Display switch from Pixel to tty1 after manual installation

ttoine

Hello,

A few info:

Raspverry PI 3
Raspbian 4.4 with Pixel
Alim Aukru 5V 3000mA
Sandisk SD Card 64Gb cat.10
RetroPie 4.2

I did a manual install of RetroPie, and everything is working, I can run emulatiostation from the command line.

The only issue I have is that since, the PI boots to Pixel desktop, and then the display switch like if I would do ctrl+alt+F1.

How can I fix that and stay on the desktop, so I don't have to do ctrl+alt+F7 manually?

Then, my aim is to follow this guide in order to add a link in Pixel's menu, so anyone can launch emulationstation without command line:
http://aoakley.com/articles/2016-12-29-raspberry-pi-retropie-pixel-desktop.php

Rascas

@ttoine Can you run this, it is a fix that we use on PiPplware distro to fix something like that:

sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /etc/init.d/asplashscreen

This might bring other problems, but if solves your problem, maybe we can find something that works for any boot cases.
To reverse it, you can do:

sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 1/fbi -T 2/g' /etc/init.d/asplashscreen

BuZz

@Rascas showing the splash on tty2 is an old default. If everything works as it should on tty1, I'm happy to change it. I can't remember if there was a specific reason for that or not.

herb_fargus

@BuZz possible it had something to do with video splashes but someone would have to test to verify. I wouldn't know either way

ttoine

@Rascas thanks, it works. Should we open a bug or an improvement request for the manual installation documentation?

What kind of problem could this bring? what should I check?

jkwatt

i have the same problem.
afther i install retropie manually on my raspbian the autostart don't work good, i try to give the command you list over but dont work.
this is what i have in terminal:

Linux raspberrypi 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT 2019 armv7l

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Tue Mar  5 10:22:10 2019
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /etc/init.d/asplashscreensed: impossibile leggere /etc/init.d/asplashscreen: File o directory non esistente
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 1/fbi -T 2/g' /etc/init.d/asplashscreensed: impossibile leggere /etc/init.d/asplashscreen: File o directory non esistente

Rascas

@jkwatt The file to edit/sed is now /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh

jkwatt

@Rascas tankyou for the answer but for me don't work, sorry but i'm a beginner with retropie

 pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 1/fbi -T 2/g' /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo reboot

Am I doing something wrong? thanks for the help !

Rascas

@jkwatt Just run this once:

sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh

If you run the other one, you are putting it back as it was, the original state. I think it is well explained in the earlier replies.

jkwatt

@Rascas thank you very much, forgive me but as I told you before I'm a beginner with retropie. and I get a bit of confusion with English, thanks again, now I have my raspbian with retropies + all the raspbian tools including arduino

AnjunaBeats

@Rascas i have the same problem...

i run this :

sudo sed -i 's/fbi -T 2/fbi -T 1/g' /opt/retropie/supplementary/splashscreen/asplashscreen.sh

And works 100%..

but ...What does that line of code do?

ty.