ZSNES Freezes on Loading

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:27 pm

I am running Slackware 12.2 and ZSNES was running fine till i plugged in a new game pad for my playing experience. It's a gamepad similar to a PS2 controller if that helps. If I unplug the game pad ZSNES runs fine with no problem. What I don't understand though when I first got it and plugged it in it work fine for a couple hours and now I am running into all sorts of problems. Why?

dfreer · Post by **dfreer** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:40 pm

Some slightly useless advice you probably already know:
You need to close ZSNES, then plug in your USB device, then restart ZSNES. If you plug in the USB device while ZSNES is running, it won't be able to use it.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:52 pm

dfreer wrote:Some slightly useless advice you probably already know:
You need to close ZSNES, then plug in your USB device, then restart ZSNES. If you plug in the USB device while ZSNES is running, it won't be able to use it.

Yea tried that. no dice

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:03 pm

also freezes when trying to close zsnes too wether its with the x in the top right or clicking close it freezes

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:07 pm

LoveShock wrote:also freezes when trying to close zsnes too wether its with the x in the top right or clicking close it freezes

then something is wrong with your computer in its current configuration.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:26 pm

thought of that too so i completely uninstalled zsnes and rebooted then reinstalled it again and still have the same problems

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:50 pm

Alright:

Try cat /dev/input/js0 in a terminal.

If you get an error even with the controller plugged in try replacing the 0 with 1, 2, 3, or 4. You should see garbage output on your terminal.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:05 pm

ok got some garbage output lol

cat /dev/input/js0
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øm
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adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:55 am

did you actually bother to press some of the buttons? forgot to mention this, my bad >_<

also the garbage output doesn't matter when it comes to posting it. it'll appear random garbage. As long as you get the garbage output in your terminal, then we know the controller works.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:32 am

yes i did push all buttons and more garbage came out

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:33 am

OK, so we can rule out the controller being defective..

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:42 am

yup thats true the controller does work do you have any other ideas for me to try

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:18 am

Maybe try plugging it into another USB port and reset the keys?

btw, in the key config you should click keyb/joystick before configuring anything, just so you know.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:27 pm

ok update

got the gamepad working again woot woot i edit a file that hosed my system lol so fresh install of slackware and fresh install of zsnes did the trick but new problem now

i was adjusting the sound frequency to get better sound out of zsnes and i adjusted it to the different levels to see which one would give me better sound and i hit 2200 something and it crashed and closed my zsnes so i tried to reload zsnes and now all that comes up is a black screen any idea's?????????????????

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:29 pm

Edit ~/.zsnes/zsnesl.cfg

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:48 pm

yea i found it and got it back working but no matter what frequency i put it on i here crackling in my sound and thoughts?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:57 pm

When you make changes in the sound frequency via the GUI, you need to restart ZSNES.

Otherwise, you can try compiling with libao support and see if that helps out.

LoveShock · Post by **LoveShock** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:31 pm

ok sound is working perfect now and gamepad is working like a charm thank you everyone for all your help

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