gxmame problem

SINNER ha scritto:

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> Try removing the trailing slash
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me too I remembered something similar (its the 2nd time I have this bad
experience, I've been so stupid not to write down how I solved it 1st
time...),
but it didnt work.
Also checked all the permissions, nothing - what else?

thanks

alessandro
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> Or remove your ~/.gxmame directory entirely and reconfigure from scratch.
> It will only take a minute or two.

the problem persists.
I notice that every time it rebuilds the game list, at the console it
gives the error:

error 2:syntax error at Line:1 Column:0 at 0 near ""<>"<<<AFTER>>>
** Message: Saving gamelist.
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 05:05:38 -0700, alexxx.magni wrote:


> Also checked all the permissions, nothing - what else?

Take a look at the files in your ~/.gxmame directory and make sure that
everything looks like it should.

Or remove your ~/.gxmame directory entirely and reconfigure from scratch.
It will only take a minute or two.
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* wrote in alt.games.mame:

>
>> Or remove your ~/.gxmame directory entirely and reconfigure from
>> scratch. It will only take a minute or two.
>
> the problem persists.
> I notice that every time it rebuilds the game list, at the console it
> gives the error:
>
> error 2:syntax error at Line:1 Column:0 at 0 near ""<>"<<<AFTER>>>
> ** Message: Saving gamelist.
>

Where did you get GXMAME? Did you compile it yourself? What version is it?

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David
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I checked that it is a permissions error.
I was starting it as user root (BEWARE!BEWARE!).

When I launched it as common user, magically the roms appeared - the
reason? I do not know.

But now I see that the games cannot be launched, not even by the
command line:

su alexxx -c xmame <ROMname> always gives:
GLINFO: loaded OpenGL library libGL.so.1!
GLINFO: loaded GLU library libGLU.so.1!
info: using FXmame v0.5 driver for xmame, written by Mike Oliphant
Glide error: couldn't open /dev/3dfx and not running as root
<<<=== mmmm....
Disabling use of Glide mode
No cards detected.
ALSA sound disabled.
info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmame/xmamerc
info: trying to parse: /home/alexxx/.xmame/xmamerc
info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmame/xmame-x11rc
info: trying to parse: /home/alexxx/.xmame/xmame-x11rc
info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmame/rc/robbyrc
info: trying to parse: /home/alexxx/.xmame/rc/robbyrc
xmame: could not connect to socket
xmame: No such file or directory
LIRC disabled
loading rom 0: rotox1.bin
loading rom 1: rotox2.bin
loading rom 2: rotox3.bin
loading rom 3: rotox4.bin
loading rom 4: rotox5.bin
loading rom 5: rotox6.bin
loading rom 6: rotox7.bin
loading rom 7: rotox8.bin
loading rom 8: rotox9.bin
loading rom 9: rotox10.bin
done
rotox1.bin NOT FOUND <<<=== yet they are there, and I
chmodded to see them
rotox2.bin NOT FOUND
rotox3.bin NOT FOUND
rotox4.bin NOT FOUND
rotox5.bin NOT FOUND
rotox6.bin NOT FOUND
rotox7.bin NOT FOUND
rotox8.bin NOT FOUND
rotox9.bin NOT FOUND
rotox10.bin NOT FOUND
ERROR: required files are missing, the game cannot be run.


So, what to do? I got permission problems both ways!

alessandro
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 08:36:17 -0700, alexxx.magni wrote:

> So, what to do? I got permission problems both ways!

Make sure that your rom directory and the files that it contains are
world-readable, or at least readable by your current user.
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