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    • ?
      A Former User @Unknown
      last edited by A Former User

      @Unknown I'm running Xubuntu 18.04. I update it at least weekly. More frequently when trying to compile something and I run into problems. I haven't convinced myself to update to 20.04 yet.

      Not exactly sure what you are asking as far as firmware. Generally when I hear that term, it's super low level hardware specific.

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      • UnknownU
        Unknown
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        @gderber Do you have a 64 bit processor? It is required to run this emulator.

        You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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        • UnknownU
          Unknown @A Former User
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          @gderber said in Add support for wii u:

          Not exactly sure what you are asking as far as firmware. Generally when I hear that term, it's super low level hardware specific.

          I was asking if you were using Linux as your operating system.

          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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          • IceChes1I
            IceChes1
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            @Unknown said in Add support for wii u:

            but you know that N64 games did not run very well until the pi4 came out. I think the Wii U would be in a similar situation until a newer pi comes out, but it should work on a 64bit desktop computer.

            Sorry this reply is a bit late. I wouldn't know. I began my retro-gaming hobby after the Pi 4 was out for quite a while.

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              A Former User @Unknown
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              @Unknown I'm running this on a i5-4690 with a GTX 750 video card. I'm certain I can run it, I am not certain it'll be fast enough to run it well.

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              • UnknownU
                Unknown
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                @gderber Do you have an enormous amount of games already on your retro pie? If your memory is full, it would make sense that the emulator wasn't completely installed.

                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                • UnknownU
                  Unknown
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                  @gderber Here is a link for what they say is required for Linux:
                  https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu/blob/master/BUILDING.md#Linux

                  You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                    A Former User @Unknown
                    last edited by A Former User

                    @Unknown This is a problem with building the decaf emulator. I have a 3tb hd about 50% capacity installed. I have 16GB ram in the system.

                    The problem is a missing dependency. One that is not listed in the decaf documentation. I have already identified 2 of those. I haven't identified this one.

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                    • ?
                      A Former User
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                      I've identified the missing dependencies. Build gets a little further.

                      Current script is at the same link.

                      For some reason even with

                      export CC="/usr/bin/gcc-8"
                      export CXX="/usr/bin/g++-8"
                      

                      Cmake seems determined to use
                      /usr/bin/g++ which is a symlink to /usr/bin/g++-7

                      When I point the symlink for g++ to g++-8 it gets to about 92% completion. Without that change, it gets to about 56%. The decaf docs do specify g++-8 is needed. I don't like the idea of checking a systems g++ symlink and changing if needed.

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by A Former User

                        A quick update. As long as g++ is a symlink to g++-8 and the SDL frontend is used instead of th QT5 frontend, I have a successful build.

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                        • UnknownU
                          Unknown
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                          @gderber So decaf is now working?

                          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                          • ?
                            A Former User @Unknown
                            last edited by

                            @Unknown I have a successful build. Haven't tried running it yet. It might be this weekend before I get to that.

                            I want to test the script installation, and use that for testing how well decaf runs.

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                            • UnknownU
                              Unknown
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                              @gderber I understand.

                              You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                              • UnknownU
                                Unknown
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                                @gderber Any progress on decaf? Just curious.

                                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                  A Former User @Unknown
                                  last edited by A Former User

                                  @Unknown Script I have installs the decaf-cli binary. Currently it won't run anything. I have more debugging to do.

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                                  • UnknownU
                                    Unknown
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                                    @gderber Do you mind if I ask you about the progress of decaf once a week? If not that's perfectly fine.

                                    You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                      A Former User
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                                      @Unknown As it currently stands, the installer will install decaf.

                                      Decaf isn't working for me, and the error message is not very helpful. I don't remember exactly what it said, but it was about as helpful as

                                      decaf started
                                      decaf exited
                                      

                                      I've got a few other projects that I'm working on, unfortunately for now, this one is going to the bottom of the pile. I've made available what I have done so far, if you or anyone else would like to work on it and try to get decaf to work, go for it.

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                                      • UnknownU
                                        Unknown
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                                        @gderber Can you give me a copy of the code you have written so far? It would save me a lot of time! :)

                                        You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                                          A Former User @Unknown
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                                          @Unknown https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gderber/RetroPie-Setup/feature/decaf/scriptmodules/emulators/decaf.sh

                                          Here you go. I didn't realize I broke my link from earlier. It's fixed now.

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                                          • UnknownU
                                            Unknown
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                                            @gderber Thanks, so I just try to run this in emulationstation right?

                                            You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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