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Flash Masta Desktop - Linux - Vitnim - 09-09-2020

Super duper excited to finally get my WS Flash Masta cart.  Super duper not excited to not be able to run the software on Linux.  Both the build from the Downloads page and source-built crashes after plugging in cart on Ubuntu 20.04.  Someone posted the same issue in detail back in April on the GitHub page.  Anyone care to help troubleshoot?


RE: Flash Masta Desktop - Linux - Asriazh - 01-24-2022

(09-09-2020, 10:33 AM)Vitnim Wrote: Super duper excited to finally get my WS Flash Masta cart.  Super duper not excited to not be able to run the software on Linux.  Both the build from the Downloads page and source-built crashes after plugging in cart on Ubuntu 20.04.  Someone posted the same issue in detail back in April on the GitHub page.  Anyone care to help troubleshoot?

I'm not sure if this answer is still needed, but in general, if a program doesn't work, start it in a terminal to see additional error information. That might help you figure out whats wrong. Also the program needs this to be run "sudo apt install git qtchooser qt5-qmake build-essential libqt5svg5* libusb-1.0-0-dev". That's mainly for building it, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have those installed for running. I'm on "Ubuntu 21.10 x86_64" and both, the Manjaro precompiled version and the self-compiled one are working for me.


RE: Flash Masta Desktop - Linux - Asriazh - 01-29-2022

I finally got my Wonderswan FlashMasta too and had the chance to actually perform a game flash attempt, using linux. While the FlashMasta is not plugged in to USB, the Flash Masta Desktop program performs normally. As soon as you plug it into a USB port, you get a "USB Acces" error. The solution is a bit silly and shouldn't be necessary but is easy. Just start the Flash Masta Destop program as root. Go to where the program is, open a terminal there and enter "sudo ./FlashMasta". The Flash Masta Destop program will start normally and show you your Flash Masta with all its slots.
P.S:: Whoops, it even says so in the source code readme, but nowhere inside the precompiled .tar.gz file