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    • ExarKunIvE
      ExarKunIv
      last edited by ExarKunIv

      pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
      Power Supply used: 2.5A wall plug
      RetroPie Version Used: 4.6.1 on stretch. (updated the script never updated the OS)
      Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website

      i know this was brought up back a few months ago. but im getting the same thing.
      just a black screen.
      i have looked at the wiki and followed what it says. but there is just the mouse pointer.
      i have 3 games all in the folders.

      and looking at this it seems that is has started just fine. just nothing on screen

      grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/ports/cgenius; ./CGeniusExe; popd
/opt/retropie/ports/cgenius ~
libEGL warning: DRI3: xcb_connect failed
libEGL warning: DRI2: xcb_connect failed
libEGL warning: DRI2: xcb_connect failed
n: Initializing ThreadPool...
n: ThreadPool: creating 5 threads ...
n: Configuration filename is: cgenius.cfg
n: I have now the following searchpaths (in this order):
n:   /home/pi/.CommanderGenius
n:   .
n:   /usr/share/commandergenius
n:  And that's all.
n: LogFile
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: Logfile
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: Commander Genius v2.3.6-Release
n: BUILD: RELEASE
n: PLATFORM: Linux
n: Compiled against SDL version 2.0.10 ...
n: and linked against SDL version 2.0.10.
n: Build date: Jul 16 2020
n: by The Commander Genius Team 2020
n: BY FANS, FOR FANS. ALL "COMMANDER KEEN" GRAPHICS,
n: SOUND, AND LEVEL FILES ARE THE PROPERTY OF ID SOFTWARE
n: EXCEPT THOSE WHICH WERE MADE BY FANS FOR EXTENSION.
n: Send E-Mail to me
n: Created Log file...
n: 
n: Initializing TTF driver...
n: 
n: Initializing Video driver...
n: 
n: SDL was successfully initialized!
n: Loading driver settings...
n: 
n: Starting timer driver...
n: 
n: Loading game options...
n: 
n: Your personal settings were loaded successfully...
n: Initializing the Sound system...
n: 
n: Starting the sound driver...
n: Mix_OpenAudio: 
n: mAudioSpec.freq = 
n: 44100
n: mAudioSpec.format = 
n: 32784
n: mAudioSpec.channels = 
n: 2
n: mAudioSpec.samples = 
n: 1024
n: 
n: 
n: There are 
n: 6
n:  available chunk(sample) decoders
n: 
n: 
n: 	
n: WAVE
n: 	
n: AIFF
n: 	
n: VOC
n: 	
n: OGG
n: 	
n: FLAC
n: 	
n: MP3
n: There are 
n: 7
n: available music decoders:
n: 
n: 
n: 	
n: WAVE
n: 	
n: MODPLUG
n: 	
n: TIMIDITY
n: 	
n: FLUIDSYNTH
n: 	
n: OGG
n: 	
n: FLAC
n: 	
n: MP3
n: Opened audio at 
n: 44100
n:  Hz 
n: 16
n:  bit 
n: stereo
n: , 
n: 0
n:  bytes audio buffer.
n: 
n: Sound System: SDL sound system initialized.
n: Starting App cycle...
n: 
n: Loading hardware settings...
n: Starting graphics driver...
n: Starting without OpenGL
n: Render Quality linear
n: Commander Genius
n: Gamesurface creation of 0x0!
n: 
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1x1!
n: 
n: ScreenSurface creation of 0x0!
n: 
n: Gamesurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1024x1024!
n: 
n: ScreenSurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: Running Thread: Loading Resources
n: Starting the input driver...
n: JoyDrv_Start() : 
n: Game Autodetection Started
n: Search: .
n: No joysticks were found.
n: 
n: Gamesurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1024x1024!
n: 
n: ScreenSurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: Search: games/downloads
n: Search: games/games
n: Search: games/games/keen1
 unpacking............end
n: EXE processed with size of 100484 and crc of 586BE7FA
n: 
n: Detected game Name: games/games/keen1/keen1.exe Version: v1.31
n:    Using for in-game menu resources
n: Search: games/games/keen2
 unpacking..............end
n: EXE processed with size of 118672 and crc of BAFF21E8
n: 
n: Detected game Name: games/games/keen2/keen2.exe Version: v1.31
n: Search: games/games/keen3
 unpacking............end
n: EXE processed with size of 100484 and crc of 586BE7FA
n: 
n: Detected game Name: games/games/keen3/keen1.exe Version: v1.31
n: Looking for games/games/keen3/preview.bmp ... found!
n: 
n: Looking at: /home/pi/.CommanderGenius/gameCatalogue.xml
n: Reading Games from Store...
n: 
n: gce.mVersionCode=
n: 223000
n: gce.mName=
n: Keen 4 Coop
n: gce.mLink=
n: Keen4Coop.zip
n: gce.mDescription=
n: More playable Characters more stuff!
n: gce.mPictureFile=
n: keen4special.png
n: gce.mVersionCode=
n: 230000
n: gce.mName=
n: Keen 4 Short Ciruit
n: gce.mLink=
n: ShortCircuit14.zip
n: gce.mDescription=
n: Modern Take on Keen 4
n: gce.mPictureFile=
n: ShortCircuitBeefy.png
n: Reading Games from Store (Legacy)...
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Coop
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Short Ciruit
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 1 Special
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 1
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen Dreams
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen Dreams Plus
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Plus
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Ultimate
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 6 Demo
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 7
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 7 Coop
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: The E

      not sure whats going on here and i have tried building from source and install from binary

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by mitu

        @ExarKunIv said in Command genius black screen:

        i know this was brought up back a few months ago. but im getting the same thing.

        Where is that exactly ? Can you post the complete log file ?

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        • ExarKunIvE
          ExarKunIv @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu

          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25504/commander-genius-just-shows-blank-screen?_=1594917707923

          RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
          Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
          Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @ExarKunIv
            last edited by

            @ExarKunIv That wasn't an issue with cgenius, the user was just missing the game files.

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu yes i did see that, but its still a black screen.

              as for the log file. what i have posted it the whole thing from the runcommand.log

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              Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
              Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @ExarKunIv
                last edited by

                @ExarKunIv said in Command genius black screen:

                as for the log file. what i have posted it the whole thing from the runcommand.log

                The beginning and the end of the file seem missing.

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                • ExarKunIvE
                  ExarKunIv @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu i dont know it should be.

                  this is the is what is at the beginning for mine

                  grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
grep: /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /opt/retropie/configs/cgenius/retroarch.cfg: No such file or directory
Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/ports/cgenius; ./CGeniusExe; popd
/opt/retropie/ports/cgenius ~
libEGL warning: DRI3: xcb_connect failed
libEGL warning: DRI2: xcb_connect failed
libEGL warning: DRI2: xcb_connect failed
n: Initializing ThreadPool...
n: ThreadPool: creating 5 threads ...
n: Configuration filename is: cgenius.cfg
n: I have now the following searchpaths (in this order):
n:   /home/pi/.CommanderGenius
n:   .
n:   /usr/share/commandergenius
n:  And that's all.
n: LogFile
n:

                  but i got this when i use Alt-f4 to exit back to ES

                  n: Scanning "
n: The E/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1255:  3691 Segmentation fault      ./CGeniusExe
~
xboxdrv: no process found

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                  Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .
                  Here is a discussion Pi5 testing page

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Try modifying the cgenius.cfg file in /opt/retropie/configs/ports/cgenius and change

                    fullscreen = false

                    to

                    fullscreen = true

                    See if this fixes the problem.

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                    • ExarKunIvE
                      ExarKunIv @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu so that seemed to fix the problem with my pi4 with 4.6.
                      but my pi3 with 4.5 its still a black screen.

                      very odd. ill keep messing with the config.

                      here is my log from the pi3 with 4.5 and genuis built from source

                      Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/ports/cgenius; ./CGeniusExe; popd
/opt/retropie/ports/cgenius ~
n: ThreadPool: creating 5 threads ...
n: Reading game options from 
E: we want to write somewhere, but don't know where => we are writing to your temp-dir now...
n: Will write game options to /tmp/cgenius.cfg
n: I have now the following searchpaths (in this order):
n:   /home/pi/.CommanderGenius
n:   .
n:   /usr/share/commandergenius
n:   /opt/retropie/ports/cgenius//commandergenius
n:  And that's all.
n: LogFile
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: Logfile
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: 
n: Commander Genius v2.3.1-Release
n: BUILD: RELEASE
n: PLATFORM: Linux
n: Compiled against SDL version 2.0.8 ...
n: and linked against SDL version 2.0.8.
n: Build date: Jul 16 2020
n: by The Commander Genius Team 2020
n: BY FANS, FOR FANS. ALL "COMMANDER KEEN" GRAPHICS,
n: SOUND, AND LEVEL FILES ARE THE PROPERTY OF ID SOFTWARE
n: EXCEPT THOSE WHICH WERE MADE BY FANS FOR EXTENSION.
n: Send E-Mail to me
n: SDL was successfully initialized!
n: Starting timer driver...
n: 
n: Loading game options...
n: 
n: Your personal settings were loaded successfully...
n: Starting the sound driver...
n: There are 
n: 6
n:  available chunk(sample) decoders
n: 
n: 
n: 	
n: WAVE
n: 	
n: AIFF
n: 	
n: VOC
n: 	
n: OGG
n: 	
n: FLAC
n: 	
n: MP3
n: There are 
n: 6
n: available music decoders:
n: 
n: 
n: 	
n: WAVE
n: 	
n: MODPLUG
n: 	
n: FLUIDSYNTH
n: 	
n: OGG
n: 	
n: FLAC
n: 	
n: MP3
n: Opened audio at 
n: 44100
n:  Hz 
n: 16
n:  bit 
n: stereo
n: , 
n: 0
n:  bytes audio buffer.
n: 
n: Sound System: SDL sound system initialized.
n: Loading hardware settings...
n: Starting graphics driver...
n: will be using SDL Video
n: Gamesurface creation of 0x0!
n: 
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1x1!
n: 
n: ScreenSurface creation of 0x0!
n: 
n: Starting the input driver...
n: JoyDrv_Start() : 
n: No joysticks were found.
n: 
n: Gamesurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1024x1024!
n: 
n: ScreenSurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: Running Thread: Loading Resources
n: Gamesurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: Game Autodetection Started
n: ScrollSurface creation of 1024x1024!
n: 
n: Search: .
n: ScreenSurface creation of 800x600!
n: 
n: Search: games/games
n: Search: games/games/keen1
 unpacking............end
n: EXE processed with size of 100484 and crc of 586BE7FA
n: 
n: Detected game Name: games/games/keen1/keen1.exe Version: v1.31
n:    Using for in-game menu resources
n: Looking at: /home/pi/.CommanderGenius/gameCatalogue.xml
n: Reading Games from Store...
n: 
n: gce.mVersionCode=
n: 223000
n: gce.mName=
n: Keen 4 Coop
n: gce.mLink=
n: Keen4Coop.zip
n: gce.mDescription=
n: More playable Characters more stuff!
n: gce.mPictureFile=
n: keen4special.png
n: gce.mVersionCode=
n: 230000
n: gce.mName=
n: Keen 4 Short Ciruit
n: gce.mLink=
n: ShortCircuit14.zip
n: gce.mDescription=
n: Modern Take on Keen 4
n: gce.mPictureFile=
n: ShortCircuitBeefy.png
n: Reading Games from Store (Legacy)...
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Coop
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Short Ciruit
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 1 Special
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 1
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen Dreams
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen Dreams Plus
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Plus
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 4 Ultimate
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 6 Demo
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 7
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Keen 7 Coop
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: The Eight Accumulators
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Perilous Persuit
n: "
n: 
n: Scanning "
n: Silcar 1
n: "
n: 
n: Running Thread: Loading catalogue file in the background
n: Game Autodetection Finished
n: Loading Resources [finished]
n: Finished downloading from "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/clonekeenplus/Downloads/gameCatalogue.xml", destination: "tempgameCatalogue.xml"
n: Loading catalogue file in the background [finished]
n: User exit request!
W: ThreadPool: waiting for 1 threads to finish:
W:   thread Loading catalogue file in the background is ready but was not cleaned up
n: End of logfile
~

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        I've run some more tests on the Pi3 and it seems there's some regression with the most recent version. A workaround - until we find a solution - is to set OpenGL = false in the same configuration file.

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                        • ExarKunIvE
                          ExarKunIv @mitu
                          last edited by

                          @mitu yes that did it.
                          its kinda funny i thought i did change it to false before. oh well i have it working now. thank you

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