mgba-qt / linux: 'Boot BIOS' doesn't seem to do anything, even when specifying BIOS file via -b (+ --version doesn't work)

[LunarLambda]

I dumped my AGB-101's BIOS and while loading ROMs does boot the BIOS, the dedicated 'Boot BIOS' menu option doesn't seem to do anything at all.

I was hoping it would boot the BIOS without any cartridge inserted which would be nice for demonstration purposes, is it supposed to be like this?

As I was writing this I also just noticed that running mgba-qt --version doesn't actually print the version, it just opens the emulator.

The version is 0.8.4-1 according to my package manager.

[endrift]

It works on my end. What's your BIOS config section look like?

[LunarLambda]

Don't know, I never touched the config file, I only used the settings in the gui. I unfortunately just shut down my machine but I'll check.

[ports.qt]
gbc.bios=
sgb.bios=
preload=0
width=1200
useBios=1
lockAspectRatio=1
volume=256
autoload=1
audioBuffers=1536
sgb.borders=1
savestatePath=
screenshotPath=
libraryStyle=0
showFilename=0
autosave=0
logToStdout=0
useDiscordPresence=0
fastForwardRatio=-1
logLevel=7
sampleRate=44100
showOSD=1
mute=0
rewindBufferCapacity=300
allowOpposingDirections=0
suspendScreensaver=1
pauseOnMinimize=0
savegamePath=
patchPath=
showFps=1
cheatAutosave=1
idleOptimization=ignore
scaleMultiplier=5
gba.bios=
audioSync=1
frameskip=0
fastForwardVolume=256
cheatsPath=
fpsTarget=60
lastDirectory=/home/luna/documents/roms/gba
skipBios=0
autofireThreshold=1
rewindEnable=0
cheatAutoload=1
loadStateExtdata=9
logLevel.gba.bios=33
gb.bios=
useCgbColors=1
videoSync=0
interframeBlending=0
fastForwardMute=1
pauseOnFocusLost=0
showLibrary=0
logToFile=0
fastForwardHeldRatio=-1
height=800
fullscreen=0
lockIntegerScaling=1
resampleVideo=0
logFile=
gba.audioHle=0
saveStateExtdata=31
videoScale=1
hwaccelVideo=1
logLevel.core.status=111

[LunarLambda]

I found when going into Tools->Settings->BIOS and picking the GBA BIOS there, Boot BIOS works as expected.

Still leaves specifying a file with -b not totally working and --version also not working.

[endrift]

--version should work now (I believe I fixed it in 0.9.1) but -b isn't saved between loaded games so having it not work with boot BIOS is...somewhat expected. Not sure that's a good behavior though. I'll have to think about how best to handle this.

[endrift]

Everything seems to work on my end now. Can you confirm on your end?