runcommand dialog before game sometimes disappears

ufa

Hi all,
I thing I have a issue with the runcommand dialog that runs before a game starts (the dialog to choose which emulator do you want to run for that game or for the whole system etc).
Sometimes, it does not appear anymore, and I have to reboot to make it appear again.
Is there a way to make it appear again without rebooting?

Setup is: RPi3 installed through git script on a Raspbian Jessie.

I appreciate any help on that matter.
Thanks in advance,
ufa

edmaul69

@ufa did you make changes to hide the boot text in /boot/cmdline.txt? I used to have a problem with that until i was given a different line of code.

Floob

What happens if you disable it, then re-enable it?
Some details here:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand

ufa

Hi Floob,
Sorry for the long delay in answering this.

Every time the runcommand windows disappear, it disappears for good, so I cannot run anything involved in Dialog program, including the configuration etc.
I have to reboot it from ssh, so it can come back.

Tested in a Pi3 and Pi Zero

edmaul69

@ufa did you read my post?

ufa

Hi @edmaul69
Sorry, I thought I have already answered.
No, I did not change it.
Which line of code should I change?

BuZz

Please post the output of this typed into a terminal over ssh cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand.cfg

ufa

@BuZz

use_art = "1"
disable_joystick="0"
governor=""
disable_menu = "0"

edmaul69

@ufa so do you see all the lines of text when you boot?

ufa

@edmaul69 Yes I do.

Just to be clear, runcommand and dialog work ok, but after some playing time and game switching, they disappear.

BuZz

you have use_art enabled - so the runcommand dialog won't show unless the game lacks scraped artwork.

ufa

@BuZz

Thank you. I will disable it and see how it goes.

But this does not explain the missing dialog boxes for retropie configuration.

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)

ufa

@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

ufa

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

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

BuZz

@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

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".

BuZz

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

Sevik

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