..., etc.

{{:mspacman:mspacman_cap.png|Ms. icon for plymouth theme}}
====== SDLMAME 0.136 on Fedora Core 13 ======

Edited grub.conf:
<code>
title Ms. Pacman
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_mspacman-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_mspacman/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_mspacman/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us video=vesafb selinux=0 quiet rhgb fbcon=rotate:3
	initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.img
title Single User Mode
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_mspacman-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_mspacman/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_mspacman/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTA
BLE=us video=vesafb selinux=0 telinit 1
        initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.img
</code>

Note the "fbcon=rotate:3" which rotates the display.

modified /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients to contain only one exec line at the bottom, all others commented out:
<code>
if [ -x /usr/bin/mame ] ; then
     /usr/bin/mame -video opengl -norotate mspacmnf
fi
</code>
modified rc.local: 
<code>
#startup
initctl start plymouth-shutdown &
export HOME=/root
pulseaudio --start &
startx  # removed this- power switch w/acpid is good enough && shutdown -h now &
initctl start tty TTY=/dev/tty2 &
initctl start tty TTY=/dev/tty3 &
</code>
modified /etc/init/tty.conf:
<code>
exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin mspacman $TTY
</code>
modified /etc/acpi/actions/power.sh
<code>
#!/bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

killall -s 15 mame;sleep 3;killall -s 15 mame 
</code>

Attempted to modify default plymouth theme "charge" with Ms. Pacman art.  Took side-art PDFs and created transparent background PNG:
{{:mspacman:smmspac_ghost.png|}}

Then copied files to /usr/share/plymouth/themes/charge/*png files.  Next is to rebuild initrd via "sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R charge"

====== To-Do ======
  * Modify Plymouth boot splash theme to be ms. pacman figure...
  * Disable any Mouse in X since the pointer comes back after changing to/from a TTY.
  * Rotate vesa/standard video too?  (done- but how did i do it? ah, see above fbcon= boot parameter)
  * Clean-up distro & create clean image of it
  * Turn off all logging and writing to files & mount all filesystems read-only
  * Convert startup from xinitrc to an /etc/init.d style service- this will allow a graceful stop of mame via kill -3 or kill -15 so state is preserved
  * disable all unnecessary kernel extensions
  * add spring toggles for power & coins
  * make/buy very short vga cable
  * <del>through-holes w/bolts in joystick frame for frame itself</del>
  * sheet metal for player 1 & 2 buttons
  * sheet metal base for motherboard/power supply
  * convert power from two cords to single, frame-mounted input
  * move distro from hard disk to usb disk and generate second copy on second thumb drive? (as-is distro is ~2.6 gig, surely can be cleaned up)
..., etc.

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