Raspberry defective with RETROPIE ??

mitu

@lawarmotte the RetroPie RPI image is actually Raspbian Lite, so I don't see how it would 'work with Raspbian, but not retropie'.
How did you install RetroPie - please provide more information as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

lawarmotte

hi !

Maybe I should have started with my hardware: I'm using a GameHat kit / raspberry B+ 512

Ok so, I used balena etcher to create the SD card, with the latest Game-HAT-retropie-4.4-rpi2_rpi3-180713.img
The SD card is working because I tested it on another rapsberry.

During boot it failed to launch Emulstation, and I have this message showing up:

"SSH is enabled and the default password for the 'pi' user has not been changed. This is a security risk - please login as the 'pi' user and type 'passwd' to set a new password."

mitu

@lawarmotte Looks like auto-login is disabled and that's why Emulationstation is not starting. What happens if you log in ?

lawarmotte

If I log the 'pi' user, then screen goes black and show me the error message again.

Should I change the 'pi' password in raspi-config ?

mitu

@lawarmotte The message about the pi user's password is not an error, just a warning. That's not why that Emulationstation doesn't load.
Since we're not supporting 3rd party images, ask the provider of the image about it - as far as we know, Emulationstation might not be installed.
Alternatively, install the standard RetroPie image from retropie.org.uk/download and try to get it running.

EDIT: you can save the /boot/config.txt image from the image you're using and add the display configuration options to the RetroPie image, just so the display is properly configured.

EDIT: Take a look at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#why-emulationstation-doesnt-start-automatically-after-an-update, it might be similar to your problem.

lawarmotte

I tryed the FAQ trick, but still doesn't work.

In fact what's bothering me is that if I take an other raspberry it work perfect ! So the SD installation is ok nothing's wrong here...

What hardware problem on a raspberry could cause that auto login error ??

mitu

@lawarmotte said in Raspberry defective with RETROPIE ??:

What hardware problem on a raspberry could cause that auto login error ??

It's not a hardware thing - as explained in the FAQ it's the systemd package updates that disable the auto-login. It should come up only after you update your OS/Linux packages, but not on a fresh image.
I think you should try out the RetroPie image from retropie.org.uk/download instead of the image you're using right now.

quicksilver

@lawarmotte wait are you using the original pib+? It's not compatible with the retropie 2-3 image. You need to use the 0-1 image.

lawarmotte

Ooooh bloody hell !! I got it now ! Damn it I was using the 2-3 image since my other raspberry is a model 2!

I'm so stupid... I'm gonna download the 0-1 version right away

lawarmotte

Ok, problem solved. I'm really sorry for my mistake...

Thanks for your patience and support !

quicksilver

@lawarmotte no worries, you're not the first person to make this mistake. :)