@cs00110
Here is the documentation for the retroarch.cfg files:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#hardcoded-configurations

@DX
It sounds like to me that EmulationStation is trying to display in a resolution that your livingroom TV doesn't support. Most of the emulators use lower resolutions so that's probably why they display okay.

Have a look at this document:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Video-Issues#cant-change-resolution

@backstander
Interestingly enough, it seems retroarch.cfg does not exist in my system and that may be what's causing the issue 0_o

I'm gonna try resetting to defaults and see what happens! Thanks!

@messo you would need a savegame from residualvm not from the PC version of Grim Fandango.

@rbaker
This is great advice in general. But as Xyb0t said, he should not have ended up with a .7z file. It seems he just used 7zip to further compress his image instead of extracting it. Still, following the guide closely and carefully should set that straight.

@ltpaulieb you will only have a es_systems.cfg in /opt/retropie/emulationstation/configurations/all/ if you have copied it there yourself. It overrides the RetroPie managed one. If you want RetroPie to manage the systems, you should remove it (or manually keep it up to date).

@rbaker I'm starting to wonder if brain slugs are guarding the entrance to the site for new visitors. 0_1487248547871_Brainslug.jpg

Any solution to this?

Games looks good, but Emulation menu is not optimal.

@hardmanm Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

A build log is also required to advise.

@kn1ghtone I am a little confused by your post.

I just removed power and Rasbian always boots.

You mean you just pull the cord? Not recommended.

Then you say

retropie will not start after i do a shutdown from the menu. I can reboot it just fine. I can copy files to it. I can run games from it. As soon as I shut it down, it will not turn back on.

What do you mean by this? "Will not start?" followed by "I can boot just fine?" - What are you trying to do? Describe exactly. Once you shut down from the menu correctly, you have to disconnect the power. I use a switch for this purpose. Then, when you reconnect the power, it will boot. I am confused by your "I can boot just fine" comment.

I only had time to run two tests on the 4.1.14 setups, and one on the 4.1.5. I hit F4 to exit out of Emulationstation (thought that would be best for the test).

So first things first, the Linux version:

uname -a on the 4.1.14 system says:

Linux retropie 4.4.26+ #915 Thu Oct 20 17:02:14 BST 2016 armv6l GNU/Linux

uname -a on the 4.1.5 system says:

Linux retropie 4.4.34+ #930 Wed Nov 23 15:12:30 GMT 2016 armv6l GNU/Linux

(which doesn't make sense to me because if I'm reading it right the 4.1.14 is dated about a month BEFORE the earlier 4.1.5? - yes I double checked it)

And the AikonCWD benchmark tests:

4.1.14 Pi Zero #1:

Raspberry Pi Benchmark Test Author: AikonCWD Version: 3.0 temp=43.3'C arm_freq=1000 core_freq=500 sdram_freq=500 gpu_freq=500 sd_clock=50.000 MHz Running InternetSpeed test... Ping: 41.189 ms Download: 55.11 Mbits/s Upload: 11.64 Mbits/s Running CPU test... total time: 140.9210s min: 18.51ms avg: 56.36ms max: 167.58ms temp=48.2'C Running THREADS test... total time: 187.7533s min: 55.33ms avg: 75.09ms max: 175.15ms temp=47.6'C Running MEMORY test... Operations performed: 3145728 (123569.78 ops/sec) 3072.00 MB transferred (120.67 MB/sec) total time: 25.4571s min: 0.00ms avg: 0.03ms max: 79.21ms temp=47.6'C Running HDPARM test... Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.00 seconds = 19.97 MB/sec temp=46.0'C Running DD WRITE test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 68.1628 s, 7.9 MB/s temp=44.4'C Running DD READ test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 24.8409 s, 21.6 MB/s temp=43.3'C AikonCWD's rpi-benchmark completed!

4.1.14, Pi Zero #2

Raspberry Pi Benchmark Test Author: AikonCWD Version: 3.0 temp=44.4'C arm_freq=1000 core_freq=500 sdram_freq=500 gpu_freq=500 sd_clock=50.000 MHz Running InternetSpeed test... Ping: 39.223 ms Download: 52.72 Mbits/s Upload: 11.70 Mbits/s Running CPU test... total time: 141.0996s min: 23.53ms avg: 56.41ms max: 175.19ms temp=49.8'C Running THREADS test... total time: 179.6370s min: 49.04ms avg: 71.85ms max: 158.69ms temp=50.3'C Running MEMORY test... Operations performed: 3145728 (124335.28 ops/sec) 3072.00 MB transferred (121.42 MB/sec) total time: 25.3004s min: 0.00ms avg: 0.03ms max: 99.41ms temp=51.4'C Running HDPARM test... Timing buffered disk reads: 62 MB in 3.02 seconds = 20.56 MB/sec temp=50.3'C Running DD WRITE test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 61.7905 s, 8.7 MB/s temp=48.7'C Running DD READ test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 24.8082 s, 21.6 MB/s temp=48.7'C AikonCWD's rpi-benchmark completed!

4.1.5, Pi Zero #2 again (#3 is scraping ROM's right now ;)

And FML.....are the repositories down???? I've tried this like 5 times now... pi@retropie:~ $ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aikoncwd/rpi-benchmark/master/rpi-benchmark.sh | sudo bash % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 2172 100 2172 0 0 7028 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 7144 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libmysqlclient18 mysql-common The following NEW packages will be installed: libmysqlclient18 mysql-common sysbench 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 702 kB/758 kB of archives. After this operation, 3,475 kB of additional disk space will be used. Err http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main mysql-common all 5.5.52-0+deb8u1 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:41c9:1:3ce::11 80] Err http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main libmysqlclient18 armhf 5.5.52-0+deb8u1 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:41c9:1:3ce::11 80] E: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.52-0+deb8u1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:41c9:1:3ce::11 80] E: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.52-0+deb8u1_armhf.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:41c9:1:3ce::11 80] E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? Raspberry Pi Benchmark Test Author: AikonCWD Version: 3.0 temp=51.4'C arm_freq=1000 core_freq=400 sdram_freq=450 gpu_freq=300 sd_clock=50.000 MHz Running InternetSpeed test... Ping: 47.37 ms Download: 31.19 Mbits/s Upload: 11.36 Mbits/s Running CPU test... bash: line 38: sysbench: command not found temp=51.4'C Running THREADS test... bash: line 43: sysbench: command not found temp=50.8'C Running MEMORY test... bash: line 48: sysbench: command not found temp=51.4'C Running HDPARM test... Timing buffered disk reads: 56 MB in 3.10 seconds = 18.04 MB/sec temp=51.9'C Running DD WRITE test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 73.4755 s, 7.3 MB/s temp=55.1'C Running DD READ test... 536870912 bytes (537 MB) copied, 27.6583 s, 19.4 MB/s temp=55.1'C AikonCWD's rpi-benchmark completed!

No problem dude, glad to help.

@charlied43 Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first (as agreed when registering)

@TheKrakenWakes Nope. Tended to use cabled LAN for the Pi2 and Pi3 I setup, but set up a zero over WiFi no problem.

@batesman said in need help with retroarch:

I tried putting this into Google translate but it was unable to make anything intelligible out of these...Sentences?

It's enough to just point users politely to the read me first please.

Nice that you solved it. Next time, check this first:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@nestorian You hadn't installed runcommand ? Did you not do a "Basic Install" then? Note the log I was after was the runcommand log not the install log.

I can't advise on the PSP issue without more information. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first (eg rom name, which emulator, runcommand log)

PS. You can't embed pastebin - you can just include the url to the pastebin post.

@BuZz OMG. Thanks, BuZz. It worked.. I guess this was some information that I either overlooked or just didn't come across. You just saved me from a great deal of stress.

Thank you so much, BuZz... You are awesome. :)