I would add that I have two DragonRise controllers, a USB Mouse (e.g., spinner), and USB keyboard connected.

I changed out the controller board for the 2nd player with another DragonRise just to see if it was the problem. That wasn't it.

@mitu Although I can at least live with it lol.

So RetroPie/EmuStation runs at whatever resolution is being suggested by the hdmi connection?
As its working fine at HD when I start the desktop instead.
Does emustation use a different graphics driver than the desktop?

EDIT: Ok - So its the actual raspberry pi board that is somehow at fault. Iv'e crosschecked the sd card with another pi4 I had and with the suspected monitor and it's definitely the first rpi.

@mitu here's the command output you asked for: https://pastebin.com/7P4XQALt

Let me know if I can be of any help.

@vmonteco said in How is EmulationStation launched at boot?:

To what shell is it supposed to be related? I ensured to set back the default shell to /bin/bash for my users (both pi and root).

It's meant to be running in Bash - could work with other shells, but it's untested. If you don't have the file, then make sure you've configured autostart and enabled EmulationStation on boot.

@mitu
At the risk of you guys either laughing or scoffing at me a bit, the issue I was having is gone. I had the system freeze problem for about a month before I finally called for help on the forum, and it literally stopped happening basically as of yesterday. I will definitely look at the system log should it happen again.

New cable has made no difference unfortunately. Another oddity is that when I scroll left or right through the emulators (and the transition style is set to 'fade') the red pixels all disappear and only reappear when I stop scrolling.

It's not the biggest issue, just would like to understand what's causing it so I can learn a bit more about it.

@mitu

OK thank you. I will start from a new image.

@liquidmercury said in Gamecube games not launching from emulationstation:

@dreamcastkid I am aware, ive got retropie on x86. Sorry if I did not mention that. Thought I did

sorry, no i couldn't see any mention of you running x86

maybe attach the criteria as listed in the read me 1st post ?

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

There's a setting called "Parse Gamelists Only" in the Emulation Station menu (I don't remember where exactly right now, just bring up the menu and poke around) that would do what you're describing.

@jgeibel My pleasure. Some years ago, I used AM on my Linux PC and laptop before I got my Pi 3b and discovered RetroPie, which seduced me with its all-in-one-package simplicity.

But I still have my MAME 0.185 setup with AM, and I'll never forget this my "first love" among emulation frontends with its unparalleled customisability. 😍

@thelostsoul thanks, I searched on GitHub but didn’t find the Retropie branch.

@rostomzer It should work, but if you're updating RetroPie, it will get overwritten and you'll get back the previous version.

@RedMarsBlueMoon said in Would the (ES) screen saver shut game off?:

Does it get cleared on restart? As I have rebooted several times since the issue above.

Yes, /dev/shm is a RAM backed folder, restarting would clear it. The file is present after the game is run and it's also overwritten each time a game is launched, so if you want to get the actual error, you need to get the file immediately after the crashed game stops.

Re: Looking for log/clue why ES video screensaver may get stuck w/black screen

Closing the thread on this. There is nothing wrong with the randomizer. While there was exactly one (1) "Little Computer People" video, there were ~100 variations of the game in the XML referencing the same video. So it's probably by design. It would seem that each game listed in XML with a valid video has the potential to play. Like throwing 100 tickets into a casino raffle drum... You're more likely to win.

Ideally each video found should act as 1 potential. Not a big problem, but since games with multiple variants that reference the same video are more likely to play, making things seem less random than they truly are.

Mystery solved after spending way too much time staring at random videos.

@MeltedPineapple is the sound not working in EmulationStation only or the games also are without sound ?

@supppp please read the pinned support topics and open a new topic providing the details requested.