Yes you can use xmame.sdl.
Mike
On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 11:19, Joe Stump wrote:
> 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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