Freezing when editing MetaData

BuZz

Does it help if you temporarily disable some systems ? (eg by renaming their rom folders) ?

3lric

Everytime I've tried to overclock using the settings on the Wiki, I've had this issue. After reverting to default settings it stopped freezing. I read somewhere on the forum that this was an problem with ES freezing rather than the Pi itself (which is why you can still login via SSH). Using Attract Mode was suggested as a solution but I've never tried it.

Dominus

@BuZz

And this is what's in my config.txt under /boot:

gpu_mem=768
dtparam=audio=on
#gpu_mem_256=128
#gpu_mem_512=256
#gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1

Dominus

@3lric I haven't tried overclocking my Pi3 yet, just increased the Split so far.

Dominus

Well I did some testing. I renamed some of the rom folders (to remove the systems temporarily), and it still would freeze. I went back and renamed more and it seemed to be fine.

So I did a clean install, and started adding roms. I had up to 26 different icons in the main menu. Seemed to be working fine. I just added more roms to my GBA, and linked it with my USB0, as I had done with my PSX folder on my USB drive. Now it seems to be freezing again. I took the USB drive out so now my PSX and GBA aren't listed, but it still is doing it. GRRR!! I am going to see what happens once I get a better power block, and maybe that will fix it?!?

Dominus

UPDATE:
Tried running the same SD card on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, and same thing. So I'm not sure if it is the power supply or not, as the Raspberry Pi 2 doesn't need a 2.5 amp block does it? And if it was the power supply, it would lock up the whole Pi right? Not just EmulationStation, as I can still SSH and get access to the Pi itself. Not too sure what else to test or try now?

pjft

Hi @Dominus. Is this still an issue? There have been plenty of changes to this area of the code, so wanted to confirm whether this had been fixed for you.

Thanks!

Dominus

@pjft I ended up doing a complete reinstall of everything. It never did happen after that. I originally cut down on the number of systems I used so that might have helped, but once I scraped everything I tried to not go into that menu anymore lol. But with all the new improvements and no more white screen of death I assume it shouldn't be a problem anymore.