AdvanceMAME no longer working

BuZz

@saccublenda Where did you put the zip file ? Check the rom path in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/advmame-1.4.rc

Please confirm retropie version (4.1 is not current - and advmame wasn't split then so I assume you updated - please give the number in brackets to - version is found in retropie-setup)

saccublenda

@BuZz The RetroPie version is 4.1.18.
The roms were in

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame

but in advmame-1.4.rc there was only

dir_rom /home/pi/.advance/rom:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame-1.4/share/advance/rom

Modifying the dir_rom entry in advmame-1.4.rc fixed the problem, thanks.

BuZz

@saccublenda Sounds like you didn't have a default config previously for some reason or an old config - not sure as I can't reproduce. If you remove that config and re-install can you confirm it creates a correct configuration ?

saccublenda

@BuZz Removing the config file and re-installing advancemame 1.4 re-creates the same advmame-1.4.rc with the line
dir_rom /home/pi/.advance/rom:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame-1.4/share/advance/rom

BuZz

@saccublenda I removed and reinstalled on mine and I am still unable to reproduce this issue. I would like to know why it is happening though -

Please can you do the following - remove the config file again and then run this from a terminal

sudo __debug=1 ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh advmame-1.4 configure &>~/log.txt

This will create a log.txt in /home/pi. Please can you then then upload log.txt to a pastebin site so I can see what is going on.

saccublenda

@BuZz
The content of log.txt is in http://paste.ubuntu.com/24112848/

BuZz

@saccublenda somehow your system has got duplicate folders and the system is breaking trying to move and symlink /home/pi/.advance. I might be able to change the function somewhat to try and avoid this situation, but usually it shouldn't occur.

Please remove the folder /home/pi/.advance and /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame and reinstall (back them up if you have any important saves/configs)

it should then make /home/pi/.advance a symlink to the retropie configurations.

BuZz

Actually, I think I can do a fix for this in the code to avoid this situation.

BuZz

if you update retropie-setup it should resolve the situation. Note that any configs in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame will be overwritten by the ones in /home/pi/.advance.

you can still remove both folders to get a fresh install of all configs.

saccublenda

@BuZz The procedure you suggested completely fixed the problem. The new advmame-1.4.rc contains the correct paths and /home/pi/.advance is now a symbolic link.
Thanks.