RetroPie on the Pi 5 - what's left to be done?

sugarfree

@sirhenrythe5th
I uploaded my backup RPi5 image a few days ago. If you can try and with it and make sure that you have the official PSU for the Pi5
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/298705

sirhenrythe5th

@sugarfree said in RetroPie on the Pi 5 - what's left to be done?:

I uploaded my backup RPi5 image a few days ago.

To be honest....i wanted to use your image indeed :D
But i could not download it from this Microsoft-Cloud, i had a fully working internet, every device had full connection, but this cloud told me "problems with the internet connection".
After 3 tries i canceled that download and decided to install manually ^^

I have the genuine Power-Supply & The genuine cooler-system, it has to be something in my software-setup.
I will try again this weekend, i am still very relaxed.

i did not really play amiga-games, i just have them because i had a real machine as a kid
i never had a saturn, so the emulation is just the cream on the cake, but not really important to have
i like to solve problems :D

sirhenrythe5th

I just recognized another issue that i never had before ;)
Oddly it just concerns "lr-ppsspp".
It is about the saving of the "current configuration" of Retroarch.
I use this because i change 2 things in every libretro-emulator: acitvate the conformitation of the exit (push hotkey twice to exit game) and set the apperance of the GUI to "dark grey".

This has never been a problem at all, but with my ne Pi5-project the saved configuration is...kind of "instable".

Example:

The first time i do these steps the configuration-file is saved as "/opt/configs/all/ppsspp/ppssp.cfg" (hope the path is right, but in the end it is all about the filename itself)

When i start lr-ppsspp again, the saved configuration is not loaded.
And when i repeat doing the saving of the current configuration file it is saved under "/opt/configs/all
/ppsspp**_01**.cfg"

And so it counts on...i am at "ppsspp_72.cfg" now i guess :)

In the end RA does not keep/like the saved configuration-file and wants a new on with every start :/

Does that sound familiar to anyone? I have no idea where to start investigating :/

thx & have a nice weekend!

EDIT: affects also lr-melonds and lr-flycast...maybe it is some kind of corona-virus, which infects all my emulators :)
In the end i stopped creating new RA-config-files it sucks atm, waiting for updates/bugfixes ^^

sirhenrythe5th

@sirhenrythe5th said in RetroPie on the Pi 5 - what's left to be done?:

Even more as i realized yesterday that the performance of Amiberry is much worse than on my Pi4 or even Pi3...that cannot be true, there is something wrong indeed.

Ok, this is a general problem: have a look at this (am i the only one testing Amiga on a pi5? :D):

(Source: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/wiki/FAQ)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: On Debian Bookworm, the performance when running in Full-Window is terrible. But it's much faster in Windowed mode. What is going on?
A: This is due to SDL2's choice of back-ends. The current versions seem to prefer X11, even when Wayland is used in the system (Bookworm is using Wayland by default). You can override this manually, by telling SDL2 to use a specific back-end, or change the order of priority it should use. Alternatively, you can switch to X11 instead of Wayland (read further to see how to do that).

First, test running Amiberry like this (from the terminal): SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland ./amiberry Does this fix the performance issue while in Full-Window modes? If so, you can make this change apply whenever you login, by doing the following:

Open a console, and type sudo nano /etc/profile.d/sdl2_fix.sh - provide the root password if requested.
In the text editor that opens, type the following:
#!/bin/bash
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=kmsdrm,wayland,x11
Press Ctrl-X and then Enter (or Y), to save the changes to the file.
Log out and log back in, for the changes to take effect.
If you prefer to switch to X11 instead, you can do that by going to raspi-config -> 6 Advanced Options -> Wayland -> W1 X11 Openbox window manager with X11 backend.

Cybermen

@administrators I would be interested in that too?