Ubuntu
fceu package

FCEU freezes through gfceu

Bug #299114 reported by MikeE on 2008-11-17

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fceu (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: fceu

When using FCEU via GFCEU the emulation randomly freezes in Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. Did not freeze under Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10 and 8.04. The window is unable to be closed and a terminal killall fceu statement is needed to stop the application. Extra command line options sent to fceu are -special 3 -specialfs 3 -doublebuf 1

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Sami Olmari (olmari) wrote on 2009-03-08:

FCEU freezes on my computer too using GFCEU (haven't tried otherwise), I use 9.04 Jaunty currently...

Maybe it is related to sound system as with Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu changed to PulseAudio and this is where hangs started to happend...

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Pafnoutios (jszwast) wrote on 2009-09-12:

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Confirmed on 9.04. The problem is the aoss alsa sound wrapper. See my attached console output.
gfceu calls fceu through the aoss wrapper. When called with the exact same command line options as through gfceu, fceu did not freeze through over 30 minutes of playing when called directly from the command line, but did freeze within 5 minutes when called through aoss via command line.
Sound works for me without the aoss wrapper (playing Dragon Warrior III); maybe it isn't needed anymore.