@mitu Done and fixed!

@mitu I am good to go as well. Thanks for the fix.

@tmxretro the "h" key is the default retroarch "reset content" hotkey and, without a controller connected, there is no default "enable hotkey" hotkey configured, so all the other ones (like "reset content") will work on their own, with just a single keypress.

You can toggle game focus with the "game focus (toggle)" hotkey (default: scroll_lock, configurable from settings > input > hotkeys > game focus (toggle)). While game focus is enabled, other hotkeys (including "exit emulator") will not function, passing full keyboard control to the loaded core; press scroll_lock again to disable game focus and return hotkey functionality.

@jamesnj ...just getting back around to the forum.

Hmm, not sure why the override files in /opt/retropie/configs/atari5200 aren't working. They should be the last ones loaded.

Strange.............you could try looking at the runtime log in /dev/shm and see what Retroarch is loading (and in what order). If I remember right, the file is: runcommand.log

I just upgraded to a Pi 4 and Atari 5200 works now!

However I still get segmentation faults in runcommand on a Pi 3.

Both are running Retropie fully upgraded with the latest lr-atari800 binary.

So I guess if this is happening to you, ditch the Pi 3 like I did.

Have you tried using the Core input remapping menu to re-configure the input ?

@jimmyfromthebay

There is nothing wrong with the lr-atari800 build Did you put the right BIOS roms where they need to be? Are you running good ROMs. Make sure to check what's in the ROM files and not that they are double zipped...some downloads have that issue

Also..did you follow this?

once you have the correct BIOS files in place and the emulator(s) working. I highly suggest taking some time to go through this build setup for lr-atari800/5200.

Without it, your systems will work, but look nothing like they should, especially the a800 side.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22392/lr-atari800-5200-artifacting-basic-and-other-guidance

@a1eg so are you saying you still did not get this to work?

What BIOS files do you have...where did you put them? Are they zipped, or unzipped. What did you name them.

Lr-Atari800 works fine when you have everything set up. I've been using it for over a year and its one of my favorite choices.

You're doing something wrong.

@rkoster whoops! Didn't know/see/look at that. Thanks for pointing it out.

Hopefully the Guru's get this one figured out. Fingers crossed.

Does anyone know if the alternative Setup script from this repository https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup will help ?

Thanks for any help.

@grand_national to exit Atari 800 standalone emulator you have to use the keyboard (F9). F1 enters the configuration. Only retroarch emulators and a couple of standalone emulators like amiberry and mupen64 support exiting with the select+start combination. But the standalone Atari 800 emulator is a lot more functional than the libretro core.

@jamrom2 If you removed the brackets from the file names, then you have to remove the bracket from the script too. :

croppedfilename=${filename//Disk*.atr/}

You know, it's a quick and dirty script, written only to save time with the common format. If you change the format of your filenames, then you have to adapt the script to your format.

@jamrom2 thank you so much for trying to help me. it seems 5200 emulation just isn't in the cards for me.

I actually found the old image had backed up on a card in a drawer. I booted it up and 5200 worked without a hitch. I figured, jackpot, I'll just transfer the settings and configs to my current image. no dice.

short of finding a pre-converted 5200 romset somewhere I don't think it's going to work out.

I don't know any settings to make it start in Game Focus mode by default - not sure it is possible.

EDIT: you can install the standalone atari800 emulator and use the runcommand launch menu to use it for text adventure games.

@mitu What's weird is that this issue is absent on the Pi 4 (which is the last place I'd expect to see a bug be absent).

@n2185x the distortion I faced with lt-atari800 audio was resolved by applying the patch in this linked thread. The patch, to my knowledge, has not made it into the libretro core

I can confirm that applying this patch and recompiling fixed my audio quality and buzzing

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22530/lr-atari800-buzzing-sound/4

Wanted to say THANKS for the "menu_enable_widgets" fix and to share some more info.

First, it was interesting that ROMs were fine and that ATR disks were all failing.

I tracked down the segmentation violation in the /dev/shm/run command.log:

/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1283: 31257 Segmentation fault /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-atari800/atari800_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari800/Mule.atr" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

I took a look at line 1283:

eval $COMMAND </dev/tty &>>"$LOG"

All this is doing is running the right command, explicitly getting input from the tty, and tying file descriptors to the log.

I ran the command from the console and it worked fine without redirecting STDIN/STDERR. It also worked fine just redirecting STDOUT (fd 1). But every time I redirected STDERR (fd 2), I got a segmentation violation.

Not sure what exactly the widgets have to do with this, but apparently they do. If anybody wants a strace of this I would be happy to provide.

I hope this is helpful, and again, thanks for the fix!