On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:56 PM Matthew Eargle <matt.ear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been working on a project involving the PocketBeagle running as a > miniature arcade cabinet, but I'm running into a brick wall getting MAME to > run. I have the device tree overlay set up so that it will output to an > Adafruit 1.8" TFT screen over SPI (based on the dts file here: > https://www.hackster.io/65300/pocketbeagle-simple-gaming-demo-f96db4), > but I can only get as far as having the terminal showing on the screen. > > I'm ssh into the PB, and have installed AdvMAME per the instructions here: > https://github.com/notro/fbtft/wiki/MAME > > However, I receive error messages when I invoke the specified command to > set the display mode > > FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1 advv > > For me, the device shows up as /dev/fb0. Do an 'ls /dev/fb*' to see what devices show up. Also, be sure to post the output of 'dmesg'. Getting on a network and doing 'dmesg | pastebinit' can be helpful. > No active video driver is able to program your video board. > > Ensure to use the 'device_video_output auto' option. > Ensure to have a Frame Buffer driver (other than VESA) in your Linux kernel. > Try to run this program in a TERM=linux terminal. > > For me, it said to add 'device_video auto' to my advmame.rc. I've got that stored in /home/debian/.advance/advmame.rc. Adding that line made this method for invoking 'advv' work: sudo HOME=/home/debian advv Use ^C to exit. Not all that familiar with how to use advv, but I managed to select a video mode that worked for the advmame.rc I stored in my gist. https://gist.github.com/jadonk/1b6a3c17059fe5a1977f3d1e5d12f916#file-advmame-rc > > > Or to start AdvMAME (using circus ROM as an example) > FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1 advmame circus > > Unable to initialize the video driver. The errors are: > fb: Works only with TERM=linux terminals. > sdl: Unable to intialize the SDL library, Unable to open a console terminal. > > I do something like: sudo HOME=/home/debian FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb0 advmame circus Did you do any of the installs of things like the .service files or the example .sh file? I get that the gist at https://gist.github.com/jadonk/1b6a3c17059fe5a1977f3d1e5d12f916 doesn't really spell out how to do any of that, but I'm wondering if you tried. > > Now, it has been a while since I used Debian from the command line, so I > admit that I am rusty (and likely missing something rather obvious-- > other than simply not being able to initialize a graphical output from the > terminal emulator), but I can't--for the life of me--figure out what I'm > doing wrong. I've even tried to run the program via a shell script on boot, > but I still only get the login prompt on the display. I've been working on > various permutations of this workflow for a few days now, and haven't made it > past this point. > > I think the big thing is you MUST have an advmame.rc to get much of anything to work. > > Any help is appreciated, thank you! > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/4db126fb-0a1d-4ce1-a685-d5807664913f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/4db126fb-0a1d-4ce1-a685-d5807664913f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- https://beagleboard.org/about - a 501c3 non-profit educating around open hardware computing -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CA%2BT6QP%3DvKo-4y-%2BDDkdghgEfrwbHN_ga%3Df9HiNWcjuSqZR%2BVdQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
