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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by

      Try another PSU. Make sure you are not overclocking. You can also try another dongle or ethernet to rule out the usb device.

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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      • Sage FrekeS
        Sage Freke @BuZz
        last edited by

        @BuZz It was mildly overclocked (800 Mhz), I reverted to stock and I connected the pi to a USB 3.0 port od my PC (900 mAh should be enough), but the problem persists.

        When I move files trough ethernet a strange thing happens: the files do transfer but every 12/15 seconds the transfer speed goes to zero, it stays there for a couple of seconds, then it goes back to normal for another 12/15 seconds, then re-drops to zero and so on, it goes on like this until the transfer is complete.

        And when I try to scrape game covers I get this message: "Error saving resized image: out of memory? Disk full?" it's tue that the SD was full before, but I copied the contents on a bigger SD card with Win32 Disk imager, and then I expanded the filesystem with raspi-config (df now says that I have 50GB of free space).

        I think that this error is tied to the poor and intermittent file transfer speed, what could be causing it?

        Screenshot

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        • BuZzB
          BuZz administrators @Sage Freke
          last edited by BuZz

          @Sage-Freke Your pc USB port is not sufficient either to reliably power the rpi and the WiFi. Ethernet speed goes like that due to buffering and sdcard write speed (A faster SDCard could help).

          What's the output of df -h from terminal? Perhaps you have a permissions issue or something if you have the free space. The /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_log.txt log might give more information

          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • Sage FrekeS
            Sage Freke @BuZz
            last edited by Sage Freke

            @BuZz This is the result of df: df

            Now I'm using a Samsung 2A tablet charger (the one that came with the device, not a knockoff).

            Could the quantity of the files have something to do with the freezes? The Amiga folder I'm trying to transfer has almost 100.000 files in it, I tried to transfer them in separated batches: the first batch of 11.000 files was copied successfully, while the second of 45.000 crashed the pi.

            I noticed that the problem seems to occur when the transfer speed reaches 0 KB/s: if the pi's on ethernet, after a while the transfer continues. While it if it's on wifi, as soon as it reaches 0 KB/s Retropie crashes.

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            • CodeDrawerC
              CodeDrawer
              last edited by

              Hey @Sage-Freke I was wondering is you tried moving the files from the USB directly to the pi... it might make it work.

              N64 emulation is the next step :)

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @Sage Freke
                last edited by BuZz

                @Sage-Freke I suspect it's related to the wifi dongle, but it sounds like your sdcard may be a bit slow. Which one are you using ? I have had terrible write performance from some cheaper class 10 cards. I would definitely try another card to rule out the sdcard also.

                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                • Sage FrekeS
                  Sage Freke @CodeDrawer
                  last edited by

                  @CodeDrawer I'm not familiar with retropie's file manager so I didn't try yet, I'll try and report (however, I wanted to use the WiFi manly for the convenience of making changes without having to move the pi).

                  @BuZz The previous card was an old 8gb that I'm sure is as slow as a class 10 can get, but the new one (a seldom used before Samsung 64GB card that I had laying around) while not one of the fastest, it' s not slow either: during the image flashing in Windows it maintained a writing speed of around 20 MB/s.

                  I'll post the log you requested as soon as I get close to the pi.

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                  • CodeDrawerC
                    CodeDrawer
                    last edited by

                    @Sage-Freke I just use command line after pressing f4 on the keyboard.

                    N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                    • Sage FrekeS
                      Sage Freke @CodeDrawer
                      last edited by Sage Freke

                      @CodeDrawer I hate moving files with the command line, I used the retropie file manager and it worked ok (although I wish there was a "select all" option instead of having to select thousand of files/folders manually).

                      @BuZz Here's the content of es_log.txt

                      # code block
lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.1.5rp, built Mar 19 2017 - 18:15:20
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Added known joystick USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad   (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
lvl2: 	Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
lvl1: 	System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "atari2600" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "atari7800" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "atarilynx" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/$100,000 Pyramid, The (USA).D64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/10th Frame (USA).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/19 Part One - Boot Camp (Europe).D64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/2D Tennis Game (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/2K-Fighter (Germany).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3-D Glooper (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3-D Man (USA).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3-D Pinball - Pinball Power (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3-D Skramble (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Construction Kit (Europe).D64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Golf (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Hypermaths (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Pool (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Scacchi Simulator (Italy).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Speed Duel (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Stock Cars II (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/3D Tanx (Europe).T64"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64/International Karate Plus.tap"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	  Unknown platform for system "daphne" (platform "daphne" from list "daphne")
lvl1: 	System "daphne" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "fba" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Unknown platform for system "fds" (platform "fds" from list "fds")
lvl1: 	System "fds" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "gamegear" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "gb" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "gba" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "gbc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "mame-libretro" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "mastersystem" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "megadrive" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "n64" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "neogeo" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "nes" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "ngpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "pcengine" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/ports/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	System "psx" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	System "sega32x" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Unknown platform for system "sg-1000" (platform "sg-1000" from list "sg-1000")
lvl1: 	System "sg-1000" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/snes/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	  Unknown platform for system "vectrex" (platform "vectrex" from list "vectrex")
lvl1: 	System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	 req sound [detailed.launch]
lvl2: 	   (missing)
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                      • Sage FrekeS
                        Sage Freke @Sage Freke
                        last edited by Sage Freke

                        P.S. I screw-up the code formatting but I cannot change it because Akismet detects it as "spam".

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                        • CodeDrawerC
                          CodeDrawer
                          last edited by

                          I can write the code needed for you. So all you need to do is copy/paste @Sage-Freke It also could be worth it.

                          N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                          • Sage FrekeS
                            Sage Freke @CodeDrawer
                            last edited by

                            @CodeDrawer I just wanted to format the log that I posted as a code block. If you can do it, go ahead. Thanks.

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                            • AlexMurphyA
                              AlexMurphy Banned @Sage Freke
                              last edited by AlexMurphy

                              @Sage-Freke Your log is totally useless. I know you may not be a Linux wizz but even you could see there is nothing of interest in that. Do you have the full log? Try launching a game and then check /dev/shm/runcommand.log

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                              • Sage FrekeS
                                Sage Freke @AlexMurphy
                                last edited by

                                @AlexMurphy I had noticed that there was nothing interesting, however, the log was requested to me and I'm not so confident to think that I know better.

                                Here's runcommand.log, it seems that there's nothing here too.

                                # code block
Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x2002/snes9x2002_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/RoboCop 3 (USA).zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
Found ROM file header (and ignored it).
"ROBOCOP 3" [checksum ok] LoROM, 8Mbits, Type: ROM only, Mode: 20, TV: NTSC, S-RAM: 0Kb, ROMId: ???? Company: ??
Failed to open /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/shaders/scanline.glsl: No such file or directory
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