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XMAME/XMESS DOCUMENTATION
Juan Antonio Marmnez
jantonio@dit.upm.es
; Hans de Goede
hans@highrise.nl
; Rene' Herrmann (sgml-format)
rene.herrmann@berlin.de
v2.0, 24. June 2000
xmame/xmess frequently asked questions and installation guide
1.
Introduction
2.
Xmame frequently asked questions
2.1 What is mame?
2.2 What is mess?
2.3 What is xmame/xmess?
2.4 What are the differences between mame/mess and xmame/xmess?
2.5 What hardware and operating systems are supported?
2.6 My system is supported but xmame/xmess give me errors and fails. Why?
2.7 How do I enable XinputExtensions X11 based joystick in Xfree86?
2.8 How do I read a manual page?
2.9 Why doesn't my joystick handle diagonal movement correctly on my Intel x86 system?
2.10 What is the role of the xmamerc/xmessrc file?
2.11 What is the syntax of the xmamerc/xmessrc file.
2.12 Where do roms, images, samples, highscores, configfiles, etc go?
2.13 How do I start xmess/xmame ?
2.14 Why doesn't a game have sound?
2.15 My sound seems lagged? / My sound Clicks? / What does -bufsize do?
2.16 Why doesn't a game work?
2.17 What are PROMs?
2.18 Why is xmame/xmess slow?
2.19 Why do I get gz_open symbol not found while compiling?
2.20 Why do I get zlib.h not found?
2.21 What are the command line parameters for xmame/xmess?
2.22 What keys does xmame/xmess use?
2.23 Where can I get the latest version of xmame/xmess?
2.24 Where can I send fixes, bug reports, suggestions, or money? :-)
3.
Compiling, Setting Up and Starting xmame/xmess
3.1 Requirements
3.2 Follow these steps to compile xmame/xmess
3.3 If you have problems compiling, installing and starting xmame/xmess...
4.
Pending Jobs
5.
Mail
6.
Compile Notes for Specific Operating Systems
6.1 Linux i386
6.2 Distribution Specific Comments
6.3 Linux powerpc
6.4 IRIX
6.5 HPUX
6.6 ULTRIX
6.7 SunOS & Solaris
6.8 Openstep
7.
Legal issues and copyrights concerning mame/mess
8.
Who is who in the mame/mess project?
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