Dreamcast loading from P2 port

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Ok recently i have been playing some dreamcast games on a rotated 15 inch vga monitor so i can play games like Ikaruga and such vertically. Now the problem is that i am using an x-arcade solo i bought a while ago (hasnt gotten much use since i now have an actual mame cab), and the x-arcade doesnt have a vmu port built into it. Now this requires me to have an extra controller in the p2 slot with the vmu.

Now some games seem to not have a problem loading automatically from the vmu in the player 2 controller slot. But Ikaruga requires the VMU to be in the Player 1 controller, it doesnt even allow me to select the player 2 vmu from the menu and load the save file. Now this is really annoying as i have the monitor rotated vertically and would like it for the config save file to load so that the game rotates vertically automatically.

I have found a work around for Ikaruga and that is to have the x-arcade in the player 2 slot and the vmu controller in the player 1 slot. This works but it is annoying having to be player2 as the on screen indicators are all shifted to the right side, yea i know i am picky but it just bugs me hehe. So does anyone have any ideas or am i screwed, i take it there is no way to force the dc to load from the player 2 memory card?