GroovyArcade live-CD 2022 (collaborative effort)

[Giddygoon]

I have tried Gasetup > setup > video > boot resolution but on my setup its just Monitor, Orientation, Resolution, I don't see boot resolution? I went into Resolution but it just says you don't need to change the resolution

I have a NanoMS31 arcade monitor at 31KHZ

Also I have just done a test and used Handbreak on Imac and converted some of the videos to MP4 constant video, not variable and it looks like the AMD freeze has not happened yet.... still on test Machine will be on all day today

[Substring]

Which iso version are you using, what gpu ? I'm in the last steps to release the 2021.08 one

[MK3FANATIC]

Which iso version are you using, what gpu ? I'm in the last steps to release the 2021.08 one

so that's why i'm looking for retroarch and it's still not there?

[Substring]

Which iso version are you using, what gpu ? I'm in the last steps to release the 2021.08 one

so that's why i'm looking for retroarch and it's still not there?

Retroarch won't be shipped with the iso (and probably never will). But installing it through gasetup will be possible with gasetup 1.8.0. This version is already in the testing repo. Anyway, with Retroarch, you'fre good for a full system upgrade

[Giddygoon]

I using a HD5450 with an i3 and 8gb ram and a SSD

[Substring]

I using a HD5450 with an i3 and 8gb ram and a SSD

You forgot to mention the groovyarcade version

[Giddygoon]

Oh yeah, 2021.08 pre release GA

[Substring]

It's video resolution, not boot resolution, sorry

[Substring]

Finally the new 2021.08 iso is available ! Little changes here and there, but the main one is: you can install and configure Retroarch from the setup menu ! Just for a reminder : switchres 2.0 has been integrated into Retroarch since 1.9.5 (1.9.7 is available at the moment). Final Burn Neo standalone is also available (I need to push a fix for super resolutions).

As usual, GroovyArcade provides the minimum settings to make it work for CRT, and leaves as much flexibility as possible to hardwore power users.

For those of you who wonder "Can I upgrade my existing install to get Retroarch ?" the answer is YES! But it all depends on you :
- if your version has system updates from gasetup, just go ahead
- if not, reach a terminal and run sudo pacman -Sy galauncher gasetup gatools. Then run again gasetup, go to the setup menu and Retroarch will be available

One note though: installing Retroarch or Final Burn Neo will force you to make a full system update (because some libraires may become incompatible, so let's not take the risk). If you need assistance, just ask here or on our discord!

Get it at https://github.com/substring/os/releases/tag/2021.08

[MK3FANATIC]

@Substring These new additions were amazing, now everything is very easy to add console systems, everything is pre-configured. Thanks and congratulations for the excellent work!

[Cucurbitacée]

Hi everybody,

It's a pleasure to see that GroovyArcade is still going forward. So, I decided to give it a try and replaced my old 2017 install with the 2021.08. And as I expected, so many things don't work. Before I start to explain more, is this the right thread? If not, could a good soul point me towards the right one?

Thanks.

[Substring]

Here or on discord, as you wish

[Cucurbitacée]

Thanks. I've only used discord once so far. So I'll try my luck here.

My hardware is quite antique by now, the graphic card is an ATI Radeon X300. According to hwinfo, the driver is "radeon".
The card has 3 output (DVI, S-Video and VGA), it is connected to a Sony 55cm TV with a homemade VGA - SCART cable. This setup was working really well with older versions of GroovyArcade.
I used Generic15 in GASetup.

• First problem: Attract Mode freezes quite often. I had the problem in the past, and if remember correctly, I got rid of it by compiling Attract Mode myself. This is a minor problem for now. But if anyone knows why, I'd gladly take the explanation.
• Second problem: it seems only 640x480i is working. If I launch a game from Attract Mode (I tried a dozen of them), the TV goes out of sync. If I launch a game directly from the command line, the screen flip back to 640x480i with a more lot stretched image, depending on the game.

Other than that. Congrats on the work so far, I found the idea of the voice to guide the user while the screen got no signal very clever!

[Substring]

Thanks. I've only used discord once so far. So I'll try my luck here.

My hardware is quite antique by now, the graphic card is an ATI Radeon X300. According to hwinfo, the driver is "radeon".
The card has 3 output (DVI, S-Video and VGA), it is connected to a Sony 55cm TV with a homemade VGA - SCART cable. This setup was working really well with older versions of GroovyArcade.
I used Generic15 in GASetup.

• First problem: Attract Mode freezes quite often. I had the problem in the past, and if remember correctly, I got rid of it by compiling Attract Mode myself. This is a minor problem for now. But if anyone knows why, I'd gladly take the explanation.
• Second problem: it seems only 640x480i is working. If I launch a game from Attract Mode (I tried a dozen of them), the TV goes out of sync. If I launch a game directly from the command line, the screen flip back to 640x480i with a more lot stretched image, depending on the game.

Other than that. Congrats on the work so far, I found the idea of the voice to guide the user while the screen got no signal very clever!

1/ Do you use video snaps ? Depending on the hardware, they tend to make AM freeze on interlaced resolutions (which is the default). Bug in the AMD Xorg drivers ... So your solutions : check in AM options that power saving is disabled, set a progressive resolution in gasetup > setup > video > video resolution, or get rid of the video snaps ...
2/ are you sur ethe generic_15 is a good profile for your TV ? GroovyMame does modeswitch. Needs more logs, you can find them in shared/logs (the mame.log is helpful here)

[Cucurbitacée]

• I indeed use video snap. Thanks for the tip. As I said, I fixed it in the past, possibly by using a different resolution.
• I used Generic_15 because that's what I used before and it was working, I have no certitude beyond this. I'll pick the logs when I'll be back home tonight.

Thanks!

[Cucurbitacée]

So here are the logs:
attract.log, please ignore the "Failed to create texture" errors, it's the sprite sheet for my layout that is too big.

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Attract-Mode v2.6.1 (Linux, SFML 2.5.1 +FontConfig +Xinerama +SWF +7z +Curl)
avcodec 58.134.100 / avformat 58.76.100 / swscale 5.9.100 / avutil 56.70.100 / swresample 3.9.100

Config: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/attract.cfg

*** Initializing display: 'MAME'
 - Loaded master romlist 'MAME' in 190 ms (5072 entries kept, 0 discarded)
 - Constructed 2 filters in 0 ms (10144 comparisons)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
Sound file not found: sloop.mp3
Sound file not found: sstart.mp3
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/layouts/MultiSpin/ (layout.nut)
Attract-Mode v2.6.1 (Linux, SFML 2.5.1 +FontConfig +Xinerama +SWF +7z +Curl)
avcodec 58.134.100 / avformat 58.76.100 / swscale 5.9.100 / avutil 56.70.100 / swresample 3.9.100

Config: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/attract.cfg

*** Initializing display: 'MAME'
 - Loaded master romlist 'MAME' in 82 ms (5072 entries kept, 0 discarded)
 - Constructed 2 filters in 0 ms (10144 comparisons)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
Sound file not found: sloop.mp3
Sound file not found: sstart.mp3
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/layouts/MultiSpin/ (layout.nut)
 - Working directory: /home/arcade/shared/configs/mame/
*** Running: /opt/galauncher/galauncher.sh groovymame arcade joust
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: No such file or directory
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
Switchres: Modeline "296x240_60 15.685096KHz 60.096153Hz" 6.023076 296 308 336 384 240 242 245 261   -hsync -vsync
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Average speed: 207.52% (6 seconds)
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  7 (RRSetScreenSize)
  Value in failed request:  0x128
  Serial number of failed request:  2117
  Current serial number in output stream:  2118
Attract-Mode v2.6.1 (Linux, SFML 2.5.1 +FontConfig +Xinerama +SWF +7z +Curl)
avcodec 58.134.100 / avformat 58.76.100 / swscale 5.9.100 / avutil 56.70.100 / swresample 3.9.100

Config: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/attract.cfg

*** Initializing display: 'MAME'
 - Loaded master romlist 'MAME' in 190 ms (5072 entries kept, 0 discarded)
 - Constructed 2 filters in 0 ms (10144 comparisons)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
Sound file not found: sloop.mp3
Sound file not found: sstart.mp3
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/layouts/MultiSpin/ (layout.nut)
Warning: could not locate rom.  Best guess: /home/arcade/shared/roms/mame/tceptor2.zip
 - Working directory: /home/arcade/shared/configs/mame/
*** Running: /opt/galauncher/galauncher.sh groovymame arcade tceptor2
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: No such file or directory
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
Switchres: Modeline "552x224_60 15.636363KHz 60.606060Hz" 11.211272 552 574 627 717 224 232 235 258   -hsync -vsync
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Average speed: 111.49% (3 seconds)
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: No such file or directory
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
/opt/gatools/include/includes.sh: line 34: /home/arcade/shared/logs//groovy.log: Permission denied
[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to set real-time priority for thread: Operation not permitted (1)
Sound file not found: sloop.mp3
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
Failed to create texture, its internal size is too high (2304x30, maximum is 2048x2048)
 - Loaded layout: /home/arcade/shared/frontends/attract/layouts/MultiSpin/ (layout.nut)

groovy.log

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2021-08-23 20:11:20 - main(181): ################## START OF INSTALLATION ################## -
2021-08-23 20:11:20 - start_process(51): *** Executing worker configure -
2021-08-23 20:11:21 - mainmenu(101): *** Executing worker setup_menu -
2021-08-23 20:11:24 - worker_setup_menu(240): *** Executing worker video_menu -
2021-08-23 20:11:33 - worker_setup_menu(241): *** Executing worker audio_menu -
2021-08-23 20:11:34 - worker_audio_menu(645): *** Executing worker set_volume -
2021-08-23 20:11:47 - worker_audio_menu(644): *** Executing worker default_card -
2021-08-23 20:11:48 - set_config_value(219):  OK  - Successfully set alsa=0 in /home/arcade/.config/ga.conf
2021-08-23 20:11:54 - mainmenu(100): *** Executing worker start_fe -
2021-08-23 20:16:08 - main(181): ################## START OF INSTALLATION ################## -
2021-08-23 20:16:08 - start_process(51): *** Executing worker configure -
2021-08-23 20:16:12 - mainmenu(102): *** Executing worker start_lxde -

mame.log, a fresh one, with only one game launched, for clarity.

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Switchres: Modeline "296x240_60 15.685096KHz 60.096153Hz" 6.023076 296 308 336 384 240 242 245 261   -hsync -vsync
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Average speed: 207.52% (6 seconds)
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  7 (RRSetScreenSize)
  Value in failed request:  0x128
  Serial number of failed request:  2117
  Current serial number in output stream:  2118
Switchres: Modeline "552x224_60 15.636363KHz 60.606060Hz" 11.211272 552 574 627 717 224 232 235 258   -hsync -vsync
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2660:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:877:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Unable to create history.db

Average speed: 111.49% (3 seconds)

I suspect "X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)" could be a clue, but it doesn't mean much to me. There seem to be a couple of permission issues too, but not sure how relevant they are.

[Substring]

Some people have had that X error lately, we're investigating. Sadly I'm not concerned (yet?) by this error

[Giddygoon]

Hi Substring,

You said change the resolution " It's video resolution, not boot resolution, sorry " I have set two arcade cabs with GA both running 31khz monitors both running on AMD 5450 cards

How do I change the resolution in GA set up? When I try it says don't change resolution, I can't see how I can select anything else or do you mean pick another monitor from the monitor type

I still get the freezing now and again on Attract Mode menu, it seems if you scroll up to the top and down to the bottom of the list on first boot then it tends not to freeze after that ... thats my work round but it would nice if I could this great set-up 100%

[Substring]

Hi Substring,

You said change the resolution " It's video resolution, not boot resolution, sorry " I have set two arcade cabs with GA both running 31khz monitors both running on AMD 5450 cards

How do I change the resolution in GA set up? When I try it says don't change resolution, I can't see how I can select anything else or do you mean pick another monitor from the monitor type

I still get the freezing now and again on Attract Mode menu, it seems if you scroll up to the top and down to the bottom of the list on first boot then it tends not to freeze after that ... thats my work round but it would nice if I could this great set-up 100%

My bad, changing the resolution is only available for 15 or 25kHz monitors, 31kHz default to progressive 640x480. And to be honnest, you're the first one having freezes with a 31kHz setup, it really only happened so far for 15kHz setups. Can you, from the command line, give me the output of cat /proc/cmdline ?

[Cucurbitacée]

Some people have had that X error lately, we're investigating. Sadly I'm not concerned (yet?) by this error

Good to know it's been investigating. If you need any help for testing, let me know. I have another cabinet with a similar setup (but with a nVidia, card, I think).

[Giddygoon]

Hi Substring

I am working away from home at the moment but I will get the information from output of cat /proc/cmdline and post it here, it would nice to know what triggers this it does not always do it.

it seems that if it is going to freeze then it will most likely do it from a cold boot and if you manage to move up and down attract menu and successfully select and run a few games then attract mode seems to be ok. I re-encoded all my mp4 videos on my vertical cab thinking that would help but it still freezes now and again so I didn't bother encoding my videos on horizontal cab, my videos come Emumovies.

GA is such a rock solid idea with the best results i seen in years as I have come from Groovymame running on Win 7 and Win 10 but I stumped on this intermittent freeze bug 

[Giddygoon]

I was playing the vertical Sega Net City last night and it crashed and on re-boot it had all this code on a black screen where the GA splash screen used to be then goes to menu

It works fine but I can't get rid of the code at start up, on another try it the GA screen flashing in between a black screen or code it looks a little like this but this not it I coped this from another post in here to give an example,  any ideas on how to fix this, I think this normally hidden

Also is there a way to defrag or disk clean the LX OS ?

sd-umoun[2757]: Failed to unmount /oldroot: Device or resouce busy
sd-umoun[2758]: Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev/pts: Device or resouce busy
sd-umoun[2759]: Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev: Device or resouce busy
shutdown[1]: Failed to finalize file systems, ignoring.
reboot: Power down

Also where do I get this information from  ?   ( Can you, from the command line, give me the output of cat /proc/cmdline ? )

[Giddygoon]

Ok, very strange switched on the vert cab and the GA splash screen is returned, code gone or hidden = Good

also is there a way of hiding the GA splash screen so its just boots from bios to blank screen to Atrract mode menu ?

Sorry for all the questions  ( :

[Substring]

I was playing the vertical Sega Net City last night and it crashed and on re-boot it had all this code on a black screen where the GA splash screen used to be then goes to menu

It works fine but I can't get rid of the code at start up, on another try it the GA screen flashing in between a black screen or code it looks a little like this but this not it I coped this from another post in here to give an example,  any ideas on how to fix this, I think this normally hidden

Also is there a way to defrag or disk clean the LX OS ?

sd-umoun[2757]: Failed to unmount /oldroot: Device or resouce busy
sd-umoun[2758]: Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev/pts: Device or resouce busy
sd-umoun[2759]: Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev: Device or resouce busy
shutdown[1]: Failed to finalize file systems, ignoring.
reboot: Power down

Also where do I get this information from  ?   ( Can you, from the command line, give me the output of cat /proc/cmdline ? )

I'm not sure I understand. Did it boot till the end or not ? These are some messages from the initramfs. As long as the new root is mounted, they shouldn't matter.

For the command I requested : go to a terminal (simply exit gasetup, the text menu) and type the command

Ok, very strange switched on the vert cab and the GA splash screen is returned, code gone or hidden = Good

also is there a way of hiding the GA splash screen so its just boots from bios to blank screen to Atrract mode menu ?

Sorry for all the questions  ( :

I usually press the up arrow to show what's behind the splash screen. If you want to permanently disable it, you need to remove the splash keyword from the kernel parameters. The file to edit depends on whether you've installed with UEFI boot or BIOS boot. For bios, the file is /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg (needs to be edited as root). For UEFI it should be /boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

[Giddygoon]

Thank you, i will try and remove the splash screen, mine is installed as bios

and I will will go to terminal and get that log

I still get get the freeze menu bug from time to time

[Giddygoon]

is it possible to run GM in Groovyarcade with a no nag patch like windows ?

and if yes any pointers on where to find such a version

I know this version not patched

will this work groovy017o + nonag - linux from b4nd1t0's ??

Thanks for any help

[Substring]

you can run a no nag patched GM but keep in mind that :
- updating GM will be complicated, even updating your full OS will be complicated. The reason is that GM will be updated and will erase your version. And you rely on someone publishing an updated linux binary, and have to install it yourself
- some old roms are still not well emulated (we had a case with kung fu master a week ago, and its emulations became even more demanding whereas it's still unperfect), so you loose that information. This is problematic when you ask for support on a particular game and you skipped that precious information

The original nonag patch source is at http://mamestuff.lowtrucks.net/MKChamp/ but it hasn't been updated in months

[Giddygoon]

Thanks for the update, maybe i'll just stick with GA as it is, i rather the updates in sync with the release

[Giddygoon]

Where does Groovyarcade keep Groovymame as I wt to experiment with a no nag version of GA

I have looked around but I am not sure, is it programs, users etc ?

[Substring]

out of my head : /usr/lib/mame/groovymame

[Giddygoon]

Thank you ( :

[Giddygoon]

Well, this worked =  groovy017o + nonag - linux from b4nd1t0

Thanks for help

still have this menu freeze problem, just a noob question, I know that its an AMD driver error with videos but what  if i changed my ATI Radeon HD 5450 a different say ASUS HD5450 would this solve the problem or is it a case of change to a different card and if yes to a new card

what would be the best closet option that does not freeze Attract Mode

Thanks for any help

[Substring]

It's a driver problem, therefore software problem, not hardware.

Switching to some GFX card that uses the amdgpu driver instead of the radeon one should help

[Giddygoon]

Thanks for that, time to start looking for another suitable card

[Substring]

depending on your linux knowledge, there may be some other alternatives (they are just not yet ready and fully integrated, but they technically do exist)

[Giddygoon]

I did google ATI driver freeze and did see some work arounds but nothing simple and tbf beyond my knowledge so I just jumped on ebay and bought ASUS Radeon R7 240 Graphics Card 2GB DDR5 PCI-E VGA HDMI DVI - Low Profile for Sega Blast City.

Hopefully no more freeze menu problems as it it is PITA every time my kids want to play the the machines and the menu freezes and i have to restart the cabinet.

Other than that the GA is perfect, so pleased with the end results, never seen the games look so good

Just one more thing, will Demul ever with work GA ?? can I add others emulators other than retro arch

[Substring]

The problem is not adding emulators, it's to have them perfectly fitting your monitor like RA and GM do. I'm only concernd by such emulators (those that integrate switchres), others don't matter.

[Giddygoon]

that makes sense for CRT accuracy, just waiting for my new GPUs, I report the progress on menu freezing on Attract mode  ( :

[Giddygoon]

I tried setting the AMD ASUS Radeon R7 240 Graphics Card 2GB DDR5 PCI-E VGA HDMI DVI - Low Profile for Sega Blast City. last night and GA Iso  ( your version )  is having difficulty finding the VGA output,  it did it twice but later the blast city monitor went black and Mame was displayed on the hdmi lcd display instead.

I tried from scratch again and it could only find the hdmi lcd display and I didn't validate the setting tried again  it then said this card has a low dot clock set to super resolutions.

then had a split screen on the blast city.

btw the my monitor is a 31KHz only monitor... So gave up last night but will try again tonight... it did work about twice last night but after a reset black screen, it like GA is not sure where the VGA is.

Any advice on making this work

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having 2 screens plugged while playing is not yet "autoconfigured". This can be somehiow manually tweaked but there are a few prerequisites. If your monitor is 31kHz, you don't need a LCD at all ...