Crystalbuntu + XBMC: Emulator opens, but screen shrinks to the top left corner and there isn't any sound or control

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have Crystalbuntu + XBMX (on ATV) setup and running.
2. Install ZSNES and RomCollectionBrowser. 
3. Add emulator+roms using RCB and ZSNES.
4. Start an SNES game from RCB.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Full screen, sound and control of the game. Instead, it opens but shrinks the 
entire screen (including XBMC) to the top leftmost corner; there isn't any 
sound or any control. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
XBMC Eden, Crystalbuntu, and Apple TV1. 

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mong...@gmail.com on 20 May 2012 at 7:49

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I guess this is Mac OS related? Please see my answer to issue 112.

Original comment by maloep on 22 May 2012 at 4:58

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Nope, it's running Linux (the Crystalbuntu flavor). 

Original comment by mong...@gmail.com on 22 May 2012 at 5:00

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Ok, I could have guessed that by the "...buntu" part of the name.

Can you show me a log after you tried to launch a game? And, can you launch 
games in Crystalbuntu from command shell?

Original comment by maloep on 23 May 2012 at 6:14

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I am also having this issue running XBMCBuntu (Eden) and running FCEU NES 
emulator on normal computer hardware. I pulled up the log and notice this line 
"WARNING: Trying to add unsupported control type 1
18:18:54 T:3016824592 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
18:18:54 T:3016824592   ERROR: Control 500 in window 13000 has been asked to 
focus, but it can't"
Just like the OP, I can see the game open but have no audio or controls. Tried 
Solo mode, but noting opens. 

Original comment by iregretj...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2012 at 10:46

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I'm seeing a similar issue when using this Raspbmc (an XBMC build for the 
Raspberry Pi), which is itself built on a flavour of Debian linux, I think.

I was launching the SNES emulator that was installed using the RetroPie script
(http://petrockblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/retropie-setup-an-initialization-sc
ript-for-retroarch-on-the-raspberry-pi/)
...which uses RetroArch for emulation 
(https://github.com/Themaister/RetroArch)

Original comment by liquidre...@gmail.com on 15 Aug 2012 at 2:16

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Does it work for anyone of you when you launch the game outside XBMC? Just copy 
the command that RCB writes to xbmc.log and paste it to a command shell.

Original comment by maloep on 17 Aug 2012 at 7:31

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Also having this problem, running XBMCbuntu. ROMS are all imported, trying to 
use FCEU, but shrinks to upper left corner (no sound either), not having any 
luck editing config file (Linux newb)... Solo Mode does nothing. 
Can anyone help with this?

Original comment by aStaticS...@gmail.com on 25 Nov 2012 at 9:22

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Old issue, but maybe you could try a solution like this: 
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=133453

Not sure, if this valid for Crystalbuntu.

Original comment by maloep on 14 Jun 2014 at 5:51