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    runcommand dialog before game sometimes disappears

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by BuZz

      Aaah - you did a manual install on an existing Jessie ?

      The screenblanker is probably kicking in.

      add consoleblank=0 to the existing line in /boot/cmdline.txt (with a space before it of course so it's an additional parameter)

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        ufa @BuZz
        last edited by

        @BuZz said in runcommand dialog before game sometimes disappears:

        consoleblank=0

        Hi BuZz,
        I will do that, thank you.
        Will try and post results asap

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          ufa @BuZz
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          @BuZz
          No more issues. Thank you BuZz. This was bugging me for months.

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            Sevik
            last edited by Sevik

            Thank you. I had the same issue. Installed RetroPie on Raspian (lite).

            Are there other "tweaks" for manual installations such us this one?

            Edit: I added this to the "manual installation" in the wiki:
            https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Manual-Installation

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @Sevik
              last edited by

              @Sevik In the premade image? Just stuff available from the retropie-setup gui like splashscreen etc.

              There is actually a gui config option in RetroPie-Setup -> Configuration / Tools -> Raspbian Tools to disable the blanker, but it doesn't work in Jessie due to a Debian bug.

              https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=122112

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                Sevik
                last edited by Sevik

                I used the "Minimal image based on Debian Jessie" from the official homepage . And then followed the instrauction for manual installation.

                I missed the gui option or rather I did not understood what it does, so I left it. However, I used the "enable needed kernel modules".

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
                  last edited by

                  The premade RetroPie image is just the Raspbian Lite image with RetroPie installed on top. The only tweaks outside of the RetroPie-Setup gui, are the consoleblank and an additional cmdline.txt change to make the boot a bit quieter.

                  see https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/admin/image.sh#L70-L112

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    Sevik
                    last edited by

                    Thank you very much. The RetroPie-Setup gui is fantastic.

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                    • RedBatmanR
                      RedBatman
                      last edited by

                      This has been happening to me as well. Will this fix still work?

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                      • AlexMurphyA
                        AlexMurphy Banned @RedBatman
                        last edited by

                        @RedBatman Why are you resurrecting this old thread when you have a current one? Why don't you try the fix and see for yourself?

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