Drastic not loading roms | Pi 4B

[IlliterateNerd]

System:

• Raspberry Pi 4B
• Retropie 4.7.13 installed on top of Raspbian Buster
• Started over SSH w/ screen
• 4k TV as the monitor and an old xbox one controller
• Forced to 1080p in boot/config.txt

Issue:

When trying to boot roms with Drastic, I get sent back to the menu.

runcommand.log :

Parameters:
Executing: xinit /dev/shm/retropie_xinitrc -- vt/ -keeptty

(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Unrecognized option: vt/
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
(EE)
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

Note: All the NDS roms are unzipped, and the rest of the emulators work. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

[mitu]

This happens because you're launching EmulationStation from a screen/remote session. Start EmulationStation from the console or set it to auto-start - as explained in the installation document.

[IlliterateNerd]

@mitu

Oh, that works. Thanks! :]

One more question though, why does it only throw out this error for Drastic?

[mitu]

Because drastic is one of the emulator that needs an X session/desktop environment to work correctly and starting an Xserver over a remote session is not possible. There are a few other games/ports in a similar situation - they are set this way only if it's the only method of making it work or behave correctly.

[IlliterateNerd]

@mitu

Ah, I see. Thanks a lot then. ^^