Clover General discussion

[LAbyOne]

I've tested a few things since this latest commit and now clover accept Either .png or .icns extension even for functions so i guess if its not a a coding issue you can choose whatever you like (if it doesn't change again )

 

Pointer i can't say since mine tto is in .png format, maybe should try icns too

 

Big problem by my side is font rendering. fonts embedding Fx have issues

 

 

[Matgen84]

12 minutes ago, LAbyOne said:

I've tested a few things since this latest commit and now clover accept Either .png or .icns extension even for functions so i guess if its not a a coding issue you can choose whatever you like (if it doesn't change again )

 

Pointer i can't say since mine tto is in .png format, maybe should try icns too

 

Big problem by my side is font rendering. fonts embedding Fx have issues

 

 

 

Hi @LAbyOne

@slice says few days ago: Clover accept only *.png file format (rename or not *.icns). If I understand well.

[LAbyOne]

you should also consider This

when we'r talking about this subject here, it goes by itself that all graphics MUST respect the requisites given by the host, So if i'm talking about .icns Extension (NOT format) its indeed a .png renamed

then when i state that it accept both extension i mean That, not other format, so you can have all graphics with same extension (.png or .icns ) it does not matter, Given the fact all are basically png renamed.

 

[Matgen84]

19 minutes ago, LAbyOne said:

you should also consider This

when we'r talking about this subject here, it goes by itself that all graphics MUST respect the requisites given by the host, So if i'm talking about .icns Extension (NOT format) its indeed a .png renamed

then when i state that it accept both extension i mean That, not other format, so you can have all graphics with same extension (.png or .icns ) it does not matter, Given the fact all are basically png renamed.

 

 

Thanks 

You should also consider that most users don't known the requirement for the theming. Right, you known graphic rules but not everyone.

 

For the moment, with the theme I'm using (made by BadruZeus), the latest commit don't solve font color. Some adjustment are necessary for charwidth. I think @Slice will correct the problem ASAP, I hope.

Edited April 8, 2020 by Matgen84

[Badruzeus]

Weird uhmmb, Clover build logs give no error. My last trial was using '--no-lto' flag but still produces similar result (RSOD). I've also tried pressing 'Esc' key immediately soon after 'boot6 or boot7' disappears so it brings me to Boot Maintenance Manager for manually loading 'fs0:\efi\clover\cloverx64.efi' file or even run EFI Shell first to chainload it. But, all went to same RSOD.

 

Github Release version however, loaded fine. Something wrong in my mach. FYI, I use MX Linux 19.1 (based on Debian 10), GCC8.3, Python 2.7.1 (currently used), nasm 2.14, am I missing something?

 

CloverBuild_logs.txt.zip

Edited April 8, 2020 by Badruzeus

[Rocky12]

can someone kindly explain those errors please  clover version 5108

[Jief_Machak]

8 hours ago, Badruzeus said:

Does Qemu here refer to Virtualization? I believe this feature is not available on my netbook with Intel Atom N5xx CPU. Too bad this is the only mach in my hand #atm. And it also comes with 1024x600px disp size (and vesa limits it's max support to 800x600 for me to see Clover GUI).  Thanks

Yes. Your machine doesn't matter. Qemu should be able to run almost anything on anything.

On Linux, I'm pretty sure there is a ready made package.

Reproduce a RSOD on Qemu make it so much easier to debug, because we can run on the same config as you. Be there is a lot of difference and the crash might not happen on Qemu. But that can also help to know the crash doesn't happen on Qemu.

[Slice]

7 minutes ago, Rocky12 said:

can someone kindly explain those errors please  clover version 5108

It is not Clover problem. It is OpenRuntime.efi or something else from acidantera.

[Pene]

29 minutes ago, Slice said:

It is not Clover problem. It is OpenRuntime.efi or something else from acidantera.

Are you sure it is related to any bootloader? I saw this kind of debug output starting to appear with 10.15.4. 

 

By the way, I am missing an icon for Linux with latest build:

Edited April 8, 2020 by Pene

[Rocky12]

@Slice thanks for quick response just want to ask which clover version do you recommend to use

[chris1111]

11 hours ago, Badruzeus said:

Also check for 'pointer.icns', afaik Clover uses one with *.png format. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes is correct now I remove the pointer.icns

Issue is fix

[Slice]

7 hours ago, Pene said:

Are you sure it is related to any bootloader? I saw this kind of debug output starting to appear with 10.15.4. 

 

By the way, I am missing an icon for Linux with latest build:

 

May be this commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/5a8588318061e83037b6b087a009eecd05ba960d

[Slice]

I know, it will be next exercise to rewrite linux names support.

[Matgen84]

@Slice
 

Il build latest r5109 commit e97882d: I've got always black font color instead of white color. What font do you recommended! 

I use char width = 10 as always, it's still valid! because I see a bigger gap between the letters than before. What is the correct setting.

 

Note: I try several font from Github repo in my config.plist. I don't know if they are loaded. Did I make a mistake somewhere?

 

Thanks

Edited April 9, 2020 by Matgen84

[Pene]

3 hours ago, Slice said:

May be this commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/5a8588318061e83037b6b087a009eecd05ba960d

I dont think so I am using Ubuntu.

And I mean it exists in Clover menu but it is white, without any icon on it, look at the photo, second from the left. Looks like some problem with theme support.

Edited April 9, 2020 by Pene

[Slice]

42 minutes ago, Pene said:

I dont think so I am using Ubuntu.

And I mean it exists in Clover menu but it is white, without any icon on it, look at the photo, second from the left. Looks like some problem with theme support.

Did you test latest commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/13588fb67c4cef36bfa51f1a0068a23dfc0506a4

 

1 hour ago, Matgen84 said:

@Slice
 

Il build latest r5109 commit e97882d: I've got always black font color instead of white color. What font do you recommended! 

I use char width = 10 as always, it's still valid! because I see a bigger gap between the letters than before. What is the correct setting.

 

Note: I try several font from Github repo in my config.plist. I don't know if they are loaded. Did I make a mistake somewhere?

 

Thanks

May be font support is not perfect. What theme did you mention?

[Matgen84]

16 minutes ago, Slice said:

Did you test latest commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/13588fb67c4cef36bfa51f1a0068a23dfc0506a4

 

May be font support is not perfect. What theme did you mention?

 

I use MaterialBox (BadruZeus's theme) with fx white font. I replace by Clover font (GitHub): same results only black color and a bigger gap between the letters than before (it seems larger than 10 usual char width, not sure at the moment). I don't recognize the font print in Clover GUI or menu options: does clover replace the font with the embedded one, if there is a file problem? Or there is a problem with external font loading, I don't know at all.

Thanks for your help.

Edited April 9, 2020 by Matgen84

[Pene]

13 minutes ago, Slice said:

Did you test latest commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/13588fb67c4cef36bfa51f1a0068a23dfc0506a4

Yes, just tested with latest commit, it looks exactly the same.

Edited April 9, 2020 by Pene

[vector sigma]

53 minutes ago, Slice said:

Did you test latest commit? https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/commit/13588fb67c4cef36bfa51f1a0068a23dfc0506a4

on BGM, the background image looks like is not resized with a bad aspect ratio, e.g is 1280x720 and stay as is on a 1600x900 screen resolution. Every inside this rectangle looks drawn correctly, outside there are artifacts (the origin of the good part is on the right upper corner). Icons are drawn in the correct position, but those outside the rectagle get distorted.

Edited April 9, 2020 by vector sigma

[Badruzeus]

58 minutes ago, Matgen84 said:

 

I use MaterialBox (BadruZeus's theme) with fx white font. I replace by Clover font (GitHub): same results only black color and a bigger gap between the letters than before (it seems larger than 10 usual char width, not sure at the moment). I don't recognize the font print in Clover GUI or menu options: does clover replace the font with the embedded one, if there is a file problem? Or there is a problem with external font loading, I don't know at all.

Thanks for your help.

Try using another font, taken from 'metal' theme maybe? Or generate a new one using @blackosx's font script here: 

..and don't forget to adapt your 'theme.plist' with new font. Thanks.

[Matgen84]

18 minutes ago, Badruzeus said:

Try using another font, taken from 'metal' theme maybe? Or generate a new one using @blackosx's font script here: 

..and don't forget to adapt your 'theme.plist' with new font. Thanks.

 

I try BoG_LucidaConsole_10W_NA.png (Metal theme font): same result. Black instead of white color, charwidth too large (10 declare in theme.plist). The external font seems not load, I'm not sure. I don't recognize on the screen... Before I test clover's font from Github with the same results.
 

Thanks.

 

[Badruzeus]

26 minutes ago, Matgen84 said:

I try BoG_LucidaConsole_10W_NA.png (Metal theme font): same result. Black instead of white color, charwidth too large (10 declare in theme.plist). The external font seems not load, I'm not sure. I don't recognize on the screen... Before I test clover's font from Github with the same results.
 

Thanks.

I think so, I've tried diff Themes with similar result; Font*.png file won't be loaded so it uses embedded has. Well, but on my case (r5109 latest commit from someone else) when doing Theme Switch.. I got this:

 

55.413 0:037 XArray::ElementAt(xsize) -> Operator [] : index > m_lenA fatal error happened. System halted

[Jief_Machak]

Sorry, guy, I would insist that you try in Qemu. First, you'll save a lot of reboot, therefore save a lot of time yourself. Second, you can send me your virtual diskimage I can reproduce the problem and get the gdb trace.

Please, please...

[Matgen84]

11 minutes ago, Jief_Machak said:

Sorry, guy, I would insist that you try in Qemu. First, you'll save a lot of reboot, therefore save a lot of time yourself. Second, you can send me your virtual diskimage I can reproduce the problem and get the gdb trace.

Please, please...

 

I don't use Qemu but vmware fusion on macOS. Here same result: Font*.png file won't be loaded so it uses embedded has. + black font instead of white.

 

16 minutes ago, Badruzeus said:

I think so, I've tried diff Themes with similar result; Font*.png file won't be loaded so it uses embedded has. Well, but on my case (r5109 latest commit from someone else) when doing Theme Switch.. I got this:

 

55.413 0:037 XArray::ElementAt(xsize) -> Operator [] : index > m_lenA fatal error happened. System halted

 

This error is already fixed. I attach r5109 (e97882d77) (UEFI)

 

 

BOOTX64.efi

[vector sigma]

2 hours ago, Jief_Machak said:

Sorry, guy, I would insist that you try in Qemu. First, you'll save a lot of reboot, therefore save a lot of time yourself. Second, you can send me your virtual diskimage I can reproduce the problem and get the gdb trace.

Please, please...

mojave:

I'll post more.. EDIT sorry was with low resolution EDIT2 seems that virtual bios doesn't care.

 

BGM:

 

 

disk image is already inside Clover. Set an higher resolution and install some themes, like BGM and set all them to the config.plist.

 

stuff.zip

Edited April 9, 2020 by vector sigma