[mythtv-users] X-Mame

[Joseph Caputo]

On 5/13/06, Brett Swaim <kf6zql at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay Guys,
>
> I have all my emulators working except mame. I have tried apt-get install
> xmame-x and apt-get xmame-sdl and all that does is completely hose my entire
> install to the poitn where I have to format and start all over again... when
> doing xfonts-util something messes up and when it gets the required package
> xfonts-encoding it whines that it's trying to overwrite a file that is
> specified in xfonts-base. At this point my entire x server fails to load
> anymore.  I'm now scared to death of apt-get (I'm really used to gentoo, but
> I'm trying to get a feel for other distros so I'm using knoppmyth with
> debian). Is there any other way to get x-mame? It seems like of all the
> things, this and the lirc scripts are the hardest part of this setup! I have
> googled, I have searched the forums, I have tried a lot of different things
> and now I'm just looking for some new input. I'm running 0.19.
>

I think this is due to problems with some Debian unstable packages.  I
just ran into this problem today -- the (probably safe, but I can't
guarantee it) way to get around it is:

- Once you get the error about xfonts-encoding, look at the part of
the message where it lists the *.deb file
- Run "dpkg --force-overwrite --unpack <*.deb file from above>
- Now run "apt-get -f install", and you should be right as rain.

HTH,
JAC