2010-11-29, 05:07
So I HAD my system working... XBMC Live (Dharma Beta 3) on a USB thumb drive running on an Acer Aspire Revo 3610. Everything WAS working... and then my thumb drive failed.
I've now installed Live (Dharma RC1) on the HDD of the PC. I've installed Launcher and Mupen64Plus. It launches fine, but XBMC is on in the background and Mupen could use some more cycles... So I installed xfwm4 Windows Manager and set it to run at startup by modding the runXBMC file as per these instructions. I've also created a launcher.sh file and modified my launchers.xml file as per post 66 in this thread and made it executable as per post 70. This is exactly what I did the first time when Dharma Beta 3 was installed on a thumb drive. It worked then... Now it doesn't. When I choose a rom to launch, it blinks back to the menu.
These are my files:
launch xfwm4 at startup
/usr/bin/runXBMC
code to kill XBMC while emu runs
/home/xbmc/launcher.sh
followed by a sudo chmod +x /home/xbmc/launcher.sh command to make it executable.
the launcher portion of my launchers.xml file
<long path>/launchers.xml
I think the problem is that either the windows manager xfwm4 isn't running, or the launcher.sh script isn't working. Is there a way I can check to see if the windows manager is running? Does any one else have a good idea as to why it wouldn't work this time around when it worked the last time?
Remember, If I point launchers.xml directly towards the emulator, it works... just too slowly. There is nothing wrong with any other part of the launchers.xml file.
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
Found error #1
in launcher.sh file
usrbinkillall should be /usr/bin/killall
Edit 2:
Found some errors in my xsessions log. I hope this helps. It seems as if the emus can't find the roms but I've triple checked the paths. I'm sure they're right.
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Rebooted and tried to launch a rom with mednafen
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Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:03:51 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
Starting Mednafen 0.8.C
Loading settings from "/home/xbmc/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg"...
Compiled against SDL 1.2.14, running with SDL 1.2.14
Initializing joysticks...
Joystick 0 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960b
Joystick 1 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960c
Loading /home/xbmc/Roms/NES/1942.nes
...
Error opening "/home/xbmc/Roms/NES/1942.nes
": No such file or directory
Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:14:06 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1306): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1306): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
Starting Mednafen 0.8.C
Loading settings from "/home/xbmc/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg"...
Compiled against SDL 1.2.14, running with SDL 1.2.14
Initializing joysticks...
Joystick 0 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960b
Joystick 1 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960c
Loading /home/xbmc/Roms/NES/Super...
Error opening "/home/xbmc/Roms/NES/Super": No such file or directory
xfwm4: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
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Rebooted and tried to launch rom with Mupen64Plus
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Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:15:19 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_context: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_language: assertion `context != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_metrics: assertion `PANGO_IS_CONTEXT (context)' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_set_width: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_extents: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_context: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_language: assertion `context != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_metrics: assertion `PANGO_IS_CONTEXT (context)' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_ascent: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_descent: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
__ __ __ _ _ ____ _
| \/ |_ _ _ __ ___ _ __ / /_ | || | | _ \| |_ _ ___
| |\/| | | | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \| '_ \| || |_| |_) | | | | / __|
| | | | |_| | |_) | __/ | | | (_) |__ _| __/| | |_| \__ \
|_| |_|\__,_| .__/ \___|_| |_|\___/ |_| |_| |_|\__,_|___/
|_| http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/
Version 1.5
Config Dir: /home/xbmc/.config/mupen64plus/
Data Dir: /home/xbmc/.local/share/mupen64plus/
Cache Dir: /home/xbmc/.cache/mupen64plus/
Install Dir: /usr/share/mupen64plus/
Plugin Dir: /usr/lib/mupen64plus/
Rescanning rom cache.
Rom cache up to date. 0 ROMs.
Error: Couldn't load Rom!
Rom cache system terminated!
xfwm4: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
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Rebooted and tried to launch rom with zsnes
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Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:16:33 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1325): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1325): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
ZSNES v1.51, © 1997-2007, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.
Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.
Starting Mouse detection.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event7. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event6. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event5. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event2. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
ManyMouse: 0 mice detected.
Error opening file!
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I've now installed Live (Dharma RC1) on the HDD of the PC. I've installed Launcher and Mupen64Plus. It launches fine, but XBMC is on in the background and Mupen could use some more cycles... So I installed xfwm4 Windows Manager and set it to run at startup by modding the runXBMC file as per these instructions. I've also created a launcher.sh file and modified my launchers.xml file as per post 66 in this thread and made it executable as per post 70. This is exactly what I did the first time when Dharma Beta 3 was installed on a thumb drive. It worked then... Now it doesn't. When I choose a rom to launch, it blinks back to the menu.
These are my files:
launch xfwm4 at startup
/usr/bin/runXBMC
Code:
echo "#!/bin/bash" > /home/$xbmcUser/.xsession
[b]echo "/usr/bin/xfwm4&" >> /home/$xbmcUser/.xsession[/b]
echo "/usr/bin/xbmc --standalone" >> /home/$xbmcUser/.xsessioncode to kill XBMC while emu runs
/home/xbmc/launcher.sh
Code:
usrbinkillall -STOP xbmc.bin
$@
usrbinkillall -CONT xbmc.binthe launcher portion of my launchers.xml file
<long path>/launchers.xml
Code:
<launcher>
<name>Nintendo 64</name>
<application>/home/xbmc/launcher.sh</application>
<args>/usr/games/mupen64plus --fullscreen --noask</args>
<rompath>/home/xbmc/Roms/N64/</rompath>
<romext>zip|ZIP|Zip</romext>
<thumb>/home/xbmc/Roms/N64 png.png</thumb>
<wait>true</wait>
<roms> ...
</roms>
</launcher>I think the problem is that either the windows manager xfwm4 isn't running, or the launcher.sh script isn't working. Is there a way I can check to see if the windows manager is running? Does any one else have a good idea as to why it wouldn't work this time around when it worked the last time?
Remember, If I point launchers.xml directly towards the emulator, it works... just too slowly. There is nothing wrong with any other part of the launchers.xml file.
Thanks in advance.
Edit 1:
Found error #1
in launcher.sh file
usrbinkillall should be /usr/bin/killall
Edit 2:
Found some errors in my xsessions log. I hope this helps. It seems as if the emus can't find the roms but I've triple checked the paths. I'm sure they're right.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Rebooted and tried to launch a rom with mednafen
_______________________________________________________________________________
Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:03:51 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
Starting Mednafen 0.8.C
Loading settings from "/home/xbmc/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg"...
Compiled against SDL 1.2.14, running with SDL 1.2.14
Initializing joysticks...
Joystick 0 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960b
Joystick 1 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960c
Loading /home/xbmc/Roms/NES/1942.nes
...
Error opening "/home/xbmc/Roms/NES/1942.nes
": No such file or directory
Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:14:06 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1306): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1306): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
Starting Mednafen 0.8.C
Loading settings from "/home/xbmc/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg"...
Compiled against SDL 1.2.14, running with SDL 1.2.14
Initializing joysticks...
Joystick 0 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960b
Joystick 1 - Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 - Unique ID: 080e4a1ee1ed960c
Loading /home/xbmc/Roms/NES/Super...
Error opening "/home/xbmc/Roms/NES/Super": No such file or directory
xfwm4: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
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Rebooted and tried to launch rom with Mupen64Plus
________________________________________________________________________________
Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:15:19 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1313): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_context: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_language: assertion `context != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_metrics: assertion `PANGO_IS_CONTEXT (context)' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_set_width: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_extents: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_layout_get_context: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_language: assertion `context != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_context_get_metrics: assertion `PANGO_IS_CONTEXT (context)' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_ascent: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
(mupen64plus:1404): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_metrics_get_descent: assertion `metrics != NULL' failed
__ __ __ _ _ ____ _
| \/ |_ _ _ __ ___ _ __ / /_ | || | | _ \| |_ _ ___
| |\/| | | | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \| '_ \| || |_| |_) | | | | / __|
| | | | |_| | |_) | __/ | | | (_) |__ _| __/| | |_| \__ \
|_| |_|\__,_| .__/ \___|_| |_|\___/ |_| |_| |_|\__,_|___/
|_| http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/
Version 1.5
Config Dir: /home/xbmc/.config/mupen64plus/
Data Dir: /home/xbmc/.local/share/mupen64plus/
Cache Dir: /home/xbmc/.cache/mupen64plus/
Install Dir: /usr/share/mupen64plus/
Plugin Dir: /usr/lib/mupen64plus/
Rescanning rom cache.
Rom cache up to date. 0 ROMs.
Error: Couldn't load Rom!
Rom cache system terminated!
xfwm4: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
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Rebooted and tried to launch rom with zsnes
______________________________________________________________________________
Xsession: X session started for xbmc at Sun Nov 28 23:16:33 PST 2010
** (xfwm4:1325): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:1325): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
xbmc.bin
: no process found
ZSNES v1.51, © 1997-2007, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.
Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.
Starting Mouse detection.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event7. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event6. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event5. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event2. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
ManyMouse: 0 mice detected.
Error opening file!
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