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I guess you should be able to start the current running game, and then you’ll be able to reach the menu as usual (perhaps an option: Exit to: Game or Menu).

Yes, I really would like the system to switch games randomly after a set period of time (also an option where you can set the time to 5, 15, 30 and more minutes).

And thereby, there should be an option to filter out some systems: for example you’re maybe not interested to see the Gameboy games during the attract mode, so you’ll have to remove the GB from the list of active emulators.

I know I would keep my system on more often with such an option: there’re so many games in my collection I’ve never played or even seen.

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Ok, thanks, will do that from now on.

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Anyway: as soon as the new setup is up and running, make sure to create a backup on your PC (with or without roms, that’s up to you).

When done, you can try out any updates you want, and in case of a severe malfunction, simply restore the working backup to your SD card.

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Nice tutorial, thanks!!

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Isn’t this due to the differences between Japanese and Eur / US games?

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Button confusion

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That’s a good one… a good 2 amp power supply is indeed most important!

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Have you done an update /upgrade / rpi-update already?

Because I did nothing special, and everything is running fine, except for the N64 emulator, but that’s a known issue.

I just use the predefined emulators, didn’t change much except for the controls & smooth video.

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Don’t use the predefined setting from the raspi-config: the frequency for the sdram is set too high (500) and can cause instability, freezes etc.
Rather use these values in your ~/boot/config.txt:

arm_freq=1067
over_voltage=4
core_freq=533
sdram_freq=466

These are in my case the fastest and most stable settings so far, without extreme temperatures or other drawbacks!
Of course, there’re more settings possible, but I can play PSX games the whole day without problems, so I’ll stick with it.
You should consider buying a couple of heat-sinks though.

As for the HDMI sound, I cannot help you since I’m using the 3.5mm audio output.

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No problem, could be a nice option for me too…

I don’t think it will affect anything anyway, the configuration options can be accessed with sudo raspi-config and sudo ./retropie_setup.sh if required.

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See screenshot…

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This is a bit like the idea I proposed a while ago, but I was referring to a cycling display (or demo) mode starting by inactivity of the user.
(some setup parameters should be implemented such as which systems are included/excluded, time setup between each cycle etc…)

This is a great way to make a cabinet more attractive since you’ll see randomly games you’ve never tried before. Much better than the ES static main screen imo.

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By changing the name of the folder “retropiemenu” in /home/pi/RetroPie/.
Just removed the last letter, reboot ES and the RetroPie menu is gone.
I don’t know if it can cause issues though….

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Thanks Windale, will try that!

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It seems it doesn’t support compressed files, or I’m doing something wrong…

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Of course I could check the unzip time myself, but I’m curious what others have experienced (that’s why we have a forum).
Most PSX files are around 650MB uncompressed (full CD), but some only 35MB when compressed, so that’s a lot of waste imo.

Anyway, I’ll check it.

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With demo mode, I just mean that I start a game and let it run without playing it.
So… in most cases, the so-called “demo mode” starts automatically.

Btw: my problem has been resolved: the lockups were caused by the (standard) Pi 2 overclocking feature in the Raspi setup.
The dram shouldn’t be set at 500: that’s way too critical.
Rather change the value to 483 in the ~/boot/config.txt

Now, everything is ok, the issues are gone.

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ApplePi Baker does the job on OSX indeed: it’s a very nice little app.

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I’ve done a fresh install on another Pi 2, but got the same issue sometimes, again with:
/usr/bin/emulationstation: line 20: 2327 Segmentation fault $es_bin “$@”

This has now been reported on Github.

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Nobody??

Well, I’ve noticed that the given error, if displayed, is always the same:

/usr/bin/emulationstation: line 20: 2327 Segmentation fault $es_bin “$@”

Again: it doesn’t matter which emulator I use…

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I was able to capture a crash during a PC-Engine game on exit:
———————-
Loading %s…

Using module: %s(%s)

CD-ROM speed: %ux

ROM: %dKiB

ROM CRC32: 0x%04x

ROM MD5: 0x%s

Savestate name: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Magical Chase.sav
Loading custom palette from “%s”…

Error opening file: %m

RetroArch [WARN] :: init_video_pixel_converter :: 0RGB1555 pixel format is deprecated, and will be slower. For 15/16-bit, RGB565 format is preferred.
RetroArch [WARN] :: gl_glsl_init :: [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.

———————-

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Do you mean the bash command?

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Oh, the reboot symptom is only happening when I quit the game (BigBen USB gamepad).

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Thanks!

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You’ll have to wait for the nextgen Raspberry Pi… ;)

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Nice!

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That’s nice, I’m tired to have to get rid of all those bin & ape files.
I will check the iso option.

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I’m using wicd-curses: it’s a nice little network connection manager that can manage wireless (and also wired) interfaces.

sudo apt-get install wicd-curses
sudo wicd-curses

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Ok, I will try that, thanks!

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I’m running v3.0b2 for the Pi 2

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Me too: just the default (and only) overclock setting for the Pi 2 in the raspi-config, and everything is just fine.

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That’s it? Thanks!
(I told you it was a noob question…)

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I think you misunderstood my question.

I want to be able to check the status of the Pi like the memory/storage usage, temperatures etc just like the screen when you quit ES.

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Yep, 037B5 is really outdated, and without having to run the latest v1.60, a few steps to a newer Mame version shouldn’t hurt.

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I use Cyberduck (free) for backups, uploads and browsing.
For config edits, I use PuTTy or iTerm.

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Yep, that did the trick!
Just quit ES after the changes have been saved, then reboot.

Thanks !

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