ZSNES and PCSX Crashing Issue

[gobtheghoul]

Hi there,

First time poster here, absolutely loving Linux Mint and so pleased to be away from Windows.

My issue -

I've downloaded ZSNES and PCSX emulators from the Software Manager area.

They both work great. Except they both make my laptop crash randomly during gameplay, which is rather annoying. I have to turn the power off to reboot when this happens.

My Linux -

Olivia - MATE 32-Bit

Using PS1 Analog Game Pad via USB convertor (works dandy)

I am using an Acer Aspire One Netbook (AO150)

Via windows these emulators ran well without crashing so I'm not sure why I'm having this problem in Linux Mint.

I've read some similar queries via google however nothing I've tried from them have solved the problem. One even stopped my Mint GUI loading and I was forced to reinstall Linux Mint as I had no idea how to get it back.

I have 1GB Ram, 160GB HD, Intel Atom Processor. Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Gob

[odditude]

wouldn't surprise me if it's due to the abysmal Linux support for the equally-abysmal integrated graphics.