Pimoroni PicadeX HAT and RetroPie 4.8

OHTorx

I just did a fresh install of RetroPie 4.8. Ran apt-get update && upgrade

Then ran the command curl -sS https://get.pimoroni.com/picadehat | bash

During the install the script stated:

Retropie does not seem to be installed. No worries, we can still set up the hardware side for you!

rebooted and retroPi does not see the PicadeX HAT.

Looking for n00b level hints. Thanks

mitu

Which Pi model are you using ? Is the install script you've run supported on your Pi model ?

Post the /boot/config.txt file in here in the topic, surrounded by code blocks (just add ``` before and after the contents).

YFZdude

This seems to be the segment of the script issuing the error message.

# script custom routines

    if [ $customcmd == "no" ]; then
        if [ -n "$pkgremove" ]; then
            echo -e "\nFinalising Install...\n"
            sysclean && newline
        fi
        echo -e "\nAll done. Enjoy your $productname!\n"
    else # custom block starts here
        echo -e "\nFinalising Install...\n"
        # add_dtoverlay hifiberry-dac
        if [ "$OS_NAME" != "RetroPie" ]; then
            inform "Retropie does not seem to be installed. No worries,"
            inform "we can still set up the hardware side for you!"
        fi
        cd $installdir/$gitclonedir
        sudo ./install.sh
    fi

OHTorx

@mitu here is the PI info as displayed in

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Hardware	: BCM2711
Revision	: c03112
Serial		: 100000006c0a2ec2
Model		: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2

Also the contents of config.txt:

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
#disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

OHTorx

@YFZdude I could not tell what variable the $OS_Name was pulling from, However here is the OS information from the fresh install:

pi@retropie:/boot $ hostnamectl
   Static hostname: retropie
         Icon name: computer
        Machine ID: 74b02a21da1f4b5e81e8a4ab97bbfaf1
           Boot ID: b370fb7f05ec4989beac031f49a3727c
  Operating System: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
            Kernel: Linux 5.10.103-v7l+
      Architecture: arm

OHTorx

@OHTorx said in Pimoroni PicadeX HAT and RetroPie 4.8:

pi@retropie:/boot $ hostnamectl
Static hostname: retropie
Icon name: computer
Machine ID: 74b02a21da1f4b5e81e8a4ab97bbfaf1
Boot ID: b370fb7f05ec4989beac031f49a3727c
Operating System: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.103-v7l+
Architecture: arm

Also noticed there is multiple references to the variable $OS_NAME. however I do not see where it is declared. Am I missing something or is this a bug in the script that is forcing the $OS_Name to be null and thus the script is not installing?

mitu

The OS detection doesn't have much influence on the installing script, it should still run.
However, the installation doesn't seem to be performed - the installer modifies the/boot/config.txt file in order to enable the HAT and this doesn't seem to have happened in your case.
I suggest you follow the manual installation from https://github.com/pimoroni/picade-hat, it's just copying the overlay to /boot/overlays and adding a line to /boot/config.txt.

OHTorx

@mitu I was able to set a system variable OS_NAME=RetroPie and re-ran the script from GIT and the install works now. Not 100% fully tested at this point but at least RetroPie sees the “New” controller

Here is the updated config.txt file


pi@retropie:~ $ cat /boot/config.txt
# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
#disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable infrared communication.
#dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17
#dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

[pi4]
# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

[all]
#dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
overscan_scale=1

dtoverlay=picade
dtparam=audio=off