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    Raspbian on HDMI and Retropie on CRT

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      polish.potato
      last edited by

      Is there anyway to get this to boot when I plug it into a CRTo boot directly to Retopie and when in HDMI to boot directly to Raspbian? I currently have a retropie and I installed pixel. Is there anyway to do this let me know.

      Thanks.

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        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Yes, it might be possible. You'll need to modify the autostart script in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and start either Emulationstation or the desktop - depending on your current TV connection.
        There's a way to detect which output is connected (see this topic), so you can use something like this:

        if (/usr/bin/tvservice -s | /bin/egrep 'HDMI|DVI') ; then
        # Start the desktop
        xinit
        else
        # Start Emulationstation 
        emulationstation
        fi
        
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