Visualboyadvance: White screen when trying to load Rom

Factory · 2008-11-26 20:01:04

When attempting to load several different roms, I'm presented with a white screen instead of the game. This happens with both gvba and vbaexpress.

droog · 2008-11-26 21:45:36

have you tried running it from the command line without a frontend to see the output? VisualBoyAdvance /path/to/rom

Factory · 2008-11-29 17:36:23

droog wrote:

have you tried running it from the command line without a frontend to see the output? VisualBoyAdvance /path/to/rom

I did. Same result.

Rasi · 2008-11-29 19:05:55

...he was more hoping for the output the cli gives

Factory · 2008-11-30 01:27:32

Rasi wrote:

...he was more hoping for the output the cli gives

Of course

VisualBoyAdvance version 1.7.2 [SDL]
Searching for file VisualBoyAdvance.cfg
Searching current directory: /home/rpj8
Reading configuration file.
Empty value for key captureDir
Empty value for key batteryDir
Searching for file vba-over.ini
Searching current directory: /home/rpj8
Searching home directory: /home/rpj8
Searching system config directory: /etc
Searching PATH
vba-over.ini NOT FOUND (using emulator settings)
Color depth: 32
Shutting down

Factory · 2008-12-03 20:10:25

Is anyone else experiencing this problem or is it just me? Even a simple "yes I am experiencing this problem" could be helpful. I'm not sure if it's an isolated situation or if I should complain to the main devs.

e_tank · 2008-12-03 22:37:26

try mednafen instead. mednafen includes a proper port of vba, last time i checked the official sdl port was pretty crippled.

droog · 2008-12-04 05:32:18

works fine here with stock config.
i get the same output as you besides these 2 lines

Empty value for key captureDir
Empty value for key batteryDir

it looks like your config is messed up, you (or a frontend) uncommented some lines and didn't put a path for them.

Factory · 2008-12-04 16:25:46

e_tank wrote:

try mednafen instead. mednafen includes a proper port of vba, last time i checked the official sdl port was pretty crippled.

I will give this a try when I get a free moment. Thanks for the input.

droog wrote:

works fine here with stock config.
i get the same output as you besides these 2 lines
Empty value for key captureDir
Empty value for key batteryDir
it looks like your config is messed up, you (or a frontend) uncommented some lines and didn't put a path for them.

I'll try looking through the config files for some sort of hint (for completeness sake ). Thanks for the input, as well.

Factory · 2008-12-06 15:56:19

Turns out it was a case that both of my Roms that I was trying were bad. I was considering this to be a possibility, but the idea that both were damaged seemed far-fetched for whatever reason. Thanks for the help.

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#1 2008-11-26 20:01:04

Visualboyadvance: White screen when trying to load Rom

#2 2008-11-26 21:45:36

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#3 2008-11-29 17:36:23

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#4 2008-11-29 19:05:55

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#5 2008-11-30 01:27:32

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#6 2008-12-03 20:10:25

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#7 2008-12-03 22:37:26

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#8 2008-12-04 05:32:18

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#10 2008-12-06 15:56:19

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