Pi4 - Help me to configure Retroarch....

DjDiabolik

I'm new here....... but this is not the first time i put my hands over a Retropie configuration.

Finally i'm buy my personal Raspberry Pi4 4GB and yesterday i have setted up the official weekly image 4.7.7.

Apparently i have setted all correctly like wifi and other little things but i need some help to configure Retroarch.
It's about 3 o 4 hours i try to set but i ever obtain "No core"......

On my Pi4 i have attached a USB Pendrive... this pendrive contain a folder "retropie-mount" and it's contain a little of .GB and .NES on respective subfolder and all roms it's divided in alphabetical order in all subfolder structure call "A"..."B"...."C" etc etc.

On Retropie apparently all subfolder it's be founded whitout any issue..... but on retroarch i don't have idea how i can configure it.

I have launch it from Retropie menu......... and it's say "1.8.8 - No Core".
How it's works ? How i need to configure ?

I see on configuration folders.... Core it's be suppose to be in this path:
/home/pi/.config/retroarch/core

It's right ? I have reach this folder from my pc using SFTP or SSH and it's empty........ it's normal ?

mitu

@djdiabolik said in Pi4 - Help me to configure Retroarch....:

How it's works ? How i need to configure ?

You don't need to configure anything in RetroArch, RetroPie already configures it and has already installed libretro emulation cores.

Just start the game from EmulationStation directly and RetroArch will start with the correct libretro core for the system you're in (nes or gb).

DjDiabolik

@mitu

Ah ok... but from Retropie i can also open the quickmenu and for example search for Cheat ?
I use this feature on retroarch port for wii......... i can also using if i launch a GB files directly from ES ?

EDIT
Found Myself!!

Press the HOME BUTTON + Y on my Xbox 360 controller and it's be open the quick menu of Retroarch whit a GB games!!!
Yeah!
Now i can know how i need to do....... now let's try to add a screenshot from GB and NES files :)

mitu

@djdiabolik said in Pi4 - Help me to configure Retroarch....:

I use this feature on retroarch port for wii......... i can also using if i launch a GB files directly from ES ?

Yes, RetroPie automatically configures the hotkeys for RetroArch, so you open the menu, save/load/reset/exit. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Controller-Configuration/#hotkey.

DjDiabolik

@mitu
Oh ok.... I thought I had to configure them both :)

For retropie it's easy and i had solved ... for retroarch I was having some trouble :)

DjDiabolik

@mitu

Sorry for double question..... i don't know if it's correct i can made this question here:

You can suggest some suggestion about the "firmware" of my Raspberry ?

I have reach some "guide" over internet... like this:
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/322/how-can-i-determine-the-current-firmware-version-number

It's say to check the firmware version and check if the same on Raspbian release note....

I try to check my and i obtain this:

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
Jan 27 2021 22:19:57
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 99d9a48302e4553cff3688692bb7e9ac760a03fa (clean) (release) (start)

After that on raspbian release note:
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/release_notes.txt

There's report a different number... it's my Raspberry not updated ?

Instead here there's present another guide:
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2019/upgrade-raspberry-pi-4s-firmware-bootloader-better-thermals

By SSH i obtain this:

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
BCM2711 detected
Dedicated VL805 EEPROM detected
BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
CURRENT: Thu  3 Sep 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
 LATEST: Thu  3 Sep 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
 FW DIR: /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/default
VL805: up-to-date
CURRENT: 000138a1
 LATEST: 000138a1

How i can check and if i need to update my firmware ?

mitu

@djdiabolik said in Pi4 - Help me to configure Retroarch....:

How i can check and if i need to update my firmware ?

Your firmware is from Jan 27 2021, so it's recent enough. Bootloader is also updated to the latest 'stable' version (Sep last year), so it's up to date.

Your installation is up-to-date, you can periodically check for updates from RetroPie-Setup and install the latest updates, it is enough to be up-to-date.

DjDiabolik

mmmmmm... slowly i begin to understand better how all works :)