{"id":760,"date":"2023-06-12T07:13:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgreene.org\/?p=760"},"modified":"2023-06-12T07:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:13:46","slug":"arcaos-5-0-8-part1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgreene.org\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"ArcaOS 5.0.8 Part1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Confession … I was once an OS\/2 user beginning in the mid to late 1990’s to around 2010ish. In the end I was using eComStation<\/a> which, if I remember correctly, was based on OS\/2 Warp 4 MCP 4.5. Currently there is Arca Noae<\/em><\/a>. I have had Arca installed and played with it a little over the years, but I got into one of those rabbit holes recently with the release of Arca 5.0.8. As a note, I use Arca running on VirtualBox which in turn runs on my HP z820 Gentoo system. Just to provide context, the Neofetch output is below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I installed with VBox set to use 1 CPU and that was based on several posts and the Arca Wiki. Not sure exactly why this is an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, I am starting with a fresh installation of ArcaOS 5.0.8. I just accepted the default values because I was not sure how deeply I was going to push this thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtualbox Additions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first thing I did was to update the VBox additions. I did have the option check (or I assume I did) to install the additions, but they did not seem to get installed<\/em>. That did not matter, I use VBox 7.0.8 and the Arca install said something like version 6.x.x, so I needed to do an update anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I followed the readme.txt included with the additions and verified against Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox OS\/2 Guest Additions on the Arca site. At the top of the Arca page<\/a> it reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IMPORTANT: DO NOT BLINDLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE README FOR THE ADDITIONS, AS THIS WILL RESULT IN UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION AND POSSIBLE BACKLEVELING OF CERTAIN CRITICAL SYSTEM FILES.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.arcanoae.com\/wiki\/arcaos\/post-install-tips-hints\/installing-oracle-vm-virtualbox-os-2-guest-additions\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Missing from the Arca instructions, but in the additions readme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

copy libc06*.dll to C:\\os2\\dll<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was curious, so here is the issue. The additions instruction wants all the libc06* dlls in os2\\dll<\/em> , but he usr\\lib <\/em>directory is where Arca installs the lib06* dlls see below. It seems that in past Arca installs I made this mistake. So, when installing the VBox Additions do not copy the libc dlls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directory of C:\\VBoxAdd

4-17-23 5:05p 48,179 0 a— libc06.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 48,179 0 a— libc061.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 157,161 0 a— libc062.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 157,161 0 a— libc063.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 157,213 0 a— libc064.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 157,213 0 a— libc065.dll
4-17-23 5:05p 1,361,666 0 a— libc066.dll

Directory of D:\\usr\\lib

8-26-21 9:26a 45,363 124 a— libc06.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 45,364 124 a— libc061.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 153,497 124 a— libc062.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 153,497 124 a— libc063.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 153,563 124 a— libc064.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 153,563 124 a— libc065.dll
8-26-21 9:26a 316,306 124 a— libc066.dll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did have to change the “Host Audio Driver” manually to ALSA Audio from default in the VBox settings for the VM. It was default and I am not sure what default is, but I am using pipewire. Anyway, I get sound with ALSA and ICH AC97.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a confusing point. The Arca Install Wiki <\/a>states, “IDE The IDE storage emulation is the highest performance option, higher than both the AHCI emulation and the NVME emulation.” Then the instructions go on to replace IDE with SATA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monitor Resolutions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was an issue I had to (yet again) relearn with video. My problem is that I am not a multi-monitor person. Instead, I use an Ultra-Wide Monitor (unfortunately not one of the fancy monitors). The Arca install would not allow greater than 1600 width and I wanted 3440, specifically 3440 x 1327 like my ReactOS VM. I found the tweak\/fix on the Arca Site<\/a> and more info on the VBox site<\/a>. The Arca instructions just briefly repeated here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VBoxManage setextradata global GUI\/MaxGuestResolution any <Enter>\nVBoxManage setextradata \"<VM-name>\" \"CustomVideoMode1\" \"<custom resolution>\" <Enter><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
FYI, I am using the Panorama Video Driver. Everything worked, now tweaks and eye candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tweaks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just to ramble, a few changes I made as I remembered my OS\/2 days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n