I've been trying for the last 3 hours and the most I've gotten is that it's in /usr/bin, but when I try to open it, nothing happens. Is there anyone out there that can help me with my dilema???

Hi fortezanzo,

Which distro are you using? Did you install from source or package? I'm guessing you might be missing Simple DirectMedia Layer (http://www.libsdl.org/index.php) If you invoke the vba from the terminal, the output should be a good start to determine the problem.

Regards,

Daniel

I don't know my distro, unless you mean my OS, which is Ubuntu. I opened VBA on Terminal and this is what I got...

fortezanzo@dad:~$ /usr/bin/VisualBoyAdvance
VisualBoyAdvance-SDL version 1.7.1
Linux version
Seaching for file VisualBoyAdvance.cfg
Searching current dir: /home/fortezanzo
Reading configuration file.
Empty value for key captureDir
Missing image name
/usr/bin/VisualBoyAdvance [options] file-name
options:
-1 , --video-1x 1x
-2 , --video-2x 2x
-3 , --video-3x 3x
-4 , --video 4x 4x
-F , --fullscreen Full screen
-G , --gdb=PROTOCOL GNU Remote Stub mode:
tcp - use TCP at port 55555
tcp:PORT - use TCP at port PORT
pipe - use pipe transport
-N , --no-debug Don't parse debug information
-S , --flash-size=SIZE Set the Flash size
--flash-64k 0 - 64K Flash
--flash-128k 1 - 128K Flash
-T , --throttle=THROTTLE Set the desired throttle (5...1000)
-Y , --yuv=TYPE Use YUV overlay for drawing:
0 - YV12
1 - UYVY
2 - YVYU
3 - YUY2
4 - IYUV
-b , --bios=BIOS Use given bios file
-c, --config=FILE Read the given configuration file
-d , --debug Enter debugger
-f , --filter=FILTER Select filter:
--filter-normal 0 - normal mode
--filter-tv-mode 1 - TV Mode
--filter-2xsai 2 - 2xSaI
--filter-super-2xsai 3 - Super 2xSaI
--filter-super-eagle 4 - Super Eagle
--filter-pixelate 5 - Pixelate
--filter-motion-blur 6 - Motion Blur
--filter-advmame 7 - AdvanceMAME Scale2x
--filter-simple2x 8 - Simple2x
--filter-bilinear 9 - Bilinear
--filter-bilinear+ 10 - Bilinear Plus
--filter-scanlines 11 - Scanlines
--filter-hq2x 12 - hq2x
--filter-lq2x 13 - lq2x
-h , --help Print this help
-i , --ips=PATCH Apply given IPS patch
-p , --profile=[HERTZ] Enable profiling
-s , --frameskip=FRAMESKIP Set frame skip (0...9)
-t , --save-type=TYPE Set the available save type
--save-auto 0 - Automatic (EEPROM, SRAM, FLASH)
--save-eeprom 1 - EEPROM
--save-sram 2 - SRAM
--save-flash 3 - FLASH
--save-sensor 4 - EEPROM+Sensor
--save-none 5 - NONE
-v , --verbose=VERBOSE Set verbose logging (trace.log)
1 - SWI
2 - Unaligned memory access
4 - Illegal memory write
8 - Illegal memory read
16 - DMA 0
32 - DMA 1
64 - DMA 2
128 - DMA 3
256 - Undefined instruction
512 - AGBPrint messages

Long options only:
--agb-print Enable AGBPrint support
--auto-frameskip Enable auto frameskipping
--ifb-none No interframe blending
--ifb-motion-blur Interframe motion blur
--ifb-smart Smart interframe blending
--no-agb-print Disable AGBPrint support
--no-auto-frameskip Disable auto frameskipping
--no-ips Do not apply IPS patch
--no-mmx Disable MMX support
--no-pause-when-inactive Don't pause when inactive
--no-rtc Disable RTC support
--no-show-speed Don't show emulation speed
--no-throttle Disable thrrotle
--pause-when-inactive Pause when inactive
--rtc Enable RTC support
--show-speed-normal Show emulation speed
--show-speed-detailed Show detailed speed data

What now???

I see, looks like you are missing the actual game ROM image. If you have the game ROM image, issue the following from the terminal:

/usr/bin/VisualBoyAdvance game ROM image file to be emulated

If you don't have a rom file of your game catridge, refer to VisualBoyAdvance homepage (http://vba.ngemu.com/links.shtml#Roms) for some non-commercial freeware ROMS.

Regards,

Daniel

Two problems.

A) Did what you said, got this...

fortezanzo@dad:~$ /usr/bin/VisualBoyAdvance /home/fortezanzo/Desktop/Mark's Folder/GBA Roms/ind-m6f.gba
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...and nothing else.

B) The site said to download SDL. When I tried to follow the instructions,

"To compile and install SDL:

1. Run './configure; make; make install'

2. Look at the example programs in ./test, and check out the HTML
documentation in ./docs to see how to use the SDL library.

That's it!
Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>"



here's what happened...

fortezanzo@dad:~/Desktop/SDL-1.2.11$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
fortezanzo@dad:~/Desktop/SDL-1.2.11$ make
bash: make: command not found
fortezanzo@dad:~/Desktop/SDL-1.2.11$ make install
bash: make: command not found


I'm sorry for bugging you all with this, but I'm not used to this method of installation(I'm usually a windows user). Any solutions??