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.
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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?
The flatpak is container holding all the dependencies the program needs
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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.
A newbie on 23.10 ?
A newbie using the latest version of the most popular Linux distro. Why does that surprise you?
Cutting Edge, Minimal testing, and Ubuntu has a history of bricking systems. The LTS is a lot safer.
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.”
Has Ubuntu changed that much in the past 4 years?
Try the Flatpak:
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?
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?
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You don’t need an sdk to set up flathub.
I don’t use Ubuntu but reviewing the commands on the flatpak website they seem pretty straightforward.
https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu
From there you should be able to install Kega from the Kega listing by clicking the install button.
thanks
It should have all of the dependencies to run it bundled.
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?
My favorite emulator is OpenEmu on MacOS. So far it supports the most systems and is the easiest to use. I have a Mac but I don’t use it for games and would love to see a port for Linux.
