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    runcommand dialog before game sometimes disappears

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      ufa @edmaul69
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      @edmaul69 Yes I do.

      Just to be clear, runcommand and dialog work ok, but after some playing time and game switching, they disappear.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by BuZz

        you have use_art enabled - so the runcommand dialog won't show unless the game lacks scraped artwork.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          ufa @BuZz
          last edited by

          @BuZz

          Thank you. I will disable it and see how it goes.

          But this does not explain the missing dialog boxes for retropie configuration.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by BuZz

            Aaah - you did a manual install on an existing Jessie ?

            The screenblanker is probably kicking in.

            add consoleblank=0 to the existing line in /boot/cmdline.txt (with a space before it of course so it's an additional parameter)

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              ufa @BuZz
              last edited by

              @BuZz said in runcommand dialog before game sometimes disappears:

              consoleblank=0

              Hi BuZz,
              I will do that, thank you.
              Will try and post results asap

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                ufa @BuZz
                last edited by

                @BuZz
                No more issues. Thank you BuZz. This was bugging me for months.

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                  Sevik
                  last edited by Sevik

                  Thank you. I had the same issue. Installed RetroPie on Raspian (lite).

                  Are there other "tweaks" for manual installations such us this one?

                  Edit: I added this to the "manual installation" in the wiki:
                  https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Manual-Installation

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators @Sevik
                    last edited by

                    @Sevik In the premade image? Just stuff available from the retropie-setup gui like splashscreen etc.

                    There is actually a gui config option in RetroPie-Setup -> Configuration / Tools -> Raspbian Tools to disable the blanker, but it doesn't work in Jessie due to a Debian bug.

                    https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=122112

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      Sevik
                      last edited by Sevik

                      I used the "Minimal image based on Debian Jessie" from the official homepage . And then followed the instrauction for manual installation.

                      I missed the gui option or rather I did not understood what it does, so I left it. However, I used the "enable needed kernel modules".

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators
                        last edited by

                        The premade RetroPie image is just the Raspbian Lite image with RetroPie installed on top. The only tweaks outside of the RetroPie-Setup gui, are the consoleblank and an additional cmdline.txt change to make the boot a bit quieter.

                        see https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/admin/image.sh#L70-L112

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          Sevik
                          last edited by

                          Thank you very much. The RetroPie-Setup gui is fantastic.

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                          • RedBatmanR
                            RedBatman
                            last edited by

                            This has been happening to me as well. Will this fix still work?

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                            • AlexMurphyA
                              AlexMurphy Banned @RedBatman
                              last edited by

                              @RedBatman Why are you resurrecting this old thread when you have a current one? Why don't you try the fix and see for yourself?

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