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Revision as of 21:23, 29 October 2004
, 21:23, 29 October 2004→Installation
You can [http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?exact=0&searchon=names&version=all&case=insensitive&release=all&keywords=xmame&arch=any install XMAME on your Debian system] using apt-get, but you have to set your apt configuration file use a 'non-free' repository due to the license determination. I chose to install a project called AdvanceMame, which adds extra video support features to the MAME project. <nowiki>[Aside: AdvanceMame projects, although free software, cost an estimated $2,671,244 to develop. Just another example of the tremendous dollar value that is available in free software, never mind the other values that come with the 'freedom' of the software]</nowiki>
==Installation& Configuration==
Installation is fairly straightforward and typical of many Linux programs, although certainly not at the level of a polished Installer. You go through the basics, namely:
*Download the source,
This was perfect, because I had already created the '/home/greg/.advance/rom' directory, and put all my ROM files in there.
Next, I tried a similar command to setup the AdvanceMenu program (to enable me to run the whole thing from a Graphical User Interface, rather than launch games from the command line.
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/usr/local/bin/advm
Unable to initialize the mouse driver. The errors are:
event: No mouse found. Check the /dev/input/event* permissions.
raw: No mouse found. Check the /dev/mouse and /dev/input/mouse* permissions.
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As you can tell, I had some sort of problem with my mouse setup that AdvanceMenu didn't like.
