Made it down there yesterday, the error message is just the filesystem integrity check.  Pressing F to let the OS automatically Fix the errors made the message stop coming up on subsequent reboots.  It'll probably happen again, and I will see if there's a way to make the fix command automatic (there almost certainly is, since Ubuntu is meant to be used in a wide variety of situations, including those where there would be no way for someone to ever see this message).

Additionally, most of the issues at hand are OITG issues, not Linux issues, so grabbing a random Linux expert won't actually help too much.  The issues that can be fixed with a bit of Linux hacking are extremely low-level fixes out of the scope of most people's experience - I'm not saying that other's can't help (I don't have the appropriate low-level experience either), but having someone new start hacking around at it without a solid understanding of everything involved could just as easily cause new problems, since OITG can be pretty temperamental about random things.


I have a potential fix (all of the variously build problems are now resolved), just haven't had the time to go work on it, because the setup and testing is - and this is from experience - going to take several contiguous hours.  I also have some ideas which could eliminate the setup process with a more thorough fix to the game logic, and would prefer to do that, since it'd be almost immediately obvious if the fix works or not.

As stated before, this is a problem across every build of OITG.  I've talked to people about possible causes, we've determined that the crashes are due to the craziest combination of minor circumstances (for example, nothing crashes if you use that exact computer with it's current settings and play with a keyboard).  Nobody who isn't well versed in the innards of OITG's code is going to be figuring out the exact cause here, which is why I haven't been trying to figure it out.

I've restored everything requested and tried to make sure that packs are running correct versions, if something is still missing, explicitly request that I dig it up from the old drive (be as specific as possible, knowing which pack can be very important, for starters) or find a way to send to the correct file, otherwise I have no way of knowing what I'm even looking for.

As for new content, I've been adding this as I come across it or when requested.  Turns out I haven't come across too many packs which seem to have much potential (to me) and few people have been asking me to add anything.  If there's a pack you want, send it my way, preferably with a working download link so that I can actually get it.

Temporarily fixed, longer term fix pending.

Hello,First time posting here and I am using MVCO's handle and not my own. We obtained the USB hub that is being used in the machine now from INFOTECH in Federal Way.Hope this helps,Mark from Masterman vending.

I was hoping to be able to identify the specific part, but knowing that it's from Infotech means that it's just an off-the-shelf hub which happens to be relatively easy to mount inside the machine, which does actually tell me a lot - most USB hubs run pretty slowly (compared to the maximum USB datarate) and many break pretty easily.

Next time I'm working on the machine, I'll take a closer look at how everything is set up internally - now that we have spare USB ports on the computer itself, it might make more sense to run a pair of USB extensions to the front ports, rather than a hub - it'd be a cheaper arrangement to maintain, probably less prone to failures (a hub can have the external ports, the circuitry, or the extension cable fail), much simpler to diagnose, and it would run at full speed.  This is mostly a moot point until I get USB support up an running again, but it'll definitely be a huge help in the long run.

Good ideas Tony.  If you end up buying any of this crap to throw on the game, please PM the amount so we can get you reimbursed.  :-)
Thanks for all your hard work that has gone in to this whole project.

Did some research regarding the fsck (filesystem check) errors which were blocking the boot sequence and it turns out we're in a pretty awkward situation.  Ubuntu intentionally implements fsck-on-boot such that there's no way to automatically respond to such an error.

This leaves three options: completely disable fsck-on-boot and risk HD corruption, leave it on and deal with the occasional error (fsck-on-boot runs every 30th boot by default, but that's configurable), or switch to a different distro.  I definitely don't want to leave it as is, so I'm going to disable fsck next time I'm there - I've set up the filesystems so that the OS partition has almost nothing written to it (just some logs), and the only data ITG is able to change lives on a dedicated partition, so any errors should be restricted to non-essential files.

That said, I'm also going to start looking into the appropriateness of different distros, since that will hopefully side-step the problem entirely.

Another option might be to turn off the boot fsck.  Then run a manual fsck after ACME closes at night.  You can create a cron job to automatically run fsck, hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly.

The cron job can be configured to turn off the machine at night as well.  (Assuming that the machine is turned off every night)

Ideally the fsck would create a log and someone will periodically check the logs.

Getting a different distro is a good idea too.  As a desktop Ubuntu seems good, but they seem to have broken some linux functionality.

Ubuntu doesn't break from the various UNIX standards significantly more than any other Linux distro does - they've swapped out some underlying parts (like many distros do), but the standards don't specify anything about implementation, so that's not a break from compliance.  That said, the way that fsck is handled is particularly annoying, since it makes Ubuntu unsuitable for anything but a desktop deployment; it's supposedly meant to be a viable server option, but who has a monitor and keyboard hooked up to each of their servers so that they can press a key to finish the boot process?.

I've thought about nightly cron reboots with the original computer (since USB performance worsened with each mounted drive until a reboot - unfortunately, Roxor uninstalled cron and pretty much anything else that the game didn't need to save space), so that's definitely an option, but I think it's safer to just make the switch to Debian, which has also been used successfully for OITG, and with it being Ubuntu's parent, it shouldn't be particularly confusing to maintain.

I guess I'll just ask since I can't really find the information relevant to me buried amidst computer speak.

Can I bring a USB stick for scores and customs or not?  If not I might just make a bunch of files and have them put on the machine or something

USB is currently not working on the machine.

If there are any files that anyone wants to put on the machine, send them my way and I'll add them next time I go.

USB may finally be resolved soon - Debian seems to be more cooperative with regard to USB configuration (it suffers the same core problem as Ubuntu, but Ubuntu did some very strange things when I changed the configuration, whereas many people have gotten Debian to handle USB just fine).  I've ordered up a second boot drive which I'll get set up with Debian soon after it arrives, then I'll swap it out for the current one and bring it up to date as well.  I ordered a pair of USB extension cables to replace the hub, so we should be getting more reliable performance once USB is up and running again.

Been wanting to go for a while but have a quick question, is Crazy Loop added? I haven't been to Acme in a few years 

Yes it's on there a long with a few hundred more songs. Enjoy!

Don't remember the exact count, but it's closer to 1700 total, ignoring duplicates.

Bill! That new crane game is a tad obnoxious as you guys well know, and to quote a particular player, it's like playing with a spotlight on you on ITG now. Can we maybe put a machine between it and the ITG machine, keeping careful of the overhead heat-lamp issue that we had to resolve the last time we moved the machine? I think it would be greatly appreciated by most!

Also, was there any possibility of the Acme-Narrows-Daffodil  Extreme-SN2-SN respectively rotation we kind of talked about for a while? I think the general consensus is that it would be cool to have Extreme at Acme for a while.


Thanks as always for your consideration and for your continued diligent upkeep of the machines and support of the community!

I agree, the new crane game is in a very annoying and inconvenient place for ITG players.

Earlier today, another machine was indeed placed betwwen the giant crane and ITG.  Hopefully a bit better now.

Regarding Extreme, I mentioned that to the powers to be, and they were not thrilled with having an older one, but we will likely do it anyway here soon.  Just backed up cinstantly lately with heavy priority stuff it seems.

I keep thinking we need a Teknika or a Rerave.  But still not sure how popular either would be.

BTW, the redemption is all done being moved in now, so no more of the old stuff going away in case anyone was wondering.

Thank you! 


Who are the 'powers to be?' Maybe just explain that ITG takes care of basically all the allure of the new DDR versions, and the classic is actually preferred by most players, so to have both gives a better balance. Understandable that you guys are swamped though; thanks for looking into it!

I would love it if Acme got a Technika3 ~

At least from what I've seen within Seattle's Gameworks, their machine basically gets nonstop use after about 5pm; which makes it much more popular than their DDR:X2 and Supernova2.
If Technika3 profile cards could be made available for purchase at Acme's registers, I'm sure more of the community would try it out.

Since you're usually the only one voicing opinion on the forum anyway, I'm gonna post to go on the record and say I completely disagree with you.  I'd like to play extreme once in a while, but I'm going to keep gravitating towards newer DDR machines.  ITG and DDR don't share the same allure in any way, shape or form to me either.  One can't substitute for the other.

Also I'm going tonight (Thursday) maybe 730 or 800, someone come hang out ;P


Edit: Bill> I have a legitimate request that goes against everything gerrak wishes for. Could the volumes on the dance games be adjusted so that ITG doesn't completely drown out DDR? Im not even a person who really EVER complains about volume either, but ITG is ridiculous.  Though it's possible it was just the one song that he was playing...

Personally, I like Extreme AND new DDR.  I am not gonna lie and say I wouldn't be more inclined to play Extreme for awhile though - I really miss it!

Obviously my opinion is biased, since I'm a Technika player, but I would LOVE to see Technika at ACME.  In addition to it being really polished and pretty easy to pick up, Technika also has its own community, separate from PNWBemani.net, that is huge - people are pretty much constantly playing the one at Gameworks - and is full of super good sports whose positive attitude would be an awesome influence on the ITG community. 

I'd like to see either Technika or ReRave. Both will appeal to a wider audience than dance games ever could in this day and age. Mainly because of touch screens. People are super familiar with them so in my eyes both are a safe bet.

Though I am biased towards ReRave. Mainly because I've worked on it and It has a 46 inch touchscreen.

I had a lot of fun seeing old and new faces yesterday at Scott's house, but I really need to get back into practice/shape and will probably be more motivated to pass songs when I'm actually paying (lol), so I'm probably going to do some nice afternoon ITG at Acme. Feel free to hang out, I would love to catch up if I haven't seen you in literally 5+ years or meet you if you started playing in the last 5+ years.

See you there folks!

Anyone have any 8-9 foot recommendations(no hands, few/no crossovers preferred) on ITG? I haven't played in a long time and hope to go tomorrow. Only asking cause Keby said there were over 1,000 songs.

Thanks friends

Easy As Pie 1, 2, & 3 have fun and catchy songs that aren't hard.

Thanks Angus. Checked out the packs but they were too scary for my level.

Acme looks a lot different...In a good way of course.