Anyone having trouble with Zsnes?

[FranMichaels]

It will run fine if I run it from the terminal, but if I open it in the menu it will crash. Any clue what that is about?

Right click on the Applications menu, choose Edit Menus
Go to Games
Right click on zsnes and choose Properties.
for the command make sure it's just
zsnes

Hopefully that's does it.

Glad you got it working again!

[kevindubrow]

Well, it is just ZSNES, here is all the info:

Name: ZSNES
Command: /usr/local/games/zsnes/zsnes

Occasionally ZSNES will crash and I get this error:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I guess I can live with it just working in the terminal...but apparently I can not go full screen...it makes my video output when I am done playing all odd. Also, the audio quality is very badr. Thanks for all of the help.

[mister_k81]

are you typing it ZSNES with all caps? that might be the problem. it should be all lower case.

Oh, I just saw your edit, all you need to type is "zsnes" for the command...

I'm not sure what the problems could be with fullscreen, bad sound and other bugs? Really can't help you there. sorry. :/

[kevindubrow]

When I type in the terminal I use lower case, and I must of made a typo, it is lowercase in the menu editor also.

[FranMichaels]

Well, it is just ZSNES, here is all the info:

Name: ZSNES
Command: /usr/local/games/zsnes/zsnes

Occasionally ZSNES will crash and I get this error:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I guess I can live with it just working in the terminal...but apparently I can not go full screen...it makes my video output when I am done playing all odd. Also, the audio quality is very badr. Thanks for all of the help.

That's what I mean, the command

"Command: /usr/local/games/zsnes/zsnes"
change it to only
zsnes

not /blah/blah/zsnes

That will do it

As for the audio, try putting to 48000hz?

As for video, play with the settings, maybe try opengl ones ODR OD etc.

[kevindubrow]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! It still occasionally crashes and the sound is still iffy, but don't worry about it, I am happy for what I have (honestly, you've done enough). I really appreciate all of the help you have given me. If I ever learn Linux well enough, I may be able to help you out one day in return. Seriously, thanks again everyone, you all are great.

[dfreer]

I'm guessing, due to zsnes being in /usr/local/games/zsnes/, that you installed my zsnes package, and then compiled a version of zsnes as well? This may cause the error you are experiencing, although I don't know why my version would be seg faulting (I just made the gutsy packages, perhaps there is a problem).

• Install libsdl1.2debian-oss has been known to help scratchy sound.
• Alternatively, compiling 1.51 with --enable-libao, and then running zsnes with -ad oss has fixed my sound issues completely. EDIT: FranMichaels already showed how to do this in the first page of this thread
• Compiling with --enable-release gets rid of the "WIP" error at startup, beyond that I'm not sure what advantages/disadvantages it presents.
• Increasing the sound from 32000hz to 48000hz can, in some cases, improve sound quality (although zsnes developer's will not accept sound-related bug reports when using anything but 32000hz.
• Play with the video modes, and make sure your video card drivers are installed correctly is about all I can say about graphical glitches.
• The error you get when updating with apt-get is probably due to a typo in /etc/apt/sources.list, you should be able to see an entry concerning medibuntu.

I have gotten the repo that dfreer made but I don't know how I use that to get ZSNES. I thought it would be in the package manager, but I do not see it.

Using the repository should be as simply as copy+pasting, and should show up in the package manager if done right. But if you already got zsnes working, I wouldn't mess with it:

echo "deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://packages.dfreer.org/7572013D.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zsnes

@FranMicheals - lol, I borrowed my commenting style from others on the forum, so whatever

[kevindubrow]

Do you think if I uninstall and use your code, I will have ZSNES running well? Thanks.

Hah, I ran the code and all is well! Thanks again!

[dfreer]

Well, before you go through a uninstall, you can simply test my binary. If that works for you, THEN you can clean out zsnes completely and try my package.
So, to test my binary, create a folder on your desktop (like dfreer), and place this file in it:
http://www.dfreer.org/~dfreer/zsnes/binaries/zsnes_1.51
Then, just in case, backup your saved games like so:

sudo mv -v ~/.zsnes/ ~/zsnes_backup

Then, you can try out my binary (I'd appreciate it, if there is something wrong I'd like to know about it). Try running it like this:

cd ~/Desktop/dfreer/
./zsnes -ad oss

That will use the libao2 library, so hopefully you'll notice better sound quality.

If it crashes, post the output, and then run this command and post:

ldd ./zsnes

Thanks in advance, and I hope this helps you out as well!

[kevindubrow]

Umm...I didnt use the codes you just put, but I have already used your codes from three posts ago and everything is great! Is that enough info for you, or do you want me to use these new codes?