That appears to be the case. I re-flashed the image many times, but a new card did the trick. Funny that card had worked fine before.

Thanks!

the screenshot is already in the command line. if you type

sudo nano /etc/asound.conf <enter>

...you can edit it, and maybe fix it.

@Rascas i have the same problem...

i run this :

sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh

And works 100%..

but ...What does that line of code do?

ty.

Thanks for responding!

I didn't realize that es_log.txt was an error log (again, I'm very foolishly new at this), and I've located the problem! The font in question needed to be a "TrueType font," and any other type like an OpenFont is apparently cause for error, which I didn't know. I cleaned out the folder and reset all default properties, and now it works like a dream!

You guys are the best! Thanks!

I placed my pi in an old SNES case. I wanted to get it as close to a real SNES as possible, so I've wired the original power and reset switches to the GPIO along with a small fan and thermostat which I've set to kick on if things get too hot. With the solution in this post I've also wired an LED to the GPIO. I currently have the LED hooked to the TX pin, but that was because it was supposed to kick on and off without any extra code. Since I had to use the solution in this post I suppose I may free up the serial port for some future enhancements.

Currently I am using CanaKit 5V 2.5a power supply which you can pick up for fairly cheap on Amazon. You would be hard pressed to push the pi beyond 2.5a.

@Lagauffre
I️ have been struggling for weeks yuh this. I️ also bought a different HDMI adapter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ya?ac=bia&ref=yo_pop_mb_bia&reorder_params=B01F1SZB2W%2C112-0615068-3893811
Once I️ read your post I️ tried hooking up the pi to my tv. Shutdown, reboot. Shutdown reboot. No issues. Thank you posting this, I’ll bet this is why a lot of people are having the same issue!

@lydia021 try redownloading the sd image and using etcher to write it

Oops. Alright then. I thought it would facilitate the process. Lol. Thanks for your swift answer.

@dosch said in Back to ES from CLi:

I launched the RetroPie-Setup script from the CLI. In there I went to script>>Configuration / tools>>autostart and changed it back to Start EmulationStation at Boot.

I just did this again, but then used the option in the same menu to reboot the system, instead of doing a reboot from the CLI. Now it boots back into ES.

Thank you for your help @obsidianspider, but I guess it fixed itself ;-)

I have a dead snes console and the replica usb controllers.
I'm doing this now.
Moving the /home directory to a usb stick for roms/art/configs and making the SD card OS read only so when my kids just kill the power they won't nuke the card.

it doesn't boot super fast but if you can't wait a few minutes to play a game.......

@cpcbegin That's great! You're welcome.

@jukeltruck
Glad you where able to figure this one out. I double checked my system and I already had libvlc5 installed. For others reading this, this is what you type in to install it:
sudo apt-get install libvlc5

they're both bootable. get the right one for whatever pi you're using: https://retropie.org.uk/download/#Pre-made_images_for_the_Raspberry_Pi

@herb_fargus as a noob I'm guessing it worked for me because I was missing some file that came onboard with lightdm. I agree, is love to know why it worked. For now, just keeping my eyes crossed. 😁

@Pawka Had the same issue and this fixed it. Thanks!

There's a program for Windows called Paragon EXTFS that allows Windows to see the linux partition.
With that program you can drag and drop files on the sd card.

@Mark_tml_fe Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first