@vaccinemedia said in Pi boots to a blinking cursor when booting:

the latest installer breaks this and so I have fixed ... but you could say that this is a genuine bug which needs fixing as this was not an issue at the end of 2024

Nothing has been changed to the install/setup part in RetroPie recently and there's no 'bug' here - auto-starting EmulationStation on boot has always been a manual step when doing a manual install.

@red2blue bump

@androidonpi The errors appears because you're running RetroPie from the desktop environment. As @dankcushions mentioned, this is not a supported configuration. On the Pi4, drastic will run by starting an X server first (as a few other ports already do), if you're already running in a desktop environment, that won't work.

@helloThere I use win32diskimager on my PC and it works very well. The interface is fairly intuitive too. Hopefully it works for you.

@mausiemaup Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

The Pi4 is not supported by RetroPie yet - either with the image(s) provided on the download page or through the manual installation (over Raspbian).

From: https://blog.petrockblock.com/powerblock-raspberry-pi-power-switch/

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@mitu I'll work on it tomorrow after work. Thanks a bunch for your input mitu. Means a lot to me. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks a bunch.

@Nextus
Make sure you've purchased the NESPi Case +, the latest revision from RetroFlag.
There were issues reported with the previous case and the higher power requirements of the Pi 3+.

@angry_bucket
I don't think that's correct, but curious to know more about your experience.

RetoFlag's safe shut-down script advises to set this to On before installing the scripts. I followed this and everything works fine (as long as EmulationStation is running).

https://github.com/RetroFlag/retroflag-picase

[Edit] I purchased one of these a month ago - love it.

I got the same error message, I fixed it by changing the power supply :/

@djawadi Looks like a bad written image or undersized sd card. Please give more details - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@jbryan1984 Wobbly pop (beer) money ! haha

@rbaker maybe he means 2Volts... then feck it. He's lucky to even see the CLI. Sort your PSU out, mate!