Boots past retropie splash screen

jay

I installed retro pie and it seemed to go OK. When I boot I see the retro pie splash screen for a second but that's all. It then finished the normal boot and goes to the basic raspain screen. What did I do wrong??
#retropie #raspain

Thorr69

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

jay

Sorry, I'm kind of new to this. I thought I read that page, not sure what I missed??

Krakatoa

at command prompt, type sudo raspi-config
select option 3 in menu (Boot Options)
select option B1 (Desktopp/CLI)
select option B2 (Console Autologin)

BuZz

@jay you didn't provide any details of your set up - see the list of information to provide when asking for support.

jay

Sorry, my bad. My system information is:

Pi4 2GB
My power supply came with the Pi4
retropi 4.6
Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website (retropie-buster-4.6-rpi4.img.gz)
SNES USB controller

I thought that after installation it would boot to retropie, but after the retropie splash screen it goes to the normal pi screen. I tried the suggestion to change the boot option but now it just boot to the command line. Am I misunderstanding how it should start?

mitu

@jay The RetroPie image boots to EmulationStation by default - did you modify other configurations (besides the boot options mentioned above) on your system - like the config.txt file ?

jay

I did not think I edited any files, surely nor config.txt. It currently looks like...

For more options and information see

http://rpf.io/configtxt

Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode

#hdmi_safe=1

uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible

and your display can output without overscan

#disable_overscan=1

uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console

goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border

#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus

overscan.

#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output

#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)

#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in

DMT (computer monitor) modes

#hdmi_drive=2

uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or

no display

#config_hdmi_boost=4

uncomment for composite PAL

#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces

#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

Uncomment this to enable infrared communication.

#dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17
#dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18

Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)

dtparam=audio=on

[pi4]

Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack

dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

Thaks for any help.

mitu

You can re-configure the autostart options from the RetroPie-Setup - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-boot-to-the-desktop-or-kodi.