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# XMAME/XMESS DOCUMENTATION

## Juan Antonio Martinez `jantonio@dit.upm.es` and Hans de Goede `hans@highrise.nl` and Rene' Herrmann (4 doc/sgml) `rene.herrmann@berlin.de` and Lawrence Gold (minor editing) `gold@aros.net and David Heremans (minor editing)`

v2.1.34, 24 October 2003

xmame/xmess documentation with an installation guide, the FAQ (frequently asked questions), hints, tips and tricks, the changes to the code, and much more!

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Welcome to XMAME
- 1.2 Keep everything up-to-date!
- 1.3 Pending Jobs - or TODO

## 2. Compiling, Setting Up and Starting Xmame/Xmess

- 2.1 Requirements
- 2.2 Follow these steps to compile xmame/xmess
- 2.3 If you have problems compiling, installing and starting xmame/xmess...
- 2.4 Compile Notes for Specific Operating Systems

## 3. Xmame Frequently Asked Questions

- 3.1 What is mame?
- 3.2 What is mess?
- 3.3 What is xmame/xmess?
- 3.4 What are the differences between mame/mess and xmame/xmess?
- 3.5 What hardware and operating systems are supported?
- 3.6 My system is supported but xmame/xmess gives me errors and fails.
- 3.7 What is the role of the xmamerc/xmessrc file?
- 3.8 What is the syntax of the xmamerc/xmessrc file.
- 3.9 Where do roms, images, samples, highscores, configfiles, etc
- 3.10 How do I start xmess/xmame ?
- 3.11 What are the command line parameters for xmame/xmess?
- 3.12 What keys does xmame/xmess use?
- 3.13 Why doesn't a game have sound?
- 3.14 My sound seems lagged. / My sound Clicks. / What does -bufsize
- 3.15 Why doesn't a game work?
- 3.16 What are PROMs?
- 3.17 Why is xmame/xmess slow?
- 3.18 I've got a dual processor machine. What can I do to take full
- 3.19 Why doesn't my joystick handle diagonal movement correctly on
- 3.20 How do I enable XinputExtensions X11 based joystick in Xfree86?
- 3.21 How do I read a manual page?
- 3.22 Why do I get gz_open symbol not found while compiling?
- 3.23 Why do I get zlib.h not found?
- 3.24 When I run xmame.x11, nothing happens---no window pops up or
- 3.25 Can I run xmame fullscreen?
- 3.26 xmame.SDL / fullscreen has a large border around the game.
- 3.27 I only use some of the emulation parts (Neo Geo / CPS-2 /...).
- 3.28 Why does xmame freeze and lock up when I hit <ESC> to exit
- 3.29 Why does xmame report "can't resolve host name '/dev/dsp'
- 3.30 Where can I get the latest version of xmame/xmess?
- 3.31 I upgraded xmame and now some games do not work anymore.
- 3.32 Where can I send fixes, bug reports, suggestions, or money? :-)
- 3.33 What if my question is still not answered?

## 4. Display Subsystem-Specific Comments and Notes

- 4.1 FXmame, a glide driver for xmame
- 4.2 GLmame, an OpenGL driver for xmame

## 5. Contact Information and Credits

- 5.1 Mail
- 5.2 Bugzilla
- 5.3 Credits

## 6. Legal Issues and Copyrights Concerning MAME/MESS

## 7. Some Links

- 7.1 Unix sources and docs
- 7.2 Unix binaries
- 7.3 Xmame/xmess download mirrors
- 7.4 (X)Mame front-ends
- 7.5 Some other links

## 8. ChangeLogs

- 8.1 The MAME/MESS ChangeLogs
- 8.2 The Unix ChangeLog

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