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Every ROM I tried would not work via XMAEME: starcas, startrek, asteroid, frogger, etc

I first assumed it was a problem with the location of the ROM zip. Initially I tried with the "Browse" feature in XMAEME which I thought must be passing the full path to XMAME. Then I tried looking for the XMAME config file and putting the ROM zip in the default path. This caused the ROM to appear in the XMAEME pulldowns as "known" games but still resulted in "Unable to load ROM" for every ROM zip I tried.

However, when I launch XMAME from the command line, whether passing the option with the absolute path to the ROM zip or putting the ROM zip in the default path, every ROM I tried runs fine.

Is there a log file somewhere that I can post that will give you more precise information and help you pinpoint the problem?

Google "starcas rom" and download from the first link in search results. This works fine for me with XMAME on the command line but XMAEME says "Unable to load ROM"

Here is what I get when I launch xmaeme in xterm and then try to launch starcas. Please note, the initial error messages come up before I even try to launch the ROM:

BusyBox v1.4.1 (2007-03-12 19:00:25 EET) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ xmaeme
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib-GObject - g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib-GObject - g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib-GObject - g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib-GObject - g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Error opening /media/mmc1/roms/mame/: No such file or directory
Error opening /media/mmc1/roms/: No such file or directory
Error opening /media/mmc2/roms/mame/: No such file or directory
Error opening /media/mmc2/roms/: No such file or directory
Error opening /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/.games/: No such file or directory
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB WARNING ** Gtk - gtksettings.c:826: an rc-data property "gtk-file-chooser-backend" already exists
SCANNING FOR VISIBILITY
SCANNING FOR VISIBILITY
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_model_filter_convert_child_iter_to_iter: assertion `path != NULL' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_model_filter_get_path: assertion `GTK_TREE_MODEL_FILTER (model)->priv->stamp == iter->stamp' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_view_expand_to_path: assertion `path != NULL' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_view_set_cursor_on_cell: assertion `path != NULL' failedxmaeme[2188]: GLIB DEBUG ConIc - con_ic_connection_send_event(0xd41d0, AMDNET, WLAN_INFRA, 0)
SCANNING FOR VISIBILITY
SCANNING FOR VISIBILITY
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_model_filter_row_has_child_toggled: assertion `elt->visible' failed
xmaeme[2188]: GLIB CRITICAL ** Gtk - gtk_tree_model_filter_row_has_child_toggled: assertion `elt->visible' failed
Child: running xmame /home/user/MyDocs/.games/mame/roms/starcas -fullscreen -ror -scale 2 (null) (null)
SDL: Info: SDL initialized
info: trying to parse: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
error: unknown option artwork_directory, on line 10 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option cheat_file, on line 11 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option hiscore_file, on line 12 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option history_file, on line 13 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option mameinfo_file, on line 14 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option inipath, on line 17 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option ctrlr_directory, on line 18 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option cfg_directory, on line 21 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option nvram_directory, on line 22 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option memcard_directory, on line 23 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option input_directory, on line 24 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option hiscore_directory, on line 25 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option state_directory, on line 26 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option snapshot_directory, on line 27 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option diff_directory, on line 28 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option skip_disclaimer, on line 35 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option skip_gameinfo, on line 36 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
error: unknown option bios, on line 37 of file: /usr/lib/xmame/xmamerc
ignoring line
info: trying to parse: /home/user/.xmame/xmamerc
info: trying to parse: /usr/lib/xmame/xmame-SDLrc
info: trying to parse: /home/user/.xmame/xmame-SDLrc
info: trying to parse: /usr/lib/xmame/rc/starcasrc
info: trying to parse: /home/user/.xmame/rc/starcasrc
Mouse/Trakball selected.
loading rom 0: starcas3.t7
loading rom 1: starcas3.p7
loading rom 2: starcas3.u7
loading rom 3: starcas3.r7
done
SDL: Info: Video mode set as 800 x 480, depth 16
Using dirty_buffer strategy
Using 16bpp video mode
Game uses 3 colors
SDL: sysdep_display_alloc_palette(32768);
error: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
info: sysdep_dsp: using esound plugin
info: dsp: using timer based audio
info: sysdep_mixer: using oss plugin
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

Right after the segfault I xmaeme displays "unable to load ROM" message.

That gives a segfault as well.

After doing a little playing around with the command-line params it looks like the offending item is "-scale 2". fullscreen works. ror works. but not scale 2.

I think that's it. It looks like a LOT of roms are too big to be double-sized. I don't know what exit code xmame is returning but.. it would be very helpful if xmaeme could display something descriptive of the problem. Otherwise, I think a lot of people will just give up on xmaeme (and probably xmame in the bargain).

On a related point, xmaeme doesn't seem to be checking the xmamerc file for rom and sample paths. I've updated my own xmamerc so xmame knows where to find my roms and samples (not the original paths) but in xmaeme I still have to "browse" to find them.

I just compiled here xmame 0.106 for maemo 4 and this working... I m testing it now ...