Correct location for PSX Rearmed Bios? Always selects HLE

BuZz

@a7mag3ddon I am unsure what the lock up is - maybe some configure option causing an issue - although a hard lockup shouldn't happen.

run this from a terminal and then reinstall it.

sudo rm -rf /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed
rm -rf /opt/retropie/configs/all/psx
rm -rf /home/pi/.pcsx
rm -rf /home/pi/bios

See if removing the bios file makes a difference (from ~/RetroPie/BIOS/SCPH1001.BIN) - if it does, please give me the md5sum of your bios

md5sum ~/RetroPie/BIOS/SCPH1001.BIN

BuZz

And please confirm you updated from binary not source.

a7mag3ddon

just for info whilst i re-install......

pi@retropie:~ $ md5sum ~/RetroPie/BIOS/SCPH1001.BIN
924e392ed05558ffdb115408c263dccf /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/SCPH1001.BIN

a7mag3ddon

Ok somethings messed right up..

In my emulator selection screen i have a 1 (blank line) 2 Lr-pcsx-reamred and 3 pcsx-rearmed

when selecting 3 i get a yellow screen and pi locks up. i am assuming the emulator is starting to run as i can see scanlines.

BuZz

@a7mag3ddon

did you do the removals I mentioned ? You didn't answer my questions about how you installed.

Your /opt/retropie/configs/psx/emulators.cfg must have an additional line if it shows another emulator option. I can't reproduce the freeze - so please test with a fresh image (updating all packages from retropie-setup right after).

a7mag3ddon

@BuZz I only built this 128gb 4 days ago and have spent ages getting sorted because of the 360 driver issue. I really don't want to have to start again because of this.

Yes I did those lines in putty, rebooted. Installed from binary, rebooted. Tested.

I'll check my configs but all I've been doing all day now is this, nothing else.

BuZz

@a7mag3ddon sounds like you used some unofficial image. You could test on another sdcard for example.

a7mag3ddon

no sorry, i dont believe in using other peoples images. i got the vannila 4.1 from the download section and built it myself, especially as i already have a full tosec and no intro sets on the PC.

a7mag3ddon

i have a backup of my card from 2 days ago, i will remove the dirs using the script you asked me to use and re copy just the emulator back and see if the yellow screen of death dissapears, i will also check before to see if those extra lines of code are in the config first.

the image i used is > retropie-4.1-rpi2_rpi3.img file date 5/11/2016

a7mag3ddon

This is the psx confing doesnt seem to be any extra content but i still have 1 blank entry on the list of available emulators.

lr-pcsx-rearmed = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-pcsx-rearmed/libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
pcsx-rearmed = "pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed; /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/pcsx -cdfile %ROM%; popd"

a7mag3ddon

Well something is completely knackered now, even though i have removed psxrearmed using retropie menu, my choose default emulator screen not only has the blank line on number 1, but still shows options 2 and 3 as well.

BuZz

@a7mag3ddon zip your configs up and I'll take a look.

a7mag3ddon

Its ok, i fixed the extra line thing by reinstalling the emulator from the menu, then copying over my backup config folder, still getting the yellow screen of death

Im going to install a fresh retropie using the image i started with from the downloads section and see what happens, if thats ok then i will put my backup image on from yesterday see if the emulator works (looking for the wrong bios folder) then update from binary, reason being because i originally this afternoon accidentally updated from source before you said to do binary install and that may have broken something ?

other than the time it takes to reflash my back up its an easy test.

a7mag3ddon

Ok were getting somewhere, fresh install of RP then updating update script, then installing psc-rearmed works AND its finding the bios file, albeit just the SCPH1001.BIN one.

Now to re do my big backup and do the same now.

a7mag3ddon

So lets say i get to a point where the old emu was installed, its looking in the wrong place for the bios etc etc etc... whats THE best way to unistall it before updating the script and updating the emulator from binary?
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BuZz

@a7mag3ddon the removal lines I put above.

I have just tested a fresh install of pcsx-rearmed and all is fine. Must be something else on your system - note I never changed anything that would affect this - I only changed the folder when we launch it so it looks in the right place for a bios (and made the configs live in /opt/retropie/configs/psx/pcsx)

Make sure you are testing with a known working playstation game.

I can't really advise further as it all works here.

a7mag3ddon

Ok but they are known working games, they worked on psxrearmed until I updated but using the hle BIOS of course.

I don't honestly know either because I've only been messing with the 1 problem since 8 o'clock yesterday nothing else.

I'll let you know.

a7mag3ddon

updated back to my old one, updated by binary... yellow screen of death.

oh well.

a7mag3ddon

Where does the binary you updated get installed, the one inside /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/ has a file date stamp of 27/11/2016, shouldnt it be todays date?

BuZz

@a7mag3ddon no - the binary hasn't been changed since November. The reason for doing the update is to get the latest configuration parts triggered from retropie-setup.