@mitu Thanks, and sorry. Will try to find a guide for this then.

@Dr_Goggles

I'm about to try the same thing you went through. I tried to update a pi which hasn't seen any updates for the better part of like 5 years, and got errors saying I need to update from stretch. The update finished (with failures) and now the pi boots up the retropie screen, then powers down. So I have to update or else I can't even use the pi.

I have another pi in the house which is basically identical, so I'll be attempting a clean install of buster with the hopes that I don't lose functionality of my very- simplistic use of it. Mostly just watching video files in kodi from an external hdd, and a bunch of roms I can copy from the other pi.

I'll probably make copies of the config and rom folders before I download and flash the new retropie software. But I haven't done this for a few years and I hope it's as easy as it used to be. Any roadblocks you overcame that might help me would be appreciated. I didn't see you make a 'success!' post so I can only assume you got it figured out and are back in business.

Upgrading the OS is not supported by Raspbian nor RetroPie. You probably have found some instructions on how to upgrade using apt and updating its configuration files in /etc/apt, but it's not a recommended process, especially for a beginner.

If you wish to use an up-to-date/current version, use the image from http://retropie.org.uk/download. We don't support 3rd party image, as outlined in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@mitu found a way to acces the SD card with "Linux Reader" actualy copying fies and it takes ages but better than nothing.

@masinad said in 8bitdo bluetooth controller and ROMs slowly loading:

Or where to look for information?

Seems like this issue. Try pairing the controller in Switch/Android mode instead of Xinput mode.

Post your script.

@mitu said in Trouble with RetroPie after updating from Stretch to Buster:

@keks24 said in Trouble with RetroPie after updating from Stretch to Buster:

Could you elaborate this and provide some references, please?

I think every new Raspberry Pi OS (was Raspbian once) mentions this in their release notes. For instance, for the Buster release:

We do not recommend upgrading an existing Stretch (or earlier) system to Buster – we can’t know what changes everyone has made to their system, and so have no idea what may break when you move to Buster. However, we have tested the following procedure for upgrading, and it works on a clean version of the last Stretch image we released. That does not guarantee it will work on your system, and we cannot provide support (or be held responsible) for any problems that arise if you try it.

Ah, thank you for the link!

In my opinion, they are making it a little bit easy on themselves here, but I guess, that they do not want to let the (normal) user go through the entire partitioning resizing process of /boot/ here.

They also increased the partition of their official images, due to the large kernel files of Debian Buster:

$ fdisk --list * | grep "Device\|img1" | column -t Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-full.img1 8192 532479 524288 256M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf.img1 8192 532479 524288 256M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.img1 8192 532479 524288 256M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) (retropie) $ df --human-readable /boot Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mmcblk0p1 512M 47M 466M 10% /boot

you know what i did. i just did a fresh install - retropie 4.6 image. thanks for all the info and help, but a fresh install isnt that hard, it takes a couple of hours and then everything is working fine. also, the time and effort needed to upgrade the whole lot with all side complications possible - and having to resolve them -, that would perhaps take longer than just simply imaging the whole sd card to a disk image (.img) then flash it with retropie 4.6 and then mount the .img and return the whole lot to its folders.

@mitu true. I'll adjust the flags when I next work on retropie.

Thanks @BuZz

I might hold of a bit longer then. As I mentioned, I'm in no real rush and the kids still have the arcade the play on.

I followed this post on how to upgrade from Jessie to Stretch without doing a fresh install and it worked for me. But it's officially recommended to do a clean install.

@Nicky_S14 Yes, there is, but a clean install is recommended. If you'd like to try it out, the steps are outlined in this forum post.

@dankcushions So... your answer is essentially "Yes, it IS going to be a hideous and massive chore, and yes it IS the only way"?

Yep the switch fixed the problem. Thanks again!

@Andrewpk200 if you use a crossover cable and hook your pi directly to your pc you can have everything transferred in no time.

Hi, did you get my email reply?

Probably you'll have to play with the Overscan settings to see if you can remove the borders.

@hansolo77 said in Stretch and RetroPie:

Is there anything I need to do differently when building a new system with the Raspberry Pi 3B+ other than using the Stretch OS?

you don't have to even "do" that - current retropie images use raspbian stretch.