Amiberry 5.1 and black screen

Jimi007

@mitu I also waited about 10-15mins when this happened and can confirm the same issue as pixeladdict.
The emulator does not start and I need to reboot the system.
Only seems to happen with 8bitdo controllers

sirhenrythe5th

@Jimi007 said in Amiberry 5.1 and black screen:

Only seems to happen with 8bitdo controllers

That is what i allready recognized when Amiberry got updated from 3.x to 5.x: i had the same issue.
Later i learned that i only have this issue when my 8BitDo(s) are connected via Bluetooth with the Pi.
As soon as i connect another Input Device, or connect the 8BitDo8(s) per wire, everything runs fine.

Jimi007

@sirhenrythe5th Just with this issue - I have updated to the new Amiberry 5.6 and the same issue is still occurring , so frustrating as not sure why this is happening.
Again only seems to be through bluetooth and 8bitdo controllers
Has anyone else tested this?

mitu

@Jimi007 said in Amiberry 5.1 and black screen:

Has anyone else tested this?

Yes, I used my 8bitdo M30 connected via Bluetooth and couldn't reproduce the issue - Amiberry works doesn't block and works fine with it.

sirhenrythe5th

Maybe only specific models of 8BitDO are concerned.
I didn´t test amyberry for quite a while, but updated everything just yesterday evening.
I will give it a try and report if this issue still exists, at least with the 8BitDo SN30Pro.

sirhenrythe5th

OK, i just tested Amiberry 5.6 yesterday.
Gosh, it got even worst!!
Now the Amiga boots and the images are loaded...but as soon as i do anything on my Gamepad, via cable or wireless, the emulator exists to the Amiberry-GUI :/
Every button and evry direction has now the effect as an exit-button.
Oh my, how annoying!
I allready reset the input-configurations -> no change.

I will test again with PS3-Pads in the weekend and hope to get the games running again.
I don´t have any explanation for this behavior, but as it even gets worse from update to update i will also think about deleting amiga on the pi, to be honest...i dont play these games anyway.

Jimi007

@sirhenrythe5th
I thought I'd do some more testing.
I reloaded retropie and amiberry from scratch.
This time I thought I'd test it with just the keyboard and no controllers attached
When I started a game from amiberry the mouse cursor freezing occurred.
I realised I hadn't copied over the Amiga Roms ( I am sure I did this before although maybe not correctly)
I found the Roms (correct ones) purchased from Amiga Forever and copied to the BIOS folder.
The games started with the keyboard attached.
I setup the 8bitdo Pro 2 controller through bluetooth and now all looks to be working ok.

Not sure if Amiberry update resolved the issue or having the right ROMS in the right folder.

It all looks to be running now with Amiberry 5.6 and retropie 4.8 on an 8bitdo controller.

sirhenrythe5th

@Jimi007 Hi Jimi and thank you very much for your further investigations.
I also did a simple check with other Pads:

PS3-Sixaxis-Pad: works!
PS3- Dualshock 3: works!
Microsoft Sidewinder Pad: works!
Keyboard: works!
NoName-Pad (XBOX Style): works!
MortalKombat Arcade Stick: works!
8BitDo S30N Pro: does not work! Amiberry HATES these Pads even more with every update :)

sirhenrythe5th

UPDATE: i tried this and that....now my 8BitDo´s run when connected via BT!
As soon as i use them wired pushing a button exits the emulator.

Very weird...but in the end i can play Amiga-Games again :)

maschine

Hi, I have the same issue (frozen Black Screen with mouse arrow at top left) with all packages updated to the latest version. Any solutions in the meantime? Thanks!