(CLOSED) Command genius black screen

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 ?

ExarKunIv

@mitu

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

mitu

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

ExarKunIv

@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

mitu

@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.

ExarKunIv

@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

mitu

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.

ExarKunIv

@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
~

mitu

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.

ExarKunIv

@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