One reason the roms don't show up could be the Option "Parse Gamelists Only" in Emulation Station's Main Menu -> Other Settings (Screenshot). It should be set to OFF to see every zip file in the rom directories in Emulation station. If they will run, however, depends on the correct rom/emulator combination, see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/.

I think @quicksilver might be right. On the PC, the actual start-up is done via $HOME/.config/autostart/retropie.desktop. Modify it and add a delay before emulationstation starts [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -e "sleep 5 && emulationstation" Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[de_DE]=RetroPie Name=rpie Comment[de_DE]=RetroPie Comment=retropie Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/retropie.svg Categories=Game

@Planetdune Then wait until an official image is released.

Wow, I feel super dumb. I spent too much time creating variables in c++ and nothing online told me the quotes were mandatory, just figured they were a placeholder.

You could try lakka

@herb_fargus Thanks! I was reading now, thanks!

@Daistaar I'd recommend @Rookervik's launching images as a starting point - https://github.com/ehettervik/es-runcommand-splash.

It'll be a third USB device. It uses its own interface board, and wont work with the same boards you're going to be using with your joystick/buttons. You'll have to see if the spinner you buy comes with one, or what board is recommended with that spinner.

@mitu , thanks for the help. Tried that solution, did not work. Probably it is better to wait for a stable port to rpi4.

Thanks for your help

Use the default retroarch.cfg - leave aside all the hard sync settings (I don't think they're relevant for the Pi's GPU) and the audio settings. Also, a GPU mem of 256 is more than enough for most emulators, so I don't see any point in upping it to 512.

@mitu said in Retropie install fail on kali linux rp0w: e detection flag will not be enough to make RetroPie install - as you have probably seen. On the Raspberry Pi, only Raspbian is supported at the Well, then what about manual build retroarch and emulationstation? Which flags do I need? And how configure emulationstation work with retroarch?

@caver01 Ya, I still have to wire the controls (dad time). was definitely planning on exploring throwing games that support cocktail mode into cocktail mode. Hopefully I'll have this thing completely done before a year has elapsed this December! =D @MeduZaPaT Thanks! I really appreciate it. I've got it installed, but obviously can't do anything until the LED controller is wired. Quick reading on your documentation seems pretty straightforward. Will definitely reach out if I run into issues.

@ohmycommodore said in Difference between Retropie and Lakka: Lakka's "light theme" seemed to be WHITE TEXT ON WHITE BACKGROUND. hardest. game. ever. In Germany, there's the tradition of East Frisian jokes. One is about the national flag of East Frisia allegedly being a white eagle on white background. 😉

compiling without GUI , and in single thread, suceeded.

Some mouse-only games are still setup to use just controllers and not the attached mouse/keyboard when you use the WHDLoad version. Populous, for example. I don't know what i need to do to unset that, so I can't make any suggestion for you on this either (if it's the case). My only other suggestion would be to disconnect your controllers before firing up an amiga game and/or switch USB ports so that your mouse and keyboard are on the lower port numbers (0 and 1).

@mitu THANK YOU VERY MUCH! you are the best! With this advice you save me tons of hours.

Somethink like this, but US based.

@Darksavior awesome. Thanks for the help.