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lxdream 0.9.1   Jun 29 2009   Release Notes
  Source lxdream-0.9.1.tar.gz [2497K]   40521  
  Debian i386 binary lxdream_0.9.1_i386.deb [315K]   27841  
  Debian amd64 binary lxdream_0.9.1_amd64.deb [341K]   24958  
  Mac OS X 10.4 i386 binary lxdream-0.9.1-i386.dmg.zip [1885K]   60532  
lxdream 0.9   Oct 25 2008   Release Notes
  Source lxdream-0.9.tar.gz [2421K]   9787  
  Debian i386 binary lxdream_0.9_i386.deb [233K]   6983  
  Debian amd64 binary lxdream_0.9_amd64.deb [269K]   4467  
  Mac OS X 10.4 i386 binary lxdream-0.9-i386.dmg.zip [1811K]   9966  
lxdream 0.8.4   Jul 30 2008   Release Notes
  Source lxdream-0.8.4.tar.gz [1467K]   3618  
  Debian i386 binary lxdream_0.8.4_i386.deb [530K]   3948  
  Debian amd64 binary lxdream_0.8.4_amd64.deb [564K]   3140  
  Mac OS X 10.4 i386 binary lxdream-0.8.4-i386-2.dmg.zip [1918K]   6099  
  Mac OS X 10.4 i386 binary lxdream-0.8.4-i386.dmg.zip [1600K]   14366 [Superceded]
lxdream 0.8.3 lxdream-0.8.3.tar.gz [1074K] Jan 31 2008 8941 Release Notes
lxdream 0.8.2 lxdream-0.8.2.tar.gz [1051K] Dec 20 2007 3176 Release Notes
lxdream 0.8.1 lxdream-0.8.1.tar.gz [998K] Nov 8 2007 3544 Release Notes
lxdream 0.8 lxdream-0.8.tar.gz [968K] Oct 31 2007 3119 Release Notes
Milestone 3 lxdream-m3.tar.gz [959K] Sep 20 2007 2031 Release Notes
Milestone 2 lxdream-m2.tar.gz [819K] Feb 11 2007 1698 Release Notes
Milestone 1 lxdream-m1.tar.gz [244K] Jun 30 2006 2139 Release Notes

Mercurial Access

The brave and/or foolish can checkout the current development version from mercurial with (eg)

hg clone http://www.lxdream.org/hg/lxdream
. To later update your working copy to the latest version, the usual command is
hg pull -uv

Configuration

The configuration is loaded from the .lxdreamrc file in your home directory (if present), otherwise it is also checked for in the sysconf path and the current directory (as lxdreamrc). The file is used to supply file paths and controller configuration.

If you have a copy of the dreamcast BIOS, by default lxdream looks for it under bios/dcboot.rom. Similarly, it expects to find your flash partition under bios/dcflash.rom. Both are optional for demos, but some will probably need them. Also, lxdream is able to boot directly from the BIOS if it is provided.

Running

From the base directory, run src/lxdream. Alternatively to run a demo from the command line, run src/lxdream <demo-filename>, where <demo-filename> is an SH4 ELF binary (unscrambled).

If you have an IP.BIN bootstrap file and put it in the bios/ directory, lxdream will execute the bootstrap first before jumping to the demo. (Note that some demos will need the bootstrap to setup the environment correctly).

Other command line options

-A <audio-driver>Select an audio driver. Current options are esd or null
-V <video-driver>Select a video driver. Current options are gtk or null
-aAICA-only - starts lxdream with only the SPU chip and nothing else. Useful for running test ARM programs
-c <config-file>Specifies the location of the configuration file
-d <disc-image-file>Specifies a disc (CDI or NRG) to mount at startup
-HRun in headless mode (ie with no gui or video driver)
-pStart playing immediately (by default lxdream waits for the run button to be clicked)
-xDisable the SH4 translator (run in emulation-only mode)
-DDisplay the debugger window on startup
.