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32/64bit Groovy Arcade Linux LiveCD/Install
bitbytebit:
New ISO's up, main changes are updated groovymame (not tons of changes there) and new menu options/submenu with a 29" 30-50Khz arcade monitor type and a 15-31Khz trisync monitor type (Makovision and Bililabs I think), the Trisync one uses composite sync. Both somewhat experimental, definitions for them may still need some changes, will see.
15042011 - Version 1.558-86f6575 Release
- New monitor types in gasetup Video section, also new MultiSync separate menu too
- /home/roms/snaps symlink added for /home/roms/ttl directory
- GroovyMame 0142 v. 012 update, new git based ebuild
ufoufo512:
--- Quote from: bitbytebit on April 15, 2011, 07:38:14 am ---Ah, so it's just not filtering, but works without the filtering? Sounds like possibly the XML format has changed or something since that version of AdvanceMenu (which is pretty old now), interesting, might be needing some changes to filter properly or something. I'll have to look at it and see.
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Yeah. The vertical games do show up and work if I don't change filtering. One question: How do I update only the groovymame on my installed system? This eBuild/Gentoo system is a bit new to me. I am happy with my installation otherwise, but somewhere in the future I would like to update the groovymame binary.
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: ufoufo512 on April 15, 2011, 11:10:17 am ---
--- Quote from: bitbytebit on April 15, 2011, 07:38:14 am ---Ah, so it's just not filtering, but works without the filtering? Sounds like possibly the XML format has changed or something since that version of AdvanceMenu (which is pretty old now), interesting, might be needing some changes to filter properly or something. I'll have to look at it and see.
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Yeah. The vertical games do show up and work if I don't change filtering. One question: How do I update only the groovymame on my installed system? This eBuild/Gentoo system is a bit new to me. I am happy with my installation otherwise, but somewhere in the future I would like to update the groovymame binary.
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That's something in this newest ISO I've mostly taken care of. You basically just have to run 'sudo emerge -av groovymame' to upgrade it, that now pulls from the most recent active git repository, always the newest version and caches the source so only downloads the changes each time run (if there are any changes since the last emerge).
emphatic:
Is it possible for you to write a short installation guide and add it to your original post? Like this
What you need:
1. A PC with a computer monitor and keyboard
2. A blank disc
3. A J-Pac or other means of hooking up the PC to your arcade cabinet
4. etc
Installation and setup:
1. Download the ISO and burn it to your blank disc
2. Start your computer and put the disc in
3. Now what?
Why? Well, I've been looking at this thread from start to finish, and I still feel like this: :dizzy: because I don't know how many steps of the installer to follow before I can hook the PC up to my arcade cabinet.
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: emphatic on April 16, 2011, 05:53:49 am ---Is it possible for you to write a short installation guide and add it to your original post? Like this
What you need:
1. A PC with a computer monitor and keyboard
2. A blank disc
3. A J-Pac or other means of hooking up the PC to your arcade cabinet
4. etc
Installation and setup:
1. Download the ISO and burn it to your blank disc
2. Start your computer and put the disc in
3. Now what?
Why? Well, I've been looking at this thread from start to finish, and I still feel like this: :dizzy: because I don't know how many steps of the installer to follow before I can hook the PC up to my arcade cabinet.
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Hopefully what I just added is good, it's actually what is on the page where the ISO's exist but it's good to have on the main post on this thread too. I'll look at doing more detail than that even, but one main thing is the newest ISO really only requires one extra step besides yours up there (or number 3) is basically 3. Run Installation (number 3 on the cd's main menu). Then it should go from there asking the person questions and setting up everything, I'm sure that could be streamlined even more though. Hopefully someone with better HowTo writing skills can eventually take up the task of putting things into more user friendly tutorials though. I'm really bad at writing things out simply, I'm really best at coding internally on C programs :), it's just where my brain is and unfortunately my documentation often looks similar so it's nice to have more than one person at times for different aspects of projects like this doing the different parts.