Linux HOW-TO The Complete Linux N00bs' Guide To Installing ZSNES on XMBCbuntu

(2013-03-08 00:26)Wes Richards Wrote:  After reboot Advanced Launcher no longer shows the "SNES" launcher I had configured. Again, I'm no Linux expert, but this all seems very broken to me. Tomorrow I will start over with minimal Ubuntu install, I believe that will be much less headaches.

Your launchers.xml file have may be corrupted. To fix this, you can load and restore an old recent launchers.xml file. Go into Advanced Launcher settings, then into Backup/debug menu and select "Load a backup launchers.xml file". Here you will have a list of file under this form : YYYMMDD-HHMMSS-MILLISEC-launchers.xml. Select the one before your SNES launcher has disapeared to restore it.

A quick note for anyone having trouble with sblackst's launch script: xdotool is not installed by default on xbmcbuntu 12.


May seem obvious, but it did the trick for me.

(2013-01-06 02:23)sblackst Wrote:  So one additional piece of advice for those using XBMCbuntu 12 (with Frodo). This took me ages to figure out why I would just get a blank screen when launching zsnes using the latest Advanced Launcher (which you have to pick up from Google Code instead of the repo by the way). You can't use wmctrl any longer to move the window to a new desktop but you can use xdotool to unmap and remap the window to your X desktop instead which works beautifully. This is my script to launch zsnes:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Hide and suspend XBMC
xdotool search --name "XBMC Media Center" windowunmap
sleep 0.5
killall -STOP xbmc.bin

# turn off screen blanking and dpms
xset s off
xset -dpms

# start application
/usr/bin/zsnes -m -s -v 7 "$1" &>> ~/emulators/zsnes.log

# turn on screen blanking and dpms
xset +dpms
xset s on

# restore screen resolution
xrandr -s 640x480
xrandr -s 1920x1080

# restore and show XBMC
killall -CONT xbmc.bin
xdotool search --name "XBMC Media Center" windowmap

I will have to give this a try after work tonight. I would imagine this script could be modified to work with other emulators/games?

Sorry for late follow up. I eventually fixed my problems. I didn't investigate Advanced Launcher settings as much as I should have. I was able to get everything working fine by launching zsnes through Advanced Launcher without the sblackst's script. In Advanced Launcher I selected to set XBMC to windowed. I also removed remote config files for my stupid XBOX 360 wireless remotes so they wouldn't continue to mess with XBMC while zsnes was running. I also had to use "-ad sdl" for sound and use the fix for the random black screens from the OP. This was all working perfect.

Then I tried to check out an n64 emulator and was having a hard time getting it to run at any playable speeds. I'm AMD/ATI motherboard and I decided to check if some different drivers would work better. Being the linux amatuer that I am, this quickly broke my HTPC. Now I'm starting to rebuild starting with a minimal ubuntu install.

Anyway, the guide works perfect.

Hmm I finally got this working with sound on Frodo on Ubuntu 11.10.

Problem is I have to switch the sound output get sound in the emulators and then switch it back to get sound from movies/tv shows through XBMC. Kind of annoying. There has to be a way to work around this/fix it.

I think part of the problem is I am using my onboard AMD HD3300 graphics for HDMI audio and video. The next step would be to just go though the 3.5 aux out from PC to my soundbar. Kind of annoying but would probably work better.

edit: this might help me figure it out later:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Aud...Output_GUI

I am running "XBMC 12.1 Frodo" on "Ubuntu 12.10" 64 bit, using "Advanced Launcher 1.13.1". Everytime i try to select ZSNES from the "Files Launcher(ROM launcher)" navigating to /usr/bin/zsnes it just jumps automatically back to the root folder when I select zsnes from this directory and nothing happens. Not even an error message. This happens everytime I try to select ZSNES or any other program for that matter using the Advanced Launcher, so did it with XBMC 11 and Advanced Launcher 1.7.6, XBMC 12.1 and Advanced Launcher 1.7.6, and it still happens after I updated Advanced Launcher to 1.13.1 now running Frodo(12.1). Anyone else having the same bug, and anyone have any suggestions? This is driving me mad. Can it be something releated to sudo rights, the fact that I am running a 64 bit version of the OS, I just don't see any logical explanation for this

CAN HELP ME? MY PROBLEM AND TITLE BAR OPENBOX SEE PHOTO / VIDEO
http://i41.tinypic.com/v3zog3.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/5yfd3k.jpg

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=91f9ch&s=5


MY SCRIPTS FOR WINEHD:
# / bin / bash
openbox &
cd / home / omega / .wine / dosdevices / c :/ Program \ Files \ / EA \ GAMES \ / Need \ for \ Speed ​​\ Underground \ 2
speed2.exe wine-opengl

MY SCRIPTS FOR ZSNES
# / bin / bash
openbox &
/USR/BIN/ZSNES

Is there a way to fix THIS to delete the titlebar ?

I USE XBMCBUNTU 12 Frodo THANKS

(2013-05-06 13:23)trust134 Wrote:  CAN HELP ME? MY PROBLEM AND TITLE BAR OPENBOX SEE PHOTO / VIDEO
http://i41.tinypic.com/v3zog3.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/5yfd3k.jpg

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=91f9ch&s=5


MY SCRIPTS FOR WINEHD:
# / bin / bash
openbox &
cd / home / omega / .wine / dosdevices / c :/ Program \ Files \ / EA \ GAMES \ / Need \ for \ Speed ​​\ Underground \ 2
speed2.exe wine-opengl

MY SCRIPTS FOR ZSNES
# / bin / bash
openbox &
/USR/BIN/ZSNES

Is there a way to fix THIS to delete the titlebar ?

I USE XBMCBUNTU 12 Frodo THANKS

I would imagine it has something to do with launching openbox and not NOT launching ZSNES with any commands.

BrooksyX hello thanks for the reply, I created a script without openbox start ZSNES and it freezes in the upper left, my question is: is there a way to start an application on?

my problem is solved for all wineHD GAMEPC dolfhin snes ps1 ps2 nintendo64 emulator etc ... fullscrin no titlebar xd ^ _ ^ thanks to all thanks XBMC FOR SOFTWARE