Switching to testing wouldn't help because the Debian package itself seems to be the problem here: I've tried the backported version and I get the same problems. I am using backports for now, but only where essential. It took me a lot of courage just to use the proprietary nVidia drivers (I was willing to pay more for an AMD card to avoid it, but between scalpers and BTC miners, they sold out while still on pre-order and I was lucky to even get this card at this price). I like feeling I know what everything is up to. I like being in control because it makes me feel safe. That is, many distros, like Manjaro/Ubuntu/etc. But since this is my work machine, I need the security, stability, simplicity, and in-control-ness factors. And therein lies another problem switching, Debian is the only OS I've felt 100% secure and stable with, but more importantly, in control with (UI isn't an issue, I use XFCE desktop which is default in Manjaro, sxhkd for my keyboard shortcuts, and a dozen scripts to make myself at home almost anywhere). So my PC is definitely more a production machine for my creative endeavors and some of my remote work that I can't do on my laptop. Now I don't play games a lot, and when I do I, it's mainly emulation and a few indie/free games. On the other hand, it seems things relating to gaming, especially emulators, fall short horribly. I know that the stable branch not exactly a desktop OS (if you use testing + sid, you may as well use Ubuntu/Mint/Antix/etc.), but I like it. So, here's my problem: I love Debian and have been using it for years (I started experimenting on 6 and changed all my systems to Debian by 7 because I love the stability and simplicity). TL DR*: I don't want to move from Debian, even though I can, so is there a solution whereby I can get the kinda performance I get on Manjaro with Debian? Debian should be the lighter-weight and more stable system. I also sought help from the PCSX2 team with about as much luck. I sent a bug report to the Debian package maintainers regarding PCSX2 1.5 being broken and having to use the outdated 1.4, but nothing has been done in somewhere closing on 2 years. Most likely cause: Debian-specific packages. i386 libs, since Debian is running multi-arch just fine. Upstream, since their builds work fine. My PS2 DVDs were mostly brand new, so they were in great condition when I ripped them and archived the originals a few years back (and the files are not corrupted over the years, the hashes still check out). I've ripped second-hand PS1 CDs of mine that were heavily scratched and played fine on Mednafen. A mate did the actual dumping, but he checked it against the same version online and it's correct. I have a clean dump of my own bios PS2 (Slim) so that is cannot be the issue. Problem: I think they messed up the sound. I tried grabbing the source for Arch and building it on Debian and after much annoyance with deps, I found someone else had succeeded. Now I'm getting better performance with 1.7 (obviously). Using versions 1.6 I had about the same performance as on Debian with 1.4. This makes no sense other than upstream problems.right? Except here's the thing, version 1.6 from the developers actually works as well as 1.4. However, if I install the dependencies and then manually install version 1.4, I get few problems other than minor performance issues. Specifically, the HW rendering doesn't work (software works). Versions 1.5 and up are broken on Debian. Anyway, I've got this rather complex problem, I'll try to break down. New here so I hope this is the right sub.
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