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Major Rock Hardy:
My Hardware:
P4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB Ram, SB Live! (emu10k1), ATI Radeon 7000 VE (rv100)

My OS:
gentoo-sources 2.6.14-r2 kernel, emerge'd advancemame, alsa

Other:
for development, I also emerged X and fluxbox as a WM.

The Situation:
I am trying to get the framebuffer version working, which I assume SHOULD work since I have tried with AdvanceCD and I got good video and audio.  Perhaps this is a bad assumption.

after following the gentoo alsa HOWTO, I have a working sound device, which I have confirmed by running advs with an .mp3 and it plays beautifully.

From the cmd line I can run advmame mspacman -- works GREAT.  When I run advmame suprmrio -- it looks great, but as soon as I hit '5' to coin-up, the audio comes through, but is very wavy - like a record when you grab a hold/let go of the record as it's playing to slow it down/speed it back up.  Then when gameplay starts, it's terrible.  It's as if the aforementioned record player effect is applied to the whole game (not just audio).

I have some other issues too, but I'm using this as a ping to see if anyone out there is a guru at gentoo/ advmame... barvaz? whammoed? desmatic? others?

Thanks ahead of time,
Rock

starnix17:
I'm not that much of a Linux guru, but try searching the Gentoo Wiki. Lot's of good stuff in there!

whammoed:
post your advmame.rc file contents
have you made any changes to the file, especially dealing with audio?
after loading suprmrio, hit F11 to bring up the speed and report the results after coining up and playing
have you tried other games and had similar/different reactions?

Major Rock Hardy:
thanks, you guys...


--- Quote from: whammoed on December 05, 2005, 03:50:48 pm ---post your advmame.rc file contents
have you made any changes to the file, especially dealing with audio?
after loading suprmrio, hit F11 to bring up the speed and report the results after coining up and playing
have you tried other games and had similar/different reactions?

--- End quote ---

I will post the advmame.rc file and results of the F11 tests tonight when I get home...  I have tried other games and had similar reactions: stunrun.


--- Quote from: starnix17 on December 05, 2005, 03:22:22 pm ---I'm not that much of a Linux guru, but try searching the Gentoo Wiki. Lot's of good stuff in there!

--- End quote ---

yeah, I hoped there might be something there... but searches for 'mame', 'advmame', and 'advancemame' all turned up nil.  :P  There seems to be a bit more (still not much) in the gentoo forums.

elvis:
Which FBDev device are you using (ie: what did you compile intro your kernel)?  SVGA FBDev won't work very well with Advmame.  Make sure you are using the proper radeon one.

Otherwise, I'll wait until I see your .conf files for more comments.

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