HELP! Emulation station broke on rpi display!

[Yaszuthemage]

I cant use Emulation Station on the RPI 3.5 mm screen,
I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 4, with a 3.5 mm screen, I am currently trying to make it so emulation station shows up on the screen but it gives me this error
Ive tried doing these things from the sources below
https://www.bracketsacademy.com/retropie-high-fps-spi-display/

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27035/3-5inch-lcd-touchscreen-issues
I am confused

[Yaszuthemage]

this is my config by the way

[mitu]

Your config will not work on a Pi4, which needs either the fkms or kms overlays enabled. The error from EmulationStation is normal when neither of them is enabled, since there's no GPU drivers loaded. The page you referenced for the installation instructions was providing instructions for Pi3 or earlier platforms.

You may have to use one of the built-in SPI panel overlays (https://github.com/notro/fbtft/wiki/DRM-drivers) to make the display work. Not very familiar with it, you may want to ask in the RPI forums about how to make it the display work with a Pi4.

[Yaszuthemage]

@mitu how would I use either the fkms or kms overlay? how would I load Gpu drivers? I tried using the built in spi panel overlays but it didnt work

[mitu]

@Yaszuthemage said in HELP! Emulation station broke on rpi display!:

@mitu how would I use either the fkms or kms overlay? how would I load Gpu drivers? I tried using the built in spi panel overlays but it didnt work

The default RetroPie (or Raspberry Pi OS) images have the fkms /kms overlay already enabled, so you don't need to add anything for this part. What you need is to add the configuration for your display to config.txt, which can be different depending on your display model and capabilities.