Bizzare EmulationSation error on First Boot

[herb_fargus]

@justhoeber well that's a new one. Have you tried a different HDMI cable?

Also if it's a software thing perhaps you can try upping the GPU split

[edmaul69]

@justhoeber bad pi?

[justhoeber]

@herb_fargus tried multiple different cords.

I think it is software because everything works except emulation station. How would I go about trying that?

[justhoeber]

@edmaul69 maybe? but it wouldn't make sense that everything else works how it should.

booting it as a Linux computer works exactly as it should and all the roms work.

[edmaul69]

@justhoeber have you tried forcing a specific video mode (or two) in /boot/config.txt?

[justhoeber]

@edmaul69 I tried a couple but dont remeber which ones, the ones I tried made most of the screen white and worse.

any you would recommend?

[edmaul69]

@justhoeber what resolutions does your tv support? Can you use pastebin.com to post the contents of your config.txt? Also what are you installing this on?

[justhoeber]

@edmaul69 it is a 1080p tv but it suppots everything down to 240p. I've been installing this on a raspberry Pie 3 model B V1.2.

config.txt pastebin

[dankcushions]

can you post your /boot/config.txt?

[herb_fargus]

@dankcushions see link above ;)

[dankcushions]

@herb_fargus said in Bizzare EmulationSation error on First Boot:

@dankcushions see link above ;)

doh!

gpu_mem=128 should be deleted IMO.

[justhoeber]

@dankcushions that can be done, that was me just playing with different gpu splits

[justhoeber]

@dankcushions however the problem persists

[edmaul69]

@justhoeber have you tried these settings?

hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=16

If i recall correctly i think i have actually seen this before but i forgot how i fixed it or created the problem.

Maybe set this too:

config_hdmi_boost=4

[justhoeber]

@edmaul69 I just put in those settings then booted up the pie and still have the same problem

[rbaker]

@justhoeber Can you post a video of this happening?

[justhoeber]

@rbaker

[rbaker]

@justhoeber Never seen anything like it. Does it do this on clean install of retropie from an image?

[justhoeber]

@rbaker yes, im assuming at this point i just got a bad pie and im in the process of returning it and getting a new one

[herb_fargus]

@justhoeber if it does it again with a new pi then you may have a bad TV ;)