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      nevsan
      last edited by

      I'm such a plank :(

      My set up was working absolutely fine then for some reason while I was in the Raspberry pi Setup, I enabled/downloaded the OPEN GL drivers :(

      Now when I start the pi, I have a completely white screen and it seems to be on, and while brushing the keyboard I can execute something but.. sigh.

      Can anyhow help me to revert back to normal? (sad-face)

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @nevsan
        last edited by

        @nevsan Enable SSH, login to the system, then run sudo raspi-config and disable the OpenGL driver.

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          nevsan
          last edited by nevsan

          Thanks @mitu. I seem to have disabled it. Now I reboot and seems to load properly but then a white screen and again, I seem to be able to run whatever is 'there' as I loaded a mame game.

          After quitting that it take me back to the white screen.

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            nevsan
            last edited by nevsan

            While on that static white screen, if I press the keys and able to get back to the command line it says

            glGetError 0x505

            Any ideas anyone? I'm stuck. Sigh.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @nevsan
              last edited by mitu

              @nevsan Post the contents of your /boot/config.txt file here, surrounded by code blocks (````).

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                nevsan @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu

                # For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxtreadme
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

disable_splash=1

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
# overscan_left=16
# overscan_right=16
# overscan_top=16
# overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on
#gpu_mem_256=128
#gpu_mem_512=256
#gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1
#gpu_mem=512
#dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
#dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @nevsan
                  last edited by mitu

                  @nevsan Seems ok, doesn't show that the OpenGL driver is enabled.
                  EDIT: try switching to the Carbon theme in Emulationstation and see if it works like this.

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                    nevsan
                    last edited by

                    That's odd - till broken :(

                    How do switch the theme as I just have a white screen? Is there a command line boot to change the theme?

                    Looking at:
                    /configs/all/emulationstation/config.txt I get...

                    lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.7.4rp, built Dec  5 2017 - 06:53:30
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Added known joystick Microsoft X-Box 360 pad (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...
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amstradcpc/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	Error - folder with path ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2"" is not a directory!
lvl1: 	System "apple2" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/005.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/10yard85.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/10yardj.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/1941j.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/1941r1.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.
lvl1: 	File ""/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/1941u.zip"" does not exist! Ignoring.

                    << just a piece of the .txt file

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @nevsan
                      last edited by

                      @nevsan What happens if you press the Start button ? Should open up the Emulationstation options menu.

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                        nevsan
                        last edited by

                        That doesn't work either at all. Only F4 seems to be able to get back to command line.

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @nevsan
                          last edited by mitu

                          @nevsan Try resetting the ES configuration - rename the es_settings.txt from the emulationstation config dir - and see if that makes a difference.

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by

                            The problem is when enabling the opengl driver it disables the gpu_mem options. When disabling the option it doesn't restore threm. Uncomment the gpu_mem_xxx options and reboot.

                            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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                              nevsan
                              last edited by

                              Thanks fellas I sure your last option works @buzz but me being a plank I just resigned the fact I'd not save it and burnt another image onto the SD card with the intention of redoing what I'd done.

                              Getting a little less patient and silly in my old age me thinks. Now for me to look at the easiest way to back up what I've done on my SD card in future so I can revert.

                              Thanks again though the community for this stuff is top-notch :)

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                              • quicksilverQ
                                quicksilver @nevsan
                                last edited by

                                @nevsan said in White screen after selecting OpenGL:
                                Now for me to look at the easiest way to back up what I've done on my SD card in future so I can revert.

                                If you are using windows just use win32disk imager. Its basically just the inverse of putting the image on the card. I have learned to always make an image back up before making any major changes to my setup.

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                                • quicksilverQ
                                  quicksilver @quicksilver
                                  last edited by quicksilver

                                  @quicksilver said in White screen after selecting OpenGL:

                                  @nevsan said in White screen after selecting OpenGL:
                                  "Now for me to look at the easiest way to back up what I've done on my SD card in future so I can revert."

                                  If you are using windows just use win32disk imager. Its basically just the inverse of putting the image on the card. I have learned to always make an image back up before making any major changes to my setup.

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