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1. Troubleshooting January 6 2011 by created by w2u from Troubleshooting xml Contents 1 Wrong XaAES is loaded after upgrading 2 XaAES doesn t work with NVDI ET4000 3 XaAES doesn t work with the Eclipse graphics card 4 Serial port does not work is slow 5 Programs in the auto folder are not executed 6 Desktop accessories are not loaded If you encounter a FreeMiNT XaAES related problem and find a solution to it please document it in this guide 1 Wrong XaAES is loaded after upgrading If yow re using a standard EasyMiNT setup it will start usr bin xaloader This is a symbolic link to the actual xaloader prg located in the system folder However this link is static so when you upgrade to a newer kernel that requires a new system folder the symbolic link needs to be updated to point to the new xaloader prg If you don t do this the old XaAES will still be loaded rm usr bin xaloader In s SYSDIR xaaes xaloader prg usr bin xaloader 2 XaAES doesn t work with NVDI ET4000 Problem XaAES hangs during start up when NVDI is used as a driver for ET4000 graphics cards Solution There is a problem while opening the physical workstation on NVDI s ET4000 graphics card driver For now the solution is to boot to the TOS desk top GEM ROM in mint cnf and start XaAES from the desktop by running xaloader prg To automate the boot process it is possible to install xaloader prg as autostart application in the ROM desk
2. tion see the ACCPATH setting in xaaes cnf
3. top This works with XaAES since version 0 999 It is recommended to install 2 accessories for this e g xcontrol and st guide Memory protection should be off 3 XaAES doesn t work with the Eclipse graphics card Problem XaAES hangs during start up when the Eclipse graphics card is enabled Solution This happens when fVDI alone is used to drive the Eclipse Use NVDI as well XaAES will now start correctly Make sure that both fVDI and NVDI runs before FreeMiNT in the autofolder f VDI must be started before NVDI 4 Serial port does not work is slow Problem The serial port is not working or it s slow and unreliable Solution If you haven t used FreeMiNT before there s a good chance that you have the HS Modem serial port drivers installed Remove these FreeMiNT has it s own high perfomance drivers and HS Modem will only interfere with these 5 Programs in the auto folder are not executed Problem There are programs in the autofolder that runs normally when starting TOS but does not run at all when booting FreeMiNT Solution Programs that are located after mint prg in the autofolder will only be started if Execute AUTO PRGs is set to yes in the boot menu 6 Desktop accessories are not loaded Problem Desktop accessories are loaded by TOS but not by XaAES Solution TOS loads accessories from the root of the boot drive Make sure that XaAES is set up to find accessories at this loca

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