Questions tagged [emulation]

Emulation is the process of running code native to something other than the machine you are using. This is usually facilitated by a program, often called an emulator.

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mupen64plus not working; failed to find core library

Using Ubuntu 16.04LTS on an HP Beats 15 Notebook with 8 Gigs of RAM and an A10 AMD processor. I've never had this problem before while using mupen64plus on other computers with less RAM and less ...
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Is it possible to get Commodore 128's Basic v7 emulation to work in Ubuntu?

I have installed VICE and it seems to work nicely as far as running Commodore 64 games and programs, and I have not tried testing to see if the basic v4.0 is functional in itself, but any searches for ...
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Game Console Emulators (Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Gameboy...)

What gaming console emulators are available in the latest 11.10 version. If my english is wrong about gaming console emulator I am referring to Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Gameboy and ...
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DOSBox emulator memory allocation

Is it possible to assign more memory than default(16mb) to DOSBox emulator, which is running from Ubuntu 16.04 lts? I'm not using any VM. I've already tried memsize=200 (200 for example), but nothing ...
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VisualBoyAdvance Battery Has Run Dry

I recently downloaded VBA and Pokemon Emerald. The game says "The Internal Battery has run dry" I've been told to go to Options>Emulator>Real Time Clock, but there is no clock! I have checked ...
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qemu arm64 emulation on host x86, it stuck when booting kernel

I am trying to emulate ARM architecture using QEMU. My host OS is ubuntu 16.04 and the guest OS inside the emulated machine is also ubuntu 16.04. Hardware specifications of my host system are: ...
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CORE, quagga, zebra daemon - issue with autostart router OS

I need to start few simulation in CORE. On ubuntu 16.04 I haven't any problems to correct configuration. I do steps from many tutorials in network and everything works fine. But on 17.10 i have ...
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UBUNTU 17.04" Failed to start Android emulator in Android Studio

Issue Image I tried the solution i found which installing lib64stdc++6 AND mesa-utils and installed successfully but when i do the next command: cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools/lib64/libstdc++ it says No such ...
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Running 64 bit Ubuntu distribution from 32 bit Ubuntu

Related to this question How do I run QEMU with a 64-bit processor on a 64-bit machine?. I'm trying to run Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit under Ubuntu 11.04 32 bit using qemu on a core2duo (64 bit CPU) machine, ...
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Problem installing Dolphin emulator

I have tried to install dolphin emulator using ppa. I added the ppa, updated then I tried to install using sudo apt-get install dolphin-emu. It said that the package was not found. I am using ubuntu ...
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How to Get An Android Emulator On Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

Can someone please help me i want to get an emulator so I can play clash of clans but I don't know how, please help?
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Game Boy Advance Emulator [duplicate]

Which emulator for the Game Boy Advance is recommended for Linux (Lubuntu) that doesn't run too slowly such as VBA-M in my case and that supports the same kind of features like VBA nowadays (2017)?
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PCSX not working in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I have downloaded PCSX from The Ubuntu Software Center and the BIOS file from http://www.emuparadise.me/biosfiles/bios.html (PSX BIOS Pack (15 Images)). When I try to run an .iso file or from the CD-...
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Creating a minimal desktop environment to run EmulationStation

I found “Start ubuntu without a desktop environment but start an X application” and wanted to try it out for myself, but this time launching EmulationStation and created a .desktop file in /usr/share/...
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How to use PSP as controller in mupen64plus?

I'm trying to use a Playstation Portable (PSP) as a controller in the mupen64plus emulator. When I run the emulator, there is a message on the terminal saying that it detects a controller, but I ...
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Which is the best windows emulator for ubuntu 14.04?

I have wine installed on my system but is not able to run games like prince of persia the two thrones, Grandmaster (chess) properly. Hence, I'm looking for other options. Even with wine, is any ...
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Anbox can't be started [duplicate]

I am very curious about the new Anbox emulator for running Android apps on PC. Unfortunately I can't make it work on my PC. After having installed via snap there is a new entry in the Gnome menu list....
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Is there free android emulator for ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]

is it best to run on Windows via virtual box? i really couldn't find anything.
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Can't to run games .ISO on PCSX(Ubuntu 12.04)

I try to run ps1 games on PSCX using by .ISO file And i already set SCPH1001.BIN. but stuck on this error: CD ROM failed The CD does not appear to be a valid Playstation CD
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Library not found in Android Studio

I am using Android Studio in Ubuntu 16.04. I tried to run (bundle exec rake run_acceptance_tests) with my emulator in Android Studio (tests), but when I run it I get the following error message: ...
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Cannot use Retroarch on 15.04, GUI seems unresponsive to mouse

I installed retroarch: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libretro/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install retroarch retroarch-* libretro-* There didn't seem to be any errors with the ...
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Installing and ds4drv emulator and python? [closed]

I've been trying to set up ds4drv and have problems understanding what to do with the files after extraction, (if if I'm supposed to extract at all). I'm aware I may have to download python as well. ...
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The best terminal emulator which can run scripts and offer good control

I recently moved from Windows 7 to Ubuntu (Not a total noob nor an expert in Linux flavors). Teraterm was the terminal emulator I used to connect to my UART enabled devices in Windows. I studied a few ...
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Is there any graphics emulators for ubuntu?

I'm making my own linux distro based on lubuntu, and I wanted it to be used for gaming. I want to put a graphics emulator as a program that comes with it but I don't know if its possible. If not I can ...
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Which terminal emulator is used in my tty1?

I see that xterm - a popular terminal emulator designed for the X Window System - is used in my DE, lxde. echo $TERM xterm Now I switch into tty1 with ctrlaltF1. echo $TERM linux Does this mean ...
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Performance issue with emulator program running without sudo

I'm attempting to run an emulator (VisualBoyAdvanced) on a Pine64 single-board computer running Ubuntu 16.04. The program works fine when running as root (with the sudo command), but because of my ...
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Is it possible to send data to qemu's parallelport?

I'm testing qemu's parallelport and tried to send data to it. With a connected chardevice I'm not able to change the state of the registers. With parport forwarding I'm not able to access my ...
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Play my favorite games of PalyStation, Xbox,SEGA and Pc on Ubuntu [closed]

Lakka is a GNU / Linux distribution based on Retroarch and OpenELEC, with an interface with a look of mediacenter. This distro has a wide catalog of emulators that will allow us to enjoy titles of ...
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PCSX Not working in Ubuntu 16.04

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit on a HP Notebook with a quad-core AMD processor and four gigs of RAM I'm still relatively new to all of this but I can usually figure out how to get most emulators ...
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How do I run this file?

I downloaded BasiliskII from emaculation.com for Linux but I don't know how to run it. The file name is BasiliskII_X_Linux_13_09_2010 and when I double click on it, nothing happens. Sorry if it is a ...
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Problem running ePSXe on 16.04

I cannot get epsxe to run on my 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I have tried Running ePsxe 1.9 on Ubuntu 13.10 but it still does not work. I have downloaded BIOS from http://www.emuparadise.me/biosfiles/bios....
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How to Install Opera-Mobile-Emulator on Ubuntu 16.04

I'm trying to install the Opera-Mobile-Emulator on the standard Ubuntu 16.04 (with all updates installed), so far with no joy. The official docs are zero help - "the emulator is super simple to ...
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How does wine actually work? [closed]

It is clear that the environment required for running a Windows application and an Ubuntu application are completely different. But a small package (of approx. around 650 MB) is able to run Windows ...
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How to speed up the Android Emulator in ubuntu 12.10

On Ubuntu 12.10, Android Emulator is too slow, how can I speed it up? I installed SDK with adt-bundle-linux-x86-20130219. I tried to use host GPU and get some more speed, but when I launch it, there ...
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ALSA and Mednafen: No Sound [closed]

I am getting no sound in Mednafen on Linux MInt 17.1 Mate 64-bit. Relevant part of ~/.mednafen/mednafen.cfg are: ;Disable speed throttling when sound is disabled. nothrottle 0 ;Automatically save ...
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What are ways to detect running under windows 10 emulation?

Since a binary built for Ubuntu may now run under the Win10 "Ubuntu subsystem" - how can it detect this? (besides of poking in obscure corners of sysfs, /dev and so on)
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Where's the GUI for the Gnuboy-x Gameboy emulator?

I just installed the Gnuboy-x binaries and I'm not sure how to use Gnuboy... Am I missing downloads or do I just need a GUI, and which GUI should I be using if it doesn't come with one?
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Use a GameCube Controller with Dolphin Emulator 14.04

I have a Mayflash GameCube controller adapter for my Wii U. I bought it specifically so I could use it on PC as well (it has a separate pc setting on the adapter so I can switch between the two ...
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Trying to emulate CS:GO in wine, but my PC is not having any of it

So, I was having problems with CS today; the game was being jittery and weird. People said that emulating it will make it much smoother. I emulated steam, downloaded CS, installed a version of Direct ...
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Is it possible to use libertine on an Aquaris E4.5 yet?

Libertine is a software for ubuntu touch devices, which acts as a container for legacy x-apps to make them running on your device. Thete are videos and instructions of people, who got libertine ...
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Android Emulator cant start without internet connection

Hey guys I've just installed Android Studio on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and I have all the needed Sdks and other accessories I think needs to be installed. I can run the emulator whenever I've an Internet ...
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What is POSIX-compatible mode in Linux?

The book says : When in POSIX-compatible mode, bash will emulate sh. What does this mean? What is meant by emulation in simple layman terms?
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How do I run Firefox OS as a standalone application?

I got the add-on for the Firefox OS simulator, and it works great! It even keeps functioning after Firefox is closed, so I can save processing power for other things. I'd like to run it as a ...
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How to simulate Ubuntu ARM image on Raspberry Pi with Virtualbox?

How do you run the Ubuntu ARM image in Virtualbox (ultimately managed through Vagrant) for testing a Raspberry Pi configuration? I can find a ton of guides for running various pre-built Raspberry Pi ...
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Ubuntu touch emulator - no internet connection

I succesfully set up a touch emulator (x86 rc) and also enabled it as a kit to test apps. However it is not connected to the network. By connecting to the emulator with ssh, I can see it's network ...
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404 error while trying to install WINE

I tried to install WINE onto ubuntu from which I have just downloaded, but It gives me a strange message after that. Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-...
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Can i emulate a CD-ROM through a USB cable to another computer?

So I was wondering if anyone out there knew a way to do something like the following 1. Mount ISO/DVD on Host 2. share through a USB connection: Making the client think the USB connection is a native ...
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VBA-M always in turbo

I recently installed VBA-M from the SourceForge .deb file. Unfortunately, VBA is stuck in a turbo mode of some sorts. The speed is always on a whopping 500% or more. As you can imagine this makes most ...
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Steam controller (outside of Steam)

I'm looking into getting a steam controller for my computer because I love playing classic games on emulators, and I dislike having to sync and resync my PS3 controller to the console and computer ...
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Forcing Genymotion network traffic to pass through Ubuntu proxy settings

On a Genymotion virtual device (Android 6.0.0 API 23) I need it to follow the network proxy rules of Ubuntu which are set in Settings --> Network --> Network proxy. I tried on both enabled "apply ...