This is a side question: can you play games if you run from the fbdev? I
use "mga" and not "x11" of any sort.
--Joe
> Well i run xmame like this
>
> DIR_GAMES = [ ('MAME', '/media/games/roms',
> ('MAME', '/usr/bin/xmame.x11', '' ,
> '/media/games/mameshots', [ 'zip' ] )) ]
>
> When freevo starts for the first time setup.py will look for mame
> or snes and puts the location of the binary in freevo.conf. Not sure
> if it will detect stella.sdl ? So you maybe have to add it manually in
> freevo.conf. It that doesn't work try to _fake_ it and use
> xmame = /usr/bin/xmame.x11 in freevo.conf. Not sure if this is gonna
> work and can't verify cause my hard drive crashed. ;-) Or search and
> hunt down the code where the game detecting is done modify it and send
> in a patch.
>
> When a game is detected in freevo.conf it will give you the games menu
> item. And as an last resort if that doesn't work try removing the
> freevo cache files in /var/cache/freevo. Had to this myself otherwise
> freevo didn't cache the rom file list. Essentially this is something
> where some improvement can be done. Caching is very helpful but it
> sometimes break things.
>
> Scenario as follows:
>
> * user sets up freevo. -> caching is done
> * user decides to add games -> caching has already taken place and freevo
> doesn't bother anymore to generate a rom file list.
>
> /Robert
>
> Friday, November 21, 2003, 11:43:54 PM, Shane wrote:
>
>> I attempted to send this message once before, but it never showed up to
>> the
>> archives. I apologize if people are getting this twice.
>
>> My problem is that I can't figure out to get the games menu to show up.
>
>> Firstly, where is the games menu supposed to be? Is it shown on the
>> main
>> menu with Movies and Music?
>
>> I think I figured out how to configure DIR_GAMES:
>
>> DIR_GAMES = [ ('Atari 2600', '/data/videogame-roms/atari/',
>> ('GENERIC',
>> '/home/maccroz/downloads/stella/stella.sdl',
>> '-fullscreen 1', '', [ 'bin' ])) ]
>
>> It does not flag any errors.
>
>> I have several ROMS in my atari folder, yet I don't see any games menu.
>
>> Is there anything else I need to do to get games to work such as
>> activating
>> a plugin?
>
>> Thanks Again!
>
>> Note: Someone suggested I try '.bin' instead of 'bin'. That did not
>> seem
>> to work.
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