If try to use the auto layout switches the layout list goes grey. If go ahead and press ok and leave the menu the screen goes black but the lists show up in the place they are supposed to be.
For the umpteenth time, the list supposed to go grey if using either of the auto-switching options because you're not selecting a layout.
Mala is automatically selecting which layout to use based on either the emulator name or gamelist name.
I have a folder named "Layout". The path to the layout files in mala is set to my "Layout" folder.
In that folder are ALL the .mll files which have the exact name which I gave the emulator when I added it to mala under "other emus"
Also in that folder there is one folder for each of the .mll files. The folder has the exact same name as the .mll file, but the mll file is not inside the folder.
What goes in those folders is the background artwork which also has the exact name of the .mll files
EVERYTHING needs to have the same exact name as the name you gave the emulator when you set it up.My old Mala setup switched based on emulator and all of this worked perfectly fine.
My new Mala setup switches based on gamelist and it works perfectly fine.
If the gamelist is showing up, but the background is not then your background image might not be formatted properly (if you made it yourself).
IIRC if it's a PNG, it needs to be 24 bit depth, but most artwork programs default to 32-bit.
Search the mala subforum for more info.