You can use jstest /dev/input/js0 or js1, js2 etc... to determine the value of the middle button. Then you can type it into your retroarch-joypads config file.

@mauruco said in pi3-disable-bt apparently not disabling onboard BT?:

I tested all this: http://linuxg.net/how-to-disable-bluetooth-at-startup-5-practical-methods/

Only "dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt" has worked.

I do not know how to help you. Maybe reinstall retropie be your best option.

It is really strange! You can test some overclocked setings and to check if it works with:

sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq

So at least you know if the config.txt is working.

Yea, thats my next step actually. I need to confirm that the config.txt is being used.

I'll change some of the OC settings, verify function, prob will just end up reinstalling

@wetriner Thank you sir, I will give this a try when I get home this evening.

Thanks to everyone for the help! I replaced the hdd with a new WD ultra and it works fine! now i can finally move on to the next step.

Great, thanks!

No links or adverts on my blog site, it's completely clean. Project should be complete next week, I shall reveal all :D

Never mind, I got it hooked up correctly, and now it outputs the proper 5v, so all is well!

I'm not sure which country you're in, but could this issue be due to running US roms (which run at 60hz) when you're used to using a 50hz UK system?

For detailed instructions on setting the Boot Options to boot to the console rather than the desktop, please see:

https://retroresolution.com/2016/03/31/multipurpose-raspberry-pi-installing-a-media-gaming-pc-replacement/#li_set_boot_options

@GrethTom Ok, works! I didn't tried to swap joysticks ports, thank you

Hi, thanks for reply.

Yes i did a mistake an bought wrong screen, i dont know what happen, usually im checking out very carefully before ordering, but this time i screwed it up.
But i hoped there would be a possibility to connect this to a Pi.
But i can see now that it can be difficult to find out the correct wiring.

Guess i have to buy another one for my Gameboy pocket retropie project.

The question is, are there anyone who have any good exprience with a 2.4 - 2.8 gpio tft screen for gaming with retropie?

@brenthunter2005 you can pipe output to another console. but i find it better to output to a logfile to review at leisure anyway as sometimes stdout/stderr is not updated and then when the process is killed all the remaining data is only then written. or maybe it's because I am viewing and logging, then again I am a newbietoallthislinuxiethings.

@senkun said in Needing Expert Advice:

The QuadStick has a joystick, four sip & puff sensors and a lip position sensor, connected to a 32-bit ARM processor that converts the sensor inputs into USB and Bluetooth signals for PC's & Game consoles.

as long as the onboard controller outputs to usb, i would say it should work with retropie. but yeah, you'd rest easier getting an affirmative direct from QuadStick.

@j3g g'luck and game on!

I'll pose this question to the user group as well to see what is said, but like you said it should work and I would feel much better about it with a more certain answer. Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it.

@herb_fargus hmm .. I found those threads, too .. but I actually understood that frotz does indeed support graphics (at least in the windows version). The first one talks about the fact that frotz ignores the resolution from the settings and just displays the graphics unscaled.
"Peering into the source code a bit, it seems that it does some scaling for Infocom's z6 games, but otherwise just displays all pictures at a 1:1 scale".

But if you both agree that the Retropie Frotz works only on the terminal I will accept that (which kind of makes sense for an IF interpreter) :)
Thanks a lot for your help and keep up the great work

@rkrick99 said in HDMI question:

I have a pi2. It will not display on one tv in the house but works on others. The one it will not display on is a Samsung model # 32C4000. Does anyone know why it will not display on this tv but works on any other i have tried?

well, seems your samsung does support hdmi@ 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p according to the specs. Maybe but should not be inaccurate EDID so no idea why it's not working for you. I assume all your other displays are hdmi.

for starters you could try forcing hdmi and then tweak from there.

go to command line on your pi2 and type;

sudo nano /boot/config.txt
then right at the bottom enter
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
then ctrl+x then y then enter to save.

test on your display and see if that works first.

if not try "safe mode" to try to boot with maximum compatibility this time by entering;
hdmi_safe=1

@mrbwa1 Hi, Thank you for your support. No, neither FTP or SSH is working. Strangely it works when accessing my NAS, so there's no firewall rules that could stop (I'm accessing from my WLAN to my LAN)

ahh, finally a compatibility sheet that has Glover on it! Wonder why it is so unstable.... Thanks :)

@JosepZ read the documentation: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Virtual-Gamepad

It's a novelty though - there are plenty of cheap snes USB controllers online. I highly recommend having at least one physical controller