[Xmame] Newbie: Compiling Nvidia Support

[Samuel, Brett]

Hi,   I’m just another idiot on a crusade to build their own arcade cabinet. I would like to use Linux as the operating system for obvious reasons, which brings me to Xmame. I have attempted to compile X Mame to use OpenGL on X11 still find the performance sluggish when compared to Dos or Win32 on the same hardware.   Am I doing anything stupid which is making X mame use software OpenGL rather than Hardware?   Here is what I did:   install redhat linux 7.2 download and install Nvidia’s X server for my GeForce 2 MX Run Chromium BSU ( confirm that openGL hardware is working Download xmame .58.2 source and untar. copy makefile.Unix Makefile make the following edits to the make file: disable DISPLAY=X11 enable DISPLAY=xgl change IL = ‘-DINLINE-static inline” to read IL = -DINLINE-static add –DGLU_VERSION_1_2 to the GLCFLAGS enable DGA=1 make make install add modeline to my XFree86-4.conf files for 320x200 exec xmame.xgl –fullscreen rome_name Was there anything that I did wrong? Is there anyway I can improve performance?   Regards, Brett Samuel Unix Pre-Sales Specialist Enterprise Storage Group Compaq Computer (PTY)Ltd Telephone: +27 (0)11 775 5339 Direct Line: +27 (0)11 775 5401 Facsimile: +27 (0)11 775 5339 Mobile: +27 (0)82 783 8521