Splash screen stops and loops for ever.

Johnr14

Raspberry Pi 3 B running retropie 4.3 First of all I'm a noob to retropie. Was trying to pair my Xbox controller to my retropie with these commands
Sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
Then added the following line
Sudo bash - c 'echoe 1 > /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm'
Then hit control X Y enter
Then sudo reboot. I got this setup from a you tube video with the channel name ETA PRIME. Ever since then my splash video starts playing but mid way a black screen comes out and the video starts all over and continues for ever. Wont load emulation station. Can any please help or guide me out of this situation. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. I also get this on screen every time it goes back to looping spash screen. ! 0_1537636917806_PSX_20180922_132058.jpg

herb_fargus

@johnr14 said in Splash screen stops and loops for ever.:

I got this setup from a you tube video with the channel name ETA PRIME

Found your issue.

Johnr14

@herb_fargus I've checked and read a lot of things on the forum and tried and checked few things on the pie. tried a better power adopter to no avail. I just don't know what to do. Arms up in the air. Can't find anything or help. Just wish I didn't try to attempt to connect my xbox controller smh.

mitu

@johnr14 You've mis-spelled the command and broke your auto-start. The command should be used only when you're using an Xbox One bluetooth controller, if you have a different setup, then it's useless.

Edit your autostart.sh and remove the line you added, then add, on the 1st line of the file, the following command

echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm

Your autostart.sh file should look like

echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm
emulationstation #auto

The problem with various videos around RetroPie is that the commands they show are not easy to type for a beginner. If you had the commands in text form, you could have easily copy/pasted it in the file, much easier than to manually type it. And also, most of them are documented in the Docs.
That being said, I realise the Docs are missing this particular information about the Xbox One Blueooth controller.

Johnr14

@mitu Is there a way that I can do this? It won't let me type anything. I've tried all keys on keyboard and it doesnt do anything at all. Will I have to do this on my pc? Thanks for the respond and the help. Its is really much appreciated Mitu.

mitu

@johnr14 I think you'll have to use SSH to log in to your PI. Use the 1st option to enable it - just pop the sd card and insert it into your PC, then create an empty file called ssh on the /boot partition. Make there is no extension to the file, it just has to be called ssh. Put the card back in the Pi, then start the system.
Download Putty and then connect to your PI with it - you'll have a login session where you can run commands and make the modifications to recover from the error.

Johnr14

@mitu I'll work on it tomorrow after work. Thanks a bunch for your input mitu. Means a lot to me. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks a bunch.