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    • johnodonJ
      johnodon @Demetris
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      @demetris said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

      What i was looking for tbh. A big thank you for your trouble and one question. Isnt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twm a more light weight wm than openbox and is the standard window manager for the X Window System so it will be almost using no resources if any at all

      I'll take a look but I am FAR from a linux expert. I only gathered the information that I found and ran with it.

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      • DemetrisD
        Demetris
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        Also since we are dependable on how good the gpu performs under linux i would recommend to update mesa from one of these ppa's for maximum performance, especially on 3d systems like dreamcast/wii/gc/N64 and so on :)

        https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/ubuntu/updates?field.series_filter=bionic

        https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/pkppa?field.series_filter=bionic

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        • DemetrisD
          Demetris
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          And also about those wired/wireless gamepads support i can ask xanmod to provide a gaming kernel especially for use in this distro you started here :) would be awesome i think lets see what he thinks about this.
          https://xanmod.org/

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          • johnodonJ
            johnodon @Demetris
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            @demetris said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

            Also since we are dependable on how good the gpu performs under linux i would recommend to update mesa from one of these ppa's for maximum performance, especially on 3d systems like dreamcast/wii/gc/N64 and so on :)

            https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/ubuntu/updates?field.series_filter=bionic

            https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/pkppa?field.series_filter=bionic

            Is all that is required is to add the PPA and do a dist-upgrade? Any configuration changes need to take advantage?

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            • DemetrisD
              Demetris
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              nope will replace the current mesa driver with the new one

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              • johnodonJ
                johnodon @Demetris
                last edited by

                @demetris said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                nope will replace the current mesa driver with the new one

                OK...just did it. My own use case was only ever intended for arcade games so I probably won't see any improvement.

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                • DemetrisD
                  Demetris
                  last edited by Demetris

                  Depends on GPU.When mesa 18.2 stable arrives some users might get opengl v4.3 support from v3.2 etc

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                  • DemetrisD
                    Demetris
                    last edited by Demetris

                    btw what you did with vsync issues? Last time i tried this i had screen tearing all over and was an unpleasant experience

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                    • DemetrisD
                      Demetris
                      last edited by Demetris

                      And is done ;) Lets wait and see
                      https://github.com/xanmod/linux/issues/12
                      I closed the issue :)
                      See here
                      https://github.com/xanmod/linux/blob/a092df697fa6bd600ac9e3d0b548fdf9603dbff7/.config#L6424
                      All gamepads are enabled and supported already so we can freely use that kernel and everything will work just fine ;)

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                      • johnodonJ
                        johnodon @Demetris
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                        @demetris said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                        btw what you did with vsync issues? Last time i tried this i had screen tearing all over and was an unpleasant experience

                        I haven't experienced this. Do you see it with specific games?

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                        • DemetrisD
                          Demetris @johnodon
                          last edited by

                          @johnodon said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                          @demetris said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                          btw what you did with vsync issues? Last time i tried this i had screen tearing all over and was an unpleasant experience

                          I haven't experienced this. Do you see it with specific games?

                          No, issue was all over the place. In emulationstation when you swap around systems or in games.You could see a screen tearing issue and was very pita.
                          If you have it or not you will know as is very obvious to catch it with your eyes.
                          I will test soon this installation and get back to you.

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                          • johnodonJ
                            johnodon
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                            Added a video to the OP that shows game launching without terminal windows, mouse pointers, etc.

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                              AndrewH
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                              Out of interest, given that an installation on Ubuntu (on an x86 system) effectively sidesteps the performance limitations of the Raspberry Pi, would it be feasible to install and use one of the newer MAME versions?

                              I understand that it'd have to be called directly, rather than through retroarch, so there might be a bit more fiddling to get controls working, but it could potentially allow for running of some of the newer arcade games that MAME 2003 and 2010 don't support, right?

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                              • johnodonJ
                                johnodon @AndrewH
                                last edited by johnodon

                                @andrewh said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                Out of interest, given that an installation on Ubuntu (on an x86 system) effectively sidesteps the performance limitations of the Raspberry Pi, would it be feasible to install and use one of the newer MAME versions?

                                I understand that it'd have to be called directly, rather than through retroarch, so there might be a bit more fiddling to get controls working, but it could potentially allow for running of some of the newer arcade games that MAME 2003 and 2010 don't support, right?

                                There is an lr-mameexperimental package that is used for current MAME.

                                I'm using current MAME (0.200) right now and it works wonderfully. However, the core that is compiled using the experimental package crashes. I still use the package to install the bits and pieces, but I download a nightly core from the Libretro buildbot page and copy it to /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame.

                                Be aware that the file you download will need to be renamed to arcademame_libretro.so.

                                John

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                                • 00ninja0
                                  00ninja @johnodon
                                  last edited by 00ninja

                                  @johnodon said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                  There is an lr-mameexperimental package that is used for current MAME.

                                  I'm using current MAME (0.200) right now and it works wonderfully. However, the core that is compiled using the experimental package crashes. I still use the package to install the bits and pieces, but I download a nightly core from the Libretro buildbot page and copy it to /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame.

                                  Be aware that the file you download will need to be renamed to arcademame_libretro.so.

                                  John

                                  Thanks for this tip!

                                  I reecently added lr-mame2003 to my Peppermint OS desktop build and today decided to upgrade to Mame 0.200. I am using the RetroPie Setup Script and after adding lr-mame, it would attempt to load a game but then dump me back to EmulationStation.

                                  I added the latest nightly of lr-mame from the buildbot but I had to rename it 'mamearcade_libretro.so' as that is what the one from the setup script installed. Works like a charm now, thanks again!

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                                  • johnodonJ
                                    johnodon @00ninja
                                    last edited by

                                    @00ninja said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                    @johnodon said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                    There is an lr-mameexperimental package that is used for current MAME.

                                    I'm using current MAME (0.200) right now and it works wonderfully. However, the core that is compiled using the experimental package crashes. I still use the package to install the bits and pieces, but I download a nightly core from the Libretro buildbot page and copy it to /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame.

                                    Be aware that the file you download will need to be renamed to arcademame_libretro.so.

                                    John

                                    Thanks for this tip!

                                    I reecently added lr-mame2003 to my Peppermint OS desktop build and today decided to upgrade to Mame 0.200. I am using the RetroPie Setup Script and after adding lr-mame, it would attempt to load a game but then dump me back to EmulationStation.

                                    I added the latest nightly of lr-mame from the buildbot but I had to rename it 'mamearcade_libretro.so' as that is what the one from the setup script installed. Works like a charm now, thanks again!

                                    Quite welcome!

                                    John

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                                    • robotronmanR
                                      robotronman
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                                      @johnodon Thanks much for this great guide. I just setup my NUC 6i5SYH and everything works!

                                      I do have one issue though. Is there a way to exit EmulationStation using F4, but drop directly to the CLI just like on a RPi? With this build you get dropped into a black screen running openbox. To get to a prompt, i can ssh in and kill the openbox process, but I'm sure there is a cleaner way of doing this :)

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                                      • johnodonJ
                                        johnodon @robotronman
                                        last edited by johnodon

                                        @robotronman said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                        @johnodon Thanks much for this great guide. I just setup my NUC 6i5SYH and everything works!

                                        I do have one issue though. Is there a way to exit EmulationStation using F4, but drop directly to the CLI just like on a RPi? With this build you get dropped into a black screen running openbox. To get to a prompt, i can ssh in and kill the openbox process, but I'm sure there is a cleaner way of doing this :)

                                        You get a black screen because you probably performed the 'Optional Steps'. Most of these change the characteristics of the gnome terminal (make background black, hide menu, etc.). You can still right click in the background and tell it to open a new terminal window although it will not be very easy to navigate. If you want a nice looking terminal window, don't do the 'Optional Steps'.

                                        This is the main culprit in the optional steps: Completely hide gnome terminal

                                        If you want a mouse pointer, remove -- -nocursor from the .bash_profile.

                                        John

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                                        • robotronmanR
                                          robotronman @johnodon
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                                          @johnodon Thanks John, makes sense.

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                                          • wmarcioW
                                            wmarcio @johnodon
                                            last edited by wmarcio

                                            @johnodon said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                            @robotronman said in Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1:

                                            @johnodon Thanks much for this great guide. I just setup my NUC 6i5SYH and everything works!

                                            I do have one issue though. Is there a way to exit EmulationStation using F4, but drop directly to the CLI just like on a RPi? With this build you get dropped into a black screen running openbox. To get to a prompt, i can ssh in and kill the openbox process, but I'm sure there is a cleaner way of doing this :)

                                            You get a black screen because you probably performed the 'Optional Steps'. Most of these change the characteristics of the gnome terminal (make background black, hide menu, etc.). You can still right click in the background and tell it to open a new terminal window although it will not be very easy to navigate. If you want a nice looking terminal window, don't do the 'Optional Steps'.

                                            This is the main culprit in the optional steps: Completely hide gnome terminal

                                            If you want a mouse pointer, remove -- -nocursor from the .bash_profile.

                                            Johthe

                                            Hi, its my frist post here, for a long time i read this topic.

                                            I want to unhide the terminal window, i need its allways on back of emulationstation, how i can do that, any way?

                                            Keep the good work man. Thx.

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