Black screen on ES
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
Also, is it Retropie or just Emulationstation?
From the terminal, you're running
emulationstation.And if I need to install it, is there a command to do so?
Install what, exactly ? The terminal emulator application should already be installed with the desktop image.
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@mitu O...kay, well while that works, I'd still want the whole retropie package with it's features.
There's a tutorial to install retropie on top of the full OS. Would that yield any different results?
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
@mitu O...kay, well while that works, I'd still want the whole retropie package with it's features.
As I said, this is an unsupported configuration on the Pi (using the desktop), so if you're pursuing this avenue you can't be expecting to have all the 'features' working.
There's a tutorial to install retropie on top of the full OS. Would that yield any different results?
RetroPie always sits/is installed ontop of an existing OS (be it Debian/Debian derivaties/RaspiOS), so I'm not sure what you mean.
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@mitu I understand. I'll try and tinker around for a while and see what I can do. I might report back if I'm not a huge pain in the butt.
Any news on an official Rpi5 retropie image?
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@mitu Brother, no way! I got it working. I installed retropie on top of the OS and can launch it via crtl+alt+f1! No way that worked!
Now, how do I boot directly into it?
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
Now, how do I boot directly into it?
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-boot-to-the-desktop-or-kodi
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@mitu Thank you!
So now I have retropie, yes?
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
So now I have retropie, yes?
Sure. But didn't you do the same installation in the first place ? What's different now ?
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@mitu The tutorial told me to install some dependency package, mesa-drm. Also it sits on top of the desktop version now as opposed to lite. No idea why that made a difference.
Man, you're a hero, bro.
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
@mitu The tutorial told me to install some dependency package, mesa-drm. Also it sits on top of the desktop version now as opposed to lite. No idea why that made a difference.
Which tutorial ?
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@SuperMazut said in Black screen on ES:
Any ideas on why the drastically different results? 🤷
I don't know, I did not watch the video. The only instructions we support are the ones in the docs.
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@mitu Heh, well. At least it works, right?
It's basically the same thing, but a different OS and some dependency installs.
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