Asus Tinker Board
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Basic tinker board support has been merged in now. I do not have time to write a tutorial on how to use it, but would appreciate any testing from people with Linux knowledge.
It's a manual install on top of the Debian image provided on the Asus website for the Tinker Board. Uses kms/drm backend for retroarch and sdl2. Some modules are excluded.
More work will be done on it when I have more time. Pull Requests welcome.
Since the kms/drm backend seems to work from both console and X, it's possible to get some of the sdl1 modules working (but would only work from X or if setting DISPLAY env and switching to X).
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Which modules are disabled? Does Kodi run on it?
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@phoenixjedi try it. No Kodi from retroPie - but im sure someone has got working kodi for it.
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Looks good so far. I noticed there is audio stuttering on almost all systems.
So far I've tested it with NES, SNES, N64 and PS1
There is a slight delay in the audio coming in as well as soon as you launch emulationstation. I tested with the Rpi3 and it does not have the same delay.Thanks for the hard work so far @BuZz!! I'll do some more testing on it and will report again if I find anything
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I won't have a chance to actually test it until tomorrow (it's compiling now, won't be done before I go to sleep), but there is one odd thing. For some reason, I had to manually install libsdl2-dev before it would work. I noticed an error with libpulse-dev so I installed that, then looking closer it seemed like it was having trouble with libsdl2-dev in general.
So far, so good - after I installed them, I was able to compile Retroarch (which failed the first time). I just went back to do the whole basic install so I'll check out the other modules after it finishes.
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This might not be the correct forum for this, but I am trying to use a generic N64 controller which comes up as a DragonRise usb controller. I need to enable the hid_dr module in the kernel to use it but don't have it available. Is there a way to add it?
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Ok, having an issue compiling retroarch. The key point in the log seems to be:
Error: Cannot find libgbm, libdrm and EGL libraries required for KMS. Compile without --enable-kms.
At which point it fails saying it can't find config.mk.
I'm using the Armbian image instead of the Asus one, because the Asus build was having issues with my HDMI connection.
Here's the full log showing the packages and functions that fail. Everything else that's part of the basic install seemed to compile Ok, but obviously RetroArch is a big one.
[edit] Switched to Asus' 2.0.3 image. Compiles ok, but the sound is super scratchy and seems to be a little delayed in Emulationstation. The desktop flashes up when selecting a ROM or exiting, and picking one of the Retropie setting menus drops to the desktop with an invisible cursor and doesn't bring up the setup script. 2.0.3 seems to be based on Stretch, so I assume that's at least part of the issue.
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Really looking forward to an update on this! I would much prefer the power of the Tinker board over the Pi3.
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@fireslayer26 Fyi tinkerboard already runs retroarch and mupen64plus FZ using the android os build. It's not as nice an interface as retropie, but it plays games perfectly (n64 games have zero lag).
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Just installed Retropie without issue on the 2.0.4 build of TinkerOS. N64 games running great and lag free! Jaguar performance still sucks but I think that's because its still experimental. I need to try out a Game Cube emulator!
I just followed the Debian installation instructions...
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/I'm using the new 8BITDO SN30 Pro controllers too. Working great!
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@anothervictim
How? You didn't have to do anything else?
I tried using a fresh install of TinkerOS 2.0.4 and followed the retropie install instructions you linked to, N64 doesn't work at all.Isn't 2.0.4 Debian Stretch? Which doesnt work?
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ive been trying to get this to work for 3 days. still no luck.
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@hannibal
Are you using TinkerOS 2.0.4?
I'm going to try 1.6, or whatever the most current Jessie version of TinkerOS is. -
@baileus
yes sir i am using 2.0.4. my problem is getting ubuntu on the TB. this is literally the first time i have ever tried using it. -
@hannibal
Why not just install it on TinkerOS? -
@baileus
unless i am mistaken (which is probable) in that guide anothervictim posted it was for ubuntu. i do not know how to install emulation station directly to tinkerOS -
@hannibal
"A guide to build the RetroPie setup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x86 and Debian based distros."
Tinker OS is Debian based, so you would just follow the guide exactly the same way -
@baileus
man if your right im gonna be so mad.... ive been messing with ubuntu for 3 days. -
It says Ubuntu x86, so I'm pretty sure I'm right haha... Sucks you've spent so much time on it.
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@baileus
you are 100% correct. Thanks brother i appreciate your help.
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