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    • paradadf
      paradadf Staff @Storm last edited by

      @storm have you added the required bios files?

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      • Storm
        Storm @paradadf last edited by

        @paradadf Thanks for your help
        I downloaded the BlueMSX standalone version, available to this adresse : http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282full.zip
        Then extract the "Databases" and "Machines" folders and add them to the bios folder of my recalbox

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        • OyyoDams
          OyyoDams Staff @Storm last edited by

          @storm

          ## BIOS ##
          
          - BlueMSX (EMULATOR MSX BY DEFAULT) :
          You must download the BlueMSX standalone version, available to this adresse : http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282full.zip
          Then extract the "Databases" and "Machines" folders and add them to the bios folder of your recalbox.
          
          - FMSX :
          You must have these following files, available with fmsx distribution, in the bios folder of your recalbox :
          CARTS.SHA
          CYRILLIC.FNT
          DISK.ROM
          FMPAC.ROM
          FMPAC16.ROM
          ITALIC.FNT
          KANJI.ROM
          MSX.ROM
          MSX2.ROM
          MSX2EXT.ROM
          MSX2P.ROM
          MSX2PEXT.ROM
          MSXDOS2.ROM
          PAINTER.ROM
          RS232.ROM
          
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          • Storm
            Storm @OyyoDams last edited by Storm

            @oyyodams Cool, Thank you very much! I downloaded fsmx @ https://github.com/libretro/fmsx-libretro and I put the files you told me to the root of the bios folder. That works but the keyboard it's necessary ?
            Bluemsx doesn't work.

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            • samba
              samba last edited by

              @Storm Have you been able to fix this issue? I am experiencing a quite similar issue, even on the latest Recalbox 6. Can you tell me how you resolved it? I'm on Rsbp 3+. Thanks!

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              • paradadf
                paradadf Staff @samba last edited by

                @samba both emulator work if you add the bios files.

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                • samba
                  samba last edited by

                  @paradadf Thanks so much for your help. Happy I'm not yet abandoned alone 😉
                  Actually, I have already tried everything I can. Of course I tried with blueMSX and fMSX with different versions.

                  One thing I found meanwhile, there is an error when I run a game in verbose mode via ssh:

                  [INFO] [MIDI]: Initializing ...
                  ALSA lib seq_hw.c:466:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory
                  [ERROR] [MIDI]: snd_seq_open failed with error -2.
                  [ERROR] [MIDI]: Initialization failed (list of input devices unavailable).
                  

                  Should this be a reason? This is a vanilla install with fMSX BIOS only. If you want me to try something different for logging, please let me know. Thanks!!

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                  • paradadf
                    paradadf Staff @samba last edited by

                    @samba a vanilla install is not enough. You MUST add the bios files.

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                    • samba
                      samba last edited by

                      @paradadf Thanks, but as I mentioned, I added fMSX files on top of vanilla Recalbox. Below is what I have in the bios directory. Do I need anything else? Please let me know!

                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     33152 Jan  4 15:00 CARTS.SHA
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root      2048 Jan  4 15:00 CYRILLIC.FNT
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root      2048 Apr 26 02:08 DEFAULT.FNT
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     16384 Jan  4 15:00 DISK.ROM
                      drwxr-xr-x    2 root   root      4096 Apr 26 02:31 Databases
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     65536 Jan  4 15:00 FMPAC.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     16384 Jan  4 15:00 FMPAC16.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root      2048 Jan  4 15:00 ITALIC.FNT
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root    131072 Jan  4 15:00 KANJI.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     32768 Jan  4 15:00 MSX.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     32768 Jan  4 15:00 MSX2.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     16384 Jan  4 15:00 MSX2EXT.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     32768 Jan  4 15:00 MSX2P.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     16384 Jan  4 15:00 MSX2PEXT.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     65536 Jan  4 15:00 MSXDOS2.ROM
                      drwxr-xr-x  202 root   root     12288 Apr 26 02:32 Machines
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root   1009534 Jan  1  1980 NstDatabase.xml
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     65536 Jan  4 15:00 PAINTER.ROM
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root     16640 Jan  4 15:00 RS232.ROM
                      drwxr-xr-x    3 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 amiga
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root    131072 Jan  1  1980 dc_nvmem.bin
                      drwxr-xr-x    3 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 fba
                      drwxr-xr-x    2 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 keropi
                      -rwxr-xr-x    1 root   root    524288 Jan  1  1980 kick02019.AROS.ext.rom
                      -rwxr-xr-x    1 root   root    524288 Jan  1  1980 kick02019.AROS.rom
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root      5218 Jan  1  1980 lisez-moi.txt
                      drwxr-xr-x    3 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 mame2000
                      drwxr-xr-x    3 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 mame2003
                      drwxr-xr-x    4 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 mame2003-plus
                      drwxr-xr-x    3 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 mame2010
                      drwxr-xr-x    2 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 np2kai
                      drwxr-xr-x    2 root   root      4096 Jan  1  1980 oricutron
                      -rw-r--r--    1 root   root      5104 Jan  1  1980 readme.txt
                      
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                      • samba
                        samba last edited by

                        In my case, it turned out that only .zip worked. Neither .mx1 nor .rom ran, however, they all worked well after zipping them. I also tested on Retropie and Batocera, and confirmed they all had the same issue. Could be fMSX's issue. Hope this would help someone in the future.

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