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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: meestermole on September 05, 2015, 04:05:36 pm

Title: GroovyArcade screen blanking, and spkitting
Post by: meestermole on September 05, 2015, 04:05:36 pm

Hey there,
Ive run GA successfully in the past, but I'm having some difficulty with this setup.
I'm using the latest beta (2015), with an ATI 2400XT patched with ATOM-15 on a Dell optiplex 755.
I'm using a wells Gardner k4900.
I'm only planning on running a handful of classics.

Problem 1: Patched with ATOM15, I get >bios screen>GA splash/output select.   No matter which output I select, it seems like when the kernel loads, the screen blanks out, and occasional "flickers" where I would be accustomed to seeing the screen change. This occurs both on the live CD, and a previously installed hard drive.

Problem 2: same card with stock Bios, I can get to the frontend, or select a game, but the screen is oddly split into thirds. I have also tried this with another card.
It seems like a problem with X.
Any thoughts? I'm on my phone e right now and having difficulty attaching images, I will attempt again later.
Thanks!
Allen

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Title: Re: GroovyArcade screen blanking, and spkitting
Post by: meestermole on September 07, 2015, 11:30:10 am

Here's the "split" screen.
Got it sorted, needed to set my resolution statically to 640x480@60 in ume.INI

The blanking was because I had my VGA connected to the wrong header

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Title: Re: GroovyArcade screen blanking, and spkitting
Post by: Calamity on September 07, 2015, 02:30:50 pm

Instead of using that fixed resolution, edit ume.ini and set dotclock_min 8.0

Title: Re: GroovyArcade screen blanking, and spkitting
Post by: meestermole on September 07, 2015, 04:01:27 pm

Thanks for the tip, Calamity. I will try it when I get home. Also, any thoughts on why GroovyArcade will not launch the front end at startup? I've run into this in the past, and it seems its permissions related. I used to just add the "arcade" user to the "root" group and it would sort it out, however this time it does not seem to work.
Thanks again!


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Title: Re: GroovyArcade screen blanking, and spkitting
Post by: meestermole on September 09, 2015, 12:20:32 am

Got it all sorted. No need to add user arcade to root group, need to add to tty

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