Extremely Slow After Choosing Any Menu Option/No tv output

Libretro Lakka
#1

Trying to run Lakka on a gateway laptop with a pentium b960 and intel hd graphics hooked up to a hdtv.

First problem: Choosing any option under the menus, from starting a game, to changing a setting will result in Lakka displaying the splash screen and sitting for a good 5 minutes or so before doing what its supposed to. If im trying to play a game, the game runs just fine after the 5 or so minute wait. Im running this from a live usb stick, usb 2.0 4gb for now as the laptop has no hard drive in it. I was thinking i can buy a cheap usb stick to install from the installer/live stick to the other usb if that helps. Does this have to be installed to a true hard drive to work properly?

Second problem: I cannot get the screen to display much over the hdmi. All I get on the TV is the Lakka logo, even though the laptop display shows the menu/games/etc. Ive tried changing “Monitor Index” but again any changes are EXTREMELY slow so its hard to tell what its doing

#2

If your menu is too slow please try this tutorial.

#3

I should have been more clear. The menu itself is fast and responsive until you choose anything. The moment you do that, the screen goes black and you get the lakka flower in the center of the screen. If you press buttons (that I know of, aside from cntrl alt del) it doesnt respond. Control Alt Del will reset. If you wait it out (usually 5+ min) it will work.

#4

I think the problem may be where its trying to output: Lakka:~ # for p in /sys/class/drm/*/status; do con=${p%/status}; echo -n "${con# */card?-}: "; cat $p; done DP-1: disconnected HDMI-A-1: connected LVDS-1: connected VGA-1: disconnected

The laptop has vga, hdmi, and its own screen. When it boots, it outputs to LVDS and puts the flower on the tv. Im thinking when i change monitor index, its trying to output to VGA, thus putting the flower on both tv and laptop.

I followed this:

  1. Access Lakka via SSH (e.g. via putty)
  2. Username and password are both root
  3. Stop the service using: systemctl stop retroarch
  4. Edit the config file: nano .config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg
  5. Add the parameter at the start of all of the video parameters: video = LVDS-1:d
  6. Start the retroarch service: systemctl start retroarch
  7. Restart the computer Lakka is installed on, and plug in the HDMI.

which does disable the laptop display and outputs to tv, until I press start on live usb. Then it redisplays to the laptop screen and the flower to tv. Is there a way in ssh to force output to hdmi only?

#5

changed video_monitor_index = to “2” in the .cfg file in addition to the previous post and now its displaying on the tv. I wish the GUI would have made it more clear what its doing, or revert after X seconds if a changes confirm wasnt selected, but at least it works.

#6

Still having problems. Lakka is running great on the tv, but if I try to run a game, in this case SNES (shouldnt require BIOS) Super Mario World, it goes to a Lakka flower on the TV and will sit for 5-10 minutes.

It seems very similar to this: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/issues/487

video_monitor_index = “2”

Is already set

Also, once the game finally loads audio is coming from the laptop instead of over hdmi

#7

You need to change audio output to hdmi.

Is is possible to get some logs (lakka system and graphic card) ?

Thank you.

#8

[QUOTE=gouchi;48276]You need to change audio output to hdmi.

Is is possible to get some logs (lakka system and graphic card) ?

Thank you.[/QUOTE]

Got it all working, looks like the problem was the audio device. Now that its set, every single game starts right up right away.

had to ssh and add hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0, the GUI wouldnt scroll through available devices and instead wanted me to type, which I suppose I could have but SSH in terminal was much faster.

#9

If you didn’t modify audio_device in the configuration file before, it should work with the GUI.

#10

This problem is back. I updated to the newest nightly to get wifi gui support. If i select a game, itll show the lakka flower and then sit for 5-10 minutes then finallly load the game most of the time.

Here is the funny thing: When I try to run a log, everything works fine. Like 100% while terminal is watching it all, it works. The moment I closed terminal, BAM lakka flower again.

#11

Try to purge your configurationfile and put back the configuration you need for the video monitor and audio.

#12

Similar/same problem here.

#13

purged the cfg file and made the following changes/additions:

video = “LVDS-1:d” video_monitor_index = “2” audio_device = “hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0”

still having the same troubles. What is it doing different when its running a log vs when its not?

#14

You need to append video = “LVDS-1:d” in the cmdline not to put it into the configuration file.

Can you try to give the output of Lakka system logs ?

Thank you.

#15

Here is a log running through a few games. http://pastebin.com/WRnDnQ6X

When the log is running Lakka behaves just as expected. The problem only occurs if im not running the log through terminal. Hopefully it might provide some insight.

I removed LVDS-1:d from the cfg file, no difference besides a noticeably longer boot time. Also, using tab on the live usb to amend the cmdline didnt make a difference, and on reset the setting wasnt there if i hit tab again. If it were to work as it should, is that something I have to type on every boot?

#16

Something tells me this might have something to do with SSH. Again, when the log is running and connected via SSH its working fine. Now, if i go in the menu on Lakka and disable SSH, I get the Lakka flower again. I doubt the log actually can be making it work or not, as its just printing whats going on in the background. The only culprit then would be SSH. Seeing as it was working fine on an earlier build, I tried updating to the most current, but am still experiencing problems. Hopefully we can figure this out together.

#17

Is there anything else needed to help diagnose whats going on here?

#18

Can you paste the content of your configuration file in /storage/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg ?

#19

http://pastebin.com/nSG0KYa7

Here is the .cfg file.

#20

I have the same problem! Im running this from a live usb stick 8gb in a laptop without hard drive. If im trying to play, the game runs after 5 or so minute wait… same problem to close a game. I try all in this conversation… still having the same troubles.