unix_todo2.txt

The build was done on a Ubuntu 18.04 Virtual machine

makefile.unix:
TARGET   = pinmame
LIBS     = -L/usr/lib/X11 -L/usr/lib
INCLUDES = -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/include
ARCH     = linux
DISPLAY_METHOD = x11
X11INC   = -I/usr/include/X11
X11LIB   = -L/usr/lib/X11
 

Since using X11 for my output testing I made sure I have the X11 debian packages.

Here is the list of the packages I made sure were present for a successful compile
(There are some sound packages that I neglected to note what they were)
zlib1g-dev
libx11-dev
libxext-dev
libxv-dev
x11proto-video-dev
libsdl2-dev
libsdl1.2-dev

 
To launch the compile ...

make -f makefile.unix
 

To clean up after failed compile

make clean -f makefile.unix
 

The completed object file is xpinmame.x11



Now lets review what sound related parameters we should set in makefile.unix
Notice I enabled both ALSA and SDL:
(during my experiments, using the default sound my FPS was between 8 - 12 FPS, when I switched to ALSA it was a solid 60 FPS and perfect audio and video)


###########################################################################
# Sound Devices
###########################################################################

# Choose any additonal sound drivers you want to include, besides the
# native sound driver for your system.
# SOUND_ESOUND = 1
SOUND_ALSA = 1
# SOUND_ARTS_TEIRA = 1
# SOUND_ARTS_SMOTEK = 1
SOUND_SDL = 1
# SOUND_WAVEOUT = 1

Now lets confirm what sound devices we have

$./xpinmame.x11 -ldp

Digital sound plugins:

oss                            Open Sound System DSP plugin                    
alsa                           Alsa Sound System DSP plugin                    
sdl                            Simple Direct Library DSP plugin


OK lets try to see if we can get some sound using Creature from the Black Lagoon (lets force it to use alsa)

./xpinmame.x11 -audiodevice alsa cftbl_l4


The virtual machine (8gb memory and 4 cpus) running ubuntu 18.04 is running pinmame perfectly.
The sound is good, the FPS is 60.
My optimal command line to get the best sound and FPS:

./xpinmame.x11 -dp alsa -timer cftbl_l4