overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.

mitu

@SergioPoverony Is it working now after you modified it ? It's probably a change in the kernel/firmware for the Raspberry PI.

EDIT:this might be the cause of the default overscan behavior change.

SergioPoverony

@mitu
Thank you

SergioPoverony

@mitu
i do as you tell
#disable_overscan=1
and overscan_left right and etc work only in boot or retropi-setup... in EmulationStation him not work

mitu

@SergioPoverony said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

in EmulationStation him not work

Thats should be handled by overscan_scale=1 - do you still have that line in your config.txt file ?

SergioPoverony

@mitu said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

Thats should be handled by overscan_scale=1 - do you still have that line in your config.txt file ?

I make downgrade. Me need update again. After him i check all again.

saccublenda

@SergioPoverony I've noticed the same issue. After upgrading to 4.5 overscan settings apply differently to ES and console (including splashscreen).
disable_overscan is commented and overscan_scale is set to 1.

mitu

@saccublenda I'd love so get more info about your setup - are you also using a LCD screen or just a TV (HDMI) ? Does removing overscan_scale makes a difference ?

saccublenda

@mitu TV with HDMI.
With overscan_scale=1 ES fits the screen correctly, but console has black borders.
Without overscan_scale=1 console fits the screen correctly, but ES goes off screen.

mitu

@saccublenda said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

With overscan_scale=1 ES fits the screen correctly, but console has black borders.

Can you run fbset to see what's the screen size of the console and compare it to the TV's resolution ?
You can try adding disable_overscan=1 to remove any overscan borders altogether.

SergioPoverony

@mitu said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

Can you run
Cant work

Fbset 800*600

=====================
#disable_overscan=1

overscan_left=80
overscan_right=42
overscan_top=46
overscan_bottom=46

dtparam=i2c_arm=on
dtparam=spi=off

dtparam=audio=on
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1
dtoverlay=dwc2
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_drive=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=12
gpu_mem=128

==============================

HDMI connection to scrren

Overscan work only console/terminal mode and not work in EmulationStation

saccublenda

@mitu said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

Can you run fbset to see what's the screen size of the console and compare it to the TV's resolution ?
You can try adding disable_overscan=1 to remove any overscan borders altogether.

With disable_overscan=1 I get from fbset

mode "1920x1080"
    geometry 1920 1080 1920 1080 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

With this configuration the console fits the screen and ES goes off screen.

With #disable_overscan=1 and

overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

I get from fbset

mode "1804x964"
    geometry 1804 964 1804 964 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

With this configuration both console and ES have black borders, but the console has significantly larger borders than ES.

SergioPoverony

@saccublenda

#disable_overscan=1  
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

mode "800x600"
    geometry 800 600 800 600 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

and

disable_overscan=1  
#overscan_left=10
#overscan_right=10
#overscan_top=10
#overscan_bottom=10

mode "800x600"
    geometry 800 600 800 600 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

I tell NOT WORK tested Pi3A+ and Zero W

Any edit work ONLY TERMINAL/CONSOLE and not work in ES

matchaman

I can confirm this, the exact same settings on 4.4 vs 4.5.

mitu

@matchaman Are you also using a TV through HDMI ? Do you have explicit overscan_left/right/etc. settings in the config file.

For the ones using a TV, can you try commenting/removing any overscan settings and leave just

disable_overscan=1

If this will behave like in @saccublenda's case, the console output would fill the screen, but Emulationstation would be off. Try using the TV settings and put the HDMI connecting into Game mode (or PC mode, I know my TV has a PC label for the HDMI connection which changes the output settings) or set it to stretch the image (fit-to-screen ?).

EDIT: I assume you already have overscan_scale=1 in your config (which worked before 4.5).

saccublenda

@mitu said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

EDIT: I assume you already have overscan_scale=1 in your config (which worked before 4.5).

I do.

A Former User

I have problem with overscan settings too, but only, when i am in the terminal or during boot. In ES everything is fine.

I'm using the following settings in rasbian stretch/buster, retropie 4.4 without overscan problems:

 .***.     Friday,  5 July 2019, 08:44:51 PM
     *****     Linux 4.19.50-v7+ armv7l GNU/Linux
     `***'
      |*|      Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
      |*|      /dev/root       6.7G  2.6G  3.8G  40% /
    ..|*|..    Uptime.............: 0 days, 00h00m40s
  .*** * ***.  Memory.............: 630396kB (Free) / 765608kB (Total)
  *******@@**  Running Processes..: 118
  `*****@@**'  IP Address.........: 192.168.1.2
   `*******'   Temperature........: CPU: 53°C/127°F GPU: 54°C/129°F
     `"""'     The RetroPie Project, https://retropie.org.uk

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo nano /boot/config.txt
  GNU nano 2.7.4                File: /boot/config.txt

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
#disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
overscan_left=-33
overscan_right=-33
overscan_top=-18
overscan_bottom=-18

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus

results from fbset:

mode "1250x660"
    geometry 1250 660 1250 660 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

saccublenda

@alphag Same here. Either I can make ES fit the screen or console/splashscreen, but not both. I was able to have both fit the screen on 4.4.

matchaman

@mitu yes, I'm experiencing the exact same issue with @saccublenda. I understand what's going on but I assume it should be fixed, it shouldn't be like that...

saccublenda

As a check I downgraded the kernel as explained here and now the overscan settings apply both to ES and console, so they can now both fit the screen.
I think it is then a problem with the new kernel.

saccublenda

Maybe everyone already knows that, but I've found out that disable_overscan=1 does not actually disable overscan (so ignoring the overscan settings), but instead disables some "default" overscan settings. In fact, with

#disable_overscan=1
#overscan_left=0
#overscan_right=0
#overscan_top=0
#overscan_bottom=0

I get from fbset

mode "1824x984"
    geometry 1824 984 1824 984 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

meaning that without disable_overscan=1 I get a "default" border of 48 on top, bottom, left and right (my display size is 1920x1080). Any additional overscan border explicitly set in /boot/config.txt would add to this default values, in fact with

#disable_overscan=1
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

I get

mode "1804x964"
    geometry 1804 964 1804 964 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

Instead with

disable_overscan=1
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

I get

mode "1900x1060"
    geometry 1900 1060 1900 1060 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode