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

1. Introduction and Links

• 1.1 Keep everything up-to-date!
• 1.2 Some Links
• 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. Why?
• 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 go?
• 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 do?
• 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 advantage
• 3.19 Why doesn't my joystick handle diagonal movement correctly on my Intel
• 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 anything.
• 3.25 Where can I get the latest version of xmame/xmess?
• 3.26 Where can I send fixes, bug reports, suggestions, or money? :-)
• 3.27 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 Credits

6. Legal Issues and Copyrights Concerning MAME/MESS

7. ChangeLogs

• 7.1 The MAME/MESS ChangeLogs
• 7.2 The Unix ChangeLog