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    Retropie Installation on Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1

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    • bloodykean
      bloodykean @movisman last edited by

      @movisman Great man! Thx1! :)

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      • scales11
        scales11 last edited by

        I just setup an older i7 laptop using this guide. Everything works great except one problem:

        Regardless of the emulator and rom I am using, the screen will timeout after ~5-10 minutes of play. If I move the mouse or keyboard, the screen comes back on and all is fine...for another 5-10 minutes.

        I think I found the same issue on git:
        https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/7472#issuecomment-485452851

        Does anyone have a fix for this?

        codefossa created this issue in libretro/RetroArch

        open Screen Timeout #7472

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        • bloodykean
          bloodykean @scales11 last edited by

          @scales11 in terminal type "xset q" and what settings do you have?

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          • scales11
            scales11 last edited by scales11

            @bloodykean, No I did not.

            However, once I installed “xdg-utils” my screensaver/timeout was fixed. NOTE: xdg-utils is the Debian package that contains xdg-screensaver

            I also noticed that with the install method I chose I do not have a ~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg file. Could this file be somewhere else?

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            • movisman
              movisman @scales11 last edited by

              @scales11

              Glad you fixed the issue. I must say I didn't get this problem when installing on Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 using my Samsung TV over HDMI, but I did get screen blanking after 10 minutes and I had to wake it up with a keyboard/mouse - it wouldn't wake with the controller.

              I fixed this with the commands in post 38:
              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18810/retropie-installation-on-ubuntu-server-x64-18-04-1/38

              I also had an error saying 'xdg-screensaver not found' when exiting Retroarch from the Setup screen, but installing 'xdg-utils' (which in turn installs xdg-screensaver) clears that error. So it's worth doing that anyway if running RetroPie on Ubuntu Server which has minimal packages.

              I have this on my own documentation (which I will publish at some point).

              Cheers!

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              • movisman
                movisman @scales11 last edited by

                I also noticed that with the install method I chose I do not have a ~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg file. Could this file be somewhere else?

                I think the default is here off the top of my head:
                /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

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                • Panja
                  Panja last edited by Panja

                  I'm trying to get the Plymouth working on my Intel NUC8 but at boot I only see a black screen. Sometimes I get the RetroPie logo for a brief 1 or 2 seconds.
                  Any one have a clue whats going on?

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                  • Panja
                    Panja last edited by

                    @movisman or maybe someone else... 😉
                    Everything seems to be running excellent with Ubuntu Server except Dolphin GUI menu and for instance the FPS counter are really big. This seems to be a resolution issue.

                    As we don’t use a normal desktop is there a way to specify the resolution used on my machine.
                    Dolphin seems to use the desktop res.

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                    • MisterB
                      MisterB last edited by

                      Just wanted to pass along my thanks for the great information that is in this thread. I have wanted to build a system that looked just like the RPi but on x86 for a while, and never got it right. These steps nailed it for me.

                      For anyone interested in an automated setup of the required configs, I have created a bash script that takes care of everything, and shared it on GitHub: https://github.com/MizterB/RetroPie-Setup-UbuntuServer

                      It does not (yet?) handle the TV resolution changes, or the VNC login, but everything else mentioned here is collected in one place. Hopefully it is useful for others. I don't know how actively I will maintain this or improve upon it - probably depends on the interest and feedback.

                      On that note, please give it a shot - I welcome your feedback!

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                      • wmarcio
                        wmarcio @MisterB last edited by wmarcio

                        @MisterB thxs, great idea. Its r un on x64?
                        I sugest to add a install script for music on emulationstation, and install and update video drivers, including vulkan.

                        Retropie BGM script:

                        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/347/background-music-continued-from-help-support

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                        • Panja
                          Panja last edited by

                          Which emulators benefit from the Vulkan drivers?
                          I'm running without them and everything seems to run smooth.
                          But of course improvement is always good. :)

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                          • MisterB
                            MisterB last edited by MisterB

                            @wmarcio - Good point, this script is technically for X64 - I have not tried it on a 32-bit install.

                            The code to upgrade the video drivers and install Vulkan is actually in there. I haven't 'enabled' it yet, as I haven't had a chance to test that everything still works after the upgrades. This is where adding some configurability options would be nice... But for now you can append the following to the end of the script before running it if you want:

                            install_latest_video_drivers
                            install_vulkan

                            I don't know anything about the music capabilities. I will look into it.

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                            • wmarcio
                              wmarcio @MisterB last edited by

                              @MisterB thxs, i will test your script tomorrow.

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                              • johnodon
                                johnodon @MisterB last edited by

                                @MisterB Excellent work! I just ran the script against an Ubuntu 18.04 install (using the x64 mini iso) and everything seems to be working as expected. The only thing I had to do was install curl prior.

                                I'll continue to test and report back.

                                John

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                                • johnodon
                                  johnodon last edited by

                                  Has anyone had any luck running Naomi/Atomiswave ROMs (MAME .zips) on this config using lr-beetle-dc (formally lr-reicast)...specifically on an Intel GPU?

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                                  • Panja
                                    Panja @Panja last edited by

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

                                    Which emulators benefit from the Vulkan drivers?
                                    I'm running without them and everything seems to run smooth.
                                    But of course improvement is always good. :)

                                    Any one?

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                                    • retroczr
                                      retroczr @MisterB last edited by

                                      @MisterB Just tried this in x86 18.04 and it works great. Did some preliminary testing with vulkan drivers too and no issues to report yet. Really great work on putting this together. I second adding the optional steps into the script. Thank you again - great work.

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                                      • retroczr
                                        retroczr @retroczr last edited by

                                        @retroczr should add that I used the server install, not the mini.iso.

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                                        • wilmardo
                                          wilmardo last edited by

                                          @MisterB Massive thanks for the script! I used your script yesterday and it completed successfully, but when I boot I just see a mouse and what seems a openbox interface, not emulstation. When I click with the right mouse button I get the options to start a terminal, applications, restart, reconfigure etc. but when I start the terminal I see nothing. The mouse unclutters nicely so the autostart has run at some point.
                                          If I login with ssh and run ps aux I see that the emulstation process is running. I suspect there might be some overscan or wrong resolution at play and therefore the terminal isn't visible but this shouldn't matter for emulstation starting fullscreen right?
                                          I tried some xrandr command in the openbox autostart config to adjust the resolution but to no avail. I will test further tomorrow but any pointers will be highly appreciated :)

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                                          • noise
                                            noise last edited by noise

                                            Hi Guys

                                            I sucessfully installed retropie on ubuntu 18.04 with a lattepanda alpha 864

                                            the most working fine
                                            ir-parallel N64
                                            ir-genesis-plus-gx
                                            ir-mame2003,2015
                                            ir-gambatte
                                            ir-mgba
                                            ir-gw
                                            ir-fbalpha2012
                                            ir-vice
                                            ir-4do
                                            ir-snes9x2010
                                            ir-picodrive
                                            ir-beetle-supergrafx
                                            ir-beetle-ngp
                                            ir-nestopioa
                                            ir-pcsx-rearmed
                                            ir-ppsspp (xmb menü freezing using rgui)
                                            ir-beetle saturn (audio crackles no roms to testing more)

                                            reicast > flycast (cannot be installed, i do another post)
                                            ir-dosbox (not all run and the running like maniac mansion have no audio.

                                            fs-uae my amiberry scripts are not working here check it later...

                                            Dolphin problem is solved now...
                                            i had audio crackles and lags and full freezes..
                                            these are going since changing to vulkan.

                                            Dolphin Audio:
                                            after trying hours of some configuration it running much smoother with gpu clock rate: 80% the audio crackles are gone 90% decrease.

                                            I installed vulkan in that way:
                                            repos:
                                            [https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa](link url)

                                            sudo add-apt-repository ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa
                                            
                                            sudo apt upgrade libglapi-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri vulkan-utils
                                            sudo apt install libvulkan1 mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-utils
                                            

                                            now i can switch in retroarch to vulkan and vulkan is working,

                                            My main problem is now pcsx2 i can't install from
                                            Official PCSX2 PPA
                                            [https://launchpad.net/~gregory-hainaut/+archive/ubuntu/pcsx2.official.ppa](link url)

                                            sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gregory-hainaut/pcsx2.official.ppa
                                            

                                            installing fom retropie script is unable and
                                            sudo apt install pcsx2
                                            gives the ouput:
                                            package pcsx2 cannot be found.

                                            i saw that is only 32bit... so anyone has successfully installed on ubuntu18.04 with a intel processor ?
                                            if yes a guide would be helpful :-)

                                            thanks

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