@vmkamhi 3rd party images aren't supported here. Nobody knows what the configurations are and how to solve so called problematic 3rd party images. You should start from scratch with the official Retropie image and transfer over all the games from your current card to the new fresh image.

stretch/main

Your OS (Debian 9/Stretch) is outdated and no longer supported; currently only Debian 10 (Buster) is supported and, unfortunately, cannot be upgraded in situ.

I suggest you to backup your roms and then install the current latest official image (currently 4.8) for your hardware from https://retropie.org.uk/download.

Then, flash the 4.8 image and restore your backed-up folders over the network share or by the method of your choice:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/

@mitu retropie 4.8
The powerA mario controller works but the buttons on the back side just gets in the way then i have the BUYBUG game controller, a brand that i never heard of, it works also, then i have the 8bitdo SN30 pro, never used it yet, but it had now infor on it online then the BUYBUG controller.

@sleve_mcdichael Thank you so much!!! I will definitely give this a go once I returned home from work.

edit: It works and now I am able to update to 4.8. Thank you so much!!!

@mitu That did the trick, thanks for your help!

@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.

My script, from version 0265.01, will add the sgm module when installing coleco or colecop from the script.
Seems the sgm module doesn't affect normal games when the sgm module is inserted.
That way all supported non-sgm and sgm games can be played with the same runcommand.

@aimbit said in Flashing (outdated?) image to a new Pi 4 - Error Message on boot (Req. new software):

Is this something I can update on there, make a new backup image, and flash to my newer pi?

Update your system from the RetroPie-Setup on the old system - say yes when asked to update the included kernel and OS packages - then transfer again a backup to the new system.

@mitu
Thanks. I guess I just want the error suppresed and any other errors as trawling through a gamelist.xml for mame is going to take some time.

@MDtar7 Im running out of ideas, but try enabling SMB 1.0 support on your PC.
Its in Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Feature On or Off and select SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. Restart your computer and try it again.
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@mitu Great thank you for the feedback and your patience. This process has been super frustrating. I have a internet doggle ordered and otw.

@BuZz thanks. I decided to start from scratch with the latest. Mark this as solved.

@mitu thanks for the comments.

@mitu my fault with the 3rd party images. I appreciate the help though. I’ll check it out and get back to you with my findings. Thanks again.

@quicksilver @mitu

It worked! Thanks for the help!!!

@mitu thank you, Mitu! I bought another memory card and it works!! You're the best :)

@hostolis
yep its gpu_mem=320.

@dreaded_walrus Please use a meaningful title when opening a topic.

Thre is not root password in the RetroPie image for the PI. The pi user has sudo privileges, so no password is needed if you prefix your commands with sudo.
What is the command/action you're trying to acomplish ? Move a file, edit a file, run a comand, etc. ?