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    Selecting RETROPI SETTINGS causes Black screen

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      arealdushbag
      last edited by

      When selecting RetroPI on emulation station and entering RETRO PI SETTINGS the PI goes into a Black Screen. This also happens when entering into any of the options on RetroPI.

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      • markyh444M
        markyh444 @arealdushbag
        last edited by

        @arealdushbag https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

        Need more info or we've got no chance of helping you with your issue.

        Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
        Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
        Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
        https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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          arealdushbag @markyh444
          last edited by

          @markyh444 when I try to bring up Retropi settings the screen goes black

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @arealdushbag
            last edited by

            @arealdushbag please read the link again and provide as much of the information as you can.

            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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            • markyh444M
              markyh444
              last edited by

              I'm getting less enthused to help now...

              Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
              Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
              Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
              https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                arealdushbag @markyh444
                last edited by

                @markyh444 I so sorry for the late response had a work issue to deal with...when you initiate the RETROPIE SETTINGS to get to the RETROPIE SETUP SCRIPT menu the screen goes black and nothing pops up. I am connected via HDMI but I can SSH to this menu from another laptop and I am very new to Linux. Sorry once again for the late response...

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                • markyh444M
                  markyh444 @arealdushbag
                  last edited by

                  @arealdushbag Have you even read the link I replied with mate? Seriously!!!!

                  Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                  Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                  Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                  https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                  • markyh444M
                    markyh444
                    last edited by markyh444

                    Here it is again, copied and pasted, right here...

                    herb_fargus ADMINISTRATORS March 23, 2016
                    Before posting on the forum you need to do three things:

                    Read the forum rules: http://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules

                    Search the official RetroPie Wiki for an answer to your problem: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki

                    Search this forum to see if your question has already been answered.

                    If you have done the above steps please add the following relevant information so that we can help narrow down the cause of your issue:

                    Pi Model: (B, B+, 2 B etc..)
                    RetroPie Version Used: (3.6, 3.8.1, 4.01 etc..)
                    Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc..)
                    USB Devices connected:
                    Controller used:
                    Error messages received:
                    Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
                    Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
                    File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
                    Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
                    Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
                    How to replicate the problem:

                    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.

                    Please wait patiently for a response - you are asking people to help you in their free time, and due to timezones, someone with an answer may not currently be around. Do not bump posts.

                    Also when posting PLEASE use tags so that it is easier for other users to search this forum for answers to their problems.

                    Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                    Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                    Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                    https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators @markyh444
                      last edited by

                      @markyh444 Welcome to my world :) Frustrating eh.

                      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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                      • markyh444M
                        markyh444 @BuZz
                        last edited by

                        @BuZz incomprehensively so...

                        Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                        Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                        Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                        https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                          arealdushbag @markyh444
                          last edited by

                          @markyh444 @BuZz

                          Thank you for you help you have been more than helpful I'm just too new to Linux to properly explain this issue..I checked online before submitting to this forum. No more help is needed.

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                          • markyh444M
                            markyh444 @arealdushbag
                            last edited by

                            @arealdushbag Dude, we just want you to answer the questions in the post. There's bullet points. You dont need to know squat about Linux to answer some questions. If you don't know how to find something out, just put that you don't know how to find it out and we'll help.

                            Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                            Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                            Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                            https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                            • herb_fargusH
                              herb_fargus administrators @arealdushbag
                              last edited by

                              @arealdushbag if you aren't familiar with Linux terminology or what each retropie setting is (retropie has a lot of settings) you can always just post a video or screenshots of the steps you are taking as well.

                              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by

                                I think this is related to a kernel update. I have the problem on one of my machines (noticed half hour ago) so I will be looking into it.

                                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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                                  arealdushbag @BuZz
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                                  @herb_fargus @markyh444 @BuZz
                                  So the problem was that when I exited Kodi back into emulation station and try to enter into the RetroPI setup script I would not see the menu. I originally configured my retropie to boot to Kodi automatically(first mistake). So I eventually found one of
                                  @markyh444 old forums post about a similar problem. The fix I found from that post was not to auto boot to KODI and boot to emulation station instead. That fixed the problem. I did not mention that I was exiting KODI then trying to launch RetroPI setup SCRIPT. I thought Kodi wouldnt affect me trying to launch that window.

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                                  • markyh444M
                                    markyh444
                                    last edited by

                                    I've never had Kodi on any of my RetroPie builds, so I dunno how you've found an old post by me about this.

                                    Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                                    Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                                    Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                                    https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                                    • BuZzB
                                      BuZz administrators
                                      last edited by BuZz

                                      I also go to es from kodi. I suspect now a kodi script change or something in tvservice. I'll debug this though.

                                      Also why giving as much information as possible helps, as it gives me a pointer as to how to reproduce and fix it.

                                      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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                                      • RascasR
                                        Rascas
                                        last edited by Rascas

                                        There wasn't any change in Kodi from some time now, the last one was from some days after the 16.1 release. Although I didn't test the RetroPie 4.X versions yet, I suspect this is because of the old "black screen on exit bug" in Kodi which was never fixed but it has a workaround, which is changing virtual terminals on exit. Can you try to edit /usr/bin/kodi and in the end, change the line
                                        sudo chvt 2
                                        to
                                        sudo chvt 3

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                                        • BuZzB
                                          BuZz administrators @Rascas
                                          last edited by

                                          @Rascas Thanks. I guess some firmware / kernel change has brought it back again - I will test above, and also rolling back kernel/firmware.

                                          I will also test doing fbset -depth 8; fbset -depth 16 which is what we use in retropie to reset the framebuffer.

                                          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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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators @Rascas
                                            last edited by BuZz

                                            @Rascas

                                            I thought the black screen on exit was a Kodi 15 bug which was fixed in 16 ?

                                            Another thing - your line tvservice -p can be problematic on composite set-ups (a user reported it here) - Better would be to save the mode before launching kodi via tvservice -s and restore the mode afterwards.

                                            The fbset -depth 8/fbset -depth 16 might work better than switching vts btw as it will work even if already on VT 2. Also no sudo needed.

                                            I would also add a 1 second delay after switching mode with tvservice.

                                            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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