i have installed vba-m frrom yast. if i try to run vba-m all i get is a the gui for few millisecond and it dissapears. any suggeestions about what to do?
thanks for the reeply in advance
Please run it in a terminal window and post the error message you get.
Also please specify, which version of openSUSE you are using, and where you got the vbam package from:
rpm -qi vbam
or select the package in YaST and click on “Versions” in the lower right.
simplemind@dhcppc0:~> rpm -qi vbam
Name : vbam
Version : 1.8.0.1147
Release : 1.1
Architecture: i586
Install Date: Sat 11 May 2013 01:43:55 PM IST
Group : System/Emulators/Other
Size : 4599888
License : GPL-2.0
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sun 27 Jan 2013 06:08:20 AM IST, Key ID 636c67c5552f340d
Source RPM : vbam-1.8.0.1147-1.1.src.rpm
Build Date : Sun 27 Jan 2013 06:07:55 AM IST
Build Host : build40
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Vendor : obs://build.opensuse.org/home:rmk2
Summary : VisualBoyAdvance-M
Description :
Unifies several forks of VisualBoyAdvance, a Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and
Game Boy Advance emulator with excellent support for both play and
development. Features GTK UI (gvbam) and command-line interface with SDL
output (vbam).
Distribution: home:rmk2 / openSUSE_Factory
this is the output for rpm -qi vbam
i run on opensuse 12.3. i got the emulator from yast software management.
and when i run vbam from the konsole i get
VBA-M version 1.8.0-SVN [SDL]
Searching for file vbam.cfg
Searching current directory: /home/simplemind
Searching home directory: /home/simplemind/.vbam
Searching data directory: /usr/share/vbam
Searching system config directory: /etc
Reading configuration file.
Unknown configuration key throttle
Missing image name
vbam [option ...] file
Options:
-O, --opengl=MODE Set OpenGL texture filter
--no-opengl 0 - Disable OpenGL
--opengl-nearest 1 - No filtering
--opengl-bilinear 2 - Bilinear filtering
-F, --fullscreen Full screen
-G, --gdb=PROTOCOL GNU Remote Stub mode:
tcp - use TCP at port 55555
tcp:PORT - use TCP at port PORT
pipe - use pipe transport
-I, --ifb-filter=FILTER Select interframe blending filter:
0 - No interframe blending
1 - Interframe motion blur
2 - Smart interframe blending
-N, --no-debug Don't parse debug information
-S, --flash-size=SIZE Set the Flash size
--flash-64k 0 - 64K Flash
--flash-128k 1 - 128K Flash
-T, --throttle=THROTTLE Set the desired throttle (5...1000)
-b, --bios=BIOS Use given bios file
-c, --config=FILE Read the given configuration file
-d, --debug Enter debugger
-f, --filter=FILTER Select filter:
0 - Stretch 1x
1 - Stretch 2x
2 - 2xSaI
3 - Super 2xSaI
4 - Super Eagle
5 - Pixelate
6 - AdvanceMAME Scale2x
7 - Bilinear
8 - Bilinear Plus
9 - Scanlines
10 - TV Mode
11 - lq2x
12 - hq2x
13 - Stretch 3x
14 - hq3x
15 - Stretch 4x
16 - hq4x
-h, --help Print this help
-i, --patch=PATCH Apply given patch
-p, --profile=[HERTZ] Enable profiling
-s, --frameskip=FRAMESKIP Set frame skip (0...9)
-t, --save-type=TYPE Set the available save type
--save-auto 0 - Automatic (EEPROM, SRAM, FLASH)
--save-eeprom 1 - EEPROM
--save-sram 2 - SRAM
--save-flash 3 - FLASH
--save-sensor 4 - EEPROM+Sensor
--save-none 5 - NONE
-v, --verbose=VERBOSE Set verbose logging (trace.log)
1 - SWI
2 - Unaligned memory access
4 - Illegal memory write
8 - Illegal memory read
16 - DMA 0
32 - DMA 1
64 - DMA 2
128 - DMA 3
256 - Undefined instruction
512 - AGBPrint messages
Long options only:
--agb-print Enable AGBPrint support
--auto-frameskip Enable auto frameskipping
--no-agb-print Disable AGBPrint support
--no-auto-frameskip Disable auto frameskipping
--no-patch Do not automatically apply patch
--no-pause-when-inactive Don't pause when inactive
--no-rtc Disable RTC support
--no-show-speed Don't show emulation speed
--no-throttle Disable throttle
--pause-when-inactive Pause when inactive
--rtc Enable RTC support
--show-speed-normal Show emulation speed
--show-speed-detailed Show detailed speed data
--cheat 'CHEAT' Add a cheat
Well, that’s for Factory, so that could be the reason it doesn’t work on your system.
Try the one for 12.3: software.opensuse.org:
and when i run vbam from the konsole i get
VBA-M version 1.8.0-SVN [SDL] Searching for file vbam.cfg Searching current directory: /home/simplemind Searching home directory: /home/simplemind/.vbam Searching data directory: /usr/share/vbam Searching system config directory: /etc Reading configuration file. Unknown configuration key throttle Missing image name vbam [option ...] file
vbam is the cli version and needs a rom image as parameter.
But I guess you want to use the GUI version.
That’s “wxvbam” then. Sorry for mixing that up.:shame:
i did install it frm the link it installs fine but when i run the vba-m application from the app launcher it still doesnt run… thanks for the help,btu when i run it via the terminal it runs
wxvbam
Hm, strange. The entry in the app launcher should also just call “wxvbam”.:\
You could try to run
kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental
and see if it works then.
Maybe you have another (incorrect) .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ ? Please show the output of
ls -la ~/.local/share/applications/
i have same problem as before even after i run kbuild
also the out put of
ls -la ~/.local/share/applications/
is
total 12
drwx------ 2 simplemind users 4096 May 15 06:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 simplemind users 4096 May 15 22:19 ..
-rw------- 1 simplemind users 165 May 15 06:56 mimeapps.list
thanks for all the help wolfi323 
But it is working from the command line, right? Or did I misunderstand you?
Well, you could open the menu editor (right-click on the start menu button and select “Edit Applications…”), click on the VBA-M entry (under System->Emulators) and check what it says under “Command”. This should be “wxvbam”. If not, change it accordingly.
also the out put of
ls -la ~/.local/share/applications/
is
total 12 drwx------ 2 simplemind users 4096 May 15 06:56 . drwxr-xr-x 11 simplemind users 4096 May 15 22:19 .. -rw------- 1 simplemind users 165 May 15 06:56 mimeapps.list
seems ok.
thanks for all the help wolfi323
You’re welcome.