From: Ullrich von Bassewitz (uz_at_musoftware.de)
Date: 2002-12-10 14:50:56
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:36:58PM +0100, Piotr Fusik wrote:
> Atari800 config questions are annoying, that's right. But just hit Enter
> for each one, and then edit the paths in atari800.cfg (or is it
> ~/.atari800 ?). You'll need just atariosb.rom for Atari 400/800 or
> atarixl.rom + ataribas.rom for XL/XE. Type full paths, just in case
> (I'm not familiar with X11 version).
I've already tried all that and failed, so I've deleted it (again - I'd tried
the emulator a year ago or so with similar results).
First try was to add the path when asked (it makes me wonder why
/usr/share/atari800 is not compiled into the executable, since the manual
pages know that the ROMs are there). Didn't work.
Then I wanted to edit the config file but was not able to find it.
So I thought it would be a good time to give the docs a try. The docs say in
case of problems, one should refer to the FAQ, but there are only three
questions answered by the FAQ, and none of the answers is related to my
problem. The location and name of the config file is not mentioned anywhere.
Next try was to start the executable in /usr/share/atari800 where all the ROMs
are. It prints an error message about not being able to create a file named
atari800.cfg. Now at least I know how the config file is named. But on a Linux
system "atari800.cfg" makes not much sense, and creating it in the current
directory makes even less sense.
Next: Edited the config file and tried different versions of the path (with
and without leading slash, ...). No go.
Then: Used strace to have a look at the inner workings. strace tells me what
seemed to be obvious: The path is completely ignored, the ROMs are searched in
the current directory.
And then: Copied the ROMs plus the config file into a temp directory and
started the emulator in this directory. This worked at least so far that the
emulator comes up. However, it does not accept any input.
This was the moment when I decided that I will try again next christmas or
so:-)
At least I do now know who to type "xset r on" very quickly, because this is
needed after every emulator start:-)
Regards
Uz
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Ullrich von Bassewitz uz_at_musoftware.de
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