khz NTSC TV CRT Display Sync Issues on Some Cores but Not Others
Replies: 8
Views: 5178

Re: Philips TV 15khz NTSC TV CRT Display Sync Issues on Some Cores but Not Others

There was a thread a while ago about adding some silent noise to the video/audio signals to help with similar problems over hdmi: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=661 I wonder if something like this could help here as well? Something like the gameboy core's "Stabilize Video" feature, but would insert low level black frames.
by ioev
Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:23 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: HDMI to Component (for old JVC CRT TV)
Replies: 35
Views: 13990

Re: HDMI to Component (for old JVC CRT TV)

I still think it would be great if the Analogue DAC signal spec was opened up so that other devices (MiSTer?) could support it.
by ioev
Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:08 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Silent noise over HDMI / optical (Feature request)
Replies: 8
Views: 4899

Re: Silent noise over HDMI / optical (Feature request)

@mahen: the problem occurs with the video as well. Any time it goes to a "black" screen, my whole display goes extra black (looks like it's off) and then comes back on once there is something to display again, but with a slight delay. This doesn't happen with my other consoles (WiiU, Switch), so I'm going to assume they send some sort of ...
by ioev
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Silent noise over HDMI / optical (Feature request)
Replies: 8
Views: 4899

Re: Silent noise over HDMI / optical (Feature request)

Not sure if this is the right place for feature requests, but I would love to see this as well. I get lots of cases of video/audio cut off and weird black screen transitions with my setup right now, but I kind of figured it was something I'd have to just live with.
by ioev
Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:19 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers
Replies: 12
Views: 7462

Re: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers

I actually got a controller to sync by pressing a button (down), waiting a second or so to see if it connects, pressing the sync button to stop it if it doesn't connect, and just repeating this around 3 times. Didn't have to re-pair.
by ioev
Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:54 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Is it okay that my / partition is full?
Replies: 5
Views: 3628

Re: Is it okay that my / partition is full?

Alright, so it sounds like there's nothing to be concerned about. Thanks!
by ioev
Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers
Replies: 12
Views: 7462

Re: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers

Actually, I've now found that I can have it fail at syncing a few times, I'll turn off the mister, come back to it later, try again to sync and it syncs on the first try no problem, without ever having to repair. Very strange.
by ioev
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers
Replies: 12
Views: 7462

Re: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers

Just for fun, I've started digging in to what actually happens when pairing and what the files actually look like in /var/lib/bluetooth. Seems you get a folder with IDs, one for each of your bluetooth devices (dongles), and in that folder is some stored configuration about the devices that are paired. I looked at this folder before a failed pairing...
by ioev
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:16 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Is it okay that my / partition is full?
Replies: 5
Views: 3628

Re: Is it okay that my / partition is full?

Another question then:

In the docs for manually compiling my wifi driver, I have to copy a 4mb file into /lib/modules/4.19.0-socfpga-r1/ which works. But isn't this folder under / which is read-only?
by ioev
Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:34 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Is it okay that my / partition is full?
Replies: 5
Views: 3628

Is it okay that my / partition is full?

The output of df -h: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop8 295M 286M 0 100% / /dev/root 120G 51G 69G 43% /media/fat devtmpfs 245M 0 245M 0% /dev tmpfs 245M 0 245M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 245M 272K 245M 1% /tmp tmpfs 245M 228K 245M 1% /run tmpfs 245M 0 245M 0% /var/lib/samba /dev/loop0 987K 56K 789K 7% /var/lib/bluetooth I've been having p...
by ioev
Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:19 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers
Replies: 12
Views: 7462

Re: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers

I recently discovered that without the IO board, I can hold down the button assigned to the menu on the DE-10 for 3 seconds to activate the bluetooth menu, which is awesome. Prior to that my solution was to use the BT script with my 2.4ghz controller, but I found that often it would get stuck in the script after pairing and I'd need to pull out the...
by ioev
Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:17 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers
Replies: 12
Views: 7462

Bluetooth pairing issues with NES/SNES Online controllers

These controllers work great once paired, but I find they unpair very often and somewhat randomly. When I turn on MiSTer and press a button to see if they're still paired, it's almost as if I have a 50/50 chance of it working. When I re-pair them, it's as if they're pairing for the first time all over again. My original thought was that I was using...
by ioev
Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver
Replies: 17
Views: 21397

Re: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver

Link to the .ko and .bin files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MHfcvxe139pzvADe96NhuFv0U09Rau9f/view?usp=sharing The bin is from the site linked from the MiSTer wifi docs: https://github.com/wkennington/linux-firmware/tree/master/rtlwifi And like I said, everything is working fine now, it's just that after running the update script the .ko file d...
by ioev
Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:55 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver
Replies: 17
Views: 21397

Re: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver

The 8188eu.ko file is 2.2mb. I didn't have to delete anything to copy it back on afterwards, but I'm guessing that directory just gets completely overwritten on certain updates?
by ioev
Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver
Replies: 17
Views: 21397

Re: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver

I decided to give compiling the driver myself a go and turns out it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Wireless is working great now! Would it be helpful to share the compile .ko file? Edit: Scratch that, I updated via the update script and the .ko file is now missing from /lib/modules/4.19.0-socfpga-r1/ I copied it back and did the rest of t...
by ioev
Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:22 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver
Replies: 17
Views: 21397

TP-Link TL-WN725N V1 Driver

Before I go down the rabbit hole of trying to compile this myself, does anyone happen to have a compatible driver for this dongle? It's this one: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wn725n/v1/#Driver lsusb gives the ID 0bda:8179, based on RTL8188EUS as an 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter. I've checked for a driver at https://github.com/w...
by ioev
Tue May 26, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: PC Engine, TurboGrafx 16/CD
Topic: Reducing CDDA Volume
Replies: 9
Views: 5843

Re: Reducing CDDA Volume

I found the overall volume of the PC engine core became much lower than any of the other cores since the CD support was added, but I haven't noticed any balance issues. Having individual audio level controls like you suggested would be really nice.