Ir-pcsx-rearmed bios issue

jimmyjudd

Rpi 4 1 gb
running fresh retropie built from source
stock power supply.
updated setup script, ran updates for all packages.
installed Ir-pcsx-rearmed and updated from source.
I have bios SCPH1001.BIN installed in bios folder. However, every time i launch a psx game, i get an error code "no playstation bios found, add for better compatability"
well i've double checked the MD5 and it's matching whats on the retropie docs page. I've tried every bios i could find on the docs website, and no matter whats added i still get the same issue.
My psx games have graphical errors (black screen but still sounds) and some wont launch at all but cause the rpi to crash.
So i'm at a loss what to do here. On an old pi build my roms function fine. SO i know the roms are good. any ideas would be appreciated.

mitu

@jimmyjudd Post a verbose Runcommand log - my guess is that the RetroArch system folder is not correctly set.

dankcushions

this can happen if you delete your retroarch.cfg (which you’re shouldn’t do)

jimmyjudd

@mitu
this was found in dev/shm/runcommand
" Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-pcsx-rearmed/pcsx_rearmed_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/NFL Blitz.cue" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.4 (Git 9e25601)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/NFL Blitz.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting savestate to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/NFL Blitz.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Feb 28 2020
[INFO] Version: 1.8.4
[INFO] Git: 9e25601
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-pcsx-rearmed/pcsx_rearmed_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides] core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/PCSX-ReARMed.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/psx.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/NFL Blitz.cfg.
[INFO] Config: appending config "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/PCSX-ReARMed.cfg"
selected sound output driver: libretro
ari64_reset
[CDROM] No sg devices found and sg kernel module is not loaded."
so i'm not sure if this sheds any light.

jimmyjudd

@dankcushions well, i dont remember doing that, but any way to re-create said retroarch.cfg?

jimmyjudd

@mitu i know you guys are busy, but any ideas so far?

dankcushions

@jimmyjudd if you update lr-pcsx_rearmed via retropie-setup, it will create a default version in /opt/retropie/configs/psx/ called retroarch.cfg.rp-dist - you can delete the broken retroarch.cfg and rename the rp-dist one to retroarch.cfg to revert to defaults.

also:

[INFO] [Overrides] core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/PCSX-ReARMed.cfg.

this implies you have create a core override for psx. if you don't know why that's there, i would delete it at the stated location.

jimmyjudd

@dankcushions that worked perfectly! thank you for the assistance.