@mitu it means that when you are in the menu you see a logo for each system and for Megadrive I just see the regular font without a logo and same in the Megadrive menu its all dark and I dont see the choosen theme.

By the way sorry to disturb but we are also experiencing another issue : when we launch Retropie after a long break (switch off) retropie Emulation station crashes after just a few seconds for some reason and we get an error message. After launching one more time it doesn't crash anymore and we can play but it does crash every time we launch Emulation Station after we switching off for awhile. Do you know what cause that?

Hello

In Ubuntu 25.04 i had the same issue. Took me a long time to manage to fix like as mentioned because i suspected the sdl2 module first. Thanks to you for helping. Just to summarize:

Change the line is es_systems.cfg to:
<command>sudo /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM%</command>

And in /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropiemenu.sh following line to:

setESSystem "RetroPie" "retropie" "$rpdir" ".rp .sh" "sudo $scriptdir/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM% " "" "retropie"

Can someone explain why this is not fixed? Or do i missing something?

@mitu I think I got it figured out. I was using the wrong splashscreen.sh script. I took the contents of asplashscreen.sh from /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen and created splash-omxplayer.sh in /home/pi/RetroPie and now it seems to work. Here's what I have in that updated script file:

#!/bin/sh ROOTDIR="/opt/retropie" DATADIR="/home/pi/RetroPie" REGEX_VIDEO="\.avi\|\.mov\|\.mp4\|\.mkv\|\.3gp\|\.mpg\|\.mp3\|\.wav\|\.m4a\|\.aac\|\.ogg\|\.flac" REGEX_IMAGE="\.bmp\|\.jpg\|\.jpeg\|\.gif\|\.png\|\.ppm\|\.tiff\|\.webp" # Load user settings . /opt/retropie/configs/all/splashscreen.cfg is_fkms() { if grep -q okay /proc/device-tree/soc/v3d@7ec00000/status 2> /dev/null || grep -q okay /proc/device-tree/soc/firmwarekms@7e600000/status 2> /dev/null ; then return 0 else return 1 fi } do_start () { local config="/etc/splashscreen.list" local line local re="$REGEX_VIDEO\|$REGEX_IMAGE" local omxiv="/opt/retropie/supplementary/omxiv/omxiv" case "$RANDOMIZE" in disabled) line="$(head -1 "$config")" ;; retropie) line="$(find "$ROOTDIR/supplementary/splashscreen" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; custom) line="$(find "$DATADIR/splashscreens" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; all) line="$(find "$ROOTDIR/supplementary/splashscreen" "$DATADIR/splashscreens" -type f | grep "$re" | shuf -n1)" ;; list) line="$(cat "$config" | shuf -n1)" ;; esac if $(echo "$line" | grep -q "$REGEX_VIDEO"); then # wait for dbus while ! pgrep "dbus" >/dev/null; do sleep 1 done omxplayer --no-osd -o both -b --layer 10001 "$line" elif $(echo "$line" | grep -q "$REGEX_IMAGE"); then if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = "disabled" ]; then local count=$(wc -l <"$config") else local count=1 fi [ $count -eq 0 ] && count=1 [ $count -gt 12 ] && count=12 # Default duration is 12 seconds, check if configured otherwise [ -z "$DURATION" ] && DURATION=12 local delay=$((DURATION/count)) if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = "disabled" ]; then "$omxiv" --once -t $delay -b --layer 10001 -f "$config" >/dev/null 2>&1 else "$omxiv" --once -t $delay -b --layer 10001 -r "$line" >/dev/null 2>&1 fi fi exit 0 } case "$1" in start|"") do_start & ;; restart|reload|force-reload) echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2 exit 3 ;; stop) # No-op ;; status) exit 0 ;; *) echo "Usage: asplashscreen [start|stop]" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac

@Rockman98 said in Installing different desktop environment rather than the default one over retropie os?:

Hello,

Is it possible to install a different desktop, specifically Trinity Desktop Environment adn boot over emulation station interface?

Which platform ? On a Raspbery Pi, RetroPie doesn't use a desktop at all.

How can i install it top of retropie os?

RetroPie is not an OS, but runs on top of a Linux distribution - on a Raspberry Pi it's running over RaspiOS, on other platforms is runs over Debian/Ubuntu.

Look up how the desktop environment you want to install is installed on Debian/Ubuntu if you want to install it on your RetroPie - compatible - system.

Would there be any performance issues?

Depends on the system, if it's a Pi3 or less it's probably going to affect the performance, for newer Pi models it's less noticeable and on a PC the difference is basically insignificant.

Can i make it launch like how i start raspberry pi's default desktop environment over retropie os?

Probably, but depends on the platform you're using (PC / Raspberry Pi / etc.).

@retropieuser555 as far as i understand that changing the sound from hdmi0 to 1 did the trick (but for me it was too late i have already deleted all the packages i had)
right now I'm reinstalling everything (not sure if it solves the x4 speed or idk rom speed problem)
I'll keep this post updated as far as i go with this issue.
but thanks anyway ( yes it might be it i forgot that it installs an desktop environment) much appreciated!

@BigGold said in RetroPie recommended x86-x64 system? Also, questions about Rpi5 vs 4:

I don't really play anything beyond a PS1, so I was wondering if it would be possible to run it on a core2duo system with integrated graphics or possibly a AMD HD 5000 series card for the ability to use a tv via component. would 2gb suffice or should i be looking at a more powerful setup?

A Core2 Duo system is waay too old to be a recommended system. If you're looking to 'downgrade', then a Pi4 would be perfectly fine.

Let me also ask this question: If I wire the coin button switches to the usb encoder, and hit the start button to bring up the Main Menu in Retropie and Configure Input...is it going to recognize the Gamepad I am currently using? Like, if I use Player 1 (Gamepad 1) is it going to let me re-map that specific Gamepad?

Hi

I sucessfully to created a service for activate the Reset Button with this documentation : https://wiki.52pi.com/index.php?title=C-0063#How_to_Program_the_Reset_Button_on_Retro_Flag_Dream_Case

I notice some error, because I installed :
sudo apt install python3-rpi-lgpio
And not :
sudo apt-get install python3-rpi.gpio
The script doesn't work.

I replaced sp.getoutput("sudo init 0") with sp.getoutput("sudo reboot") in the reset_button.py file.
And I removed the user / group from the file reset_button.service

Before activate the service I used :
sudo chmod +x /path/to/your/reset_button.py

For finish :
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable reset_button.service
sudo systemctl start reset_button.service
sudo systemctl status reset_button.service

And the reset button will work !

@soilwizard I have done a bit more digging on the steam support pages.

Xbox one controllers are only supported over a wired connection currently:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6424-467A-31D9-C6CB

If anyone has managed to get either a Bluetooth connection or 2.4 GH with a dongle to steam link on rpi working please let me know otherwise I'll assume it's currently not possible.

@mitu I wasn't able to get the debugging to work, I don't think I know how to do that correctly. Ultimately I installed and configured this and it seems to be working.
https://github.com/eberhab/bluetooth-repair

Quick question I'm hoping someone has an answer to.

After getting this far I'm so close to having this perfect I can taste it.

Below is a photo of my start up that I get, it seems almost random.

One of the guides I read about moving to a drive (the guide was for an SSD whit I am not using) said to add I think it was a wait=10 I'm the cmdline.txt (I'd have to look at my cmdline.txt to tell u exactly what it was).

Is that what is causing this odd boot up I keep getting?
If not what is or how can I fix it?

https://ibb.co/xtN52zF0

Thank you All! I figured out that my problem was with using CLR-MamePro.
Now I have mame2016 roms that work great and only use mame2000 with vector games.