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L4T Lakka Switch - now with audio and Vulkan

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Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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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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jacopastorius said:
sorry, forgot to mention that i am using gl drivers and threaded video set as off
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Then there are no reasons for them to not work if they do in hos reicast. You either messed up with bios files or derectory settings... Idk, try changing "DC" folder name to lower case "dc".. Cause other than vulkan and threaded vid options, there are nothing that stops reicast from loading roms

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i checked the folder /lakka/storage/cores and it is empty. I think i have to download cores
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they are in /tmp/cores/
 
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This definitely doesn't work for me. I've tried multiple SD cards that I know are good. I've tried multiple different ways of formatting my SD cards always fat32 with different cluster sizes. I always end up with a black screen on boot from Hekate. I've waited a half hour each boot just to be sure I'm not being impatient. It just doesn't boot.

Launch day Switch, HOS version 6.2.0, CTCaer's Hekate 4.10.1, latest version of Lakka. I cannot get L4T Ubuntu to boot either and I think whatever is preventing me from booting Lakka is also preventing me from booting L4T Ubuntu. If devs need anything else from me, please ask or direct me to a different place to troubleshoot. I'd really like to get this working.
 
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dudemo said:
This definitely doesn't work for me. I've tried multiple SD cards that I know are good. I've tried multiple different ways of formatting my SD cards always fat32 with different cluster sizes. I always end up with a black screen on boot from Hekate. I've waited a half hour each boot just to be sure I'm not being impatient. It just doesn't boot.

Launch day Switch, HOS version 6.2.0, CTCaer's Hekate 4.10.1, latest version of Lakka. I cannot get L4T Ubuntu to boot either and I think whatever is preventing me from booting Lakka is also preventing me from booting L4T Ubuntu. If devs need anything else from me, please ask or direct me to a different place to troubleshoot. I'd really like to get this working.
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It's a known issue that some switch models aren't booting this. There's absolutely nothing you can do but wait and hope they fix it.
 
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Huh...got a switch just for hacking and was ready to try and set this up, but hearing that some won't run it just makes me want to wait. This one isn't launch day though. Came with 2.2 fw.
 
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CatmanFan said:
WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase works, runs at (almost) constant full speed at CPU overclocked and GPU at handheld boost mode.
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I've tried Castlevania Rebirth.wad but I get a odd colored screen after the konami logo. Do I need specific settings for wiiware?
 
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jacopastorius said:
sorry, forgot to mention that i am using gl drivers and threaded video set as off.
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Make sure to use glcore, not gl. I ran into this problem yesterday.

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dudemo said:
This definitely doesn't work for me. I've tried multiple SD cards that I know are good. I've tried multiple different ways of formatting my SD cards always fat32 with different cluster sizes. I always end up with a black screen on boot from Hekate. I've waited a half hour each boot just to be sure I'm not being impatient. It just doesn't boot.

Launch day Switch, HOS version 6.2.0, CTCaer's Hekate 4.10.1, latest version of Lakka. I cannot get L4T Ubuntu to boot either and I think whatever is preventing me from booting Lakka is also preventing me from booting L4T Ubuntu. If devs need anything else from me, please ask or direct me to a different place to troubleshoot. I'd really like to get this working.
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Have you booted up to Horizon with any of those sd cards? I wasn't able to boot Lakka until I let it put the Nintendo folder on my sd.
 
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zomgugoff said:
Make sure to use glcore, not gl. I ran into this problem yesterday.

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Have you booted up to Horizon with any of those sd cards? I wasn't able to boot Lakka until I let it put the Nintendo folder on my sd.
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I did try and it didn't make any difference, all I did this week was trying to get this to work, I even compiled from GitHub :/ the only thing I didn't try is to downgrade firmware and I'm not sure I want to so I'll wait..!
 
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dudemo said:
This definitely doesn't work for me. I've tried multiple SD cards that I know are good. I've tried multiple different ways of formatting my SD cards always fat32 with different cluster sizes. I always end up with a black screen on boot from Hekate. I've waited a half hour each boot just to be sure I'm not being impatient. It just doesn't boot.

Launch day Switch, HOS version 6.2.0, CTCaer's Hekate 4.10.1, latest version of Lakka. I cannot get L4T Ubuntu to boot either and I think whatever is preventing me from booting Lakka is also preventing me from booting L4T Ubuntu. If devs need anything else from me, please ask or direct me to a different place to troubleshoot. I'd really like to get this working.
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hav u tried installing lakka on the same sd card that ur using horizon on? and manually select lakka in the boot screen?















Has anyone managed to get custom textures working? ive enabled them in the menu and put them into lakka\storage\savefiles\User\Load\Textures is that the wrong folder?
 
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snk2 said:
anybody tried to run WiiWare games in Dolphin?
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mega man 9 and 10 run full speed at 'boost mode' clock (except the one part of magma man level with the lasers and there are more than 2 lasers on screen)

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where do i put save files for reicast? i'm not going to manually unlock all the characters in marvel capcom 2, i just won't.
 
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EmulateLife said:
Agree with you, except for the part using an xci splitter and "install the nsp" He was talking about Wii games? Lakka has no use for xcis or nsps.
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Yea I’m talking about Wii games

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For the record you can split files with winrar,it will come out in parts .I did this for punchout on Wii but that game have problems running, it got to the safety Wii remote screen and frozed.just copy the broken up files to the fat32 then extract
 
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For future reference, is their a way to completely restore lakka's original settings without re-formatting the SD? :P. Be handy to know in the case something goes wrong with one of the config files, or something accidentally gets changed and you can't locate the source ;).
 
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nickerous said:
Huh...got a switch just for hacking and was ready to try and set this up, but hearing that some won't run it just makes me want to wait. This one isn't launch day though. Came with 2.2 fw.
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I just tried Lakka on my other switch, which is on 2.3.0 and untouched and it also works fine.
 
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jacopastorius said:
EDIT:
i checked the folder /lakka/storage/cores and it is empty. I think i have to download cores
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zomgugoff said:
Make sure to use glcore, not gl. I ran into this problem yesterday.

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Have you booted up to Horizon with any of those sd cards? I wasn't able to boot Lakka until I let it put the Nintendo folder on my sd.
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It does work with gl, no need for glcore. If lakka works for him and everything else works, but dreamcast, there's absolutely something that he messed up (either with bios or driver settings). Your switch firmware doesn't matter too, oh god... Lakka runs independantly thanks to tegra cpu vulnerability, it doesn't touch or use nand in any way.
 
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bad361 said:
It does work with gl, no need for glcore. If lakka works for him and everything else works, but dreamcast, there's absolutely something that he messed up (either with bios or driver settings).
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gl doesn't work with reicast for me. It could be useful to at least try different drivers.
 

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