Initial Stable Release (10/02/2022) - Only authentic Sandisk and Samsung cards are supported and recommended. - In my initial testing poor or unknown quality sd cards somestimes fail to reboot. TO MINIMIZE ON POTENTIAL FRUSTRATION, ONLY USE AN AUTHENTIC SAMSUNG OR SANDISK SD CARD - Follow the instructions from the wiki to properly loading this image: https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki#instructions-for-loading - Initial boot and preparation can take about 5 minutes to complete due to the themes being copied. Be patient! - Be sure during initial boot, Only have the OS SD card in slot 1 (TF1/INT.) during the initial boot!. Do not put an SD card in slot 2 (TF2/Ext.) during the initial boot! Failure to follow this may result in strange behavior during the intial boot preparation process. - Once the initial boot has completed and you're at the Emulationstation menu, you can insert your second sd card into slot 2 (TF2/Ext.). - To make use of your second sd card for your games, go to options/Advancec/Switch to SD2 for ROMS. For more information, see: https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions---rg353v#q-how-do-i-make-use-of-the-second-sd-slot-for-roms-and-games - Philips CDI and Panasonic 3DO gaming systems work decently on this chipset. - Gamecube support is included but don't expect good performance on this chipset with it. - Jon Bell's Fake08 pico-8 emulator is included as an alternative to the pico-8 player. - The paid pico-8 player from Lexaloffel is still highly encouraged for purchase for best performance, compatibility and to support the platform. - Kodi 19.4 64-bit is available from the Start Menu - Rumble motor is supported - HDMI out is functional - Bluetooth controller pairing and use is functional - Connectivity with external controllers is supported and works with retroarch based emulators. Other standalone emulators may or may not work. - Hotkey information: https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions---RG353V#q-what-are-the-global-event-keys-and-emulator-event-keys-in-ArkOS Known Issues/Limitations - System boot logo can not be changed at this time. - Holding F button then pressing power to boot into Android while the OS SD card is in slot 1 (TF1/INT.) is not functional at this time. - To boot Android, make sure your device is off, pop out the OS SD card in slot (TF1/INT.), power on the unit. v2.0 (10/29/2022) - Added Love 11.4 emulator - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.12.0 (Commit 22f43a4) - Fixed Retroarch wifi configuration not working - Updated Emulationstation to support showing pico-8 carts as images when not scraped - Updated PPSSPP to 1.13.2 - Updated pico-8 launch script - Updated Enable Developer Mode script - Updated timezones script to not change retroarch core repo when timezone is an asian country such as Hong Kong - Disabled network manager wait online systemd by default - Updated Boot logo (Thanks to jeltron) v2.0 (11/01/2022) - Added bluetooth audio support Known issues - The Emulationstation interface needs to be restarted after successfully connecting to bluetooth audio in order for interface sound effects to route via bluetooth. Just press start, then go to quit, then press A on the Restart Emulationstation menu option. - Audio from video snapshots and video screensaver does not play when bluetooth audio is connected. v2.0 (11/05/2022) - Updated Bluetooth configuration menu to account for longer bluetooth device names better - Updated Bluetooth configuration menu to support turning bluetooth on and off - Fixed Bluetooth audio volume control issue v2.0 (11/06/2022) - Fixed Retroarch and Retroarch32 ozone menu crashing when called during game session - Added Fake-08 libretro core (Thanks to Jon Bell) * Carts must end with .p8 or .P8 extensions. .PNG or .png extension will cause the emulator to just display the cart's picture on load. v2.0 (11/09/2022) - Added 60hz panel screen timings (Thanks to TonyJih) - Added script to support changing to be able to change to the Original Screen Timings to /opt/Advanced v2.0 (11/18/2022) - Added Amstrad GX4000 system - Added librga.so.2 symlink for arm-linux-gnueabihf to better support users who build their own 32bit retroarch - Enabled N64DD hardware in retroarch-core-options.cfg file for parallel-n64 core by default (Thanks to pacman for reporting the issue) - Updated retroarch-tate script - Updated pico8 script to fix full screen resolution - Fixed mupen64plus rice standalone emulator resolution in configuration file for supported 640x480 devices (Thanks to pacman for reporting the issue) - Updated PS1 M3U Generator script. (Thanks to Rocky5) - Defaulted external controller as Player 1 for retroarch and retroarch32 when connected v2.0 (12/01/2022) - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.13.0 (commit 03e71e6) - Updated Gliden64 video plugin for mupen64plus standalone (Thanks to rishooty and JelOS) - Updated glide64mk2 video plugin for mupen64plus standalone - Updated wifi script to better accomodate wpa2/wpa3 configured networks (RG353M/V/VS and RG503 Only!) - Adjusted file system check interval for ext4 (root) partition (RG353M/V/VS and RG503 Only!) - Fixed controls not working with retroarch and retroarch32 emulators when bluetooth audio is connected (RG353M/V/VS and RG503 Only!) - Disabled placebo 2.0ghz OC for (RG353M/V/VS Only!) v2.0 (12/02/2022) - Removed easyroms partition check on tf1 with everyboot - Verified GlideN64 video plugin settings have been properly updated for mupen64plus standalone v2.0 (12/10/2022) - Updated bluetooth audio backend to add support for aptX and aptX-HD v2.0 (12/18/2022) - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.14 (Commit 932b4ad) - Updated PPSSPP Standalone Emulator to version 1.14 - Updated pico8.sh script to support converting .png to .p8 on the fly when using the fake08 libretro core - Added separate vic20 system setup - Added vic20 rom folder - Updated exfat kernel module - Fixed retroarch-tate default controls v2.0 (12/23/2022) - Updated PPSSPP standalone emulator to 1.14.1 - Disabled Message Of The Day service for ssh logins - Fixed EasyRPG scan for new games script - Added workaround for auto reconnecting connected bluetooth devices upon wake from sleep (may not always be reliable though) - Updated dtb file to allow for full analog range (Thanks to MehStrongBadMeh for the fix) v2.0 (12/25/2022) (Special thanks to creamydips for testing of important fixes in this update) - Updated kernel defaulting mq-deadline IO scheduling to no - Update IO scheduling to kyber - Added noatime for ext4 partition in /etc/fstab to minimize on writes v2.0 (12/27/2022) - Updated Kodi to 19.5 and include battery life monitoring setting - Updated Analog ranges again (Thanks to dexwerx and MehStrongBadMeh) - Updated ScummVM to pre-release version 2.7.0 v2.0 (12/29/2022) - Updated kernel to completely remove mq-deadline IO scheduler - Changed default IO scheduler to bfq to hopefully further reduce possible corruption of OS partition - Updated wifi configuration script to retry ssid scanning automatically if no ssid is found during initial scan v2.0 (12/30/2022) - Updated sleep script to workaround ES video preview crash when awaken from sleep - Updated mediaplayer script to restart global hotkey deamon on exit - Updated Emulationstation to improve video initialization for video snapshots and video screensaver (Thanks to Batocera) - Fixed typo in Bluetooth Manager option 6 (Thanks to deluxx for reporting) v2.0 (01/03/2023) - Modified default estuary skin in Kodi to make UI elements larger - Increased default font sizes for estuary skin in Kodi - Added sound loop kernel module for audio loopback support for Bluetooth Audio - Fixed no controls for Atari 800 and Atari XEGS - Updated bluetooth audio to be used via loopback - Fixes no audio from video screensavers and video snapshots in ES and no audio for some ports like Celeste. - Updated PPSSPP to 1.14.3 - Changed the default Joypad D-Pad core mapping to keyboard for Nekop2 and Nekop2Kai retroarch cores v2.0 (01/14/2023) - Defaulted Pico-8 execution script to look for the 64 bit official executable first instead of the 32 bit official executable - Updated PPSSPP standalone emulator to 1.14.4 - Updated Hypseus-Singe standalone emulator to 2.10.1 - Updated uInitrd for better recovery of the ext4 partition from abrupt reboots v2.0 (01/15/2023) - Fixed Emulationstation system scraping for Super Famicom system - Fixed issue with retroarch screenshots being saved to the ark home folder instead of the content directory by default. - (Thanks to grantbacon for reporting the issue and thanks to gouchi with Libretro for helping to identify the configuration issue.) - Updated OpenMSX Standalone emulator to 18.0 - Added CoolCV retroarch32 core as the default core for Colecovision (includes support for SGM games) - (Thanks to nanochess for the core, thanks to John Boy for the suggestion, thanks to Slaminger for verifying permission to use the core) - Added bluetooth audio delay improvement - Reupdated PPSSPP to 1.14.4 due to potential update script issue that may have revert it to a previous version. v2.0 (01/24/2023) - Updated sleep script to fix some benign errors - Updated the sleep.conf file to use freeze for sleep instead of mem. Should improve sleep stability especially when waking the device. - Updated kernel to stop spamming the kernel buffer with battery charge info - Updated controller setup script to better support PS4 controllers (Thanks to Baco for the fix) - Defaulted True drive emulation to off for Commodore 64 v2.0 (01/25/2023) - Added ability to switch to Deep sleep mode to Option>Advanced section - Deep sleep provides greater battery life savings during sleep but may be unstable for some units. v2.0 (02/09/2023) - Updated ArkOS Browser by filebrowser to version 2.23.0 - Updated Hypseus-Singe to version 2.10.2 - Updated SDL2 to 2.0.26.2 - Defaulted drastic to performance mode - Added wifi importer tool - At boot, ArkOS will check for a wifikeyfile.txt file in the roms/tools folder (or roms2/tools folder for 2 sd card setups) and start a wifi credentials importing process. - Added support for .7z to Pokemon Mini in Emulationstation (Thanks to nicjansma for the suggestion) - Enabled LED to remain on while unit is sleeping - Fixed Drastic, PPSSPP standalone, Hypseus-Singe, ecwolf, and 351Files not displaying via HDMI - Updated retroarch and retroarch32 with drm connection patch to force a set hdmi resolution (Thanks to Batocera) v2.0 (02/17/2023) - Added IPTV Simple PVR Client for Kodi (Thanks to yzzyzz for the request) - Fixed connecting and disconnecting joysticks causing emulationstation to restart v2.0 (02/25/2023) - Added Ignore Leading Articles when sorting features form batocera emulationsation (Thanks to Dantasstic for the suggestion) - Fixed shoulder buttons losing paging function after reconfiguration in emulationstation - Added controls for panel brightness, contrast, saturation and hue - Thanks to Nicolas Cisco for the drm_tool program that this feature uses to achieve this control (https://github.com/NickCis/drm_tool) v2.0 (02/27/2023) - Added a failsafe for saving and restoring color profile (Thanks to mega-joe for reporting the issue) v2.0 (02/28/2023) - Updated color profile restore settings failsafe - Updated emulationstation to disable display settings in start menu when displaying via hdmi - Added Greek translation to emulationstation (Thanks to George S.) - Updated ScummVM to 2.8.0 v2.0 (03/11/2023) - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.15.0 (commit 666fbdc) - Added force quit function for scummvm standalone emulator - Added force quit function for drastic standalone emulator - Added support for Sega Pico (Thanks to MercuryStar for the suggestion and testing) - Updated emulationstation to add scraping support for Sega Pico - Improved randomness of video screensaver for emulationstation (Thanks to builtinhold for the PR) - Updated nes-box theme to add Sega Pico (Thanks to Jetup) v2.0 (03/21/2023) - Updated Emulationstation to add option for volume and brightness adjustment onscreen display (Thanks to Baco) - Updated Backup Settings to create an additional copy of the backup file to SD2 if available - Updated Backup Settings to include backing up the display color profile - Updated bluetooth audio backend to bluez-alsa (commit 5466efc) - Updated Restore Settings to ask for confirmation before proceeding with a restore. - Fixed GZDoom not loading by updating to latest build (Commit 3d38d5e) (Thanks to Pash-tet for reporting the issue and testing the update) - Fixed Duckstation Standalone not booting with 1 SD card setup - Added Microvision emulator (Thanks to Paul Robson) - Added restore default drastic settings script to Options/Advance section - Added Swanstation retroarch core for PSX (Thanks to Mr_Boo_Berry for the request and testing) - Defaulted Swanstation gpu renderer to software (Thanks to Mr_Boo_Berry for the recommendation) - Defaulted dreamcast emulator and core to retroarch32 and flycast32_rumble - Defaulted amiga emulator and core to retroarch32 and uae4arm (RG353M, RG353V/VS, and RG503 Only!) - Added puae2021 retroarch core for Amiga (Thanks to iconocluster.exe for the request) v2.0 (03/25/2023) - Updated Mupen64plus standalone - Fixed preconfigured controls for Super Blockbuster for Microvision - Fixed preconfigured controls for Space Invaders (homebrew) for Microvision v2.0 (03/30/2023) - Updated ECWolf to 1.4.1 - Fixed ability to reconfigure keys in drastic emulator - Updated default scaling governor to performance for mgba emulator (Thanks to Sanelessone for reporting performance issues and testing this change) - Added support for schedutil scaling governor to the kernel (Thanks to fewt/JelOS for the advice) - Updated default scaling governor for cpu to schedutil for low end emulators v2.0 (04/01/2023) - Updated fake-08 standalone emulator (commit e9fe530) - Fixed ability to reconfigure keys in gzdoom and lzdoom v2.0 (04/27/2023) - Added Entex Adventure Vision (Thanks to pacman for the suggestion) - Added puae2021 core support to emulationstation that was missing from 03212023 update for some devices - Added fbneo core as optional for NeoGeo CD (Thanks to zomgugoff for the suggestion) - Added .cmd extension support for PC98 (Thanks to zomgugoff for the suggestion) - Rebuilt Retroarch and Retroarch32 1.15.0 (commit 5eddcfe) to hopefully resolve some possible micro stutter issues - Added retroarch and retroarch32 audio filters - Updated SDL2 to 2.26.5 - Updated retroarch only mode to default to performance governor (Thanks to Vanfanel for reporting the issue and testing) - Updated hypseus-singe to 2.10.3 - Changed gpu default governor from simple_ondemand to dmc_ondemand - Updated dtb file for compatibility with V1 and V2 displays (including 60hz for v2 display) (Thanks to dexwerx and TheGammaSqueeze for the work on this) - Removed Screen switch scripts from Options/Advanced section since it's no longer needed - Updated vibration script to support strong and weak vibration for cores such as pcsx_rearmed and swanstation v2.0 (05/04/2023) - Updated PPSSPP standalone emulator to 1.15.0 - Updated EasyRPG libretro to version 0.8 "Paralyze" - Updated liblcf to version 0.8 for EasyRPG 0.8 - Added battery level text support to Emulationstation - Updated Emulationstation to show screen version info and ID in Display Settings and Info in start menu - Added Polish translation for Emulationstation (Thanks to Pan Antonio) - Fixed Amiga, Amiga CD32, Dreamcast and Microvision not showing up with single sd card setup (Thanks to kielyallen for reporting the issue) - Fixed some GlideN64 plugin default settings for Mupen64Plus (Thanks to EmperorOfTigers for reporting the issue) - Removed .m3u support in Emulationstation for Amiga and Amiga CD32 since puae and uae4arm can not load m3u files when launched from Emulationstation. (Thanks to lauren7ino for testing and the request) v2.0 (05/11/2023) - Updated PPSSPP to 1.15.3 - Updated Hypseus-Singe to 2.10.4 - Updated uboot to fix potential freezing and failed boot issues (Thanks to fewt and JelOS for the fix) - Added Gearsystem libretro core as an optional core for Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System (Thanks to TSS_Killer for the suggestion) - Added Picodrive libretro core as an optional core for Sega Game Gear (Thanks to kikkk43 for the suggestion) v2.0 (05/17/2023) - Fixed scraping in emulationstation for Daphne (Thanks to TheRetroByte for reporting the issue) - Fixed Backup of symlinks in Backup Settings script (Thanks to lauren7ino for reporting the issue) - Updated Restore Settings script to check for a backup file in the /roms/backup folder - Updated sleep script to reduce governors to powersave and restore previous set governors on wake - Fixed Deep Sleep for units that can reliably support it - Reverted default schedutil governor setting back to interactive due to performance regression v2.0 (05/19/2023) - Changed the default governor for all emulators to performance v2.0 (05/24/2023) - Added experimental support for the touchscreen(Thanks to tomtomp for the findings and work on this) * To enable, just go to the Options/Advanced section and select Enable Experimental Touch support and follow the instructions to enable. * Touch capability is available for Drastic(NDS), Kodi, ScummVM Standalone and some Retroarch based emulators like fceumm. * If you encounter operational issues, you can switch back to the previous no touchscreen support state by going to the Options/Advanced section and select Disable Experimental Touch support. v2.0 (06/01/2023) - Updated PPSSPP standalone emulator to 1.15.4 - Added retroarch and retroarch32 core options to backup script (Thanks to lauren7ino for reporting the issue) - Fixed ScummVM game save location not changing to roms2 when using 2 sd card setup (Thanks to lauren7ino for reporting the issue) - Added missing assets for ScummVM for experimental support for the touchscreen (Thanks to jqno for reporting and researching the issue) - Added experimental touch support for retroarch32 for uae4arm 32bit - Updated retroarch experimental touch v2.0 (06/02/2023) - Fixed updated retroarch and retroarch32 experimental touch support (Thanks to lauren7ino for reporting the issue) (Thanks to anaximan for the fix) v2.0 (06/22/2023) - Updated Emulationstation to support 12 hour clock format (Thanks to Batocera) (Thanks to kaath for the suggestion) - Updated Emulationstation to fix possible black screen after adding a game to favorites on returning from playing a game (Thanks to Batocera) - Updated doom launch script to automatically remove windows carriage returns from .sh scripts (Thanks to Solid One for reporting the issue) - Added RACE libretro as an additional retroarch core for NeoGeo Pocket and NeoGeo Pocket Color (Thanks to Josep for the suggestion) - Added gearcoleco libretro as an additional retroarch core for colecovision - Added .d71 and .d81 as supported extensions for Commodore64 (Thanks to zomgugoff for the suggestion) - Fixed alt-right contstant input issue for scummvm due to force quit hotkey daemon (Thanks to tonno95 for reporting the issue) - Fixed horizontal borders issue for mednafen emulator for SMS (Thanks to sydarn for the fix) v2.0 (07/23/2023) - Added ONScripter libretro core (Thanks to lcdyk for the request) - Updated NES-Box Theme to include ONScripter (Thanks to Jetup13 for the update) - Updated pico-8 script to modify retroarch config to not load builtin imageviewer if launching a .png file with fake08 core (Thanks to jtothebell for the tip) - Installed espeak-ng package for battery level reading - Included mbrola us2 male voice for use with espeak-ng - Added support for CHD files to Sega 32x (Thanks to thorias for the request) - Added ability to speak the current battery level reading (Thanks to JelOS for the idea) RG351MP, RG353M/V/VS, RG503, and RK2023 units = Select + R3 RG351V, RK2020/OGA 1.0, RGB10/RGB10s/RGB20/OGA 1.1, and Chi units = Select + R2 - Added verbal warning when in games if battery level is below 30 percent, then below 20 percent, then below 10 percent - Added ability to reset settings for GZdoom and LZdoom (Thanks to jsanchesleao for reporting the issue) - Added Quick Mode (Thanks to stupidhoroscope for the guidance and OnionOS for the inspiration) To enable this mode, select Enable Quick Mode from the Options>Advanced menu section in Emulationstation Only works with Retroarch and Retroarch32 based emulators Once enabled, if you do a safe shutdown while in a Retroarch or Retroarch32 emulator, An autosavestate will be created of the current game and the unit will shutdown. Upon power on, the system will autoboot into the last game and resume the auto savestate. v2.0 (08/11/2023) - Added workaround for lack of audio channel separation when using hardwired headphones (Thanks to spamsool for reporting the issue and testing the workaround) One caveat is that if audio is currently playing when plugging in or unplugging headphones, the audio may need to be stopped or paused, then resumed in order for the channel separation to be correct. - Added ability to disable the verbal battery level warning introduced from the last update to emulationstation Available under Start->Sound Settings->Verbal Battery Warning - Added ability to change the verbal battery level voice introduced from the last update to emulationstation Available under Start->Sound Settings->Verbal Battery Voice - Fixed force quit fails if onscreen keyboard is active while in the wifi setup script (Thanks to RumblePen for reporting the issue) - Fixed Quick mode to not start Emulationstation during shutdown while in quickboot mode from previous quickboot (Thanks to EchoFiend2000 for reporting the issue and helping to test the fix) - Updated SDL2 to version 2.0.28.2 v2.0 (09/21/2023) - Fixed Quick mode not starting emulationstation when quitting to emulationstation (Thanks to arnomolly for reporting the issue and testing the fix) - Fixed Quick mode sometimes fails to shutdown with some emulators - Fixed typo in Disable Quick Mode script - Updated Hypseus-Singe to 2.11.1 - Updated PPSSPP Standalone emulator to 1.16.2 - Updated pico8 script to be able to load splore by holding the B button after launching a cart from ES - Updated Fake08 standalone emulator - Updated restore default drastic settings script to include rk2023 and rgb30 units - Update sleep script to check if unit is loaded in quick mode when coming out of sleep - Added ability to boot into pico-8 standalone via Quick mode - Added ability to swap power button tap from suspend to power off to emulationstation. - Added ppsspp default controls script to Options>Advanced section - Added Wasm-4 fantasy console emulation support (Thanks to akhenakh for the recommendation) - Added Thomson computer emulation support (Thanks to kamelie1706 for the recommendation) - Added scraping support for Thomson computer to emulationstation - Added symlink for /home/ark/.asoundrc to /etc/asound.cfg v2.0 (09/23/2023) - Added support for USB DAC (Beta feature and needs further testing) (Thanks to Zomgugoff for the request and MetroidFusion for testing) - Fixed slowdown of Emulationstation booting when scanning the ports folder with many ports installed - Fixed restore psp default controls script from last update in Options/Advanced section (Thanks to TBS for reporting the issue) - Updated Fix Global Hotkeys script in Options/Advanced section - Updated retroarch and retroarch32 to version 1.16 v2.0 (09/24/2023) - Updated quickmode scripts to disable while statement as it caused issues with quickmode when initiated again while in an existing quickmode - Updated support for USB DAC (Beta feature and needs further testing) v2.0 (09/29/2023) - Updated PPSSPP Standalone to 1.16.5 - Updated GZDoom to 4.11.0 - Updated Emulationstation to update last played collection before launch of game when quickmode is enabled (Thanks to MetroidFusion for the suggestion) - Updated Emulationstation to set brightness to 0 when in black screensaver behavior is set - Updated Enable and Disable quick mode scripts so that restoring retroarch and retroarch32 defaults doesn't impact quick mode when enabled. (Thanks to fishku for reporting the issue) - Updated quickmode script to improve reliability with ps1 games - Updated support for USB DAC (Beta feature and needs further testing) - Removed PowerSaverMode setting from emulationstation - Renamed videos folder to movies to fix subfolders not showing up v2.0 (10/06/2023) - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.16.0.3 (14cb3732eb) - Updated wpasupplicant to version 2.10 to fix compatibility with wireless fast roaming - Updated NetworkManager to version 1.22.10 - Updated Wifi script - Updated Kodi to 20.2 Nexus v2.0 (10/16/2023) - Cleaned up unneeded left over files in the Kodi folder from last udpate - Replaced OnScreen Keyboard (osk) with Onscreen Keyboard from RetroPie (Thanks to cmitu and the RetroPie project) - Replaced msgbox with an open source msgbox solution - Installed urwid python3 module for use with the new osk - Updated bluetooth watch script to not impact quickmode when shutting down while in a quick mode boot sequence (Thanks to Lamcza for reporting the issue and troubleshooting assist) - Updated wifion script to properly enable NetworkManager when run (Thanks to TapperP for reporting the issue. Thanks to Omanni for confirming the issue and testing the solution) - Updated PPSSPP Standalone to 1.16.6 - Removed Enable Developer Mode script from Options>Advanced section - Best to follow the directions at https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/tree/main/Headers for enabling developer mode - Removed bionic and focal apt repositories as they may cause issues for future updates v2.0 (11/04/2023) - Updated emulationstation to allow the ability to hide Kodi in the start menu - Can be disabled in the Start>UI Settings menu - Updated extlinux.conf file in boot fat32 partition - Updated kernel to enable double buffering for DRM (Thanks to shauninman for the idea) - Custom boot logos will be impacted by this update and will need to be recreated using the logo generator located at https://github.com/christianhaitian/rk3566_logo_generator - Updated kernel to disable some unneeded control group features (Thanks to beimborn for the suggestion) - Custom boot logos will be impacted by this update and will need to be recreated using the logo generator located at https://github.com/christianhaitian/rk3566_logo_generator - Updated kernel to adjust some io voltages and force sd card voltage to not allow 1.8 volts to hopefully mitigate some stability issues some encounter (Thanks to JELOS sources) - Custom boot logos will be impacted by this update and will need to be recreated using the logo generator located at https://github.com/christianhaitian/rk3566_logo_generator - Updated bluetooth script to remove bluetooth settings in /var/lib/bluetooth folder when the connection is being deleted so that devices can be found and paired again (Thanks to wepii for the find and Certifr1ed for reporting and confirming this works) - Removed unneeded second ScummVM install - Updated pico8 launch script to use msgbox for warnings about missing pico8 official binaries. - Updated wifi script to account for special characters such as spaces in SSIDs. (Thanks to Quack for the fix) - Updated osk to not change the screen font for 480x320 devices - Updated msgbox to not change the screen font for 480x320 devices - Cleaned up Backup ArkOS settings and Restore ArkOS settings scripts v2.0 (12/08/2023) - Updated emulationstation to add Update Games List option to gamelist menu - Updated emulationstation to add the ability to sort systems alphabetically (Thanks to Froist for adding this capability) - Updated emulationstation to not show hidden folders and their content in system folders (Thanks to Manfred282 for the request and testing) - Updated emulationstation to not show DLC content for PSP (Thanks to Manfred282 for the request and testing) - Updated emulationstation to add the ability to scan the ports folder on boot or not (Thanks to Metrograde for reporting the m8 headless project issue and testing) - Updated buttonmon.sh to add support for detecting X, Y, L1, L2, R1, and R2 buttons - Updated Quick Mode to add the ability to delete a corrupted auto save state by holding R1 while booting into a quick mode game - Updated osk and msgbox to default to Lat7-TerminusBold20x10 console font if a odroid go 2 input is found for any reason - Updated keys.gptk in /opt/inttools to set L1 and R1 to Page Up and Page Down respectively - Updated NetworkManager to 1.44.2 - Updated wpa_supplicant.service to make use of wpa_supplicant.conf file - Updated Wifi setup script to fix console font - Updated 8821cs.conf file - Updated Experimental Touch support scripts to fix the issue of not being able to boot into BaRT - Fixed restore default settings scripts for GZdoom and LZdoom (Thanks to Wilderness for reporting the issue) - Added solution to automatically restore audio on reboot if /home/ark/.asoundrc file is missing or empty to address potential no audio issues - Added Sameboy retroarch emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy color - Added wpa_supplicant.conf to allow wpa_cli to scan for networks - Added Backup and Restore ArkOS settings options to BaRT - Added Adhoc Netplay support for retroarch and retroarch32 - Just hold the X button after launching a retroarch or retroarch32 based game from Emulationstation then pick host or client mode See the FAQ available from the ArkOS wiki (http://arkos.hopto.me) for your unit for more info on this feature. - Added Game Share feature for retroarch and retroarch32 from the Adhoc Netplay session menu See the FAQ available from the ArkOS wiki (http://arkos.hopto.me) for your unit for more info on this feature. - Added updated inputstream-adaptive addon for Kodi 20.2 (Thanks to milankosk for reporting the issue and helping to test the update) v2.0 (12/15/2023) - Added enterprise 64/128 and videoton tvc emulator (Thanks to slaminger for the suggestion) - Added enterprise 64/128 and videoton tvc images to nes-box theme (Thanks to Jetup13 for the theme update) - Fixed emulationstation not showing folders that contain a period in the name but is not at the beginning of the folder name (Thanks to kane159 for reporting the issue) - Fixed plymouth ArkOS version changing font during boot up v2.0 (12/22/2023) - Updated emulationstation to include performance governor control settings per system and per game - Updated emulationstation to fix the games counter including hidden games in the count (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for reporting the issue and confirming the fix) - Updated perfmax scripts to support performance governor control settings from emulationstation - Updated quickmode scripts to accomodate governor control changes and BaRT - Updated wifioff and wifion scripts to no longer need a reboot when enabling Wifi - Updated Wifi script to allow enabling and disabling of Wifi - Updated sleep_governors script to accomodate performance gorvernor control settings - Updated Kodi script to fix OS volume control while using Kodi v2.0 (01/27/2024) - Updated ArkOS Browser by filebrowser to version 2.27.0 - Updated Bluetooth script to fix exit and relaunch screen corruption bug - Updated Kodi to 20.3 - Updated Python exit key daemons for Doom, Drastic, OpenBOR, Pico-8, PPSSPP, ScummVM, Daphne/Singe, Solarus and TI-99 - Updated DTBs in the boot folder to support emmc and touchscreen by default - Updated Wifi script to fix exit and relaunch screen corruption bug - Updated adhoc netplay script to fix exit and relaunch screen corruption bug - Updated emulationstation to fix an icon and locale language related problem and another minor cleanup for governors (Thanks to ljhmd0825 for the find and fix) - Updated scummvm.sh to support starting ScummVM games without needing drilling down into sub folders (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the script update) - Updated scan for new games script for ScummVM to place the created .scummvm files into the root scummvm subfolder (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the suggestion) - Updated solarus.sh to use a different symlink for saves to not inflate the count of games for the Solarus system in Emulationstation (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for reporting the issue) - Updated speak_bat_life.sh to speak the current performance governor if R2 is held down while initiating the speak battery life key combo or during the speaking of the current battery life. - Updated libretro scummvm.ini file to point to roms/bios/scummvm folder by default instead of to /home/ark/.config/retroarch/system - Updated Switch to SD2 script to update retroarch system location in scummvm.ini - Fixed governor setting for virtualjaguar system - Added Palm OS (Mu) emulator - Added Radioshack TRS-80 (CoCo3) support (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the suggestion and setup) - Thanks to Ciaran Anscomb for creating the XRoar emulator and responding to inquiries about the emulator. - Updated Nes-Box theme to add art for Radioshack TRS-80 (Thanks to EnsignRutherford) - Added uae4arm core option for Retroarch emulator in emulationstation - Added missing stark_surface_fill shader files for ScummVM Standalone (Thanks to eth3real for reporting the issue) - Added gui-icons.dat, residualvm.zip, shaders.dat and translations.dat for libretro scummvm - Added .chd and .CHD as supported extensions for PSP - Added .7z and .7Z as supported extensions for Nintendo DS - Added PPSSPP-2021 (standalone-2021) emulator build with fps patch - May help with better performance on some psp games v2.0 (02/23/2024) - Added Videopac support (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the suggestion) - Added additional missing supported extensions for Commodore 8 bit systems (Thanks to vonmillhausen for the detailed research and list) - Added ipf support for Amiga (Thanks to gameforcecadet for the suggestion) - Added exit hotkey daemon for ECWolf standalone emulator (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the suggestion) - Added Yabasanshiro as an additional selectable retroarch core for Sega Saturn (Thanks to mrplow for the suggestion) - Fixed PPSSPP exit hotkey deamon from last update (Thanks to EnsignRutherford for the report) - Fixed standalone-duckstation script to allow holding the A button for creating per game custom settings for the standalone duckstation emulator - Fixed standalone-duckstation settings now being able to load with single sd card setups - Fixed scraping for Gamecube (Thanks to dani7959 for the report) - Fixed mednafen movie recordings so they are saved to the movies folder (Thanks to kane159 for the report) - Fixed mednafen audio related performance issues - Removed edit metadata for options section (Thanks to dani7959 for reporting the issue) - Updated USB DAC control script - Updated PPSSPP standalone emulator to 1.17.1 - Updated XRoar standalone emulator to 1.5.3 - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.17 - Updated retroarch and retroarch32 launch scripts to allow dosbox-pure and gpsp cores for local netplay - Updated launching of scripts for the Options section to show stderr and not just stdout (Thanks to SirNate0 for the suggestion) v2.0 (03/29/2024) - Updated Kodi to 20.5 - Updated n64.sh launch script to more broadly account for various devices - Updated singe.sh launch script to use an alternate sdl2 for singe (ALG) games (Thanks to MBRetrocade6894 for reporting the issue) - Updated Retroarch and Retroarch32 to 1.18(f549875) - Updated retroarch and retroarch32 audio and video filters - Updated XRoar standalone emulator to 1.5.5 - Updated older PortMaster installs to address a possible update bug (Thanks to kloptops for this fix) - Removed RGB30 related items accidentally added from the 02232024 update - Added geolith libretro emulator for Neo Geo (Thanks to Slaminger for the suggestion) - This emulator is more accurate than fbneo and fbalpha and allows the ability to load .neo rom files instead of cumbersome arcade roms of a particular version - Added .neo and .NEO extension support for Neo Geo - Added DoubleCherryGB libretro emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color (Thanks to Slaminger for the suggestion) - This emulator allows for emulating up to 4 or more GameBoy units - Added stella libretro emulator for Atari 2600 (Thanks to xkenx70 for the suggestion) - Added Apple2 support (Thanks to slayer666 for script and recommendation) v2.0 (03/30/2024) - Fixed missing saves and savestates issue from Retroarch and Retroarch32 1.18 update - Related to this commit which has now reverted: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commit/338c9a4fe441899e98c95ab082e18ddb5f931e49 - Fixed ppsspp 1.17.1 gui (Thanks to AmberElec for the patch) - Updated apple2.sh script to fix some minor issues (Thanks to Slayer366 for the fixes) - Added .rvz and .RVZ as supported extensions for Gamecube (Thanks to dani7959 for testing and confirming) v2.0 (04/24/2024) - Added Libretro MESS as an additional emulator for Apple 2 (Thanks to Zomugoff and BCosmo for the suggestion) - Added Fix Audio tool in Options/Advanced section (Thanks to lauren7ino for the suggestion) - Added input tester tool (Thanks to CavemanJoe for the suggestion) (Thanks to Michele Righi for SDL2-Controller-Tester) - Added inactivity auto suspend capability - Enable and set the timeout (in minutes) for auto suspend via the Start Menu>Advanced section. - Updated apple2.sh script to fix filenames with parentheses and braces (Thanks to BCosmo for the fixes) - Updated linapple to stop joystick log messages - Updated usbdac script to better account for missing sound - Updated ScummVM Standalone to 2.8.1 - Updated Mednafen standalone to 1.32.1 - Updated Emulationstation to add the ability to adjust and disable auto suspend - Updated Emulationstation to change folder icon from star to right arrow to differentiate from favorited games (Thanks to lauren7ino for the suggestion) - Fixed ppsspp-2021 gui (Thanks to AmberElec for guidance)