Ok, I guess I understood now (I`m guessing that you`re saying that the emu frezes at a black screen and doesn`t do anything anymore). The game is hanging in an endless loop. Don`t worry, many games do that, so it`s not that you didn`t configure the emulator corectly, it`s because the emulator is incomplete, so wait till the next version, there`s nothing else you can do.
All I can say is this: try some other games, try the SSE2 build of pcsx2 (it`s faster) and have lots of pacience (sometimes, you can be confused and say that the game hangs after 10 minutes, but it doesn`t, it just needs a little more time like 15 minutes just to show a screen- it`s really slow).
Another note is to try to use File->Run CD instead of Run->Execute if the game is not booting with the Execute command. And make sure you are not using the CDVDnull plugin cause that doesn`t load any game, just the bios. See
this for more info (post #8).
As for the Gssoft plugin, there is no better plugin for linux because linux doesn`t have the DirectX API (and thus you can`t use Gsdx9, cause it`s a DirectX plugin).
Also remeber that any plugin that ends with "null" doesn`t do anything (eg: SPUnull doesn`t give any sound output). Sometimes, it can be usefull because the game crashes without them (eg: Disgae crashes with sound, so you`ll need a plugin that doesn`t give any sound, like SPUnull).
Also, make sure you read
Bositman`s Configuration Guide for more help.
thx
No problem.

Well, that`s about all I can say. Hope it helps.Have fun.:thumb: