JimD

wireless keyboard
I bought a Logitech keyboard with trackpad for my Pi. To get it to work, I had to first set it up on a Windows box, to link the reciever dongle with the keyboard. After that, it works fine on the Pi.

Comment by JimD May 2014 permalink
Recovery Console
Perhaps this might help. I ran into the same problem, did some searching on the net. This worked for me. http://cagewebdev.com/index.php/raspberry-pi-checking-your-file-system/ Jim

Comment by JimD February 2014 permalink
Cannot start startx
Could you give a little more information? What type of screen/monitor are you using. This sounds like the screen resolution doesn't match the monitor resolution. Jim

Comment by JimD January 2014 permalink
Black screen on PiMAME bootup
Glad it worked for you! Jim

Comment by JimD January 2014 permalink
Black screen on PiMAME bootup
Hi Scott, You should be able to use a program like Putty to log into the Pi, as long as you can identify what IP address the Pi is using. However, there's even better news... The boot partion on your SD card is formatted as a FAT partition. I…

Comment by JimD January 2014 permalink
How to install with correct directory owner of Pi and not root?
Shea, the quickstart guide, (http://pimame.org/quickstart.html) says that you should type "sudo ./update.sh" for an update. Should that be just ./update.sh as well? I know I ran into trouble doing a sudo ./install.sh, had to go back to s…

Comment by JimD December 2013 permalink
AdvMame stopped working
I had the same problem. Running from the command line let me see the error messages. I'd messed something up in advmame.rc, and the error message let me fix it. I'd tried an update install, but of course the scripts won't overwrite a…

Comment by JimD December 2013 permalink
IP Address... how to find
I'm assuming that you can see the menu, so go into the tools submenu. It usually lists the ip address at the top of the menu. Also, the Pi uses dhcp, so if you know the pool your router assigns, you can start at the first address, and work you…

Comment by JimD November 2013 permalink
7" display for desktop cabinet
Adafruit carries one: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1033 Canadian distributor: http://www.abra-electronics.com/products/1287%2dADA-HDMI{47}VGA{47}NTSC{47}PAL-Display-%2d-10.1"-Diagonal-.html Jim

Comment by JimD October 2013 permalink
Arduino Leonardo as HID for PiMAME
It may be the problem i ran into. If you have 2 keyboards, (and advmenu will think that the Arduino is a second keyboard), it assigns the second keyboard to player 2. See my post in this thread: http://pimame.org/forum/discussion/30/pimame-and-ip…

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
[SOLVED] PiMAME and iPAC2
It depends on what you mean by hardware mapped. The I-PAC comes pre-programmed to match buttons to the standard mame key assignments, so that is what it sends out via usb. If you want to map different buttons connected to the I-Pac to different ke…

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Speed and Mame4All
I'm currently using a mini-pac, trackball, keyboard and mouse. I had to jump through a few hoops to configure advmenu, but it all works. Jim

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
[SOLVED] PiMAME and iPAC2
The I-PAC2 emulates a usb keyboard, so you can just plug it in. However, if you've used advmenu with any other keyboard, the ipac will probably show up as a second keyboard. You'll have to edit the key mappings in advmenu.rc to set up the …

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
It seems that all is now well! Moving the keyboard and encoder to different ports did not affect the key mappings. It appears that the Pi tracks the devices by hid id. I also had to change dev_mouse to raw, not auto to get the trackball working. …

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
OK, some actual progress... I've been working with a clean image, just to be sure. I first used a straight keyboard, and as expected, two-player works just fine. My setup is: Raspberry Pi B, powered off of a Belkin 7-port hub. Pi data connect…

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
Update... I'm using a brand new image, and a different keyboard, and two-player works. Now to try the original keyboard, see if that changes things. If not, I'll try the encoder alone tomorrow, and then try encoder and keyboard.

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
Just realized, Missile Command and Moon Patrol probably only use one set of keys, since the players swapped. However, Joust, and Gauntlet as well, only do player 1 controls.

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
[SOLVED] Advance Menu Slowness
I made the fix as well, and the menu is quite quick now.

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
I've hit an interesting issue. I've checked the control panel on the command line, and all keys work as expected. In advmame, I cannot get any player 2 controls to work. Playing a two player game, player 2 buttons do not work. The player …

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
Checking keys?
Thanks, I didn't think of checking the logs, and probably wouldn't have found the right one! :-) I can check the buttons on command line, just lazy... actually, that won't tell me which keyboard the system thinks it is, but with the …

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
My PiMame project
The panel isn't heavy so much as awkward. It's mostly empty space. The monitor is a huge heavy beast, but it's what I had around. I don't move it if I don't have to! Eventually I might replace it with a lcd. The trackball I…

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink
My Pi MAME - Tempest Cabinet project
I'm using one of these... http://www.adafruit.com/products/1151 works well, and converts the audio from hdmi as well, so you don't have to jump through hoops for the sound. You might have to play with config.txt to get the video right, b…

Comment by JimD April 2013 permalink

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