Hacking Dev LaunchmyCraft Ported Lakka to the Switch

[Miqote]

Isn't this @natinusala? Good work!

 

[lordelan]

Isn't this @natinusala? Good work!

Is he? At least he mentioned at gbatemp that he's attempting to work on Lakka.

 

[Miqote]

Yeah, it is. https://twitter.com/launchmycraft/status/995306086403072001

 

[Leonidas87]

Will there be battery calibration or LCD screen issues to worry about with this Lanka Port?

 

[Haztel]

Will there be battery calibration or LCD screen issues to worry about with this Lanka Port?

Those problems will most likely still be present since this isn't booting into the Nintendo Switch OS but a linux distro. You will have to take apart your switch and remove the battery to reset calibration.

 

[Deleted User]

Those problems will most likely still be present since this isn't booting into the Nintendo Switch OS but a linux distro. You will have to take apart your switch and remove the battery to reset calibration.

Or charge it to 100%

 

[Haztel]

Or charge it to 100%

Doesn't work for some people. I tried to do that three times and still faced the issue.

 

[Deleted User]

Doesn't work for some people. I tried to do that three times and still faced the issue.

Worked on my device

 

[lordelan]

Will there be battery calibration or LCD screen issues to worry about with this Lanka Port?

I guess the three remaining things (display damage, battery calibration and no sound) need to be patched into the kernel, which then can be used for all three recent distributions -> Ubuntu, (Painless) Arch, Lakka

 

[Vorde]

Worked on my device

Hence why he said "some people", meaning it works for some and doesnt work for others.

 

[natinusala]

Hey that's me, I migrated my Twitter account from @launchmycraft to @natinusala

For now it can boot to XMB menu with full hardware acceleration (it supports the improved ribbon shader and text / icons shadows, it's beautiful). The main issue is that for now the screen can't be rotated so it's portait (it looks stupid).

Here's my TODO list before I make a PR to Lakka and release an image (TL;DR : a playable state) :

• wired joy-cons support (courtesy of @shinyquagsire23)
• rotated display without xorg
• I can make a proper image to boot with Painless Linux without hacking around (for now I have to create partitions and copy files by hand)
• some RetroArch patches ("Reboot to RCM", remove "Shutdown", add GPU profile selection...)

Once this is done I'll release incremental patches to improve things as they come. I have more to do than what's on that list

edit : Here's my fork if you want : https://github.com/lakka-switch/Lakka-LibreELEC

 

[lordelan]

XMB menu with full hardware acceleration

That's some pretty awesome progress!
Will this be available to RetroArch being used from "just" inside your "normal" Arch Linux as well?

 

[Kipz]

lakka port...with hardware accelleration...full XMB menu...and joy-con support...

the switch scene is INSANE rn.

 

[natinusala]

That's some pretty awesome progress!
Will this be available to RetroArch being used from "just" inside your "normal" Arch Linux as well?

It's already available, but the performances on Arch will not be as good as Lakka's.

 

[limpbiz411]

I'd say not to install linux on your system no matter what. The battery issue may happen and destroy your switch by a soft brick.

 

[natinusala]

I'd say not to install linux on your system no matter what. The battery issue may happen and destroy your switch by a soft brick.

A fix will eventually come, it's just a register on Horizon OS with the bad value.

 

[limpbiz411]

A fix will eventually come, it's just a register on Horizon OS with the bad value.

until that fix happens, i will stay away from stuff like lakka and other linux distros.

 

[Kipz]

A fix will eventually come, it's just a register on Horizon OS with the bad value.

Will this lakka port have the same issue?

 

[natinusala]

It will, it's the same kernel

 

[Deleted User]

the worst part is that on kernel 4.17 the same issue still there , it wont be fixed any time soon maybe when Atmosphere comes ?