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    PSX rearmed doesn't change settings

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      persita23
      last edited by persita23

      Hello, no matter what I do it doesn't keep the change in settings (resolution).

      Where is the file where these configs are stored? Also, using PSX rearmed as emulator (not the LR version) the pad doesn't work. I have copied a configuration file in the folder as written on the official guide but I don't know if it's the right one

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      I have a raspberry pi zero

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

        The video mode selection configuration is stored in /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg. Check the permissions on the file, this may be the reason the configuration is not saved.

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          persita23
          last edited by persita23

          @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

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

          The video mode selection configuration is stored in /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg. Check the permissions on the file, this may be the reason the configuration is not saved.

          Thanks for the reply. Here there are informations about the system:

          Pi Model: zero
          Power Supply used: 5V-2A
          RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.7.1
          USB Devices connected: WiFi dongle and Bluetooth USB
          Controller used: PS3 Shanwan

          I don’t think it’s a problem of permissions because I do not get any error when I change settings. It’s that it wrote the settings at first but then it did not overwrite it again. BTW I canceled the lines inside the file that now is empty, let’s see.

          Also, since I am using the Psx-Rearmed emulator, I know that I have to put the configuration file in this folder

          /opt/retropie/configs/psx/

          But I do not know which configuration file I have to copy.
          Because this emulator seems to run better on my pi zero compared to the “lr” version but the problem is that I do not get any sound and the pad is not working with it

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            persita23 @persita23
            last edited by persita23

            Little update: thanks to @mitu I solved the problem about the video resolution. There was a line with strange symbols that has been generated in some way, I deleted it and now it works.

            I also made the pad works, I still have to make the analog works.

            The audio is a problem because there is no audio. With the lr-psx-rearmed emulator there is audio, but it's very slow (so the framerate) because it's the pi zero that is not powerful. However, with the "psx-rearmed" there is no audio at all (but the game runs ok).

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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              @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

              The audio is a problem because there is no audio.

              Can you get the log file, right after running the emulator, to see if any errors pop-out ? The file is /dev/shm/runcommand.log.

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                persita23 @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                The audio is a problem because there is no audio.

                Can you get the log file, right after running the emulator, to see if any errors pop-out ? The file is /dev/shm/runcommand.log.

                Here it is:

                Parameters: 
Executing: SDL1_VIDEODRIVER=dispmanx pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed; ./pcsx -cdfile "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue"; popd
/opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed ~
warning: video overlay is not hardware accelerated, not going to use it.
plat_sdl: using 720x576 as fullscreen resolution
plat_sdl: overlay: fmt 59565955, planes: 1, pitch: 1280, hw: 0
input: new device #0 "sdl:keys"
input: new device #1 "sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
input: async-only devices detected..
# drv probed binds name
0   0      y     y sdl:keys
1   0      y     y sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/font.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/selector.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /home/pi/.picodrive/skin/background.png
me_id2offset: id 28 not found
Starting PCSX-ReARMed 
Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Dec 15 2020).
warning: failed to do hugetlb mmap (0x80000000, 2162688): 22
Init new dynarec
testing if we can run recompiled code..
test passed.
Mapped (RAM/scrp/ROM/LUTs/TC):
80000000/1f800000/1fc00000/08000000/004a4000
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card1.mcd
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card2.mcd
plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu
plugin: plugins/builtin_spu
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
Plugins loaded.
Loaded CD Image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue[+cue].
Track 01 (DATA) - Start 00:02:00, Length 60:12:20
alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
selected sound output driver: none
CD-ROM Label: WILDARMS                        
CD-ROM ID: EXESCES01
CD-ROM EXE Name: EXE\SCES_011.73;1
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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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                  @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                  alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
                  selected sound output driver: none

                  Looks like you installed PulseAudio and the emulator (or ALSA) doesn't approve. How did you install RetroPie - did you use the Pi 0/1 image from retropie.org.uk/download ?

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                    persita23 @mitu
                    last edited by

                    @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                    @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                    alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
                    selected sound output driver: none

                    Looks like you installed PulseAudio and the emulator (or ALSA) doesn't approve. How did you install RetroPie - did you use the Pi 0/1 image from retropie.org.uk/download ?

                    Thanks for reply. I installed it manually following this guide: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/

                    Basically I installed it after installing Raspbian

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      If you update your RetroPie-Setup script, then open the Audio settings in RetroPie, you'll have an option to disable PulseAudio. Use that and see if pcsx-rearmed works.

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                        persita23 @mitu
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                        @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                        If you update your RetroPie-Setup script, then open the Audio settings in RetroPie, you'll have an option to disable PulseAudio. Use that and see if pcsx-rearmed works.

                        Thanks for reply. It looks like I already have ALSA active. 59E01F1B-30C4-4395-95D6-FE37990BF7C9.jpeg

                        I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.

                        I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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                          @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                          I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.
                          I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

                          If PulseAudio is disabled, then the error is from somewhere else. You can check if PulseAudio is enabled by running

                          systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.service
systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.socket
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                            persita23 @mitu
                            last edited by persita23

                            @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                            @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                            I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.
                            I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

                            If PulseAudio is disabled, then the error is from somewhere else. You can check if PulseAudio is enabled by running

                            systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.service
systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.socket

                            Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled
                            Do you think I have to perform a clean installation of retropie?

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @persita23
                              last edited by

                              @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                              Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled

                              If it's disabled, then it's another issue. Is the log from the emulator saying the same thing - regarding audio and PulseAudio ?

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                                persita23 @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                                @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                                Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled

                                If it's disabled, then it's another issue. Is the log from the emulator saying the same thing - regarding audio and PulseAudio ?

                                It looks the same:

                                Parameters: 
Executing: SDL1_VIDEODRIVER=dispmanx pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed; ./pcsx -cdfile "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue"; popd
/opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed ~
warning: video overlay is not hardware accelerated, not going to use it.
plat_sdl: using 720x576 as fullscreen resolution
plat_sdl: overlay: fmt 59565955, planes: 1, pitch: 1280, hw: 0
input: new device #0 "sdl:keys"
input: new device #1 "sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
input: async-only devices detected..
# drv probed binds name
0   0      y     y sdl:keys
1   0      y     y sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/font.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/selector.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /home/pi/.picodrive/skin/background.png
me_id2offset: id 28 not found
Starting PCSX-ReARMed 
Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Dec 15 2020).
warning: failed to do hugetlb mmap (0x80000000, 2162688): 22
Init new dynarec
testing if we can run recompiled code..
test passed.
Mapped (RAM/scrp/ROM/LUTs/TC):
80000000/1f800000/1fc00000/08000000/004a4000
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card1.mcd
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card2.mcd
plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu
plugin: plugins/builtin_spu
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
Plugins loaded.
Loaded CD Image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue[+cue].
Track 01 (DATA) - Start 00:02:00, Length 60:12:20
alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
selected sound output driver: none
CD-ROM Label: WILDARMS                        
CD-ROM ID: EXESCES01
CD-ROM EXE Name: EXE\SCES_011.73;1
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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  Somehow, pcsx_rearmed thinks PulseAudio is still running. What's the output of

                                  aplay -L | grep -i pulse
ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                                  should be empty when PulseAudio is disabled.

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                                    persita23 @mitu
                                    last edited by persita23

                                    @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                                    ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                                    Here it is. I am sorry if I can’t do anything to help you but now we are far from my understanding of things :D
                                    E0567E10-0C99-4EE5-9357-F9BEC2B2DF5C.jpeg

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @persita23
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks like PulseAudio is still running.
                                      Did you reboot after changing the PulseAudio audio settings ? Try rebooting and checking again with commands I posted earlier. If it's not working, try manually disabling PulseAudio by running

                                      systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                                      and rebooting.

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                                        persita23 @mitu
                                        last edited by persita23

                                        @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                                        Looks like PulseAudio is still running.
                                        Did you reboot after changing the PulseAudio audio settings ? Try rebooting and checking again with commands I posted earlier. If it's not working, try manually disabling PulseAudio by running

                                        systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                                        and rebooting.

                                        I have done this:

                                        1-From setup script I tried to disable pulse audio (it was already disable)
                                        2-I tried to enable it—>rebooting—>Still disabled (so from setup script it is disabled and there is no way to enable it)
                                        3-Reboot and ran the game-> no audio
                                        3- I ran this

                                        aplay -L | grep -i pulse
ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                                        And still got the same output
                                        4-reboot
                                        5-I ran this

                                        systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                                        6-I ran the game and...IT WORKS WITH AUDIO! :D :D
                                        7- Rebooted and run the game again, it keeps the settings. Tried also with other emulators (NES) and the games have audio.

                                        Thanks a lot!

                                        I will try to figure out the analog thing by myself! I try! :D

                                        UPDATE: playing around I made the analog work. I change some setting in the configuration of the emulator. Now everything works fine

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