So: issues.
I'm currently building up a multi-vector project (to be installed in that gutted Space Duel cab you can see above). Like other users I've had trouble getting AdvanceMAME to recognize a spinner or any similar device with a rotary optical reader, i.e. a ball mouse. Thus far the usual fix for this problem, getting the following lines into the advmame.rc file, hasn't worked:
device_mouse raw
device_raw_mousedev[0] /dev/input/mouse0
device_raw_mousedev[1] /dev/input/mouse1
device_raw_mousedev[2] /dev/input/mouse2
device_raw_mousedev[3] /dev/input/mouse3
device_raw_mousetype[0] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[1] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[2] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[3] ps2
input_map[p1_dialx] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x] mouse[3,x]
input_map[p1_dialx] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y] mouse[3,y]
input_map[p1_trackballx] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x] mouse[3,x]
input_map[p1_trackbally] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y] mouse[3,y]
@bobbyb13 is having the same issues, here's his thread with a rundown:
So I have fought (for far too long) with trying to get my multivector machines fully operational. I have used the easily found ready made Pi images (and PC files for that matter) to run AdvanceMame with both a USB-DVG and also Robin's vstcm board. No problem getting menus to load, producing an...
forums.arcade-museum.com
Any suggestions (or better yet, examples of working builds) would be appreciated.
I'm also having problems with each of the two Pi images. On the Pi 4, the image/Pi does not recognize the USB-DVG, although the card is getting power and displaying the default splash screen (seen above). Here's the CLI readout from an attached standard HDMI panel:
View attachment 750754
The good news on the Pi 4 side, AdvanceMAME appears to be functioning normally in that I can hit Tab and bring up the game configuration pop up on the HDMI panel.
I'm seeing exactly the reverse on the Pi 5: The VMMENU and games launch just fine, but when I hit tab the HDMI screen remains in CLI mode and no MAME configuration pop-up is visible. Very odd, and again, any suggestions would be welcome.