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    Low resolution/no options in Ubuntu

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Shadycommaslim
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      Then EmulationStation must be running at 1920x1080 - isn't that ok ? Do you think it runs in another resolution ?

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        Shadycommaslim @mitu
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        @mitu ah yes sorry perhaps I see how I was unclear in my problem description. EmulationStation is in 1080 but I guess retroarch is stuck super low. When you load any game you press a button to change which emulator/settings and when you try and change resolution here it reloads the current screen instead of going to the next one where I used to be able to change resolution

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
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          I see, so the listing of available video modes in the Runcommand launch menu doesn't work. This is something that's been recently added, so it didn't get a lot of usage.
          Can you run the following command and then post the output on pastebin.com ?

          xrandr --verbose
          
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            Shadycommaslim @mitu
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            @mitu no problem!

            https://pastebin.com/Aek2RHBM

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              Shadycommaslim @mitu
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              @mitu worth noting it worked fine before installing video card... now if I ever end up in the login screen it still cause Ubuntu to freeze or get stuck in a loop. I removed “splash” from the grub to fix this problem initially. When I’m at the screen we’re talking about it’s a purple background instead of my desktop background which seems weird.

              Also... just noticed when the runcommand screen reloads it says this in the corner:

              sed: -e Expression #1, char 51: unterminated ‘s’ command

              (That’s for the +rom version. For default video mode it’s the same except char 29)

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                mitu Global Moderator @Shadycommaslim
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                @Shadycommaslim said in Low resolution/no options in Ubuntu:

                When I’m at the screen we’re talking about it’s a purple background instead of my desktop background which seems weird.

                It's not weird, it's the default gnome-terminal background in Ubuntu. Since runcommand runs in the terminal, you see this probably for the error in runcommand.

                Also... just noticed when the runcommand screen reloads it says this in the corner:
                sed: -e Expression #1, char 51: unterminated ‘s’ command

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                  Shadycommaslim @mitu
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                  @mitu gotcha. Thanks for your help and patience. Rasp pi and this are my only Linux experiences so far!

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                    mitu Global Moderator
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                    Which Ubuntu version are you using ?

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                      Shadycommaslim @mitu
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                      @mitu 20.04 lts

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
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                        I think I may have found the culprit, but I'll tag @psyke83 since the new X11 runcommand video mode selection is his expertise.
                        I think the matching for the xrandr XID mode is not taking into account it's a hexcode, for the xrandr output in this topic, no video mode is detected. Seems to work with this change.

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                          Shadycommaslim
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                          Hmm I made those changes and still getting the same problem, unfortunately.

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                            mitu Global Moderator @Shadycommaslim
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                            @Shadycommaslim said in Low resolution/no options in Ubuntu:

                            Hmm I made those changes and still getting the same problem, unfortunately.

                            Where exactly did you add the changes ?

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                              Shadycommaslim @mitu
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                              @mitu haha yeah it’s possible I did it incorrectly. Found the runcommand.sh file in RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/runcommand

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                                mitu Global Moderator
                                last edited by mitu

                                The runcommand package needs to be re-installed after you add those modifications, since the file you modified is the repository version, not the one used to launch games.
                                The diff was mostly as a reference for @psyke83, but if you want to try them out, you should reinstall the runcommand package from the RetroPie-Setup script (without updating) and see if it fixes the issue with runcommand. After that you should revert the changes you've done, otherwise you'll not be able to update because of the local modifications you made to the repository.

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                                  Shadycommaslim
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                                  That did it! Options restored and working! Thanks again for your expertise and patience. So I need to revert my changes and reinstall before the next update?

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @Shadycommaslim
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                                    @Shadycommaslim said in Low resolution/no options in Ubuntu:

                                    So I need to revert my changes and reinstall before the next update?

                                    You need to revert the changes, but not reinstall, since this would get you the runcommand version that has the issue you reported. The same would happen if you're doing an update. At some point we'll add a fix for this issue, so you'll be able to update normally.

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                                      Shadycommaslim @mitu
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                                      @mitu perfect. Keep being awesome

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