Retropie 4.8.9 and ScummVM at Pi 3

pindapoe

Hello, trying to update my Retropie to 4.8.9 at a Raspberry Pi 3, only one thing I had trouble, with ScummVM. Retropie Setup updated it to 2.9.0, but I get the following error in the log file:

amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0

Any ideas?

Thanks

mitu

@pindapoe said in Rettropie 4.8.9 and ScummVM at Pi 3:

amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0

This is not a message frm ScummVM, but probably from a 3rd party (volume control) script used in your system.
What does 'I had trouble' means ? Is the emulator not starting at all ? Does it start but has errors ? Please add the rest of the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to your post.

pindapoe

@mitu

Thanks for answer, I´m using a Raspberry Pi 3, I started from a Retropie 4.8 image from this site, and updated to 4.8.9 from Retropie Setup. With 4.8 it works, when I update to 4.8.9 it brokes.
The effect is that ScummVM never opens, just go back to EmulationStation.
The other emulators, works just fine as expected, only with ScummVM I have this problem.

runcommand.info:

scummvm
scummvm
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/iceman.svm
bash /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/+Start\ ScummVM.sh "iceman"

runcommand.log:

amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0

Parameters: 
Executing: bash /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/+Start\ ScummVM.sh "iceman"
Virtual keyboard pack 'vkeybd_default' loaded successfully
User picked target 'iceman' (engine ID 'sci', game ID 'iceman')...
Running Codename: Iceman (DOS/English)
resource.000: b1bccd827453d4cb834bfd5b45bef63c, 26989 bytes.
resource.001: 32b351072fccf76fc82234d73d28c08b, 438872 bytes.
resource.002: 36670a917550757d57df84c96cf9e6d9, 566549 bytes.
resource.003: d97a96f1ab91b41cf46a02cc89b0a04e, 624303 bytes.
resource.004: 8613c45fc771d658e5a505b9a4a54f31, 670883 bytes.
resource.map: a18f3cef4481a81d3415fb87a754343e, 5700 bytes.
* failed to add service - already in use?
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0

mitu

Configure ScummVM to use the software renderer instead of the OpenGL one and it should work. This can be done by starting ScummVM without any games and modifying the settings.

pindapoe

@mitu

Already have it that way:

[scummvm]
renderer=software
gui_browser_native=true
filtering=false
tts_enabled=false
mute=false
speech_volume=192
last_fullscreen_mode_height=1080
opl_driver=auto
mt32_device=null
last_window_width=960
last_fullscreen_mode_width=1920
talkspeed=60
confirm_exit=false
gui_use_game_language=false
enable_gs=false
gui_scale=100
gui_return_to_launcher_at_exit=false
tts_voice=-1
subtitles=true
multi_midi=false
fullscreen=true
updates_check=0
gui_browser_show_hidden=false
last_window_height=720
gm_device=null
local_server_port=12345
sfx_volume=192
kbdmouse_speed=3
music_volume=192
midi_gain=100
lastselectedgame=iceman
music_driver=auto
speech_mute=false
native_mt32=false
vsync=true
aspect_ratio=false
disable_dithering=false
versioninfo=2.5.1
discord_rpc=false
autosave_period=300
gui_language=es_ES
window_maximized=false

[iceman]
description=Codename: Iceman
path=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/Codename - ICEMAN/
engineid=sci
gameid=iceman
language=en
platform=pc
oldgameid=sci
guioptions=sndNoSpeech gameOption1 gameOption2 gameOption3 gameOption7 gameOptionE lang_English

mitu

OK, I can reproduce this with sky also - I'll take a closer look.

pindapoe

@mitu Thanks, keep waiting for news :)

mitu

Ok, so I think the default graphics options may not work OOB for the Pi3 (?), so try to change them with:

Graphics Mode = OpenGL
Game 3D Renderer = OpenGL with Shaders

pindapoe

@mitu It doesnt work, but I went back to the start, and restored my working backup image (4.8), copied apart ScummVM folder in \opt\emulators, updated everything to 4.8.9, and restored the ScummVM old folder containing ScummVM 2.6 and it works with all the rest updated :)

The problem is with ScummVM 2.9 on Pi 3.