Re: [Zsnes-main] Still Having Linux Keyboard Problems

[<gre...@ya...>]

Don't know what to tell you.

until you get it fixed (or until the developers get it
fixed, depending on the actual problem)  you might try
snes9x.

I dunno if you can run it under the console though.


--- Kevin Barr <km...@in...> wrote:
> It's a ZSNES only problem, and only when run without
> X.
> It is in a upright arcade cabinet that has been
> "MAMEd". The joysticks and buttons are run through a
> keyboard encoder [note: I have the same problem if I
> connect a standard keyboard].
> 
> It is possible to reprogram the encoder to produce
> different keycodes, then change the mappings in
> MAME, Daphne, Advmenu, and everything else; but I'm
> not really willing to do this to work around one
> piece of broken software.
> 
> I'm guessing the whole Linux/no GUI thing makes me
> an atypical ZSNES user.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>     From:
> "gre...@ya..."<gre...@ya...>
>     Sent: 02/25/2003 11:38:26 PM
>     To:
>
"zsn...@li..."<zsn...@li...>
>     Subject: Re: [Zsnes-main] Still Having Linux
> Keyboard Problems
>       To start with let me say this.
>     I am in no way whatsoever qualified to answer
> this
>     question.  
>     
>     
>     which distribution are you using?  Is it one you
> have
>     used for a while?
>     
>     do you use some non-standard keymap?  do you
> have a
>     wierd keyboard? (i.e. any extra buttons).
>     
>     on a side note...  MAME is open source  You can
> prolly
>     change which keys control the start buttons.
>     
>     Is this a console problem (does it happen EVERY
> time
>     you use the console... not just in zsnes)
>     
>     or is it a MAME-only problem?
>     
>     or is it a ZSNES-only problem?
>     
>     if the answer is either 1 or 2 then this is
> probably
>     the wrong mailing list.
>     
>     now that I think of it...  why are using trying
> to use
>     the MAME 1 and 5 buttons in zsnes.....  is there
>     something I'm missing?
>     
>     --- Kevin Barr <km...@in...> wrote:
>     > I haven't been able to figure-out my keyboard
>     > problems, but I can give a
>     > little better description of what's actually
>     > happening.
>     >  
>     > I'm running ZSNES from Linux console mode,
> using SDL
>     > custom-compiled
>     > with svgalib support. It runs perfectly,
> EXCEPT the
>     > key mappings are
>     > incorrect. Every key is read incorrrectly as a
> key
>     > like one row above
>     > and half a row over, for instance "a" is read
> as
>     > "u", "s" as "i", etc.
>     >  
>     > I thought the simple solution would be to
> remap the
>     > controls [it doesn't
>     > really matter what key ZSNES thinks it is, so
> long
>     > as it does what it's
>     > supposed to], but my start and select [coin]
> buttons
>     > are encoded to the
>     > standard MAME "1" and "5" keys, and
> unfortunately
>     > there's nothing a row
>     > up and half a row over from the number keys,
> so
>     > ZSNES is unable to read
>     > these.
>     >  
>     > Also, this isn't a problem if I launch X and
> run
>     > ZSNES under that, but
>     > that is not a permanent option for the
> cabinet. On
>     > the same cabinet,
>     > Daphne which uses the same SDL-svgalib
> combination
>     > does not have this
>     > problem [nor does any other application].
>     >  
>     > Is there some way to force ZSNES or SDL to use
>     > different keyboard
>     > routines? Does anyone have an idea, at least,
> just
>     > which application to
>     > blame for the problem?
>     >  
>     > --
>     > Kevin Barr
>     > 
>     
>     
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