@Aroenai said in Fresh RetroPie install on Debian 12 x86_64, keyboards not recognized in emulationstation:

Built From: Debian 12 net install (no GUI, installed to external USB 3.1 flashdrive) installation script from https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup

Actually now I noticed this - we don't support nor test running from the CLI on a PC, a desktop environment (X11/Wayland) is required on that platform.

If you still want to run it via KMS/DRM, check if your user is part of the input/video/render groups.

@mrmadcatz

UPDATE: I was able to fix the issue by going to RetroPie Setup > Core Packages and returning both the Retroarch hot keys and EmulationStation controls back to their defaults. Once I remapped the controllers again in ES, they carried over to RA.

@mitu I wrote it on Debian 12 with gnome fallback mode (x11)

Edit: I have now tested on Debian with wayland and it seems to work the same. The window refocus if I Alt-Tab. Although it seems that the standard emulationstation executable does not minimize on wayland for me for some reason.

I made a separate script that skips if wayland is in use as I have no issues with it and the first script introduced some weird behaviour..

I hade some trouble with this as well so I created a script that keeps the window active and maximized.
Hope it can help others :)
https://github.com/william-andersson/rpie_run

@d1rk said in Install old Vice versions:

So, my question now Is how can I run the latest retroPie and install Vice 2.4?

Though not really support, you can try to save the emulator from that old version (the entire folder /opt/retropie/emulators/vice) and copy it to the latest version.

@mitu Thanks, I'll try that!

omxplayer worked with the video! Thank you. I tried uninstalling VLC and installing again, same result. Thanks for the help!

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#1-the-scripts-directory

@AwesomeKingClem I am just now finally getting to it. Sorry about that!

I have few days that i am modifying the script to enable Mk2 plugin but without luck so far.
I like to ask, plugin is disable due to limitation of Pi OS Buster ? Thanks.

Please add some info about your setup, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

When you say 'freeze', does this mean that even if you plug in a keboard and press F4 (to exit EmulationStation) nothing happens ?

Please add some info about your setup, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Mapping are usually created based on the controller/gamepad name, so even if the gamepad disconnects and then re-connects the configuration would still work. I'm not familiar with Arcade1Up inputs - are they using an USB encoder for both players or each player is a separate controller ?

@Daistaar Not really. My inspiration is the Small Mac Project. I want to be able to output video throught a small 3d printed version of a Mac Classic and output at the same time on my TV.
https://www.instructables.com/Making-a-Small-Mac-From-a-Raspberry-3/

Did you ever get this issue fixed? I am having literally the SAME EXACT issue. Retro Pie on a Pi3b+.

@Ashpool said in What gaming OS to install on PI 5?:

any specific reason to use the 64 bit instead of the 32 bit one?

With the new RaspiOS, the 64bit variant is recommended by the RPI folks for both Pi4 and Pi5. Furthermore, Pi5 cannot run a 32bit kernel so you'd end up with a 64bit kernel and 32bit OS/userland, which will

cause confusion for source installation, since most emulators/ports assume that if the kernel is 64bit, the OS is also. As a consequence, some source installations will outright fail since they compile for aarch64 (64bit ARM), but that won't work since 64bit dependencies are not installed.

break the installation of kernel modules, because dkms doesn't know how to handle 64bit kernel modules on a 32bit OS.

TL;DR - if you have a Pi5, 64 bit is the recommended OS.

There I copied the file from my computer onto my RetroPie by drag and drop it in the Ports folder.

Then try:

python3 ~/RetroPie/roms/ports/main.py

Or if you've put it in a subfolder,

python3 ~/RetroPie/roms/ports/subfolder/main.py

The archive site doesn't automatically archives everything, though undoubtedly somewhere there's a backup of the Citra source code and probably also of their dependencies.