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    Reset ES Theme

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      rasp_renegade
      last edited by rasp_renegade

      Hi, I somehow jacked up my EmulationStation theme running on my Raspberry Pi v3. It offers a funky display, and the UI Settings option is not visible at all.

      From Raspi-config I have updated everything. Some errors were thrown but the installs proceeded. Even tried to install core components. What to try next?

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        mitu Global Moderator
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        Open the es_settings.cfg file (you can find it in \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation) and set the theme to the default one, by changing the ThemeSet option to carbon:

        <string name="ThemeSet" value="carbon" />
        
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          rasp_renegade @mitu
          last edited by rasp_renegade

          @mitu Thank you! That did indeed reset the the theme, but it seems I need to fix the display.

          I have attached two photos.

          1. Is blank. This is what is displayed when first loaded into ES. You can hear that the menus are scrolling to left or right, but see nothing change except for the bottom option bar (not sure what to call that).

          1.jpg

          1. After hitting the fire button a rom will load as normal. Exit back to the menu and most of the theme shows up, but no images or videos. Also, only the console menus will display characters but not the others (ie audio settings, retropie)

          2.jpg

          I do have a backup image, but cannot not roll back to it since it is so old. Are there files that I can copy from that image to fix this?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
            last edited by

            @rasp_renegade Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              rasp_renegade @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu Sorry, yes here you go.

              Pi v3
              Powered by the adapter from the CanaKit
              RetroPie v 4.7.1 built from Noobs
              USB - Logitech game pad and Dell keyboard

              I have no error messages, but are there any configs that would be helpful to share?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                Check how much VRAM you have allocated in EmulationStation and also how much GPU memory you have reserved for the PI3.

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                  rasp_renegade @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu BAH I forgot to reply.
                  You are on to something because the lag is horrible as if resources are thrashed. I cannot seem to find the commands to get the vRAM and GPU. What are they?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
                    last edited by

                    @rasp_renegade said in Reset ES Theme:

                    I cannot seem to find the commands to get the vRAM and GPU. What are they?

                    Allocated VRAM is an EmulationStation option. For the GPU memory allocation, check the /boot/config.txt file (see also the docs on Memory Split).

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                      rasp_renegade
                      last edited by

                      Here is all I see in the /boot/config.txt, but they are remed out.

                      #gpu_mem_256=128
                      #gpu_mem_512=256
                      #gpu_mem_1024=256

                      I can not navigate in the UI to get to the ES options

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                        rasp_renegade @mitu
                        last edited by rasp_renegade

                        @mitu

                        I tried to remove the # from the entries but get access denied over scp. From the console, config.txt is empty using the vi.

                        On another note, I fried one of my Piv3 so got a v4. I read that it handles the gpu differently, but I still have the same exact symptoms with the image running on the new pi.

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                        • DreamcastKidD
                          DreamcastKid Banned @rasp_renegade
                          last edited by mitu

                          @rasp_renegade said in Reset ES Theme:

                          I can not navigate in the UI to get to the ES options

                          Press the Start button you setup previously in ES to open the ES Main Menu

                          Go to "Other Settings" and you will see "VRAM Limit"

                          alt text

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                            rasp_renegade @DreamcastKid
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                            @dreamcastkid

                            No dice. Here is all I get with the start button. No response when trying to just select blindly.

                            20201231_122636.jpg

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
                              last edited by

                              @rasp_renegade You seem to be running a very old RetroPie version (and a very old EmulationStation), which doesn't have the VRAM settings.

                              Any reason you're not using a more recent version of RetroPie ?

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                                rasp_renegade @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                Good question!

                                When running sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh, I get "Raspbian/Debian Jessie and versions of Ubuntu below 10.04 are no longer supported."

                                Does this mean it is too old to upgrade?

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @rasp_renegade said in Reset ES Theme:

                                  Does this mean it is too old to upgrade?

                                  Yes, pretty much.

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                                    rasp_renegade @mitu
                                    last edited by rasp_renegade

                                    @mitu

                                    OK thank you. I will start from a new image.

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