OK, something interesting here. After I appied the patch and compiled, I againa ttempted Dragon Quest 8. It kept seg faulting in HW mode. So I changed to SW mode. It booted fine but of course performance sucked. I changed to HW mode and the game cooperated for about 10 seconds before seg faulting. The emulog showed the if/then warning as noted in the patch.
amd-fx@amd-fx ~ $ '/home/amd-fx/Desktop/pcsx2-read-only-after-patch/bin/launch_pcsx2_linux.sh'
Interface is initializing. Entering Pcsx2App:
nInit!
Applying operating system default language...
Command line parsing...
Command line parsed!
(UserMode) Found portable install ini @ /home/amd-fx/Desktop/pcsx2-read-only-after-patch/bin/portable.ini
glX-Version 1.4 with Direct Rendering
Supported Opengl version: 3.3.12414 Core Profile/Debug Context 13.15.100.1 on GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series . Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Buggy driver detected, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects will be disabled
INFO: GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects is not supported
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217
snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217
snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217
snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957
snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
* SPU2-X: Enumerating PortAudio devices:
*** Device 0: 'HDA ATI SB: ALC887-VD Analog (hw:0,0)' (ALSA)
*** Device 1: 'HDA ATI SB: ALC887-VD Digital (hw:0,1)' (ALSA)
*** Device 2: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 0 (hw:1,3)' (ALSA)
*** Device 3: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 1 (hw:1,7)' (ALSA)
*** Device 4: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 2 (hw:1,8)' (ALSA)
*** Device 5: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 3 (hw:1,9)' (ALSA)
*** Device 6: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 4 (hw:1,10)' (ALSA)
*** Device 7: 'HDA ATI HDMI: HDMI 5 (hw:1,11)' (ALSA)
*** Device 8: 'sysdefault' (ALSA)
*** Device 9: 'front' (ALSA)
*** Device 10: 'surround40' (ALSA)
*** Device 11: 'surround51' (ALSA)
*** Device 12: 'surround71' (ALSA)
*** Device 13: 'iec958' (ALSA)
*** Device 14: 'spdif' (ALSA)
*** Device 15: 'pulse' (ALSA)
*** Device 16: 'dmix' (ALSA)
*** Device 17: 'default' (ALSA) (selected)
ALSA lib pcm.c:7339
snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7339
snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
glX-Version 1.4 with Direct Rendering
Supported Opengl version: 3.3.12414 Core Profile/Debug Context 13.15.100.1 on GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series . Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Buggy driver detected, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects will be disabled
INFO: GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects is not supported
ALSA lib pcm.c:7339
snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
glX-Version 1.4 with Direct Rendering
Supported Opengl version: 3.3.12414 Core Profile/Debug Context 13.15.100.1 on GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series . Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Buggy driver detected, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects will be disabled
INFO: GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects is not supported
Aborted (core dumped)
But on the bright side, no grpahical errors.