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    Emulationstation theme give me gray box's...

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @shavecat
      last edited by

      @shavecat Looks like the theme you're using is too heavy for a Pi - not enough VRAM available. Choose a lighter theme.

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      • shavecatS
        shavecat
        last edited by

        crap :
        if i change the gpu_mem=320 its fixing it...
        not good?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @shavecat
          last edited by

          @shavecat Try it and see if anything else still works - i.e. if your N64 games crash or not.

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          • shavecatS
            shavecat @mitu
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            @mitu
            i will thanks

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            • shavecatS
              shavecat @mitu
              last edited by shavecat

              @mitu
              not getting stuck or N64 games crash also not.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @shavecat
                last edited by

                @shavecat OK, then keep the setting for now and take note if you encounter any issues in the near future, just so you know what modifications you've done and be able to back them out.

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver @shavecat
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                  @shavecat try using the default 256mb for vram. If you restore your config.txt back to stock settings it should be enabled by default. I have never had issues with vram set to 256mb.

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                  • IanDaemonI
                    IanDaemon @quicksilver
                    last edited by

                    @quicksilver said in Emulationstation theme give me gray box's...:

                    @shavecat try using the default 256mb for vram. If you restore your config.txt back to stock settings it should be enabled by default. I have never had issues with vram set to 256mb.

                    Isn't the default VRAM limit 400mb?

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @IanDaemon
                      last edited by

                      @IanDaemon On a stock RetroPie image, the GPU allocated memory is 256Mb.

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                      • quicksilverQ
                        quicksilver @IanDaemon
                        last edited by

                        @IanDaemon default memory split is based on the amount of total ram on a particular model of pi. For Pi's with 1gb of of ram, 256mb is allocated to the GPU by default.

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                        • IanDaemonI
                          IanDaemon @quicksilver
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                          @quicksilver Oh you're talking about the memory split, not the vram limit.

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                          • quicksilverQ
                            quicksilver @IanDaemon
                            last edited by

                            @IanDaemon yes, I was not referring to the vram limit. But on that subject vram limit on a pi with 1gb of ram is 944mb

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                            • IanDaemonI
                              IanDaemon @quicksilver
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                              @quicksilver Do you happen to know how to test for memory on the Pi? I was updating and my house had a power fluctuation. I think something may be corrupted. Things work, just some things are slower.

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                              • quicksilverQ
                                quicksilver @IanDaemon
                                last edited by quicksilver

                                @IanDaemon

                                from terminal run

                                sudo apt-get install memtester
                                sudo memtester 500 10 
                                

                                You can change the "500" value to however much ram you want to test (in megabytes, remember some of your ram is taken up by the gpu). The "10" is the number of test loops.

                                You want all tests to pass (ok)

                                Edit: Now that I am re-reading your question are you asking how to check the sdram or sd card for errors?

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                                • IanDaemonI
                                  IanDaemon @quicksilver
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                                  @quicksilver I was asking for the memory on the pi itself. Your answer was applicable. :)

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