While I wait for my uCon, i got an RPI 4B 8gb to play around, I installed the Raspbian 64bit, and got a lot of problems in emulation and library compatibility, I imagine the raspbian being distributed by clockwork is 32 bit raspbian, is this correct?
Hi this is why i use retropie its 32bit and works well.
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If you want to try run windows 95 and other images via dosbox your need retropie setup first. Then your able to do this.
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Iām trying to run games with retropie in my A-06 but i am not having much success.
I added a bunch of systems and roms and they all not run.
When trying to open a game, after the popup letting me know to press a key if i want to configure the emulator, it goes back to the game selection screen.
This is a sample of the output in /dev/shm/runcommand.log
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gambatte/gambatte_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/gb/retroarch.cfg "/home/cpi/RetroPie/roms/gb/Tetris (World) (Rev A).zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request: 152 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 26 (X_GLXMakeContextCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 105
Current serial number in output stream: 105
Any idea how i can fix this?
I configured the following inputs:
- Keyboard: up,down,left,right (hotkey:z, x:Button A)
- PS4 Wireless controller
How did you install and start successfully? My A06 version, just manually installed retropie, now can not start, start black screen.
I installed this retropieās version: Debian/Ubuntu - RetroPie Docs
After installed, I can open it from the menu, using: Games ā rpie (iirc, not in front of the uconsole right now)
I could use emulationstation without issues.
The problem was when opening a game through RetroArch.
I managed to fix it by deleting the 3 or 4 all config files within /opt/retropie/configs/all (again, in mobile so the path may not be accurate)
Now things work but have some issues RetroArch remembering my wireless PS4 controller so I have to enter all the time in the settings to select the input.
I hope I can fix these issues
Thank you for your reply. Iāll follow this procedure again later. I hope thereās no problem.
Hello i canāt find folder to modify file for use uconsole buttons where is?
Thanks
Riccardo
Hey mate I cannot see in your posts anywhere what OS image you used before you installed RetroPie? Was it a 32bit image or 64bit image? Do you have a link? The link in your YouTube video is no longer valid. Thanks, Julian.
I tried compiling my own RetroPi and setting the SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG, but when starting Emulationstation, seem to only be able to get either the direction buttons or abxy buttons recognized, and never the select and start buttons. I sure wish there was a Howto for Complete Newbies to Emulation on a uConsole.
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I just got my Clockwork pie I can get the retropie script to install but when I run it it runs like itās installing everything and it fails to install every single item the OS that it shipped with is locked you canāt do any updates or anything because of proprietary driver or something for the keyboard so they block update there are zero documents in zero videos on how to do this everybody has videos of it working nobody has a video or a document of how exactly they made it work is there anything you can do to help me there is an entire Reddit community of thousand plus people with the same exact problem I posted this question there and they said welcome to your dust collector 2.0 a thousand people with clockworks for the intent of retro gaming that canāt get it to work please help.
Iām not reading all of that, but Iām happy for you. Or sorry it happened.
Anyway, back to my paperweight.
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Okay, that was fun. Let me see if I can point you in the right direction. People here can be really helpful if you make it easy to help you, by providing relevant information and using some degree of punctuation.
- How much experience do you have with Linux? Are you familiar with changing directories from the terminal, downloading and compiling packages from GitHub, and using a package manager?
- Have you set up Retroarch or Retropie on other platforms?
- Do you have legitimately-acquired ROMs and BIOS files?
- Which core are you using? CM4, A-06, R-01?
Iāve said this elsewhere but while I love the uConsole itās really hard to recommend. For better or worse, itās really made for hackers and people who enjoy spending a weekend figuring out how to make something work. The provided distro is a proof of concept at best, and while the hardware is great I donāt really want to use ClockworkPiās software if I can help it.
What you might not see from Reddit is that the community here has really stepped up. There are users here and on the ClockworkPi Discord server who have ported Debian Bookworm, PostmarketOS and Arch Linux to the uConsole, and have fixed issues present In the default OS. If youāre familiar with Raspberry Pi boards and youāre using the CM4, youād probably be most comfortable burning the Debian Bookworm image onto an SD card.
If you are on the CM4 and are running a flavour of Debian, you might want to check out PiKISS. It makes it a bit easier to install Retroarch, among other software. If the controller buttons donāt work, set the control driver in Retroarch to SDL2. And if you want smooth playback set your CPU governor to performance by running sudo echo performance | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.
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Yes I am comfortable unpacking stuff setting it up using terminal switching directories Iām on the cm4 like I said I downloaded retropie installed it ran the script and it just bombs nothing installs every time I try sudo apt-get update on the Clockwork it runs but 90% of its locked out because it says itās from untrusted sources and this is because from what Iām understanding whoever compiled the Clockwork OS locked out a bunch of stuff that can potentially break the OS because of using some specific drivers for the keyboard and display Iām not quite sure but thatās what Iām kind of getting from other posts. And Iām sure I have no problem running emulation station because obviously itās built into it retro act or what have you but I want to get the front end running because I essentially bought it thinking it would just be Plug and Play drop retropie on to it good to go wait almost a year from mine to arrive come to find out I canāt do it. 
thank you for your reply and I wasnāt the one who said welcome to your paperweight it was many other people on Reddit as there is literally no documentation on how to get retropie working on a Clockwork but there are plenty of people running it.
Flash one of the community made distros and retry to install RetroPie. Youāll have a much better experience.
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Installing a package shouldnāt break the keyboard. The keyboard is connected with an internal USB connection and should just act like a normal keyboard.
The thing about the uConsole is many of us users in this community are opinionated weirdos who heavily modify the desktop environment. Iām a little shy about giving step-by-step instructions for the uConsole because Iāve installed postmarketOS and am well off of the beaten path, currently running Musl and Wayland on Alpine instead of Glibc and X11 on Debian.
I did not run into the issue that youāre experiencing but I would recommend ditching the ClockworkPi image for the plain Bookworm Debian image that Rex put together. I think youāll run into fewer issues. Iāve said before that I consider the ClockworkPi images more of a proof-of-concept than a proper OS.
Alternatively, you could add the repository youāre having issues with to your allow list. apt - how to install debian package from unsigned repository - Stack Overflow
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And I know Iāve been with the retropie and the Raspberry Pi Community from the jump I got the original first available Raspberry Pi and again have to wait 7 months for that because the second it was available they sold out the store crashed and I had to wait for them to manufacture a new batch. That and Iāve been a huge fan of the welcoming Community and any time Iāve had a problem somebodyās always been able to just be like hey man chill out we got you And come through, im Sure at sometime these Issues Will become resolved Itās just a super bummer waiting eight months Getting it setting it up And just hitting roadblock after roadblock When I was thinking it was just going to be One two three good to go Because nowhere did anybody say There were any issues setting it up this or that from what I saw And then once I got it and started doing some digging There are thousands of people With the same exact problem like I bought it To have a pocket handheld And Have problems trying to set up a front end for So I just gave up and now itās sitting on a shelf. I tried to install Standard to the SD card And run it straight In the Clockwork did absolutely nothing I tried to install just Raspian And again Nothing As I was just going to use noobs Use raspian And just install retropie inside of it like normal But it wonāt work Due to needing specific things That Iām not sure how to go about working around
The specific things you need are the panel drivers for the screen and backlight. You can add those to the kernel and compile it yourself. Or as others as suggested use mine or one of the other community members distros. You will have a better experience.
If you will only use the official distros then youāre gonna have a bad time.