I use kega fusion on my ubuntu 23.10 to emulate sega’s master system, game gear, genesis and cd. I don’t need to emulate anything else. The problem with fusion is, it stopped being supported in 2009 and while the latest version is stable, there is no sound. Because it’s not supported, I don’t know where to ask for help.

if I execute ‘kega-fusion’ on the terminal I get:

ALSA lib dlmisc.c:337:(snd_dlobj_cache_get0) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so (/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

I have this same sound issue with mednaffe. With mednaffe, however, controls don’t even work.

Don’t suggest retroarch: it seems to be a full suite that’s too much for me and I enjoy fusion’s minimalist approach.

Don’t suggest MAME either, it’s also a suite but the mouse reacts oddly and graphics look silly.

I’d also settle for a solution that gives me sound back with fusion.

    • vestmoria@linux.communityOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      could you explain to the noob how does that help me? still the same version, the only thing that’s ‘new’ is when it was built, 4 days ago. How does this help me?

          • appoloin@lemmy.world
            9·
            9 months ago

            That error is from a dependence missing from your system, the flatpak’ed Kega has been compiled to use the flatpak runtime (a separate runtime from the system), this will have all the dependences required by kegaFusion.

          • appoloin@lemmy.world
            16·
            9 months ago

            Cutting Edge, Minimal testing, and Ubuntu has a history of bricking systems. The LTS is a lot safer.

            • Floppybutton@lemmy.world
              7·
              9 months ago

              A new guy wouldn’t necessarily know the history of any distro, and a fair assumption to be made by them is to just jump in using the most recent version available, over something “two years old.”

    • vestmoria@linux.communityOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      could you explain to the noob how does that help me? still the same version, the only thing that’s ‘new’ is when it was built, 4 days ago. How does this help me?

      • Floppybutton@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 months ago

        The flatpak has all of the required dependencies included in the file and are sandboxed when you run the program. Typically installing the app via your package manager or storefront would rely on dependencies previously installed on your system or install them during the setup process, and running them on the system will draw those resources from wherever they’re stored. This is why you’ll find flatpaks are typically much larger than the footprint of a traditional program on Linux.

        I can’t say for sure but I’d venture a guess that the code for the emulator hasn’t necessarily changed, so they haven’t seen fit to iterate the version number in some time, but the flatpak was rebuilt to include the newer versions of dependencies that interface with your newer hardware. Just a guess though.

        Have you tried the flatpak to see if it solves your issue?

  • Grangle1@lemm.ee
    2·
    9 months ago

    I remember Gens back in the day, really solid competitor to Fusion, but hasn’t been updated in a good decade. Last system I had it installed on was a laptop with 14.04, IIRC. I might still have a .deb of it on a hard drive somewhere, now I’m curious to see if it would work on a more modern OS/machine. On a similar note, anyone know if Gens was forked or anything like a successor cropped up anywhere?