@windg
The last time a had retropie 4.8 going on the pi4 it was great. kept having trouble with wireless keyboard, but once that i got it going once, I just reset the controller config, and then i removed the card. but every since, i try reinstalling retropie 4.8 from the image and also tried from the Gz file and still noting, it started to load, but then things go blank. So, i finally but the old version back on and it booted great, just had to update to the latest new version on the Pi4

It's an upstream problem, caused by one its dependencies. Use Skyscraper instead.

@nylinmatt is this for all games or a specific one? One setting comes to mind though. Go into core options->input-> center joystick for digital controls -> disabled.

I added this facility to RetroPie. Users can choose to suppress a few non-essential prompts (update & install prompts, fetched latest script & the notice screen) by setting the IAMSURE environment variable. Other screens, including removal & uninstallation prompts are still presented.

Please merge the PR.

@Retro-Arcade-Fan the visual appereance is fully editable.
RGUI does its job very well without being hungry for resources.

@mitu
thanks a lot for that hint! I've checked the issues, but didn't notice this one.
For anyone interested/impatient, appending the following works for now:

videodriver kmsdrm

to

/opt/retropie/configs/mame/mame.ini

Just remember to remove it when it has been implemented, as mentioned in the pull request above.

@mitu
Ok Thanks. Will have a go.

Many thanks for the help. Now it works again! I actually thought that I only made the setting specifically for the game. Probably not...?

@mitu I tried it a couple of times before finally just giving up; uninstalled Linux and retropie and went with windows running Launchbox which started working immediately. Thanks for trying to help just wasn’t for me I suppose.

@mitu in fact I'm like a child in retropie configuration, I only know how to put roms and other basic configurations. Thanks again.

Are you sure your audio cable is not damaged ? You could check that the Headphone output is not muted - check if there's an 'M' under the volume slider in alsamixer.

@mitu Ah okay, im really sorry I'm so new to this I expected them to be BUTTON,

No worries, you're doing great so far.

@Mrakobijes said in trying to use KMS driver yields no composite video output (Raspberry Pi 4):

dtoverlay-vc4-kms-v3d-pi4,composite=1

This looks like a mis-spelling, it should be just:

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,composite=1

and you should start with stock config.txt, instead of the one you're using, which has too many overclocking options which may conflict.

Note that this configuration is not fully supported by RetroPie yet and for the KMS driver is recommended to use an up-to-date Linux kernel/firmware.

You

@mitu said in [Forum question] It's the forum cookie expires after X days ?:

Yes, your login session will time out after 7 days of inactivity.

Oh ok....... thanks also for moving the thread on corrent path :)

@roslof said in Retroarch not registering MIDI Soundfont Files for DosBox-Pure:

@testudo said in Retroarch not registering MIDI Soundfont Files for DosBox-Pure:

@roslof Thanks for the suggestion. I removed all but one SoundFont file from the <system> folder and also removed the Gravis Ultrasound folder/files from the <rom> folder as an added check. Unfortunately, no change. Retroarch is still not registering the single remaining .sf2 file.

I don't want to steer you wrong, but this still sounds like the same problem I had. It was scanning other folders (not just the pc folder) and finding .sf2 files. One of which was 512MB and its mere existence prevented the pull-down from displaying properly. Are you certain there isn't a lingering .sf2 hanging out in a scummvm folder or something?

@roslof I do have other .sf2 files spread throughout usr/share/sounds/sf2 and scumm/extras folders. I'll give renaming them a go and see if that does the trick.

I have a Rpi4 with Argon Neo metal case (passive cooling) and i never had an overheating so far, even with the most demanding emulator (Yabashansiro). I don't use shaders or overclocking that increase signifally the temperature.
I had and a Pi400, temperatures here are lower with the same conditions.

@10vorne Yes, there is the Mayflash DC to USB Adapter, but it somehow can't map the C and the Z button. This way you only have 4 functional buttons, which might be enough for a lot of games.
Then there is the raphnet adapter (especially the internal one) where you can make a total conversion of the arcade stick. But shipping to Germany is expensive...