Retropie on Raspbian Buster
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@mitu the fix [1] to build mupen64plus-video-gles2n64 has just been merged and the referenced issue [2] is resolved. So the basic installation should work now.
[1] https://github.com/ricrpi/mupen64plus-video-gles2n64/pull/26
[2] https://github.com/ricrpi/mupen64plus-video-gles2n64/issues/25 -
I'm unable to start emulationstation on buster:
Linux retropie 4.19.57-v7+ #1244 SMP Thu Jul 4 18:45:25 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
log:
lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.8.4rp, built Jul 14 2019 - 23:22:03 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"... lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"... lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"... lvl2: Creating surface... lvl0: Error initializing SDL! lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize! lvl0: Window failed to initialize!
Tried rebuilding emulationstation.
I even tried sdl2 from this PR: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2770ii libsdl2-2.0-0:armhf 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+rpt1+videocorerpi1 armhf Simple DirectMedia Layer hi libsdl2-dev 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+rpt1+videocorerpi1 armhf Simple DirectMedia Layer development files
Still doesn't work. What can it be? What can I check?
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Nope. RPI 3B+
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@romanbsd What variant of Raspbian are you using ? The full (desktop) or the lite version ? Are you starting Emulationstation from the console or from the desktop environment ?
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I upgraded the retropie's raspbian to buster by changing /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
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@romanbsd Buster is not supported at the moment - as it's stated through this topic. If you'd like to test RetroPie on Buster, then you should start from scratch and perform a Manual Installation.
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I understand that. Unfortunately I learned that after the upgrade. Having said that, I'm willing to do some debugging before I reformat and reinstall :)
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@romanbsd Did you re-install from source all the RetroPie's packages ?
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@mitu I did. Did the complete update from the RetroPie-Setup
Since then I recompiled emulationstation with:- retropie's sdl2 (installed by RetroPie-Setup)
- buster's sdl2 (modified sdl2.sh to return version as "2.0.9+dfsg1-1+rpt1" for that)
- sdl2 from this PR: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2770
All behave the same.
It's interesting that the reason for error is blank.
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I forgot about the version bump - but I think it should work with variant 1. I don't have a buster install at the moment on the RP3, so I can't confirm.
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I haven't been focusing my attention on testing the legacy driver on RPI3 + buster yet, but I did verify that my SDL2 PR branch works correctly at least with emulationstation (when re-compiled after the
videocore
version of the SDL packages are installed). I re-checked again, and it's still working fine.I'm testing from a buster desktop image; perhaps the dist-upgrade from stretch has caused compatibility issues. A full log of the SDL2 build might be helpful in diagnosing the issue.
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Silly me. The HDMI cable was disconnected.
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I connect Pi over Composite, and I have problem with overscan. If I don't use overscan_scale, then screen size is fine in Console and Desktop, but it doesn't fit screen in EmulationStation and RetroArch. If I use overscan_scale, then screen size is fine in EmulationStation and RetroArch, but there is black frame around the screen in Console and Desktop. In RetroPie 4.3 (Raspbian Jessie) I only configured overscan in config.txt and everything is fine everywhere.
I installed all optional packages, but three of them refused to install: snes9x (snes9x-RPI), love-0.10.2, uqm (it seems, it installed packages from Source, even though, I selected to install from Binary; may be it is normalfor this kind of installation).
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Forgot to say: it is Pi 3 B+ and RetroPie 4.5.3 (according to RetroPie Setup Script).
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Buster isn't officially supported yet by RetroPie so not all packages will work. There are firmware issues related to composite out that may be related - eg https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1285 and https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1201
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I connected composite audio and I have wheezing and, like, slow sound in RetroArch. I have changed audio settings in raspi-config and in RetroPie options. In VLC and Kodi sound seems to be normal.
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It is not only sound slow, the whole emulation in RetriArch is slow (around 30 fps).
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Hello guys!
Is it now fine to (manually) install retropie on Buster, on a pi3 b+? -
Yes, but you can also install the 4.6 release image, it's based on Raspbian Buster Lite.
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