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    • dildo_bagginsD
      dildo_baggins
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      ok heres an interesting tidbit. if i quit emulation station either via the start button or hitting F2/ to command prompt then run "emulationstation" it does not prompt and the launcher menu becomes available.

      i believe this may be a bug with 4.0.3.

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      • meleuM
        meleu @dildo_baggins
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        @dildo_baggins
        If exit and go back to emulationstation solves the problem, then I started to suspect another file: /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

        Tell us: were everything working fine before you updated to 4.0.3?

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          dildo_baggins @meleu
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          @meleu said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

          @dildo_baggins
          If exit and go back to emulationstation solves the problem, then I started to suspect another file: /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

          Tell us: were everything working fine before you updated to 4.0.3?

          Yep. everything was fine until this upgrade. and also i tested with a fresh install on 4.0.0 base image. once i patch to latest it occurs again.

          here is my autostart.sh:

          emulationstation #auto

          thats it

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          • meleuM
            meleu @dildo_baggins
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            @dildo_baggins
            Can you detail what exactly you did for update to 4.0.3?

            Did you simply go to retropie_setup and then chose "Update RetroPie-Setup script" and finish? Or did you update some other package?

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            • dildo_bagginsD
              dildo_baggins
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              Here is my es_systems.cfg (nothing that the TG16 and Genesis arent using the correct theme for some reason):

              http://pastebin.com/NBtK42jK

              (TOO MANY RULES... not enough fixing) :)

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              • dildo_bagginsD
                dildo_baggins @meleu
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                @meleu i ran update all packages

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
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                  Please format configs or use external site as detailed in the read me first sticky.

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • meleuM
                    meleu @dildo_baggins
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                    @dildo_baggins
                    A quote from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ;-)

                    Use markdown to format your posts - see http://commonmark.org/help/ - and put large logs on a pastebin type site like http://paste.ubuntu.com/ http://pastebin.com/ or similar.

                    I'm trying to reproduce it here right now.

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                    • dildo_bagginsD
                      dildo_baggins @BuZz
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                      @BuZz said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

                      Please format configs or use external site as detailed in the read me first sticky.

                      done....

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                      • meleuM
                        meleu @dildo_baggins
                        last edited by

                        @dildo_baggins Unable to reproduce your issue here...

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                        • meleuM
                          meleu @dildo_baggins
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                          @dildo_baggins

                          Oh! You edited your previous post with more info...

                          THEN.. updated everything to 4.0.3. and ran this (no other config): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

                          Everything makes sense now. I'm pretty sure that this is related to the configs you made to hide the boot text...

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                            dildo_baggins @meleu
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                            @meleu said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

                            @dildo_baggins

                            Oh! You edited your previous post with more info...

                            THEN.. updated everything to 4.0.3. and ran this (no other config): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

                            Everything makes sense now. I'm pretty sure that this is related to the configs you made to hide the boot text...

                            why would that matter if only these 2 items were done:

                            sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

                            *change console=tty1 to console=tty3

                            And add quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo at the end.*

                            this was done in the prior enviornment as well so as to boot to splash screen then emulation station.

                            i had this setting in this enviornment prior to 4.0.3 and all was well.

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                            • dildo_bagginsD
                              dildo_baggins
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                              here is my cmdline.txt for your records (its all in one line):

                              more /boot/cmdline.txt
                              dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu @dildo_baggins
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                                @dildo_baggins There is a warning on https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text saying:
                                make sure it is all on the same line!!!

                                Check it.

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                                  dildo_baggins @dildo_baggins
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                                  @dildo_baggins said in runcommand blinking cursor (no launch menu):

                                  here is my cmdline.txt for your records (its all in one line):

                                  more /boot/cmdline.txt
                                  dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo

                                  @meleu check my response.... ITS ALL IN ONE LINE.....

                                  this error looks very similar to this however adding the rc.local doesnt rsolve..

                                  https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1228

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                                    meleu @dildo_baggins
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                                    @dildo_baggins
                                    compared with mine, where yours has console=serial0,115200, mine has console=ttyAMA0,115200. Try to change it.

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                                    • dildo_bagginsD
                                      dildo_baggins @meleu
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                                      i disabled serial all together via raspi-config (not showing up in cmdline.txt anymore...

                                      dmesg | grep tty
                                      [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: 8250.nr_uarts=0 dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=1824 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=984 bcm2709.boardrev=0xa22082 bcm2709.serial=0x73c1d5f6 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:C1:D5:F6 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 bcm2709.uart_clock=48000000 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3dc00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x3f000000 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 logo.nologo
                                      [ 0.000226] console [tty3] enabled
                                      [ 1.394416] 3f201000.uart: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x3f201000 (irq = 87, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
                                      [ 17.697306] input: 8Bitdo NES30 Pro as /devices/platform/soc/3f201000.uart/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:13/0005:3820:0009.0001/input/input0

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                                      • dildo_bagginsD
                                        dildo_baggins
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                                        i am not using the GPIO (or any peripheral save, USB or Blutooth controller) at all on my rpi3..

                                        https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=8075

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @dildo_baggins
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                                          @dildo_baggins My suggestion is to undo all the changes you made in /boot/cmdline.txt. I'm sure the problem is there. I'm not having this issue here, so if you wanna try my version of this file, take it:

                                          dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0
                                          
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                                          • dildo_bagginsD
                                            dildo_baggins @meleu
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                                            @meleu why would i do this if this is suggested in the FAQ as how to hide boot text? https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

                                            this is a bug that needs to be addressed. it didnt occur in previous builds.

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