I tried a bit more stuff. Last thing I did was uninstall xpad and install xone. The adapter seems to be connected as a USB device for a moment, but then disconnected again. See log output here: https://pastebin.com/dgWF9gT5
Any ideas, advice?

/edit: I don't know why, but with xboxdrv installed (xpad uninstalled) and input mode set to dinput (not xinput) it's working now...

FYI/UPDATE : For future browsers who may purchase and use this, or a similar, screen on their Pi.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S82CN57 - Longruner Raspberry Pi Touch Screen

It turns out the driver for the LCD set the GPU RAM to 64MB upon installation. I tried it on 2 other 3B+ units I had running RetroPie because it was bugging me, and it did the same on both of them.

Just to confirm, I set it back to 128, reinstalled the driver, and it went back to 64 each time.

So if you use this screen, or maybe one similar to it, check your GPU RAM allocation after you install the drivers, it may have changed. Especially if you move the Pi back to a higher resolution display.

Edit: To be more specific, running "sudo ./LCD-hdmi" will set it to 64 every time. In my case, and probably others, if you move back to a "standard" HDMI display and do not run this, you will not have audio at all, no matter what you set in the Raspberry Pi/RetroPie. So if you use this or any similar LCD, and you notice you lost audio when moving to something else, don't forget to run this. Then check your GPU RAM allocation.

:)

@that_fish_ said in Retropie not going to home screen:

@hostolis I got an error message

-bash: emulationstation: command not found

How did you install RetroPie? What hardware is it on?

everything was working fine earlier today,

I suppose the $64,000 question is, what did you do since earlier today?

What service does it say failed to start, up where it says "failed to start..."?

@remocscott there isn't image

@windg
Alrighty! I'll keep playing normally, i'll install duckstation just to see it working
Thanks!

Additional notes:
I installed the duckstation core, i tried playing the game there and swapping discs works perfectly, although it doesn't recognize the CD1 or CD2 extension i had to rename them as .cue files again and change the m3u to reflect the changes

@br23z please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

including relevant config files (/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and the one for the system in question) and verbose log.

@dankcushions luckily i found the bios needed thanks

I may have forgotten to mention but I've noticed that when doing a initial clean install of RetropIe 4.7 I noticed that with my 8BitDo controllers that there is a bug that does not allow me to configure the Right Trigger and Left Trigger . It does show up as a Xbox 360 controller, I had fixed that input by updating Retropie to current 4.7.11 and redoing the configuration.

@pjft said in Snaps/Video Issue with EmulationStation (V2.10.0RP-DEV):

Should be fixed now - thanks.

Confirmed, this is fixed. Always grateful @pjft
Thank you

@mitu thank you, that was the problem yes

@iandaemon @mitu
Booting into terminal fixed the problem and the games worked.
Thank you for the help 🙏

@mitu thanks for replying .I was trying to get the x68k emulator swap-disks to work rather than the retroarch's . its odd that there are not any info about it on the internet! it got to be a common issue. anyways I gave up :) its seems retroarch is a much easier option now.

thanks again.your guides on this website helped me alot with the whole retropie/launchbox thing . I appreciate it.

@azurden how did this workout for you?

@Boozina said in Cant install Pi4 images:

Used Images from Arcade Punks

We don't support 3rd party images. Use the Pi4 image from retropie.org.uk/download and it will work.

@mitu I see... thanks for the info!

Truth be told, I prefer the old text notifications anyway, so I'll be turning off the widgets posthaste.

@neutrios

I have a DragonRise Inc. USB Encoder and haven't had any issues mapping the buttons in Retropie 4.6 on a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB

the config is here ...

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick .cfg

and inside the .cfg is my button mapping

input_device = "DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick "
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "6"
input_l_btn = "0"
input_load_state_btn = "0"
input_up_btn = "10"
input_left_btn = "11"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "11"
input_select_btn = "6"
input_right_btn = "9"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "9"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "4"
input_x_btn = "3"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "3"
input_down_btn = "8"
input_start_btn = "7"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "7"
input_b_btn = "1"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_a_btn = "2"

@Chapster5 Thanks for sharing your solution. 👍