htpc guy Wrote:First off, don't forget to make the .sh file excicutable. I'm running a full linux install w/ gui so I right clicked on the file and checked the box in the properties. For a live install there is a command you could run:

Code:

chmod +x applaunch.sh

(I'm almost certain that that should work. May have to be run as sudo.

Code:

<launcher>

    <name>Nintendo 64 (N64)</name>
        
    <application>/home/htpc/applaunch.sh</application>
        
    <args>/usr/games/mupen64plus --nogui --fullscreen --noask</args>
    <rompath>/home/htpc/Documents/N64_Roms</rompath

        <thumbpath>/home/htpc/Documents/N64_Roms</thumbpath>
    
        <fanartpath>/home/htpc/Documents/N64_Roms</fanartpath>
        
    <romext>z64|n64</romext>
        
    <platform>Nintendo 64</platform>
        
    <thumb>/home/htpc/Documents/647px-nintendo_64_logo.png</thumb>    
        
        <fanart>/home/htpc/Documents/N64_fanart.bmp</fanart>
        
    <genre>3D Console</genre>
        
    <release>1997</release>
        
    <publisher>Nintendo</publisher>
        
    <launcherplot></launcherplot>
        <rom></rom>
</launcher>

So if you take a look at the xml file you can see that ALA launches applaunch.sh
It in turn closes XBMC and then uses the arguments passed to it from ALA.
The arguments launch Mupen without a gui and fullscreen. When you close the emulator applaunch.sh will reopen XBMC.

Quote:sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live stop

Quote:xinit /usr/bin/mupen64plus --saveoptions --nogui --noask --noosd --fullscreen /pathtoroms

Quote:#!/bin/bash
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live stop

xinit /usr/bin/mupen64plus --saveoptions --nogui --noask --noosd --fullscreen "$1"
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live start

^FrEaK^ Wrote:but i can have both xbmc AND minecraft running at the same time if i just do it manually (minimize xbmc and then starting minecraft from windows)

danz0l Wrote:So tried a bash script that should exit xbmc, invoke the rom and run and upon exit relaunch xbmc. However its not working

Angelscry Wrote:What is not working with your script? XBMC did not close? Mupen64 did not start? Or XBMC do not restart? As often for me, do you not forget to make your script executable (chmod +x)?

lightshow12 Wrote:In your script, you perhaps do a ps -aef | grep emulatorprocess and when there is not a process running you can have it launch xbmc.

Or add a new cronjob with crontab -e

and tell it to run this script every 5 sec

#!/bin/bash


#variables
# wc -l will give you a result in numbers; normally when you grep a process you get one result for your actual search process pid and then another one for the process running
xbmcrunning=`ps -aef | grep xbmc | wc -l`
emulatorxrunning=`ps -aef | grep xbmc | wc -l`

#psuedo code

# xbmc is runing and emulator is running
if xbmcrunning = 2 and emulatorxrunning = 2
kill xbmc or minimize or something

# emualtor is not running and xbmc is not running -> case when you exit emulator
if xbmcrunning = 1 and emulatorxrunning = 1
start xbmc


Of course, you'd add better syntax, but this is just an idea of one way you can do it.

danz0l Wrote:Thanks mate, understand that. It appears however that sudo /etc/init.d/xbmclive stop doesnt close X and xbmc when run through a bash script. I cant just kill xbmc.bin as it automatically reloads as its classed as the x windows manager in xbmclive. Im seriously thinking that the best way is re-install using ubuntu desktop and remove xbmclive. This will allow me to kill xbmc.bin, run the emu then reload xbmc using malte's script.

Angelscry Wrote:Ok... so another possibility if that minecraft cannot been started directly from XBMC due to a problem of use rights. The same problem occur when we want to start the Boxee from XBMC. Here are different example how to bypass this problem, using the small CPAU application : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25

^FrEaK^ Wrote:it sadly isnt that either, because i have changed the windows settings to that minecraft have admin rights, then i never get the "start/stop" dialog in windows

^FrEaK^ Wrote:it sadly isnt that either, because i have changed the windows settings to that minecraft have admin rights, then i never get the "start/stop" dialog in windows

^FrEaK^ Wrote:hm....strange....do you use 64bit or 32bit java? i use 64bit, can that be why?

EDIT: okay....just tested it on my laptop, and there it works fine.....weird.....