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    • thericky

      EmulationStation gets "stuck" when launching ROMs...?
      Help and Support • retropie runcommand freezing • • thericky

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      thericky

      All fixed.

      It was a permissions issue. Needed to run:

      sudo chown -R pi:pi /home/pi
      sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configs

    • Crudsturbo

      Final fantasy 7 freezing on cutscene
      Help and Support • ff7 freezing pi4 • • Crudsturbo

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      Crudsturbo

      @lostless understood, I'm on my own with this thing now unfortunately but it will be a learning experience.

    • Ggd417

      Freezing when paused, no save state
      Help and Support • freezing saving canakit • • Ggd417

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      mitu

      We don't support preloaded/3rd party images. Install RetroPie from the image provided at https://retropie.org.uk/download and see if you still have this issue.

    • maserspark

      EmulationStation Constantly Freezing
      Help and Support • es menu freezing es freezing • • maserspark

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      maserspark

      I see! I'll play around with it, then.

    • billypoe

      ES Scraper not working?
      Help and Support • scraper default issues freezing • • billypoe

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    • Jiryn

      Reminder, PC-Engine/Turbo CD games are case Sensitive!
      Help and Support • turbo cd pc-engine freezing • • Jiryn

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      Jiryn

      @mitu
      Ah thank you!
      Sorry about all the confusion

      The answer was simple, and found in your documents.
      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PC-Engine/

      *PC Engine CD

      It is important that the image file (usually .bin) and the CUE file (.cue) match.

      CUE files are just text files containing a description of the CD. If you have files named like:

      Akumajou Dracula X.bin
      Akumajou Dracula X.cue

      then ensure the first line of the CUE file contains:

      FILE "Akumajou Dracula X.bin" BINARY

      Any of the following are wrong and will not work:

      extension has incorrect case

      FILE "Akumajou Dracula X.BIN" BINARY

      file name has incorrect case

      FILE "AKUMAJOU DRACULA X.bin" BINARY

      does not match the actual file name

      FILE "Akumajou_Dracula_X_-Chi_no_Rinne(NTSC-J)_[KMCD3005].bin" BINARY*

    • kujara

      freezing/crashing in configuration menu
      Help and Support • configuration freezing crashing • • kujara

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    • Guto Du

      Retropie on a Pi 0 keeps freezing
      Help and Support • pi zero freezing tv issue configuration • • Guto Du

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      quicksilver

      @Guto-Du it's a possibility it's defective. Try over volting the pi (without over clocking) to see if it's more stable. If it is then your pi isn't stable at factory settings and should be sent back for replacement. I have seen multiple reports of pi zero's not stable at factory clock speeds. I think the quality control on the pi zero might be slightly less than other models. Probably because it's a $5 computer.

    • C.GamerRetro

      retropie freezing whene press esc from mame games
      Help and Support • freezing esc problem • • C.GamerRetro

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      Efriim

      @helmar
      I don't know. First of all, I've never used mame4all. I use advmame and lr-mame2010, using the roms/arcade/ directory to select any of the arcade emulators to use with runcommand.

      There probably is a configuration to edit for mame4all, but I don't know anything about the ESC menu or why it would freeze.

      If the navigation key binds get misappropriated, then a solution would probably be finding then editing or deleting the bindings manually, using the terminal. There may be other ways to reset default binds dependent on the emulator and configs.

    • Jiryn

      Slow Loading and Weird Freezing on Games and Settings
      Help and Support • freezing freeze sd card large sd card slow loading • • Jiryn

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      GoldManSex778

      @Jiryn It could be that those cards are not compatible with the pi3, or they could be bad. Stick them back in your pc and run a check disk on them.

      Here is a list of compatible sd cards https://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards

      Your cards do not show up there but a 256 Samsung EVO PLUS is listed as compatible.

      If you want more space you will likely need to consider using a usb mounted hdd or thumb drive.

      Here is another relevant discussion https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/783/largest-size-micro-sd-card

    • beahrdog

      NESPi case problem
      Help and Support • nespi case + freezing noob help me please • • beahrdog

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      beahrdog

      @quicksilver
      Not really, I’ve already rewired from the power input to the switch board, and modified the base a bit.

    • garradam

      Best Memory Card?
      Help and Support • memory sd card freezing unhandled fault • • garradam

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      quicksilver

      @garradam not safely shutting down can potentially cause corruption of your sd card. If your pi freezes you should remotely access your pi through ssh and safely shutdown that way. Often times it's only emulation station that isnt responding. There are a number of easy to use ssh apps for smartphones that are very convenient to use.

    • Dustin_3487

      Game freezing issue.
      Help and Support • ps3 dualshock freezing • • Dustin_3487

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      mitu

      @Dustin_3487 said in Game freezing issue.:

      All I see is raspberry pi being sold at multiple websites, a lot of them with games pre installed so I figured they were allowed to do it.

      That doesn't mean it's legal. You should just ask for a refund.

    • garradam

      Retropie Freezing / Errors
      Help and Support • freezing errors • • garradam

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      Chameleon

      Turns out I am wrong. Issue still persists.

      I tried using a separate micro SD card with the same v4.4 retropie build and got the same results.

      I tried disabling WiFi and bluetooth. This dropped the temps from 75+ C down to an acceptable 50-60C.

      Regardless the unhandled exception, freezing, and segmentation faults still continued.

      I surmise the pi zero w I bought new is defective.

      @Chameleon said in Retropie Freezing / Errors:

      I know this is an old thread but I want to keep related information in the same location.

      I encountered the above unhandled alignment bus error.

      I then found this post:

      "Bus error on Raspberry Pi 2 armv7 command line app #22384"

      https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/22384

      I then went to rasp-config via emulation station UI and changed the localisation setting to my locale.

      Example: AMERICA > pick a city

      So far I do not see this alignment exception pop up. It would pop up fairly fast prior simple idling on the emulation station menu.

      Hope that helps.

    • park757

      Retropie keeps crashing and restarting with SNES
      Help and Support • restart freezing snes • • park757

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      BuZz

      @park757 try the official PSU as recommended. One without an in-line switch.

    • cebix

      Emulation, menu freezes sometimes for a few seconds when USB drive is present
      Help and Support • raspberry pi 3+ usb freezing • • cebix

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      cebix

      @dankcushions Here's my pastebin:

      https://pastebin.com/NR8ixXeM

      If anybody sees anything interesting in there please let me know. I can't figure anything out in this file sadly.

      I don't know if it's of any interest but I plugged in my USB pendrive, ran RetroPie, hit F4 to exit EmuStation, ran the command dmesg > /tmp/dmesg.txt, ran emulationstation, played a PSX game which froze pretty much instantly, exited the game, took the file via WinSCP and there it is.

    • sebReTro

      Periodic stuttering/freezing with RetroPi4.4 on a Raspberry 3B+ in every game (1-2seconds)
      Help and Support • freezing stumbling lag raspberrypi 3b+ retropie 4.4 • • sebReTro

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      mitu

      @sebretro said in Periodic stuttering/freezing with RetroPi4.4 on a Raspberry 3B+ in every game (1-2seconds):

      Does anyone have know about this problem? Thank you for your help.

      Looks like an insufficient power problem - the RPI underclocks itself not having enough power. Take the PI out of the case and do some testing to see if you get the same problems. The NesPI cases are notorious for this kind of problems.

    • harv052

      Pi 3b+ Retropie crashing, freezing and other shenanigans...
      Help and Support • freezing crashing hardware • • harv052

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      harv052

      Well something happened that might point to the cause of the problem. I have been using it for the past 3 hours no issues. I decided to plug some earphones in so obviously, the board moved a bit. Well as soon as the board moved, it started to disconnect the controllers and a few seconds after, it froze! So now I think it is in fact the power cord from the PSU that's causing all these issues! I'll replace it and see if it goes away...

    • Jekku

      Hdmi freezing
      Help and Support • nespi case + freezing fans • • Jekku

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      Jekku

      @mitu it came back :/

    • stoney66

      RPI no controls work and freezes if I launch a game immediately after boot (mame2003 or advmame1.4)
      Help and Support • mame2003 advmame 1.4 freezing black screen • • stoney66

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      stoney66

      @mitu na all roms are running on the sd card, 32GB sandisk. I have a few of them that I cycle through during updates etc. All of them have shown the same behavior. I haven't changed default config.txt.

      I'm using an LCD monitor with hdmi, not sure if that was the screen question :)

      Also the map message only happens with Galaga so far, Berzerk does not show that it just completely freezes, screen does not go black like Galaga does.