runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu)

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins
If exit and go back to emulationstation solves the problem, then I started to suspect another file: /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

Tell us: were everything working fine before you updated to 4.0.3?

[dildo_baggins]

@meleu said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

@dildo_baggins
If exit and go back to emulationstation solves the problem, then I started to suspect another file: /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

Tell us: were everything working fine before you updated to 4.0.3?

Yep. everything was fine until this upgrade. and also i tested with a fresh install on 4.0.0 base image. once i patch to latest it occurs again.

here is my autostart.sh:

emulationstation #auto

thats it

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins
Can you detail what exactly you did for update to 4.0.3?

Did you simply go to retropie_setup and then chose "Update RetroPie-Setup script" and finish? Or did you update some other package?

[dildo_baggins]

Here is my es_systems.cfg (nothing that the TG16 and Genesis arent using the correct theme for some reason):

http://pastebin.com/NBtK42jK

(TOO MANY RULES... not enough fixing) :)

[dildo_baggins]

@meleu i ran update all packages

[BuZz]

Please format configs or use external site as detailed in the read me first sticky.

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins
A quote from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ;-)

Use markdown to format your posts - see http://commonmark.org/help/ - and put large logs on a pastebin type site like http://paste.ubuntu.com/ http://pastebin.com/ or similar.

I'm trying to reproduce it here right now.

[dildo_baggins]

@BuZz said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

Please format configs or use external site as detailed in the read me first sticky.

done....

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins Unable to reproduce your issue here...

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins

Oh! You edited your previous post with more info...

THEN.. updated everything to 4.0.3. and ran this (no other config): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

Everything makes sense now. I'm pretty sure that this is related to the configs you made to hide the boot text...

[dildo_baggins]

@meleu said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

@dildo_baggins

Oh! You edited your previous post with more info...

THEN.. updated everything to 4.0.3. and ran this (no other config): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

Everything makes sense now. I'm pretty sure that this is related to the configs you made to hide the boot text...

why would that matter if only these 2 items were done:

sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

*change console=tty1 to console=tty3

And add quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo at the end.*

this was done in the prior enviornment as well so as to boot to splash screen then emulation station.

i had this setting in this enviornment prior to 4.0.3 and all was well.

[dildo_baggins]

here is my cmdline.txt for your records (its all in one line):

more /boot/cmdline.txt
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins There is a warning on https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text saying:
make sure it is all on the same line!!!

Check it.

[dildo_baggins]

@dildo_baggins said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

here is my cmdline.txt for your records (its all in one line):

more /boot/cmdline.txt
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo

@meleu check my response.... ITS ALL IN ONE LINE.....

this error looks very similar to this however adding the rc.local doesnt rsolve..

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1228

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins
compared with mine, where yours has console=serial0,115200, mine has console=ttyAMA0,115200. Try to change it.

[dildo_baggins]

i disabled serial all together via raspi-config (not showing up in cmdline.txt anymore...

dmesg | grep tty
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: 8250.nr_uarts=0 dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=1824 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=984 bcm2709.boardrev=0xa22082 bcm2709.serial=0x73c1d5f6 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:C1:D5:F6 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 bcm2709.uart_clock=48000000 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3dc00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x3f000000 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo
[ 0.000226] console [tty3] enabled
[ 1.394416] 3f201000.uart: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x3f201000 (irq = 87, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[ 17.697306] input: 8Bitdo NES30 Pro as /devices/platform/soc/3f201000.uart/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:13/0005:3820:0009.0001/input/input0

[dildo_baggins]

i am not using the GPIO (or any peripheral save, USB or Blutooth controller) at all on my rpi3..

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=8075

[meleu]

@dildo_baggins My suggestion is to undo all the changes you made in /boot/cmdline.txt. I'm sure the problem is there. I'm not having this issue here, so if you wanna try my version of this file, take it:

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0

[dildo_baggins]

@meleu why would i do this if this is suggested in the FAQ as how to hide boot text? https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

this is a bug that needs to be addressed. it didnt occur in previous builds.

[BuZz]

making demands will not help your cause (especially when people are trying to help you). I recommend trying out what @meleu has suggested, and go from there.