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 _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame