L4T Lakka Switch - now with audio and Vulkan

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Lakka Switch, L4T edition
I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates
  • New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
    • mainline kernel has been deprecated
    • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
    • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
  • aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
    • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
  • New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community
New features and improvements
  • Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
  • The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
  • RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
  • The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
  • RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
  • Overclock profiles have been updated :
    • Renamed all profiles
    • Added more overclock profiles
    • Added underclock profiles
New cores
  • mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
    • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
    • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
  • picodrive (various Sega consoles)
    • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
  • Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
    • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
  • reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
    • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
    • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
    • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
    • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
  • Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
    • The core is full speed on all commercial games
    • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
  • theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)
Updated cores
  • Dolphin : Vulkan support
    • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
  • PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
  • PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content
Removed cores
  • mupen64plus
  • parallel-n64
  • Genesis Plus GX
  • Ishiiruka
    • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer
Credits
  • Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
  • Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
  • RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
  • mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
  • PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
  • Dolphin core: aliaspider
  • reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).
 

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Most games run now, but many don't run at fullspeed, even on full CPU overclock. You might do better running PAL games.

SA2 battle has horrible clippy audio due to slowdowns so I personally gave up. But I've heard people say good things about Mario Sunshine and the like.
 

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Most games run now, but many don't run at fullspeed, even on full CPU overclock. You might do better running PAL games.

SA2 battle has horrible clippy audio due to slowdowns so I personally gave up. But I've heard people say good things about Mario Sunshine and the like.

I will be fine with Pal games since I liked PAL games so SA2 doesn't matter to me since recast emulator through RA runs fine. :) Thanks.
 

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Not sure if the current stable build of Lakka works anymore. For some reason, it doesn't wanna load every time I try launching it through Hekate. Is this happening to anyone else?

Nintendo Switch Information
OFW Version: 9.1.0
CFW Version: Atmosphere v0.10.1
Format of microSD: exFAT
 
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Not sure if the current stable build of Lakka works anymore. For some reason, it doesn't wanna load every time I try launching it through Hekate. Is this happening to anyone else?
Hum, user level 1, 1 message in total, newcomer.
For better help and discution, its better if you state your versions of ofw and cfw, format of microSD etc, the more information you report about your problem and system the better the people can help.
 
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I am curious.. How do I exit Lakka that way so I can return to atmosphere CFW to play Switch games again ?
No reboot to payload/reboot to Hekate exist for Lakka yet, so you would have ro turn it off and push a payload to reboot to Atmosphere. Lakka does allow you to reboot to RCM, however
 

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Hum, user level 1, 1 message in total, newcomer.
For better help and discution, its better if you state your versions of ofw and cfw, format of microSD etc, the more information you report about your problem and system the better the people can help.

Check the message again.
 

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Check the message again.
I am not completely sure about this, but I seem to remember Lakka not working with exFAT -- you probably want to try to format to FAT32 (or use a different FAT32 formatted SD) to test

Edit: I just checked the documentation, exFAT will not work, that is probably where your issue is
 
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Not dead, just progress is very very slow. If your waiting for docked & wired/wireless controller support, I wouldn’t hold your breath.
I wouldn’t want you to hold my breath either but goddamn Switchroot is such a hassle I just wanna play Mario Galaxy on my TV without switching SD Cards around or plugging in a whole other console
 

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Hello all,

Struggling to get Lakka working on my switch, it just hangs on a black screen after launching through Hekate.

What I’ve tried;

Reformat 2 different (genuine) micro SD cards to FAT32 with cluster size of 32 KB - 32GB and 128GB ** I’ve also tried different programs to do this.

Standard install of Lakka (tried both versions on the site) and Hekate

Different payloads using TegraSmash, NXBoot for iOS

I’ve searched for some answers but have came up short! Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers
 

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Hello all,

Struggling to get Lakka working on my switch, it just hangs on a black screen after launching through Hekate.

What I’ve tried;

Reformat 2 different (genuine) micro SD cards to FAT32 with cluster size of 32 KB - 32GB and 128GB ** I’ve also tried different programs to do this.

Standard install of Lakka (tried both versions on the site) and Hekate

Different payloads using TegraSmash, NXBoot for iOS

I’ve searched for some answers but have came up short! Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers

im pretty sure chillyshackk has a solution mentioned multiple times throughout this thread that has worked, as this has been an issue affecting a few people. You may have to go hunting through a few posts to find it though, however I can confirm your answer lies within :P.
 

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im pretty sure chillyshackk has a solution mentioned multiple times throughout this thread that has worked, as this has been an issue affecting a few people. You may have to go hunting through a few posts to find it though, however I can confirm your answer lies within :P.

Hey thanks for the reply. Tried both of the things Chillyshackk suggested today and still not working. Very strange. Anyone else got another suggestion?
 

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