@mitu
... DraStic doesn't like HDMI1 audio output, only HDMI0 and MAYBE headphone jack. Noted.

Thank you Mitu

@mitu

After some research i noticed that the .log was outputting:

Parameters: Executing: xinit /dev/shm/retropie_xinitrc -- vt1 -keeptty (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. (EE) (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

So i headed to

nano /opt/retropie/configs/nds/emulators.cfg

where i saw that DraStic was using this command:

"XINIT:/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic.sh %ROM% kms"

changed it to:

drastic = "/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic.sh %ROM% kms"

Now works like a charm!!!

(Again for future reference - if anybody needs it - i'm using RetroPie under Twister OS 2.1.2)

@mitu One more question related to Drastic. Why is the menu of drastic "unusable"? I'm on an RPI4b. It just doesn't seem to 'register' the buttons correctly. Is there any fix regarding this issue? I'm guessing i'm not alone.

Thanks!

@Arctic452910 In general this would be more a "Pokemon" related question and not a retropie one (trading Pokemons). For emulator specific questions I suggest you to provide all the info requested here and to take a look into the DOCs for those, as the availability to "Link" the emulated system(s) may be limited or not available at all.

@phillip_benoit i just found a better one and used it and it worked instantly
Convertio.com

@abj Oh wow, that actually worked. You're a hero!

Press the M key to open up the drastic menu and configure your keyboard.

@maxmoon I don't exactly know anymore, because I no longer use the pi as a home center.

But I had to use Drastic, because it's the only available one that supports multiple monitors.

It then had some option in its menus, but I don't know the exact one anymore.

I only remember that you had to boot a game with it and then press some shortcut to get into the menu of it.

@mitu It worked! Thank you for helping me.

@addison
Could try to mount the folder instead of symbolic link?

mount --bind /opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/backup /home/pi/RetroPie/saves

Try it first manually, if it works for you, add the mount command to autostart.sh or rc.local

@kalaazar11 honestly can't remember, I think in the GUI there was a full screen setting or something like that to hide the cursor

@mitu thanks for the hint. I've used the values from the docs as I'm hiding anything at boot time :-) I've reduced loglevel to 2 (perhaps I'll try 0). This case can be considered closed.

Thanks again.

@hellothere I guess that the usb drive is formatted with a file system that doesn't support Linux file ownership, e.g. FAT32, exFAT, NTFS or the like. Hence the errors when mvtries to transfer the files' ownership to the new location, and maybe also the nonresponsive controls, as the ownership might be important for some of the files or directories in /opt.

You can check the file system with this command:

df -T | grep usb2

(df -T lists all mounted file systems, and grepfilters its output to just the lines that contain usb2.)

@mitu

Ah, I see. Thanks a lot then. ^^