SteamLink for Raspberry Pi Released

psyke83

I updated the scriptmodule recently to fix a controller mapping issue with sixaxis controllers; steamlink is now configured to run in an Xorg session to prevent the controller's left analog sticks being erroneously used as a virtual mouse, causing in-game conflicts.

It might be worth updating & re-installing from the latest version of the scriptmodule if you're having controller issues of any type (cc: @LineOf7s, @jasonw).

ralh

I just installed steamlink and if I try to run it from Ports I get a black screen for a moment and then I'm back on the Ports screen.

cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log:

Executing: xinit /opt/retropie/ports/steamlink/steamlink_xinit.sh -- vt1 -keeptty
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1007: xinit: command not found

Any idea what I should do?

psyke83

@ralh said in SteamLink for Raspberry Pi Released:

I just installed steamlink and if I try to run it from Ports I get a black screen for a moment and then I'm back on the Ports screen.

cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log:
Executing: xinit /opt/retropie/ports/steamlink/steamlink_xinit.sh -- vt1 -keeptty
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1007: xinit: command not found
Any idea what I should do?

Hmm... you need the xorgpackage. I'll add that to the depends of the scriptmodule later, but you don't need to wait - just manually install it yourself.

ralh

Sorry, I'm a bit of a RetroPie noob and didn't realize it didn't use X at first.

After installing xorg and changing /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to say allowed_users=anybody everything works.

Thanks for help!

psyke83

@ralh said in SteamLink for Raspberry Pi Released:

Sorry, I'm a bit of a RetroPie noob and didn't realize it didn't use X at first.

After installing xorg and changing /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to say allowed_users=anybody everything works.

Thanks for help!

Thanks for the update. IIRC, the RetroPie script usually removes xserver-xorg-legacy as an alternate to having to edit that file.

PureSmoke

@psyke83 I'm on Retropie 4.4.4 and SteamLink doesn't load for me. I get a black screen with just a cursor (which I can move with the Dualshock 4 trackpad). My /boot/config.txt is actually empty, so I don't even have the option to comment out the scanlines option. How do I fix this?

Baz

I think I broke it. Installed it fine and entered the code on my OC to connect but then had the bright idea to configure my controller. However it had already recognised it was a OS4 pad and really I didn’t need to do anything! I completely messed up the button mapping and now no button works except d-pad doen which quits steamlink. 😭 I have tried uninstalling, restarting system and reinstalling but every time it remembers my dodgy controller configuration. Really I think I need to uninstall steamlink, restart system and FTP in and delete all traces of steamlink, restart system again and then install it fresh. I tried this once but clearly didn’t get every trace. If anyone can help me solve this (without a completely fresh installation of retropie!) I’d be very grateful. Where do I need to look for steamlink configs and stuff?

hhromic

@Baz after uninstalling (and before reinstalling), try deleting the following directories:

$HOME/.local/share/SteamLink
$HOME/.local/share/Valve Corporation

Also check in your $HOME/.config and $HOME/.cache directories for any traces of steam link.

RetroAK

Has this been pulled?
I'm running 4.4.4, made sure my retropie_setup script is up to date by running an update just now, yet I'm not seeing "steamlink" in the experimental extentions.
I recently joined the retropie community and setup my rom machine just a couple weeks ago. Can't imagine why I'm not seeing this listed... would love to have this integrated in emulationstation.

mitu

@RetroAK Yes, it's been integrated for some time - are you running a RPI 3 ?

RetroAK

@mitu I'm not running any form of pie hardware. I installed on top of a lubuntu install using a micro PC I've had around as a previous HTPC. Can post hardware specs and OS details in a little bit.
Should it still be found under experimental?

mitu

@RetroAK Steamlink is only available for the PI3 - that's how Valve released the package.

RetroAK

@mitu Ah, well crud. That would explain it. All my searching and I missed that simple detail. Thanks much, I'll press on researching other options.

RetroAK

@mitu unless, of course, you know the right direction to point me for integrating steam streaming with retropie on non-pie builds. I'm guessing it has to do with Moonlight?
I'd honestly be happy to just add a launch shortcut in my menu of emulators that just opens the desktop steam app

RetroAK

So, this may not be the proper place, but if anyone ends up here wanting a simple solution for steam being integrated in your emulationstation and you're NOT on Pi hardware, this works great and I thought I'd add it here to save you some time.

Install Steam, then add this under <systemslist> in:
etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

  <system>
    <name>steam</name>
    <fullname>Steam</fullname>
    <path>/home/steve/RetroPie/roms/steam</path>
    <extension>.jpg</extention>
    <command>steam -bigpicture</command>
    <platform>steam</platform>
    <theme>steam</theme>
  </system>

Create a "steam" folder in your RetroPie/roms directory and plop a jpg in there.
Simple as that. Any theme that already has eye candy for Steam in your menu knows what to do. Exiting Steam brings you back to emulationstation.
You could install Steam games on the machine you're using for RetroPie or just stream from your main desktop gaming rig with Steam streaming--already a part of the full desktop app.

mitu

@RetroAK I guess you can use Moonlight (it's available also in the experimental packages) if your main PC has an Nvidia video card which support it.

hhromic

@mitu
Moonlight is not yet available officially in the RetroPie experimental section, I hope to submit it as soon as I finish some last polishing that I have in mind.

However, moonlight-embedded (the version I'm using in that scriptmodule) is also only available for RPI devices (and potentially other SBCs, just not x86). For a full desktop environment the right one to use should be moonlight-qt:

https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt

Venturegirl

@Purduecoz I'm having the same problem, the day I installed steamlink it worked from Emulation station but now it won't, only from the shell.

Darksavior

I had to uninstall xorg and install the legacy version to get this working. I'll say, I'm rather impressed. I tried some version of the steam link app I had to manually install a few months ago and it was just absolute garbage. It couldn't get a good signal despite my pi being next to the router, even then, the skipping made it annoying to use. It wouldn't see my pad either. All's been resolved with this. It's great. I fired up Cuphead np.

Darksavior

Looks like entering retropie-setup removes the xorg legacy package. Is there a way to get it working with the latest xorg package? I was getting permission problems with that one.
Fatal server error: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 2 (Permission denied)