Installation issues

dwirish

So I followed the installation instructions, and do not appear to have Pimame. The installation instructions say that after a reboot, I should boot into Pimame. instead, I boot into the usual Raspi desktop, as thouh nothing happened.

Is there something I missed? The instructions were very short, and I think that things which should have been written there probably weren't, because like most programmers, a lot was assumed by the writer -- like the assumption that whoever is following the instructions knows how to fill in the blanks, or knows certain rules that a total novice may not.

Well, I'm a novice Raspberry PI user, so I don't know if I'm supposed to do anything before following the instructions. I did notice that there were a lot of errors installing, most of them saying that there is a problem because "force" is turned on. What does that mean?

mholgatem

@dwirish - can you link me to the installation instructions that you used? I'll do what I can to help.

Conno123009

Have a look in .profile
Remove any line that says startx
See if that helps

dwirish

I think the problem is that it's not clear how to install it.

I didn't get that you had to download the image and make a bootable PiMAME SD card. I was just downloading the file on my Raspberry Pi's web browser, and following the getting started instructions. I am now downloading the image on my PC, and making a bootable SD card.

If it was clear that you had to do that from the start, it would save other people the trouble of asking for help.

Conno123009

Pretty much everything on the PiPlay site is outdated now... I'll talk to Shea about getting it updated. Sorry that it was unclear how to install.

dwirish

So I had success. I made a bootable micro-SD (32GB, trying 64GB later) card, and booted up. I uploaded a bunch of ROMS, and was sort of impressed. All the older games work great, except for a couple (Phoenix is very slow, while later games like Galaga are great). I put it into Turbo mode.

Sometimes, the internal ftp server stops working. Once I run adv Mame, when i return, the FTP doesn't work until I reboot.

None of the older B&W Atari Vector games seem to work (asteroids, battlezone)-- the video doesn't work, but I can hit esc, down-arrow, enter, and exit back the PiPlay menu. Is this a known issue?

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