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    Can't access retropie menus keep getting scolling text

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      drewdrew548
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      Hello,

      So I just installed on a new SD card the latest image of retropie 4.7.1 it been along time since I updated I had 4.4 prior to this everything worked fine i was able to boot up and set up wifi and shh loaded roms played for about 20 minutes then i wanted to add experimental packages so I can get ports on my pi and I got a black screen and scrolling text and thats normal but what it says is not after a few seconds I get kicked back to the retropie menu in emulation station and now any time I try to open a menu from there I get the same text and get kicked back to emulation station picture of text blow if you need more information I'm will to provide I just might need help on how to get that information any help would be appreciated 20210822_112407.jpg

      Pi Model : 3b+
      Power Supply used: Cana kit 5v 2.4amp
      RetroPie Version Used :4.7.1
      Built From: retropie site with the pre made image
      USB Devices connected:none
      Controller used:f350 logitech

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Can you run from the terminal:

        sudo apt update
        sudo apt install subversion
        

        and post the output ?

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          drewdrew548 @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu thanks for the help I can run the trem I did the commands and it's working like it should I will post when it's done and can verify everything is ok

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            drewdrew548 @drewdrew548
            last edited by

            @mitu wow that was so easy thanks again everything is good now

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