[Xbox-linux-user] fceu and zsnes on xebian 1.0.3: cpu hogs!

[Aran C. <sp...@mc...>]

I upgraded to (re-installed actually) xebian-1.0.3 recently and tried
getting fceu-sdl and zsnes to to run.  I used the debian packages
fceu-sdl 0.97.5-3 and zsnes 1.337-4.  They run fine actually, I got full
screen mode working on both of them and games will load and run.

My main problem is that both applications take 50% cpu while running and
X takes the other 50%.  Some games seem to be fine with this situation,
others can't seem to keep up when there's a lot going on.  That is, I
get slow down and the audio messes up.  Is there any way to reduce these
applications load on the system?  I assume one way would be to write a
GLX enabled driver that would work on the xbox, but I don't think I'm up
to the challenge ;)


I had two other minor issues, one I couldn't get my xpad's to work in
either program but that's no biggie, I have other USB pads that do work
fine.  

The other minor issue was that sound didn't work for zsnes.  I'm
guessing it's trying to open the wrong pcm device and I can probably
resolve that using strace to find the device zsnes wants to open and
making a link.

I'd appreciate any suggestions on any of the above problems.  

PS: I believe I completely search the archives for discussion on my main
topic, but if I missed something point it out to me and my apologies for
the extra mail.