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    Overscan issue

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      Mischief @BuZz
      last edited by

      @BuZz said:

      on my system using overscan_scale=1 and positive over scan values, it affects both the framebuffer and the emulationstation output

      For some reason not on mine and I have no idea why, I did a reinstall and ended up with the same issue.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by

        please paste (in a codeblock or via pastebin.com) your config.txt with this set, and also the output of uname -a and cat /etc/debian_version

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          Mischief @BuZz
          last edited by

          @BuZz said:

          please paste (in a codeblock or via pastebin.com) your config.txt with this set, and also the output of uname -a and cat /etc/debian_version

          Is there a guide for this, I am still new to all this and using guides for most of it. Ben using retroarch and emulationstation on my PC for a while and Retroarch for my PS3 just new to the Raspberry Pi.

          I can make a video showing the issue if that helps?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by BuZz

            ssh into retropie

            https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

            and you can run those commands from the terminal. you can also get a copy of config.txt via cat /boot/config.txt

            or use sftp to copy it off

            I assumed as you were already editing this file you were using the terminal.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              Mischief @BuZz
              last edited by

              @BuZz said:

              ssh into retropie

              https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

              and you can run those commands from the terminal. you can also get a copy of config.txt via cat /boot/config.txt

              or use sftp to copy it off

              I assumed as you were already editing this file you were using the terminal.

              Yes i'm using the terminal and learning as I go.

              I have to apologise as I have solved it, for some reason I had overscan_scale=1 twice at the bottom of config.txt one had =1 the other had =0 strange as I never added this line myself I just adjusted the first one I saw. Suffice to say It is now solved and working as it should I have adjusted the overscan_(direction)= values and the screen has no black bars or cropped.

              Thanks for the replies and help to all.

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              • Drakaen391D
                Drakaen391
                last edited by

                Check to see if there are '#' signs before the overscan setting...

                If there is, remove them

                RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
                Retropie (Latest Stable)
                PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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                  Mischief @Drakaen391
                  last edited by

                  @Drakaen391 said:

                  Check to see if there are '#' signs before the overscan setting...

                  If there is, remove them

                  There was none over the repeated lines at the bottom but as I said in my last post I have solved it now by removing one of the repeated overscan_scale lines, cheers.

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                    jake74
                    last edited by

                    fwiw, I've had exactly the same problem with a fresh apt-get updated retropie.

                    In the config.txt, the overscan_scale=1 was commented out, and the config had repeated the last 4 commands again, looking like this—

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

                    Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)

                    dtparam=audio=on
                    gpu_mem_256=128
                    gpu_mem_512=256
                    gpu_mem_1024=256
                    #overscan_scale=1
                    gpu_mem_256=128
                    gpu_mem_512=256
                    gpu_mem_1024=256
                    #overscan_scale=1

                    And no matter how many times I edited the overscan settings in the Raspi-config in Retropie, it would not change the overscan.

                    So, I deleted the last 4 lines, and the end of my config now looks like this—

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

                    Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)

                    dtparam=audio=on
                    gpu_mem_256=128
                    gpu_mem_512=256
                    gpu_mem_1024=256
                    overscan_scale=1

                    and it works without overscan just fine. Bit of a bug if you ask me, as unless I ssh'd in, I could not unset Overscan.

                    regards

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                    • Drakaen391D
                      Drakaen391
                      last edited by

                      I do think there is a bug in the overscan setting... I had to manually fix mine because it wouldn't work

                      RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
                      Retropie (Latest Stable)
                      PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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                        Twitch0815
                        last edited by

                        Just going to note this. I am using the BerryBoot version. Just grabbed the Berryboot image from the main site, chose the os Retropie 3.6 from other category.
                        I get much stabler overscan settings. And my screen is properly stretched to fit. Trying to determine which settings they are getting right will update you when I figure it out.

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