@sleve_mcdichael
Thanks! I copied the RetroPie/retropiemenu into the HD at retropie-mount. now it works!

@mitu tried changing out the wires and that didn't work, so I guess I'll have to get a replacment button

RetroPie doesn't use the desktop env (which I think you'd need for VNC) and it doesn't have it installed by default if you use the provided image. While some Pi4 users run EmulationStation from the desktop, it's not a supported or tested configuration and you may bump into problems at some point.

@weirdh I already put console=tty3 some days ago, but it doesn't really hide the console, it just leaves a black screen instead of text.
Actually, I don't really see the console when I run my scripts, I see a black screen. But since, I had console=tty3 I deduced that there would normally be console text instead of a black screen.
It will be difficult to completely hide that console/black screen, maybe it's not even possible.
Anyway, with the icons and detailed names in my scripts, it looks a lot better and 2 or 3 seconds of black screen isn't that bad I guess xD
Thanks!

@dankcushions

Thank you very kindly on the response to this. :)

@good_punk Not sure what tweaks Dosbian added to their Dosbox versions, one thing I see is that they've disabled the KMS GPU driver in their config

[pi4] # Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d max_framebuffers=2

Either Dosbox or Dosbox-Staging should be ok, start with the default configuration and try to find a fixed cycles value that's suitable for each game (on ARM, cycles = auto doesn't work so well). You can ask in the Dosbox-Staging topic or look in the Dosbox Staging wiki for pointers.

@mitu
Hi I will ask in the Raspberry Pi Forums.

I did try MBR and GPT and still the same.

It all works, I was just wondering how to remove those messages from the 1tb retropie.

Thanks for getting back to me.

I thought it would be good to share the response I got from Raspberry Pi Forums

Edit the boot config:

sudo -E rpi-eeprom-config --edit

Add this command:

DISABLE_HDMI=1

Save and exit: (ctrl x then y)

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-4-bootloader-configuration

So it must be all fine and by setting above command it does not display the boot message now.
Sim

@muldjord Yeah, I was about to say that I'm now getting some more videos that do start before fully downloaded in the web interface, but are still timing out on Skyscraper so I guess it's not that.

Most of the time it says no, but once in a while it will say Video: YES (screenscraper) after timing out four times but then still not have downloaded it. All the other medias are still downloaded.

Also I did see a message on the webpage (briefly, it's gone now) about high server activity so maybe that's all this is, but it seems weird (to me, who doesn't know how any of this works) that it just starts right up (downloading at least, if not playing immediately) on my phone but then fails over and over again with the API.

Also, my ctrl-c trick worked one more time, but I haven't been able to replicate it since.

I would like to look more into it, but I'm not focused on Skyscraper at the moment. So I'm just laying down my thoughts on the matter.

Understood, I appreciate even that much.

@rmbell34 I also use the 8BitDo SN30 Pro+. The problem with the Switch mode is, rumble/vibration/haptic feedback doesn’t work (for games that support this feature). This only works in Windows (X-Input) mode. For this mode to function properly, you need to install/update the xpadneo driver. This should fix the long loading times and can be done through the RetroPie-Setup script. However, in Windows mode the star and home buttons are not supported.

@velteyn said in Emulation station erases the second joystick settings with xin-mo.com Xinmotek Controller:

The buttons are NOT the same and are a little messed up between the two joys but I think that this is not a big problem.

This is actually the problem - if they're wired differently, then they'll produce different configurations. EmulationStation, just like the majority of emulators, use the name reported by the joypad to identify the configuration. If you have 2 gamepads with the same name, but different inputs, they'll not work correctly since they'll not be able to share the same configuration.

@myceliom please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@liquidhamilton
I like the idea. I've used images at the launch dialog screen, but your idea is sweet!

@mocoloco lr-pcsx-rearmed is the Libretro (RetroArch) version of pcsx-rearmed. If renaming the card file doesn't work, you can try the lr-duckstation PS1 emulator.

@fretman Folder.jpg

In case anyone else encounters the same issue, here are my config.txt settings:

# For more options and information see # http://rpf.io/configtxt # Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details # uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode #hdmi_safe=1 # uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible # and your display can output without overscan disable_overscan=1 # uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console # goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border #overscan_left=16 #overscan_right=16 #overscan_top=16 #overscan_bottom=16 # uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus # overscan. #framebuffer_width=1280 #framebuffer_height=720 # uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output hdmi_force_hotplug=1 hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080 # uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA) #hdmi_group=2 #hdmi_mode=4 # THE ABOVE ARE WORKING, USE AS FALLBACK hdmi_group=1 hdmi_mode=16 # uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in # DMT (computer monitor) modes #hdmi_drive=2 # uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or # no display #config_hdmi_boost=4 # uncomment for composite PAL #sdtv_mode=2 #uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default. #arm_freq=800 # Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces #dtparam=i2c_arm=on #dtparam=i2s=on #dtparam=spi=on # Uncomment this to enable infrared communication. #dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17 #dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18 # Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README # Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835) dtparam=audio=on [pi4] # Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d max_framebuffers=2 [all] #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d overscan_scale=1 #hdmi_max_pixel_freq:0=200000000 #hdmi_max_pixel_freq:1=200000000

While waiting I installed Recall box to try if it works. It's same there.

However... I found old Saitek Pad (PS2700) and it works like a charm. I decided to try xBox Controller via USB and it works like a charm.

Trying to connect via Bluetooth does not work at all. Will try to ssh and play with BT then, maybe console will tell me something.
Since I can't pair my headphones also, I think it might not be pad problem, but bluetooth.

About SteamController. There is problem with mapping of d-pad. It recognizes only swipe in one or 2 directions. Like Analog Left and Analog Up. So its more like Analogue for emulator than D-Pad.
But I think i can pass on stemController if XBox and Saitek works. I'm a fan of D-Pad. Touchpad as D-Pad is not good on SteamController.

@johnodon PR created: https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/767