Pi5 Retropie Black screen after boot

NjayNL

Hi,

First off my hardware:

Pi5
Arcade1up marvel superheroes cabinet
LVD driver board: HJ080IA
2 zero config usb controllers
1 wifi dongle

Issue:
(i followed the guide on github for the manual installation)

After the first boot (which shows) the screen goes to black before entering emulationstation. i need to manually remove the power from the driver board and put it back on for it to display emulation station (which does not always work) even when launching a mame game the screen goes to black and stays there.

When i got to retropie setup through emulationstation same black screen issue.

When staying on the command line the picture stays on.

I tried a lot but i am stuck here is my config.txt

For more options and information see

http://rptl.io/configtxt

Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces

#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)

dtparam=audio=on

#kernel
kernel=kernel8.img

Additional overlays and parameters are documented

/boot/firmware/overlays/README

Automatically load overlays for detected cameras

#camera_auto_detect=1

Automatically load overlays for detected DSI displays

display_auto_detect=0

Automatically load initramfs files, if found

auto_initramfs=1

#hdmi
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

#resolution
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=16

Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

Don't have the firmware create an initial video= setting in cmdline.txt.

Use the kernel's default instead.

disable_fw_kms_setup=1

Run in 64-bit mode

arm_64bit=1

Disable compensation for displays with overscan

disable_overscan=1

Run as fast as firmware / board allows

arm_boost=1

[cm4]

Enable host mode on the 2711 built-in XHCI USB controller.

This line should be removed if the legacy DWC2 controller is required

(e.g. for USB device mode) or if USB support is not required.

otg_mode=1

[cm5]
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=host

[all]

NjayNL

Right, addition to above post:

I tried all i can think off.

the Pi boots normally but when entering ES the screen goes black. sometimes i get ES back when replugging the power to the driver board. When i then select a mame game the screen goes black again. i feel like i am close. resolution and the screen seems the issue. but what can i try next?

RapidEdwin08

@NjayNL Are there any video settings in your boot/firmware/cmdline.txt?
If there are, try to remove them.
If not, try to add one to the beginning, like 1080p:

video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080@60D

NjayNL

@RapidEdwin08 said in Pi5 Retropie Black screen after boot:

@NjayNL Are there any video settings in your boot/firmware/cmdline.txt?
If there are, try to remove them.
If not, try to add one to the beginning, like 1080p:
video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080@60D

Hi,

Thanks for your tip :) the file had no video settings. i tried a few and it does something but still a black screen.

I need to figure out the correct setting for the chinese LVCD board. i suspect that.

NjayNL

@NjayNL

I am also thinking can it be an issue with the video driver? can anyone share a config.txt file from their Pi5 connected on a chinese lvd board? thanks!

NjayNL

Solved!

Setting the correct hdmi mode and group was the solution after so many tries :)

ByteThis

@NjayNL Care to share the solution with details for other users that may have this problem ?

NjayNL

@ByteThis said in Pi5 Retropie Black screen after boot:

@NjayNL Care to share the solution with details for other users that may have this problem ?

Yeah! Let me get on the system tomorrow and post my configuration.

NjayNL

here is my config.txt