I had the same issue and combat freeze also. I followed those instructions: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1871384 and it works now. The default bios seems to bring bugs.
(not used to debian mailing list, excuse the format) On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:45:44 -0400 Jonathan Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: pcsxr > Version: 2:1.9.92-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > Final Fantasy VIII can't detect the memory card in pcsxr. I've > successfully used the cards to save and restore in Castlevania: Symphony of the > Night, so I know the cards are present. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages pcsxr depends on: > ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-1 ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libc6 2.13-21 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib > ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra > ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3 generic font configuration library > ii libfreetype6 2.4.6-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib > ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.10.3-4 free implementation of the OpenGL > ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru > ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.5-4 GTK+ graphical user interface libr > ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.4-3 Layout and rendering of internatio > ii libpixman-1-0 0.22.2-1 pixel-manipulation library for X a > ii libpng12-0 1.2.46-3 PNG library - runtime > ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.14-6.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer > ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-2 X11 client-side library > ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3 X11 miscellaneous extension librar > ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library > ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-2 X Rendering Extension client libra > ii libxtst6 2:1.2.0-3 X11 Testing -- Record extension li > ii libxv1 2:1.0.6-2 X11 Video extension library > ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime > > pcsxr recommends no packages. > > pcsxr suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > >

