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    • Thorr69T
      Thorr69
      last edited by

      Generally correct. Step 7 is ambitious, though. You will probably have a lot of configuration to do after you put the Pi into the GameHat. It's not a plug n play thing.

      RPi 3b
      Official PSU
      Official RetroPie image
      Pandora's Box 5 controller

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        Skylo
        last edited by

        Configurations? What do you think I have to configure?

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          Skylo
          last edited by

          Also, watch this video. I'm following this video. IDK if what he does, I can do with Chromebook.

          Start the video at 6:00

          I see that he installs the drivers, and he plugs in his raspberry pi to his keyboard. Then the WELCOME screen shows up. Can I connect the Pi to my Chromebook and the screen will show up?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Skylo
            last edited by

            @skylo said in Waveshare Gamehat:

            Can I connect the Pi to my Chromebook and the screen will show up?

            No, but you can connect via SSH from your Chromebook and run the commands to download/install the drivers from the SSH session. In the video, I think the same method is used (SSH via Putty).

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              Skylo
              last edited by

              He connects a keyboard to the Pi. I'm wondering if i can use a male cable on both ends.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Skylo
                last edited by

                @skylo The steps from min 9:00 (installation on a RetroPie image) are clearly executed via SSH. You can connect a keyboard, but wouldn't you'd also need to connect the Pi to a display (HDMI/Composite Video) to use it ?

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                  Skylo
                  last edited by Skylo

                  Yea true... Is there any video that shows how to get Putty and how to use it? From what I'm seeing, it's for windows. So let me get this straight.

                  After downloading an image I made, I take the GameHat driver and put it in the boot file of my SD card, then plug it into my Pi. What would I do from there?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Skylo
                    last edited by mitu

                    @skylo Read from https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/ and enable SSH on the system, then find a SSH client for Chromebook - like this one - and connect to your Pi.

                    EDIT: Of course, the Pi would need to be connected to the network, most likely via WiFi, before you can attempt a SSH connection. Configuring the WiFi is also covered in the docs.

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                      Skylo
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                      Ok, one thing. I keep getting this error when I'm trying to install the raspberry pi imager. What do i do??

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Skylo
                        last edited by

                        @skylo Looks like your Linux system is not supported (perhaps too old ?) by RPI Imager.

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                          Skylo
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                          Oh okay. Well, one more question then I'ma leave you alone. I was watching this video :

                          He SSHed into the raspberry pi using a terminal. Can I do that from my linux? So he like pinged the IP address and then he typed: ssh <ip address here> then it asked for the password and then yea. he was able to access it from there

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Pretty much any Linux installs has a SSH client, so yes, you can do that from Linux.

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                              Skylo
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                              Ok thanks Mitu

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