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    Raspberry pi 4 running retropie issue

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    • lewsidiusL
      lewsidius
      last edited by

      Hey all,
      I got the newest noobs running and finished the install (twice) Still having the same issue...
      When I boot from raspbian I can access use my keyboard and bluetooth controllers but not my plugged in controllers and has errors when I plug in or unplug usb drives (with the folder Retropie on it)

      When I set it to boot with this code ```
      [ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION}" ] || emulationstation

      It will boot into emulation station but controls no longer get recognized and definitely doesnt recognize my usb drive either....
      
      If I try booting by exiting raspbian and going to terminal and typing ```
      emulationstation
      

      I get the error: Renderer failed to initialize! Window failed to initialize!

      I know that the pi 4 is new but has anyone had any luck getting Retropie going?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @lewsidius
        last edited by

        @lewsidius The PI4 is not yet supported yet by RetroPie.

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        • lewsidiusL
          lewsidius @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu Thanks buddy thats too bad :-(

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          • saccublendaS
            saccublenda
            last edited by saccublenda

            Retropie has not been released yet for the Raspberry Pi 4. We should just wait for a new version compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 to be released, since the latest builds run on Raspberry Pi 0, 1, 2 and 3, and therefore are not compatible with Raspberry Pi 4.

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            • lewsidiusL
              lewsidius @saccublenda
              last edited by

              @saccublenda Did they every give an ETA?

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              • lewsidiusL
                lewsidius @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu did you hear an eta by chance?

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                • sirhenrythe5thS
                  sirhenrythe5th @lewsidius
                  last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                  @lewsidius no, its done when its done.
                  Just have patience, there is much to do and i could imagine that even the first release of Retropie for the Pi4 will not offer everything most people are waiting for.
                  The Dev-Team here is busy on preparing the platform for all the emulators.
                  But the emulators itself may also have to be optimized and this is not in the hands of the retropie Dev-Team.
                  Personally i dont believe that an all-perfect-in-one Version of Retropie for the Pi 4 will be available before X-Mas.
                  Does not matter to me as it was even unsure if a Pi4 would be released in 2019.
                  So it is a kind of Bonus that it is released anyway and i have enough to do with my Pi3-image 😊

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                  • saccublendaS
                    saccublenda @lewsidius
                    last edited by

                    @lewsidius No, we just have to wait. When it's available it will on the website.

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                    • lewsidiusL
                      lewsidius @sirhenrythe5th
                      last edited by

                      @sirhenrythe5th Thanks for the info. Its definitely available I have one right here. Im just trying to get over a hurdle right now with the controllers but I have Retropie running on it.

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                      • saccublendaS
                        saccublenda @lewsidius
                        last edited by

                        @lewsidius said in Raspberry pi 4 running retropie issue:

                        @sirhenrythe5th Thanks for the info. Its definitely available I have one right here. Im just trying to get over a hurdle right now with the controllers but I have Retropie running on it.

                        Do you have a Retropie image? Or did you try to install Retropie on Raspian Buster?

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                          Barcrest @lewsidius
                          last edited by

                          @lewsidius said in Raspberry pi 4 running retropie issue:

                          @sirhenrythe5th Thanks for the info. Its definitely available I have one right here. Im just trying to get over a hurdle right now with the controllers but I have Retropie running on it.

                          You can get it to work, but it isn't officially supported and you will experience problems. The emulators are also not optimised. I am guessing you downloaded one of the images floating around.

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                          • DarksaviorD
                            Darksavior @lewsidius
                            last edited by Darksavior

                            @lewsidius Try a nightly build of Lakka. It's still not optimized, and it's buggy, but it's something to play around with while we wait for a new retropie build.

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                            • MaMikeeM
                              MaMikee
                              last edited by

                              FYI the other arcade package "Recalbox" won't even run on PI 3 yet.

                              Spent a few hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong until I asked that forum.

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                              • cyperghostC
                                cyperghost @MaMikee
                                last edited by cyperghost

                                @MaMikee Surly Recalbox runs on a Pi3B/B+ - but that's not the matter here

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                                • MaMikeeM
                                  MaMikee
                                  last edited by

                                  It didn't as of 11 days ago, at least their featured version.

                                  These things take time, which is on topicRPIE6OH.JPG

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                                  • cyperghostC
                                    cyperghost @MaMikee
                                    last edited by

                                    @MaMikee [[ 3A+ != 3B && 3A+ != 3B+ ]]

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                                    • MaMikeeM
                                      MaMikee
                                      last edited by

                                      TMI, but thanks

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                                      • saccublendaS
                                        saccublenda @Darksavior
                                        last edited by saccublenda

                                        @Darksavior I tried lr-snes2010 on RPI4 with nightly build of Lakka. As anticipated by the retroarch team the "run-ahead" runs smoothly, with a significant decrease in delay.

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                                        • DarksaviorD
                                          Darksavior @saccublenda
                                          last edited by

                                          @saccublenda Yep, I use lr-snes9x for the msu1 support and that runs well too. I'm not too fond of run-ahead. It feels weird.

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                                          • KN4THXK
                                            KN4THX @Darksavior
                                            last edited by

                                            @Darksavior I have not tried it yet, what makes it feel weird? Does run-ahead have adjustable delay so that you could get it to mimic an original console's lag ?

                                            "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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