Eureka!  It works now!!! HOOORAY!

I had to set softwarepath to $HOME/roms instead of $HOME/roms/nes and I
also had to put the cart name in quotes (-cart "metroid.nes").

Finally...*sigh*

> > > > I've read the docs, I've set the biospath correctly, and doublechecked
> > > > the makefile, but I simply cannot get xmess to work.
> > > >
> > > > This is the error I get every time:
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xmess nes metroid.nes
> > > > info: trying to parse: /usr/local/share/xmess/xmessrc
> > > > info: trying to parse: /home/guythingy/.xmess/xmessrc
> > > > info: trying to parse: /usr/local/share/xmess/xmess-x11rc
> > > > info: trying to parse: /home/guythingy/.xmess/xmess-x11rc
> > > > info: trying to parse: /usr/local/share/xmess/rc/nesrc
> > > > info: trying to parse: /home/guythingy/.xmess/rc/nesrc
> > > > Mouse/Trakball selected.
> > > > done
> > > > Unable to initialize machine emulation
> > > > Bye
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That's all I ever see.  The biospath is set to $HOME/roms/nes and that
> > > > is where metroid.nes is located.  I've tried -cart also.  Can someone
> > > > please tell me what the heck is going on here?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks


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