Regarding v4.4
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I haven't found anything about this on the forums regarding some bugs I found in v4.4. I had a raspberryPi 3 model B, but it doesn't boot anymore. So, I decided to get a Pi 3 B+. I flashed a clean SD card with the new version of retropie, put it into the Pi and all was fine until it started locking up installing "optional packages". Also, I noticed that while installing packages, there are things like this "~~~~~~~^~" under portions of the lines on the screen, in certain packages. It seems to me that there are quite a few bugs the Debian Stretch version of the Linux Kernal. Is there going to be any kind of an update to fix these issues in the near future? I would greatly appreciate it.
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@rk1gaming You probably are installing from source the packages and what you see are compilation warnings, which are normal and don't indicate any problems with the system. The 'locking' could be that the system is waiting for the compilation to finish, which for a system like a Raspberry Pi can take some time (even hours) - if you can access the system through SSH over the network, then the system is not locked.
I'd say that you're seeing is normal for installing packages from source, there's no real bug to fix. -
sometimes when I play a game, the system locks up. I have an SD Card with OSMC on it, and it runs flawlessly. OSMC also has the same Kernal version, v4.14. So I have no clue what the problem is.
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@rk1gaming Please give more details about your problem and also details about your system - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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The only way that I can explain this, is this.I plug the power into the Pi, it goes through the boot process and up comes emulation station. I can let it sit there for a while and then choose a system and load a ROM. The rom loads and I can play for a while and then the screen freezes and I cannot do anything, I have to unplug the power and plug it back in again.
The system is a follows:
Raspberry Pi 3 model B+
A 5v 2.5A power adapter
A PDP Afterglow Prismatic wired XBOX ONE controller
Network (WIRED) ethernet
the system is NOT overclocked -
Which Emulator/ROM ? Do you still have access through SSH to the system ? How did you install the system ?
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The emulator is for Neo-Geo pocket color and the rom was neo cherry master. Not sure what SSH is. I installed the system by formatting the SD card, flashing it with a clean download of the 4.4 image, putting it into the Pi and plugging in the power and letting it do it's thing. I hope this is what you mean.
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@rk1gaming SSH is another method of remotely accesing your PI, over the network - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/. If your keyboard/screen are frozen, you can still access your system this way and check what's wrong or reboot it.
Does this happen with every game or just a set of ROMs - like the Neo Cherry Master ? -
it happens with a vast majority of the games. in fact, it has locked up even when installing a package...like for a system emulator.
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@rk1gaming Do you get a lightning bolt at the top of the screen when the freezing happens ?
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no.
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@rk1gaming Honestly, looks more like a faulty power supply or card, and not software related. Can you post your
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Hmmmm, the power supply came with a kit I bought, but the lightning bolt happened when I used the old power supply. And the sd card is kind of old.
config.txt
For more options and information see
http://rpf.io/configtxt
Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details
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=16uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720uncomment 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=1uncomment 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=800Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=onUncomment 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
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Wrap the contents of the file in code tags (
````) so it's readable. Doesn't seem you have anything different than the stock image, so I'd try a different SD card just to make sure it's not that. -
what do you mean, wrap the code tags?
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@rk1gaming put four back tics (````) without the parenthesis before and after blocks of code so that it looks like this:
For more options and information see http://rpf.io/configtxt Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details 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 -
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I think I have right
# http://rpf.io/configtxt # Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details # 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 -
@rk1gaming Surround the text you pasted with four (4) backticks, one separate lines.
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I just got a brand new SD card and copied the image to it. Pu the card into the Pi, the initial install went fine and so did updating the system. I went to install the first package "DGEN" and it locked up. Why?
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