Boot Screen Normal?

clemsonteg

Hi everyone! I’ve been working on a RetroPie box for my boys to play some of the games I loved as a kid. So far it’s been really great and I’ve learned a ton from this forum and videos online.

I’m still making my way through many of the screens and I noticed a boot screen that I didn’t find any info on in the Docs. I found some info on other forums indicating that it’s a diagnostics page. Is it normal for it to appear on each boot, or does it indicate there may be a problem?

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 4 - 4gb
Power Supply used: Labists 3A
RetroPie Version Used: 4.6
Built From: Image from ReteoPie website
USB Devices connected: Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse
Controller used: 8bitdo SN30 Pro

zerojay

This is the output from the bootloader. It is normal to see it on booting up. It can also output information to tell you why your Pi isn't booting if something goes wrong. There is a way to hide it too, however.

clemsonteg

@zerojay said in Boot Screen Normal?:

This is the output from the bootloader. It is normal to see it on booting up. It can also output information to tell you why your Pi isn't booting if something goes wrong. There is a way to hide it too, however.

Thanks! I followed the instructions from the docs to hide the boot text (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text) and I get the screen in the images, then a black screen, and then my splash screen image. Is hiding the output from the bootloader done in a similar manner? It doesn't really bother me, but it would be nice if the first thing someone sees is the splashscreen.

mitu

@clemsonteg said in Boot Screen Normal?:

Is hiding the output from the bootloader done in a similar manner?

No, it's a bit more complicated since it involves re-writing the bootloader configuration, stored on an EEPROM. Do you have an USB drive/stick connected to your Pi ?

clemsonteg

@mitu said in Boot Screen Normal?:

@clemsonteg said in Boot Screen Normal?:

Is hiding the output from the bootloader done in a similar manner?

No, it's a bit more complicated since it involves re-writing the bootloader configuration, stored on an EEPROM. Do you have an USB drive/stick connected to your Pi ?

No usb drive or stick connected. The only port with something in it is a USB dongle for the keyboard/mouse. My two controllers are Bluetooth.

andrew632

@clemsonteg It's been some time, but I found this post while trying to figure out how to hide the bootloader myself. For reference, I found the answer at RaspberryPi.org and set my DISABLE_HDMI=1 in order to prevent the display.

Noted in the URL above, this has only been an issue since the 2020-09-03 release of RPi OS as the behavior was changed to disregard the disable_splash flag. Hopefully this helps you out!