RetroOZ WIP

[southoz]

Well done on the new version... I have seen that 1.6 of Arkos is out with big improvements for Dreamcast. Do you keep in sync with these updates or have you forked off into a different direction?


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I still have the same cores as ArkOS running using Retroarch instead of Retrorun and the performance is very similar to ArkOS with the exception I have now set the internal resolution of the default core to 640x480.

Started to look at Retrorun but are currently having a linker issue when compiling that needs some time to work through. A lot of the binaries are not compatible due to the library difference between Ubuntu 19.04 and 20.04.

The main difference I am seeing with the Saturn is some compatibility variations between retrorun and retroarch but the performance is still poor.

[IgaBiva]

I am still on 0.34 and I saw that newest WIP is 0.37.

Can I just jump to 0.37 straight from 0.34 or I have to go long way, 0.34 -> 0.35 -> 0.36 -> 0.37?

[Midnight1270]

Ok guys, newbie here (dont shoot me). I cant get Sonic CD to run on Odroid go super. I have the bin and queue and the bios files. Start the game and it goes right back to the menu. Any Ideas?

It works on EmuElec but not RetroOz

[southoz]

I am still on 0.34 and I saw that newest WIP is 0.37.

Can I just jump to 0.37 straight from 0.34 or I have to go long way, 0.34 -> 0.35 -> 0.36 -> 0.37?

0.34 -> 0.36 -> 0.37 (0.35 is included in 0.36)

[southoz]

Ok guys, newbie here (dont shoot me). I cant get Sonic CD to run on Odroid go super. I have the bin and queue and the bios files. Start the game and it goes right back to the menu. Any Ideas?

It works on EmuElec but not RetroOz

All good, I have my Sega CD set in CHD format and it loads without a problem, I will try and find it in BIN/CUE format.

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Often BIN / CUE formats are an issue with the Filenames and the content of the CUE file.
- What is the filename of the BIN file.
- What is the filename of the CUE file.
- Open the CUE file in notepad and what are the contents.

While not fixing your issue have you had a look at this Sonic CD port - Check out Russ's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu_8ub7NYZM

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UPDATE: I have tested a version of Sonic CD with 35 bin files and it loaded without an issue.

[Shoesy]

Widescreen sonic looks so cool! Have you tried the widescreen Genesis core in Retroarch?

[southoz]

Widescreen sonic looks so cool! Have you tried the widescreen Genesis core in Retroarch?

I have had a play and found that there was a lot of graphics issues with the games I tried, I will spend some more time this weekend testing.

If you want to test yourself unzip https://mega.nz/file/E6YAmRwS#xLLWGTULk ... XL1F13oYm0 to ports, reload emulationstation and run the Update script.

Once you have rebooted change the emulator options in emulationstation to retroarch32 with enesis_plus_gx_wide core.

[Slaminger]

hey, i just saw this thread. looking good! i'll check it out

[southoz]

hey, i just saw this thread. looking good! i'll check it out

Plenty of bits and pieces that will help out with TheRA!

[Midnight1270]

Hey Guys, still not able to get sonic CD to work. I believe have the right bios since everything else works. Not sure where to go next. Any ideas

[Mindbear]

Hi there!

first thank you so much for your hard work and this awesome firmware!

i‘ve using RetroOz as of today and have two questions.

there seem to be a language problem. i want to set the interface language to german, but it wont work. stays in english.

and my second question is: where can i find the retroarchive settings? this should work in arkOS, but i cant find it here.

thanks for your help!

edit: ok found out my second question by myself. the settings are in the retroarch menu

[southoz]

Hey Guys, still not able to get sonic CD to work. I believe have the right bios since everything else works. Not sure where to go next. Any ideas

The next thing you would want to do is debug logging in Retroarch.

To turn on the debug logging:

1. Emulators Retroarch -> Retroarch
2. Settings -> Logging
3 Change
Logging Verbosity to ON
Frontend Logging Level 0
Core Logging Level 0
Log to File ON
4. Push B to Exit
5. Main Menu -> Configuration Files
6. Save Current Configuration.

Run the game to generate the log file

This presents an issue with getting the log file, retroarch.log, as its location is within the odroid home folder. I might have to make an update to log it to the SDCard if you can not get it through one of the follow I can check it out to see what the issue might be:
1. Browse through Windows to \\retrooz\odroid\.config\retroarch\logs or \\<Your IP>\odroid\.config\retroarch\logs where <Your IP> is your devices IP address shown in the network configuration.
2. ssh to <Your IP> and cd ~/.config/retroarch/logs then nano retroarch.log and copy to a text file. (I Personally use mc, Midnight Commander with either a FTP or Shell link to copy to a Windows share)
3. Mount the root partition on a Linux machine and copy the file from /<Your Mount Point>/home/odroid/.config/retroarch/logs

Turn off the debug logging:

1. Emulators Retroarch -> Retroarch
2. Settings -> Logging
3 Change
Frontend Logging Level 1
Core Logging Level 1
Log to File OFF
Logging Verbosity to OFF
4. Push B to Exit
5. Main Menu -> Configuration Files
6. Save Current Configuration.

[southoz]

there seem to be a language problem. i want to set the interface language to german, but it wont work. stays in english.

I will have to look into this, sorry I did not do any language testing and I can not see anything in the emulationstation code that I have cloned from Christians github.

With the emulation options they are hardcoded into the es_systems.cfg as they need to match the filenames on the device.

Update: The locale directory is missing from the FCA-MOD version of emulationstation I cloned. I downloaded include the locale information updated the makes files and recompiled it to test with the system location set to de_DE.UTF-8. At this stage everything is now set to DE but emulationstation. I set it to DE in the emulationstation advanced settings and it converts back EN.

[Midnight1270]

So, which bios files are you guys using for sega cd and do i need both the sega cd and sega genesis bios files in the bios folder. If so, whats the directory name

[southoz]

So, which bios files are you guys using for sega cd and do i need both the sega cd and sega genesis bios files in the bios folder. If so, whats the directory name

I have tried to keep the BIOS requirements and folders as per Christians wiki - https://github.com/christianhaitian/ark ... nformation

Sega CD
Emulator: (lr-genesis_plus_gx) lr-picodrive
Rom Folder: segacd
Extensions: .bin .BIN .chd .CHD .cue .CUE .iso .ISO
Bios: bios_CD_U.bin, bios_CD_E.bin, bios_CD_J.bin

From the logfile:

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[libretro INFO] Mega CD (PAL) BIOS should be located at: /roms/bios/bios_CD_E.bin
[libretro INFO] Sega CD (NTSC-U) BIOS should be located at: /roms/bios/bios_CD_U.bin
[libretro INFO] Mega CD (NTSC-J) BIOS should be located at: /roms/bios/bios_CD_J.bin

[Midnight1270]

Ok, so thats not the problem as the roms/bios are right where they should be

[southoz]

Ok, so thats not the problem as the roms/bios are right where they should be

Were you able to turn on debug logging and generate the retroarch logfile? See the post viewtopic.php?p=325443#p325443

[Jpopel27]

Hi I have a couple questions. First question is how do I turn on the system specific bezels? also i cant find a link to what wifi dongles work with this. The tp-link dongle i have doesnt seem to register it. Love the build but would love to personalize it with bezels and being to access wifi!

[southoz]

Hi I have a couple questions. First question is how do I turn on the system specific bezels? also i cant find a link to what wifi dongles work with this. The tp-link dongle i have doesnt seem to register it. Love the build but would love to personalize it with bezels and being to access wifi!

Hi, there are currently per system bezels for most of the retroarch cores except those with performance limitations. They are set through the overlay menu on a per content folder basis. Russ has a great video he just released on how you can update the bezels with specific bezel packs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KjQrkusmI The aim is to be as compatible as possible with the ArkOS instructions so the whole video is relevant.

The wifi drivers are based on what is available in the 4.4.189 Kernel supplied by Rockchip. The makefile for the wireless drivers that are included in the kernel I compiled is:

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#
# Makefile for the Linux Wireless network device drivers.
#

obj-$(CONFIG_IPW2100) += ipw2x00/
obj-$(CONFIG_IPW2200) += ipw2x00/
obj-$(CONFIG_HERMES)            += orinoco/
obj-$(CONFIG_AIRO)              += airo.o
obj-$(CONFIG_AIRO_CS)           += airo_cs.o airo.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ATMEL)             += atmel.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_ATMEL)         += atmel_pci.o 
obj-$(CONFIG_PCMCIA_ATMEL)      += atmel_cs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_AT76C50X_USB)      += at76c50x-usb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PRISM54)           += prism54/
obj-$(CONFIG_HOSTAP)            += hostap/
obj-$(CONFIG_B43)               += b43/
obj-$(CONFIG_B43LEGACY)         += b43legacy/
obj-$(CONFIG_ZD1211RW)          += zd1211rw/
obj-$(CONFIG_WLAN)              += realtek/
# 16-bit wireless PCMCIA client drivers
obj-$(CONFIG_PCMCIA_RAYCS)      += ray_cs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PCMCIA_WL3501)     += wl3501_cs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET_RNDIS_WLAN)        += rndis_wlan.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ZD1201)        += zd1201.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LIBERTAS)          += libertas/obj-$(CONFIG_LIBERTAS_THINFIRM) += libertas_tf/
obj-$(CONFIG_ADM8211)   += adm8211.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MWL8K)     += mwl8k.o
obj-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI)   += iwlwifi/
obj-$(CONFIG_IWLEGACY)  += iwlegacy/
obj-$(CONFIG_RT2X00)    += rt2x00/
obj-$(CONFIG_WL_MEDIATEK)       += mediatek/
obj-$(CONFIG_P54_COMMON)        += p54/
obj-$(CONFIG_ATH_CARDS)         += ath/
obj-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM)    += mac80211_hwsim.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VIRT_WIFI) += virt_wifi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WL_TI)     += ti/
obj-$(CONFIG_MWIFIEX)   += mwifiex/
obj-$(CONFIG_BRCMFMAC)  += brcm80211/
obj-$(CONFIG_BRCMSMAC)  += brcm80211/
obj-$(CONFIG_CW1200)    += cw1200/
obj-$(CONFIG_RSI_91X)   += rsi/
obj-$(CONFIG_WL_ROCKCHIP)       += rockchip_wlan/
obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8812AU) += rtl8812au/
obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8192CU) += rtl8192cu/
obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8822BU) += rtl88x2bu/
obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8821CU) += rtl8821cu/
obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8723BU) += ew-7611ulb/
obj-$(CONFIG_ESP8089) += esp8089/

Compiling your own kernel is fairly straight forward if you follow the instructions https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go_advance/build_kernel and you can configure the wireless drivers by running make menuconfig and selecting what you need before compiling the kernel.

[ccdwyer]

This is the first bit of software for my super that seems to have just worked, any way to buy you a beer? (or rootbeer, if you're under 21)

[CISKO]

Well done on the new version... I have seen that 1.6 of Arkos is out with big improvements for Dreamcast. Do you keep in sync with these updates or have you forked off into a different direction?


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I still have the same cores as ArkOS running using Retroarch instead of Retrorun and the performance is very similar to ArkOS with the exception I have now set the internal resolution of the default core to 640x480.

Started to look at Retrorun but are currently having a linker issue when compiling that needs some time to work through. A lot of the binaries are not compatible due to the library difference between Ubuntu 19.04 and 20.04.

The main difference I am seeing with the Saturn is some compatibility variations between retrorun and retroarch but the performance is still poor.

I Hope you can fix Retrorun, it's really worth ,the performance is superior to retroarch and on this console it would look great

[jimfaker]

Hi!

Well I've changed the rendering on LZdoom from software to openGL and now it's not working, where should I go to change that back to software? Can you tell me please

EDIT: hehe I just took the lzdoom.ini from the image and replace the one that I modified

[southoz]

This is the first bit of software for my super that seems to have just worked, any way to buy you a beer? (or rootbeer, if you're under 21)

Thanks, Most of the Credit for development goes to Christian (ArkOS) and OtherCrashoveride (OGA and OGS Base OS and Libraries).

ArkOS, IMO, is the best solution for the RG351P due to Christian's work and community feedback. Without that source, it would be impossible to have stability and functionality.

I Hope you can fix Retrorun, it's really worth ,the performance is superior to retroarch and on this console it would look great

I have the 64 bit retrorun compiled and working and will work on the 32bit version this weekend. Setting up for 32bit cross-compiling is not a trivial task so I will release the 64 bit update once I am happy with that buttons.

[southoz]

Hi!

Well I've changed the rendering on LZdoom from software to openGL and now it's not working, where should I go to change that back to software? Can you tell me please

Doom and Quake II are using software renderers due to incompatibility with the Odroid Go EGL SDL implementation.

During testing, I found that the software render for LZDoom at 854x480 was doing a great job, what was the issue that made you change the rendering output setting?

I will revisit the issues I had with Quake II through retroarch to see if I can get it working with a hardware render, LZDoom would need the code to be rewritten for the Odroid Go SDL implementation.

[arcath]

Few things I have noticed...

I don't see an option to set the timezone. The menu option doesnt list any choices so the clock is wrong with no other way to set it.

When quitting from the adv settings menu using the back button at the bottom, it crashes the ui. Also, if I press left on the d-pad while in the adv settings/timezone menu, it crashes the ui.

Really enjoying this firmware and I am pretty sure it will become my daily driver for the super. Thanks much!

[southoz]

Few things I have noticed...

I don't see an option to set the timezone. The menu option doesnt list any choices so the clock is wrong with no other way to set it.

When quitting from the adv settings menu using the back button at the bottom, it crashes the ui. Also, if I press left on the d-pad while in the adv settings/timezone menu, it crashes the ui.

Really enjoying this firmware and I am pretty sure it will become my daily driver for the super. Thanks much!

Thanks, I had noticed but had not spent any time on it, the fix is in the 0.38 update.

[southoz]

Update 0.38a
Mega - https://mega.nz/file/FuxkELxQ#XF2jvEkOJ ... PrKYuxgvLk
Onedrive - https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag5nl1V4mxXqhL9N0YJ ... w?e=NFXmCu

- Retrorun 64bit for improved Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulation performance.
- Genesis Plus GX Wide Core for Megadrive, Genesis and SegaCD
- Fix Timezone selection in Emulationstation

1. Extract the ZIP file and copy the contents to the /roms/ports folder on the SDCARD.
2. Restart Emulation Station or Reboot
3. From Ports Select UPDATE-WIP-0.38. System Will Restart

Under Emulator Settings for Sega Dreamcast, Sega Atomiswave and Sega Naomi set to Retrorun Emulator with Flycast Core

See PDF download/file.php?id=13924 for details on the Retrorun Controls for Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave

[Mindbear]

Thanks for the Update!!

The Language Setting is also working now.

Edit: reicast_xtreme is a choosable Core in retrorun, but not working. Flycast is working.

[southoz]

Thanks for the Update!!

The Language Setting is also working now.

Edit: reicast_xtreme is a choosable Core in retrorun, but not working. Flycast is working.

Thanks, reicast_xtreme is a 32 bit core. There was also an issue with the dreamcast.sh script which has been fixed and the update has been replaced.

[southoz]

Update 0.39
Mega - https://mega.nz/file/hqBCyBRL#3q6tZCDoe ... MDYz5Rznb8
Onedrive - https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag5nl1V4mxXqhL9Po3C ... Q?e=ux6r5Q

- Retrorun 32bit for improved Dreamcast, Naomi, Atomiswave and Saturn emulation performance.

1. Extract the ZIP file and copy the contents to the /roms/ports folder on the SDCARD.
2. Restart Emulation Station or Reboot
3. From Ports Select UPDATE-WIP-0.39. System Will Restart

Under Emulator Settings for Sega Dreamcast and Sega Naomi set to RETRORUN32 Emulator with FLYCAST Core.
Under Emulator Settings for Sega Atomiswave set to RETRORUN Emulator with FLYCAST Core (provides better controls compatibility with analogue wheels and pedals).
Under Emulator Settings for Sega Saturn set to RETRORUN32 with YABASANSIRO Core.

See PDF download/file.php?id=13924 for details on the Retrorun Controls for Dreamcast / Saturn, Naomi and Atomiswave

*Note IMO Saturn Emulation, in general, is still not able to emulate at a usable frame rate.

Please Thank Christian for his 32bit chroot virtual machine image viewtopic.php?p=306185#p306185 to allow for compiling the 32 bit version.

[jimfaker]

Hi!

Well I've changed the rendering on LZdoom from software to openGL and now it's not working, where should I go to change that back to software? Can you tell me please

Doom and Quake II are using software renderers due to incompatibility with the Odroid Go EGL SDL implementation.

During testing, I found that the software render for LZDoom at 854x480 was doing a great job, what was the issue that made you change the rendering output setting?

I was just playing with the options, because I wanted to have more light on a wad that is too dark, the psx wad.

[southoz]

I was just playing with the options, because I wanted to have more light on a wad that is too dark, the psx wad.

The brightness is set at 50% (35) by default and can be adjusted up to 100% (65) within Emulationstation Main Menu -> Display Settings.

[MuzlL0dr]

Just gotta say, this is now my favorite firmware on any of my devices. So much goodness is pre-installed and Dreamcast works better than any other platform I have - even before Retrorun (I actually switched back to RA so I could utilize the analog to digital for certain games.) I know this is based on ArkOS, but you've clearly put a lot of work into it. Thanks for it! I'm checking in daily now for updates. (Especially Pico-8 which I've tried at length to get working, but my linux-foo isn't strong enough.) Keep up the awesome work!!

[southoz]

Just gotta say, this is now my favorite firmware on any of my devices. So much goodness is pre-installed and Dreamcast works better than any other platform I have - even before Retrorun (I actually switched back to RA so I could utilize the analog to digital for certain games.) I know this is based on ArkOS, but you've clearly put a lot of work into it. Thanks for it! I'm checking in daily now for updates. (Especially Pico-8 which I've tried at length to get working, but my linux-foo isn't strong enough.) Keep up the awesome work!!

Cheers! The controls are based on the Core Defaults when I get a chance I will have a look to see if I can get the left analogue working for Atomiswave and Naomi. Both Pico8 and Easyrpg are on the list of many things I need to do to keep it close to ArkOS

For Anyone that is keen to test, I have been working this weekend on converting valadaa48's ogage https://github.com/valadaa48/ogage for the OGS using Christian's base. Extract to the ports folder then run UPDATE-OGAGE.

Mega - https://mega.nz/file/Jzgw1SiS#ZtHTAe8mV ... oRdX76HGtE

HotKey - 17
-Brightness Up - 8
-Brightness Down - 9
-Brightness 10% - 14
-Brightness 50% - 15
-Volume Up - 11
-Volume Down 10
-Mute - 16
-Perfnorm - 4
-Perfmax - 6
-Wifi Off - 7
-Wifi On - 5
-Suspend - 13

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Points:
- Does not impact existing Power and Volume rocker buttons.
- There is an issue where the USB port is no longer active after wake on suspend and requires a reboot.
- There is a single flash for Perfnorm and Wifi Off and a double flash for Perfmax and Wifi On.
- On mute use the volume rocker to resume at the previous volume.
- Breaks Mupen64Plus will be fixed in final release.

[Midnight1270]

Ok still having issues with Sonic CD even after the update. It seems like it tries to load but im still getting blank screen inside the bezel. Its really strange. Its also none of the cd games are working. Also tried demolition man and same thing. Goes right back to main screen

[southoz]

Ok still having issues with Sonic CD even after the update. It seems like it tries to load but im still getting blank screen inside the bezel. Its really strange. Its also none of the cd games are working. Also tried demolition man and same thing. Goes right back to main screen

Can you paste the retroarch log file you generated from the previous post https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php ... 43#p325443?

[Midnight1270]

Never mind. Issue is resolved. It had to do with the name of the 2 bios files. GRRRRRR!!!! , it wants a .bin not .BIN. Dang finiky file naming system

[southoz]

Never mind. Issue is resolved. It had to do with the name of the 2 bios files. GRRRRRR!!!! , it wants a .bin not .BIN. Dang finiky file naming system

Awesome, yes linux is case sensitive.

[Mowaii]

Hey, I have the file for RetroOZ but i don't know how to put it in the odroid, please help me

[Harmsy]

Hey, I have the file for RetroOZ but i don't know how to put it in the odroid, please help me

First you're going to need a microSD card, 8gig or bigger. Next you're going to need some software that can flash the image. https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go_advance/make_sd_card This link will give you the details on that. Once you have your card flashed, just pop it into your odroid and boot it up.

[mharper13]

Great work guys, found some issues, my timezone selection still shows nothing, not a big deal. but the screensaver freezes the device whether its pressing select button while in main console selection screen or if you allow the screensaver to turn on by itself after so much time, both functions freeze device and need to be forced shutdown to correct, also still getting about 30% of the time i power it on there is a retroOZ splash screen that flashes on top of main console selection screen and then have to reboot everytime, for me this happens like i said 30% of the time i power on.

[southoz]

Great work guys, found some issues, my timezone selection still shows nothing, not a big deal. but the screensaver freezes the device whether its pressing select button while in main console selection screen or if you allow the screensaver to turn on by itself after so much time, both functions freeze device and need to be forced shutdown to correct, also still getting about 30% of the time i power it on there is a retroOZ splash screen that flashes on top of main console selection screen and then have to reboot everytime, for me this happens like i said 30% of the time i power on.

Hi, I would highly recommend that you try another sdcard as on the surface it sounds like a disk problem for the below reasons:

The screensaver function loads media files that are presented to emulationstation within each of the systems gamelist files, all testing I have done with media that I have manually downloaded from screenscraper.fr with skraper, I have never observed a crash. If there is a problem accessing the media or the media is corrupted it may cause a problem.

I have tested both the update for timezone selection and the full image. The process creates a symbolic link from the timezone to the file /etc/timezone and if it can not write the symbolic link the timezone would remain blank. It does take around 30 seconds for all the timezones to be presented within emulationstation.

The Plymouth screen will continue to present and battle emulationstation for display time when there is a boot process still running. Emulationstation is installed as a service that is started at boot time and therefore does not wait for all boot process to complete. I believe this is why other distros don't use graphical Plymout themes as the text based themes are hidden behind emulationstation. It is possible there is a disk check running in the back ground which is why the Plymouth logo continues to present?

Off-topic and back on to skraper I would check Russ's video on using it to manually download your media on a PC (Keep some space free as it caches all media in a separate location) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQuFBbRsXs&t=76s

[MuzlL0dr]

For Anyone that is keen to test, I have been working this weekend on converting valadaa48's ogage https://github.com/valadaa48/ogage for the OGS using Christian's base. Extract to the ports folder then run UPDATE-OGAGE.

This is brilliant - I've been waiting for this, so I'm happy to help test.

[CountBuggula]

How do I login with ssh? I tried the arkOS user and password but it didn't work, and the "reset password" function is broken.

[southoz]

How do I login with ssh? I tried the arkOS user and password but it didn't work, and the "reset password" function is broken.

odroid / odroid, I will check out the password change script and fix it on the next release , thanks for pointing it out!

[CountBuggula]

How do I login with ssh? I tried the arkOS user and password but it didn't work, and the "reset password" function is broken.

odroid / odroid, I will check out the password change script and fix it on the next release , thanks for pointing it out!

Thanks, that worked, and I can at least change my password from the command line for the time being.
Is there any known reason why updating packages through apt would break anything? I haven't done it yet, I just want to make it's not already a known issue before I go breaking things.

[southoz]

Thanks, that worked, and I can at least change my password from the command line for the time being.
Is there any known reason why updating packages through apt would break anything? I haven't done it yet, I just want to make it's not already a known issue before I go breaking things.

The issue with the password script the osk (on-screen keyboard) process is broken, I have tested it with the ArkOS version of osk and except for the 480x320 keyboard is now working, going to raid the default image

Flashed up a new card and ran an apt update && apt upgrade and it seems ok.

[CountBuggula]

Thanks, that worked, and I can at least change my password from the command line for the time being.
Is there any known reason why updating packages through apt would break anything? I haven't done it yet, I just want to make it's not already a known issue before I go breaking things.

The issue with the password script the osk (on-screen keyboard) process is broken, I have tested it with the ArkOS version of osk and except for the 480x320 keyboard is now working, going to raid the default image

Flashed up a new card and ran an apt update && apt upgrade and it seems ok.

Great, thank you for the confirmation. I have a couple of (hopefully minor) requests. First, is there any way you can include skyscraper? While the new built-in ES scraper is pretty good, I still prefer the power and flexibility of command-line skyscraper. I went to build it myself on the OGS but one of the required packages has conflicts with what's already installed so I'd need to set up a cross-compile environment for it. If not, that's something I'm certainly capable of doing myself, it's just a lot of work to set up, so if it's something you already can do easily, I'd really appreciate it.

Second, any chance you could include the "enhanced" shader set from Batocera (and I think a few other distros use it too).

Thanks, I'm really enjoying this distro (I literally spent all day yesterday going through every available image for the OGS before finally settling on this one) and am looking forward to having some more fun with it.

[southoz]

Great, thank you for the confirmation. I have a couple of (hopefully minor) requests. First, is there any way you can include skyscraper? While the new built-in ES scraper is pretty good, I still prefer the power and flexibility of command-line skyscraper. I went to build it myself on the OGS but one of the required packages has conflicts with what's already installed so I'd need to set up a cross-compile environment for it. If not, that's something I'm certainly capable of doing myself, it's just a lot of work to set up, so if it's something you already can do easily, I'd really appreciate it.

Second, any chance you could include the "enhanced" shader set from Batocera (and I think a few other distros use it too).

Thanks, I'm really enjoying this distro (I literally spent all day yesterday going through every available image for the OGS before finally settling on this one) and am looking forward to having some more fun with it.

I can certainly take a look at skyscraper, I have used it on Retropie but I settled on skraper for all my scraping needs. If you have not already checked out skraper I would check out Russ's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQuFBbRsXs&t=76s. I have scraped all my romsets and use python scripts to create Top X and romset by list that takes the media, roms and gamelist from my full set to create subsets in a few minutes. I have included a dry run component that shows the size on disk of all the media and roms to allow for creating romsets for smaller cards. The only real negative thing is that screenscraper.fr can have performance issues and limits the number of queries that are not cached.

I will raid the Batocera image (and its overly weird file structures) over the weekend and see if I can pick out that shader set. Outside of handhelds I have been a bit shy with shaders due to the performance impact

[CountBuggula]

Thanks, I'll check that out. I did get all the prerequisites installed on my OGS and tried building but it errored out so I'm working with the skyscraper dev to figure that out. I'm struggling to get a cross-compile environment set up so if you already have that and get to it before me, awesome, otherwise hopefully I'll get the local build figured out.
I've contributed to screenscraper.fr and have access to extra cores and query limits.
The batoecera shader seemed to work well enough without slowdown with NES and SNES games, which is where I most notice the difference. I can turn it off on consoles like NDS if needed. If you have trouble finding that shader, the super2xsal shader I've always found to have good results and is light on performance impact. If you tell me where to put the shaders, I'm happy to do it myself too.
Also, where can I turn on or off bezels? I've been looking for a config file or something but haven't found it yet.