Running Stella on .8Beta9

mkcroce

Has anyone had any luck getting Stella (Atari 2600 Emulator) to run from within PiPlay? I can run Stella from within a console window in X, but it won't run from within PiPlay, and it won't run from a command line outside of X.

To run inside X: Open Terminal Window, on command line type "stella" - works like a champ.

Trying to run from command line outside X: type "stella" -- crashes Raspi. Screen goes blank and everything locks up. Requires hard restart with power switch.

Trying to run from inside PiPlay: Not sure what to put in the command line; tried to simply use "stella" like I did in X, but it crashes just like running from the command line outside of X.

FortyRock

What are you using as the display? This sounds like an SDL / framebuffer problem.

You can also look here for some possible ideas (although those might have been pre-beta) : http://piplay.org/forum/discussion/comment/6510#Comment_6510

mkcroce

I'm using a Dell 1908FP with a 1280 x 1024 native resolution.

I have gone into the database manager and enabled the emulator, but I am unsure what the command line for it should be.

If it is an SDL / framebuffer problem, how could I troubleshoot that?

mkcroce

Also, this is a Raspi B+, not a -2.

mkcroce

OK, problem fixed. Detailed information here:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/354

But bottom line: Exit PiPlay. From command line:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Reboot. Then Stella works fine from the command line, stil tweaking PiPlay menu to get it working from the menu.

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