Re: [qmc2-devel] Can't Start SDLMAME Executeable

[R. R. <ren...@ba...>]

On Tuesday 13 March 2012 10:25:07 Louis Aaron wrote:
> I get the error, "FATAL: can't start MAME executable within a reasonable
> time frame, giving up". The text field for EXECUTABLE FILE is locked. I am
> using Version 0.35 (SVN r3527).
Oops -- that the executable's input field is 'locked' in that case is actually 
a bug! Thanks the report! I've fixed it in SVN r3621.

For the time being, please correct the ExecutableFile setting manually in 
qmc2.ini:

$ grep "FilesAndDirectories\\\ExecutableFile" ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini
FilesAndDirectories\ExecutableFile=/home/rene/src/mame0145u4/mame64
FilesAndDirectories\ExecutableFile=/home/rene/src/mess-svn/mess64

You can also just remove the respective line from qmc2.ini and you'll be re-
asked for all required settings.

Which MAME version are you trying to use, BTW? Note that MAME versions newer 
than 0.145 (0.145uX) also require QMC2 > 0.35 (0.36 SVN)! There have been a 
number of -listxml changes lately that are otherwise interpreted incorrectly. 
However, that shouldn't be the cause of your problem.

HTH, René