SNES9x4P doesn't load.

[TyBO123]

Hello,

I'm having a problem getting SNES9x4P to run on my Pandora.

When I try to run it from MiniMenu, it just boots right back into MiniMenu. And when I select SNES9x4P from XFCE, nothing happens.

I've seen people posting output files from launching PNDs. Is there an easy way for me to do that? Would that help SNES9x4P to load?

Thanks in advance.

 

[FelixNemis]

Sounds like a bad pnd, You should try re-downloading it.

 

[TyBO123]

Sounds like a bad pnd, You should try re-downloading it.

I just re-downloaded it, and I'm still having the same problem. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[FelixNemis]

Did you get the version from the repo?

 

[TyBO123]

Did you get the version from the repo?

Yes.

 

[FelixNemis]

Interesting.

The log file is int your /tmp directory. It's called .pndrun_snes9x4p.out or something like that.

 

[TyBO123]

Hmm...

Assuming the only log file in the /tmp directory is the one of the last PND you loaded, it appears to not be creating one. The only log file I see is pndrun_frogatto.out. with Frogatto being the last application before SNES9x4P that I loaded.

 

[FelixNemis]

It should have one for each pnd you ran.

If you run "pnd_run /path/to/snes9x4p.pnd" in the terminal you can see the information that it normally writes to the log

 

[TyBO123]

It should have one for each pnd you ran.

If you run "pnd_run /path/to/snes9x4p.pnd" in the terminal you can see the information that it normally writes to the log

OK, I did this command and here's the output:

john-openpandora:~$ pnd_run /media/PANDORASD/snes9x4p_20120226.pnd
Runscript /usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh
Pndfile
/media/PANDORASD/snes9x4p_20120226.pnd
Subapp Number 0
Invoking: 'Snes9x4P'
--
Mount the PND
[SUCCESS]
Starting the application (./run.sh )
[ FAILED]
Restoring the frame buffer status
[SUCCESS]
uMount the PND
[SUCCESS]
john-openpandora:~$

 

[CocoCreekFisherman]

Do you have it placed in menu>games folder?

 

[TrashyMG]

Looking at your pnd_run output looks like things are in the wrong folders. 

Standard conventions to place PNDs, while some PNDs will run in wrong directories it's best to place them in the proper pandora folders.

/media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/menu   <---XFCE menu
or 
/media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/desktop    <-- Desktop

or

/media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/apps  <-- Both Menu and Desktop

you also need to create this directory for data to be saved properly:

/media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/appdata
 

 

[TyBO123]

OK, I put SNES9x4P (as well as all my other PNDs) in...

/media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/menu

... and I'm still getting the same output, with [FAILED] after starting the application

There was already a /media/YOURSDCARDNAME/pandora/appdata directory.

 

[mcobit]

Try to delete the pnd and the appdatadirectory.
Then redownload the pnd from repo.openpandora.org and try again.

 

[TyBO123]

Try to delete the pnd and the appdatadirectory. Then redownload the pnd from repo.openpandora.org and try again.

Hooray! SNES9x4P now opens after I did this.

I guess it was the appdata directory that was causing problems.

Either way. thanks mcobit, and everyone who offered assistance.