Retropie configuration not working on EmulationStation and Atari 5200 games not working after update

Unnamedium

Since I updated the Retropie version to 4.6.3, none of the menus in the Retropie configuration section of EmulationStation have been working. When I start them, it fades into a black screen until I press a button, then it just takes me back to the menu selection screen in ES. I also can't change emulators when starting up a game (it fades into a black screen and I can't seem to exit it unless I restart the console).

Also, Atari 5200 games aren't even starting up anymore, even though they used to work before the update since I had properly set them up. Zmachine isn't working either, although this may not be related.

mitu

Please post the details of your system, as asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

If you exit EmulationStation and run

cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

do you get any errors ? If yes, then post them here.

Unnamedium

Pi model: 3B+ I believe
Power supply: 5V 3A
Retropie version: 4.6.3
Built from: Pre-made image on Retropie website
USB Devices connected: Gamepad, keyboard
Controller used: USB Gamepad

I have tried running it after exiting ES but it doesn't recognize the keyboard's inputs, again, even though it used to.

Also, I don't know how to check the model and other details in this state.

mitu

@Unnamedium said in Retropie configuration not working on EmulationStation and Atari 5200 games not working after update:

I have tried running it after exiting ES but it doesn't recognize the keyboard's inputs, again, even though it used to.

What kind of keyboard do you have ? Is it Bluetooth or USB ? If USB, try re-connecting it after exiting EmulationStation and see if input works.

Unnamedium

@mitu Sorry for taking so long to reply, but it's a USB keyboard. I've tried disconnecting and reconnecting it after exiting ES and it still doesn't work.

mitu

@Unnamedium You can try using SSH to run the setup script - as mentioned before - to catch any errors that may appear.
What kind of power supply are you using ? Is it a RPI power supply or a 3rd party one ?

Unnamedium

@mitu Again, sorry for the late reply. The setup script runs fine from
an SSH, no errors show up.

The power supply is a 5V 3A RPI one.

Unnamedium

It's been over a month and no replies. Should I create another thread?

mitu

@Unnamedium No, why ?

Unnamedium

@mitu I thought I had pushed your patience too far by taking months to reply, but never mind that.

So, any solutions or do I wait for someone else who can help?

mitu

Let's take it one by one. Do you have a 4k TV ? We've seen issues with the RetroPie setup displaying correctly on the 4k resolution. If you run tvservice -s from a SSH session, it should report what resolution is currently used.

Unnamedium

No, my TV is just 1360x768.

mitu

Can you post the cmdline.txt and config.txt files from your Boot partition ? They should be visible when you insert the sdcard on your PC, or you can copy them from your RetroPie system (they're in the /boot folder).

Can you also try and get a verbose log from the emulator when you run an Atari 5200 game and you get an error. Get the /dev/shm/runcommand.log after you run the game and post the contents on pastebin.com.

Unnamedium

cmdline:
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=6397c987-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 plymouth.enable=0

config:
https://pastebin.com/PqbZpd3s

I can't access runcommand from the pi so I don't think I can launch with verbose logging.

mitu

There's nothing unusual in the config.txt - apart from the options configuring the video resolution. Is the system installed from an earlier image (4.4, 4.5) ? Judging by the contents of the configuration file, it doesn't look like it's a 4.6 image.

It seems that the anything related to text output started from EmulationStation is not displaying anything - that's why ZMachine is not working (it's a text based emulator), also anything using dialog (like the runcommand launch menu or the RetroPie-Setup scripts).

Is there anything you configured before/after the upgrade from the efault - the autostart.sh file, login settings ?

Unnamedium

I did install it from an earlier image, though I don't remember which one exactly.

I'm pretty sure I reconfigured the system it so I wouldn't have to type in the username and password every time I booted.

Unnamedium

Do you think reinstalling the newest image on the SD card would solve this?

mitu

@Unnamedium You can the latest image, just back-up your existing image and/or ROM folders just in-case.