Upgraded my distro and now pSX isn't working

morghanphoenix · January 13th, 2008

Not sure what's wrong, but when executing pSX from the command line it displays this as an error message:

[src/linux/sound.cpp, line 215]: 'snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(pcm_handle,hwparams, SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED)' returned 'Invalid argument'
pad=0

Didn't find anything like this in the FAQ, if I missed it somewhere please let me know. This is the only thing that doesn't work after moving from fc6 to fc8. Hopefully someone can tell me what's wrong, fighting with the wife over Final Fantasy vs CSI gets a bit old after a while

patrickp · January 13th, 2008

So what distribution (and version) are you using, morghanphoenix, and on what sort of system?

Are your sound card and videocard drivers Ok, and are you using free or proprietary ones?

Edit: ah, does "fc6 to fc8" mean Fedora Core 6 to Fedora Core 8? I don't know much about Fedora, but since this was a jump of two versions, I presume it was a clean install rather than an upgrade? Have you checked that you've installed the needed dependencies for pSX - most are included in most distributions anyway, but gtkglext is often needed?

morghanphoenix · January 13th, 2008

Yeah, it's Fedora Core 8, clean install, have the binary drivers for my nVidia card installed and just the baseline ALSA package for audio. I picked up all the packages it has listed in the readme file straight out of the repos, fedora where available and livna for the graphics packages. It's running EVE Online fine, so I'm pretty sure it's not my graphics drivers. It's a Dell D820 Desktop replacement laptop, same system pSX was running great for me with Fedora Core 6, picked this one up specifically becasue it had a good graphics card on it.

Installed:
gtkglext-libs gtkglext-devel pygtkglet

Not installed:
gtkglextmm gtkglextmm-devel pygtkglext-devel & ruby-gtkglext

patrickp · January 13th, 2008

Yes, gtkglext-libs should be the one you need, morghanphoenix. As I said, I don't really know much about Fedora, so I have no idea what the problem might be. You could try posting in the official pSX forum - there are some Fedora users there; maybe someone could help you.

Norlick · May 20th, 2009

For those still experiencing this problem, on Fedora, Ubuntu, or any Linux, I've found a solution.

Kill the pulseaudio process. Either through Terminal (killall pulseaudio) or through a System monitor.

pSX will open after that. When it does, change the sound settings to use a different device than the one it's using by default, and it should be fine.

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January 13th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
morghanphoenix Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Boonies of Washington State Posts: 2	Upgraded my distro and now pSX isn't working Not sure what's wrong, but when executing pSX from the command line it displays this as an error message: [src/linux/sound.cpp, line 215]: 'snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(pcm_handle,hwparams, SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED)' returned 'Invalid argument' pad=0 Didn't find anything like this in the FAQ, if I missed it somewhere please let me know. This is the only thing that doesn't work after moving from fc6 to fc8. Hopefully someone can tell me what's wrong, fighting with the wife over Final Fantasy vs CSI gets a bit old after a while

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January 13th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
patrickp bebopper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the groove Posts: 222	So what distribution (and version) are you using, morghanphoenix, and on what sort of system? Are your sound card and videocard drivers Ok, and are you using free or proprietary ones? Edit: ah, does "fc6 to fc8" mean Fedora Core 6 to Fedora Core 8? I don't know much about Fedora, but since this was a jump of two versions, I presume it was a clean install rather than an upgrade? Have you checked that you've installed the needed dependencies for pSX - most are included in most distributions anyway, but gtkglext is often needed?

January 13th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
morghanphoenix Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Boonies of Washington State Posts: 2	Yeah, it's Fedora Core 8, clean install, have the binary drivers for my nVidia card installed and just the baseline ALSA package for audio. I picked up all the packages it has listed in the readme file straight out of the repos, fedora where available and livna for the graphics packages. It's running EVE Online fine, so I'm pretty sure it's not my graphics drivers. It's a Dell D820 Desktop replacement laptop, same system pSX was running great for me with Fedora Core 6, picked this one up specifically becasue it had a good graphics card on it. Installed: gtkglext-libs gtkglext-devel pygtkglet Not installed: gtkglextmm gtkglextmm-devel pygtkglext-devel & ruby-gtkglext

January 13th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
patrickp bebopper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the groove Posts: 222	Yes, gtkglext-libs should be the one you need, morghanphoenix. As I said, I don't really know much about Fedora, so I have no idea what the problem might be. You could try posting in the official pSX forum - there are some Fedora users there; maybe someone could help you.

May 20th, 2009	#5 (permalink)
Norlick Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 26	For those still experiencing this problem, on Fedora, Ubuntu, or any Linux, I've found a solution. Kill the pulseaudio process. Either through Terminal (killall pulseaudio) or through a System monitor. pSX will open after that. When it does, change the sound settings to use a different device than the one it's using by default, and it should be fine. __________________ HypeMuffin