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--- Quote from: arfink on March 14, 2020, 02:25:08 pm ---Well, I seem to be having some weird issues getting this to work. When I boot off the USB, the automatic detection actually works about 50% of the time. If it somehow auto-selects a 240p mode my monitor (an Apple IIgs RGB color monitor) will display without issues, however sometimes it will seemingly pick a 480i mode, which the IIgs monitor doesn't know how to handle, so the image is too tall but is otherwise clear and synced. Speaking of sync, this monitor wants composite sync, but is happy with H and V sync just tied together, no issues there.
Once booted successfully I can set things up in gasetup to force 320x240 mode for X, etc, and it plays nicely. However, once I install to the HDD it doesn't remember my settings and I'm not able to get it to display. It picks the wrong output port (DVI-1, instead of VGA-1) and uses the wrong sync, even when I tell it otherwise. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Also, I'm fairly sure the old Phenom II I'm running doesn't have enough muscle for this version of Mame, as World Rally drops to 50% speed most of the time. :P
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So far, you should never boot in 240p unless you flashed an ATI card with ATOM15. When Linux takes the hand, it's 480i all the way unless you manually edit kernel parameters after installation.
You shouldn't force anything for X, GA is meant to be xorg.conf-less now. If you need a resolution, you need a video=<connector>:320x240S or video=<connector>:320x240Se if your monitor wasn't detected by the GX card. I'll remove any setting that touches X conf because it can mess up your configuration.
Please enclose the result of dmesg for your HDD install.
arfink:
--- Quote from: Substring on March 14, 2020, 02:46:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: arfink on March 14, 2020, 02:25:08 pm ---Well, I seem to be having some weird issues getting this to work. When I boot off the USB, the automatic detection actually works about 50% of the time. If it somehow auto-selects a 240p mode my monitor (an Apple IIgs RGB color monitor) will display without issues, however sometimes it will seemingly pick a 480i mode, which the IIgs monitor doesn't know how to handle, so the image is too tall but is otherwise clear and synced. Speaking of sync, this monitor wants composite sync, but is happy with H and V sync just tied together, no issues there.
Once booted successfully I can set things up in gasetup to force 320x240 mode for X, etc, and it plays nicely. However, once I install to the HDD it doesn't remember my settings and I'm not able to get it to display. It picks the wrong output port (DVI-1, instead of VGA-1) and uses the wrong sync, even when I tell it otherwise. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Also, I'm fairly sure the old Phenom II I'm running doesn't have enough muscle for this version of Mame, as World Rally drops to 50% speed most of the time. :P
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So far, you should never boot in 240p unless you flashed an ATI card with ATOM15. When Linux takes the hand, it's 480i all the way unless you manually edit kernel parameters after installation.
You shouldn't force anything for X, GA is meant to be xorg.conf-less now. If you need a resolution, you need a video=<connector>:320x240S or video=<connector>:320x240Se if your monitor wasn't detected by the GX card. I'll remove any setting that touches X conf because it can mess up your configuration.
Please enclose the result of dmesg for your HDD install.
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Hrmmm, well you're right, apparently gasetup can mess with x conf. I was careful to reinstall without touching any of the gasetup options that mess with x conf and now it works off the HDD. Still running slow, but as I said before, I suspect that's more to do with my hardware setup than anything else. I'll continue to play with it and try to take some pics, the IIgs monitor is a nice 12" tube and seems to work great with GA so far.
arfink:
What is the preferred way to load ROMs and edit the file system on this?
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--- Quote from: arfink on March 14, 2020, 04:23:26 pm ---What is the preferred way to load ROMs and edit the file system on this?
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I'm not sure I understand.
I prefer doing all through SSH, but there are network shares to drop roms
arfink:
--- Quote from: Substring on March 14, 2020, 05:32:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: arfink on March 14, 2020, 04:23:26 pm ---What is the preferred way to load ROMs and edit the file system on this?
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I'm not sure I understand.
I prefer doing all through SSH, but there are network shares to drop roms
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Durr. OK, figured that out. With that figured out, the only other things I'm currently chasing are:
1- AttractMode doesn't seem to be very stable with an interlaced resolution, from what I'm reading online, and in fact I find it hangs up often. Is it possible to run it in 240p?
2- The newest and hottest GroovyMAME is obviously too much for my puny Phenom II, so I'll be shopping for a better box soon. Oh well. :P
Other than that, I can't really complain. It's slick. I'm sure I'll find more stuff to bump my head against as I use it more. Meanwhile, it's time for some Neo Turf Masters.
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