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Need some noob help with sdlmame and launcher plugin on linux/ubuntu - The-Boxhead - 2009-07-11
Okay guys and girls, my linux noobnes works against me still
but im getting better
I have installed the launcher plugin and it works okay.
i have also installed the sdlmame by doing a sudo apgt-get install sdlmame
When i fire up the launcher i need to browse my linux system for the executable in this case the sdlmame. But here my problem starts, the browser in
xbmc no matter what skin i use does not show me the complete directories in my linux distro. The only folder i can see from xbmc is my /home folder
So how on earth can i browse to /usr/games/sdlmame
Maybe im just to noob to understand but im not able to
use any executables with the launcher if i cant see all my directories
- The-Boxhead - 2009-07-12
okay did the reasearch myself.
i symlinked the mame exutable dir and roms dir to my home folder.
now i can select this trough the launcher plugin.
problem now is that i get just a black screen.
if i add the sdlmame as game launcher it lists all my rom files, but when i select a game, i get a black screen and everything hangs.
if i try to start the sdlmame as standalone PC exutable same thing.
I can see that i have an option to pass command line args for the application... do i need to add any special args for sdlmame to work ?
- The-Boxhead - 2009-07-12
okay guess i gonna do some reaserch myself on this one.
I post update here if i get stuff to work so that other
might use this info without to much work
- st3amco0ker - 2009-07-19
I'm also looking for a solution to make sdlmame runs on xbmclive..
I came to a conclusion that sdlmame won't run is because of opengl conflict.. when sdlmame tries to steal xbmc's session, everything goes to hell.. :confused2:
- Tainted - 2009-07-26
Wish there was a XBMCLive+Mame CD out there somewhere....?
- rickx - 2009-07-27
mame working perfectly on jaunty, but not sdlmame! xmame! and not full jaunty, minimal with fluxbox. use search for the perfect mame comand line with parameters...it's in a "launcher" related thread if I remember correctly.
By perfectly I mean games launch fullscreen - no desktop seen in between - and same thing when you press esc and get back to xbmc. so why search other things?