Okay, so I got that working. Updated to SDL 1.2.5 which still didn't fix the problem. So, I figured, well, maybe its the plugin. Axed the SDL plugin, and lo-and-behold. FYI, neither epsxe or pcsx would run becuase of this plug-in. Not exactly sure why.
They both do work with the softX plugin, however, and seem relatively fast.
The MesaGL plugin similarily does nothing. Although I can configure it, as soon as I try to run a game, it simply hangs. The opening black screen comes up, and the CD is never actually accessed. I have an nVidia card which uses OpenGL libraries, though these are very similar to the Mesa ones, from what I can see.
Is there an OpenGL plugin for this?
Oh yes, and the CD-ROM problem was also solved by getting the cdriso plugin from here:
http://www.emufanatics.com/download....ownload&id=259 ,in case anyone cares.
So, and OpenGL plugin anyone? Or a clue as to why the Mesa one ins'ty functioning?