$ cat article_0x12.txt
Testing a RPI as daily driver desktop (2021-08) version 0x12 -- @sairukau
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Changelog
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v0x12 Had a crack at compiling vkQuake, ran into issues, missing libmad
Compiled vkQuake3, need to run both
Added some info on Neverwinter Nights
Added some additional links
v0x11 Setup a new rpi4 with twisteros for a lan the other day.
Intended to run 0ad, Neverwinter Nights and minetest
Added chaiki (now with sound), steamlink client
Upgraded to MESA 20.3 (Vulkan option) from PiKISS (don't do this)
This broke rendering in NWN, black textures
SM64PCEX from PiKISS, black screen after upgrade of MESA
Patched twister with the 20.3 patch from the twisteros faq page, fixed
NWN textures and SM64PCEX black screen
Disabled ipv6 was causing routing errors with openwrt replayd
v0x10 <= has been removed, as the use case was different, refer to article
v0x10 use case see archive/
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Expected Use cases
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- General PC Use
- Gaming
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Hardware
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RPI4
- 4G Model
Display
- 1920x1080 32" TV through HDMI
Keyboard/Mouse
- Wireless USB
Networking
- 5GHz wifi
32GB SD Card (shipped with RPi)
- don't know what class when I remove the sd card next I'll make a note
Distro/OS
- TwisterOS
nb: lots of stuff is hardcoded to the pi user, strange design decision
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Changes
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OS Changes
- Upgrade to MESA 20.3
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Migration
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Not Appliciable, this is a completely new setup
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Usage
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Keyboard/Mouse
Nothing of note, crappy wireless Rapoo keyboard
Applications
Chromium
- Preinstalled
Video Playback
- Not Tested
Storage performance
- Not Tested, just running of SD atm
Network Performance
Have some wifi dumb ap network issues atm and the dumb ap is routed over eop
so speed isn't the greatest atm
$ speedtest-cli --simple
Ping: 38.756 ms
Download: 36.01 Mbit/s
Upload: 24.65 Mbit/s
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Customisations
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HDMI
None, considering dropping the default res to 720p for performance reasons
Window Manager
Nothing done here (yet), XFCE is default
Comes with 4.12, will consider upgrading to 4.16 to get vblanking control
Audio
None
GPU Accelation
# cat /proc/device-tree/soc/firmwarekms@7e600000/status
# cat /proc/device-tree/v3dbus/v3d@7ec04000/status
both should return "okay"
Configure acceleration in Applications
Chromium
chrome://flags
Override software rending list -> Enabled
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(fake kms) Acceleration Performance - fkms
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Chromium
TBA
Gaming
See dedicated section
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(kms) Acceleration Performance
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To be redone on new setup
: glxgears :
glx (default) | ?? |
xpresent | ?? |
off | ?? |
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Overclock
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Overclocked values as applied from PiKISS
[all]
arm_freq=2000
gpu_freq=750
over_voltage=6
ref: v0x10 article
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Configuration
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TBA
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Applications (non-gaming)
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Discord webapp
A discord webapp is packaged
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Gaming
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Not expecting anything much in regards to this, most games will not run on arm
and Steam is not available for arm but Steamlink is so that may be a possiblity
Box86
Great program, works well. Updater script included in twisteros settings
Steamlink
Works well, no issues of note
Emulation
MAME
Unofficial up to date builds are available from https://stickfreaks.com/mame/
Neverwinter Nights (Box86)
Get around ~25fps @ 1920x1080 Good settings
Sound works with 32bit pulse libs installed and padsp32 mod
- https://mameau.com/linux/32bfixes/
Minetest
Compiled 5.4.1 from source, cloned and compiled
Use as an fps benchmark maybe? (from v0x10 article)
- 800x600 windowed ~25fps (default)
- 1280x720 windowed ~23fps
- 1920x1080 Fullscreen ~17fps
Chiaki (PS4 Remote play)
Works extremely well, install libqt5multimedia5-plugin for sound support,
compile from main repo
https://sr.ht/~thestr4ng3r/chiaki/
Compile notes
https://gist.github.com/sairuk/96072fe2aef08464496d2255a31caf93
Add QT_SELECT to your bashrc
$ vi ~/.bashrc
export QT_SELECT=qt5-opengl
Runs fine, set it to 720p
Steam (Box86 wrapped)
Have no real interest in this but its preinstalled so may take a look
Lutris (Box86 wrapped)
This is a decent general purpose game launcher, be nice to see if with custom
rpi4 runners, maybe it does this already. I need to dig a bit deeper
SM64PC Ex Linux port
Available through PiKISS, runs well on standard twisteros
- avoid upgrading vulkan through PiKISS it is breaking
vkQuake
https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake
apt-get install libmad0-dev
git clone https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake
cd vKQuake/Quake
make CFLAGS="-mcpu=cortex-a72 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard" -j$(nproc)
./vkquake
vkQuake3
https://github.com/suijingfeng/vkQuake3
Required manual patches
GLSL issues
- https://github.com/suijingfeng/vkQuake3/issues/13
file: code/renderergl2/tr_glsl.c ln: 270
imminitrin support for SDL
- https://github.com/suijingfeng/vkQuake3/issues/14
use: -DSDL_DISABLE_IMMINTRIN_H
git clone https://github.com/suijingfeng/vkQuake3
cd vkQuaker3
make CFLAGS="-mcpu=cortex-a72 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -DSDL_DISABLE_IMMINTRIN_H" -j$(nproc)
cd build/release-linux-arm
./ioquake3.arm
Openarena
Packaged build runs like a dogs breaksfast, don't use it
Need to revisit (as per v0x10 article)
- ezQuake
- deviloutionX (diablo)
- DOOM (Chocolate)
https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom.git
- ScummVM
Packaged
- Aliens vs Predator
PiKISS version?
- vkQuake2
https://github.com/kondrak/vkQuake2
- vkOpenarena
https://github.com/suijingfeng/vkOpenArena
- PPSSPP
https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git
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Wine Applications
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TBA
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Extra Credit
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TBA
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rpi-update
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I know audio hard locks i raised previously were addressed, this section is as
per v0x10 currently
ships with kernel:
Linux raspberrypi 5.10.52-v7l+ #1440 SMP Tue Jul 27 09:55:21 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
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Issues
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TBA