Need Lakka Re-boot, can't access BIOS

Libretro Lakka
#1

I installed Lakka today on an HP Revolve 810. Loaded up some SNES roms, had some fun. Went to add N64 roms and everything went to hell. Now I can no longer access the rom folder via my network to be able to add roms…very strange.

I want to reinstall Lakka from scratch. I reboot my Lakka PC and slam esc and every F-key imaginable, but I can’t even get the machine to boot to get to BIOS/bootup options. Now I’m stuck with a very pretty OS with no ability to play games. Can you please offer your advice? Thanks!

#2

Welcome to the forum! Are you saying you can’t exit the lakka GUI/xmb or that you can’t get your PC to go to BIOS, or are you talking about emulator BIOS?

#3

[QUOTE=dragon_0n4;38329]Welcome to the forum! Are you saying you can’t exit the lakka GUI/xmb or that you can’t get your PC to go to BIOS, or are you talking about emulator BIOS?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to participating.

I can’t get my PC to go to BIOS. I can “exit” Lakka, but the OS restarts immediately any time I do. When I reset the computer, I’m mashing escape, I’m mashing all the F-buttons, and it goes straight to Lakka. It’s like purgatory up in here, and I’m just trying to get back into heaven!

#4

[QUOTE=hotkarl;38336]Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to participating.

I can’t get my PC to go to BIOS. I can “exit” Lakka, but the OS restarts immediately any time I do. When I reset the computer, I’m mashing escape, I’m mashing all the F-buttons, and it goes straight to Lakka. It’s like purgatory up in here, and I’m just trying to get back into heaven![/QUOTE]

Although i couldn’t find it online, yet, I’m sure there is a key combo to use at POST to enter BIOS…there must be…! Best suggestion i can give, for now, is to keep watching the POST screens, try to catch every corner…somewhere it should say “press blah blah blah for setup / BIOS / settings”. On my work HP, for example, it’s ESC; however, IF I PRESS IT TOO MANY TIMES it’ll behave as if i’m exiting the selection -_- So, maybe…you’re pressing the right key, just too much?

#5

It took me about 25 restarts, but I finally got the ESC to let me in! :’-}

All set, thanks again for your help.

#6

Awesome :slight_smile: Glad it was helpful! BTW how are you adding your ROMs?

#7

I’ve got my lakka hardwired via ethernet, and I’m using my macbook to download ROMS and then transfer them to lakka’s rom folder. I’ve tried it with a few hundred SNES games and it worked perfectly…in the process of downloading tons for other systems as well – hopefully it recognizes everything correctly. Would ideally be able to dump everything I need once and just leave it be.

I did waste a boat-load of time renaming the ZIP files because I wanted the clean titles without “(US)” after everything…little did I know that lakka ignores the ZIP title and instead uses the filenames inside. :expressionless:

All in all, it’s been fun. I’m thankful that people put in the time to code this thing…I remember having all sorts of issues with ROMS and emulators several years back, so we’re clearly moving in a good direction.

#8

[QUOTE=hotkarl;38677]I’ve got my lakka hardwired via ethernet, and I’m using my macbook to download ROMS and then transfer them to lakka’s rom folder. I’ve tried it with a few hundred SNES games and it worked perfectly…in the process of downloading tons for other systems as well – hopefully it recognizes everything correctly. Would ideally be able to dump everything I need once and just leave it be.

I did waste a boat-load of time renaming the ZIP files because I wanted the clean titles without “(US)” after everything…little did I know that lakka ignores the ZIP title and instead uses the filenames inside. :expressionless:

All in all, it’s been fun. I’m thankful that people put in the time to code this thing…I remember having all sorts of issues with ROMS and emulators several years back, so we’re clearly moving in a good direction.[/QUOTE]

That’s how i do it, but with a Win laptop… Good catch on the file names, as i want to (eventually) clean up the library :wink: I have found that organizing ROMs in subfolders breaks the scanning; although, i thought latest lakka/retroarch version was supposed to automatically scan subdirs. Did you come across that issue? Also, my arcade roms are coming up duplicate. Already tried to force recreate the lpl files…will have to look in the dir…maybe i do have duplicate files of the same game lol

Which controllers are you using? any issues with any input/buttons/roms/emulators? I’m using the honeybee air flo, which is automatically configured by retroarch, but i think some buttons are either misconfigured or missing from the config file. I’ll have to play with it…

Are you going o build a cabinet of some sort, or keep it simple?

#9

Only thing I’ve done so far (besides break everything and start again) is upload SNES games and I tried one to make sure everything worked out.

I’m literally in the middle of transferring thousands of roms onto a USB drive. Can no longer connect to LAKKA over my network so I’m going old-fashioned over here. Will be tough when I go to upload BIOSes for PS and other systems.

I tried a PS3 controller and it worked fine on the one ROM I opened. Planning on putting in some good play time this weekend, so I’ll have to report back.

Done quite a bit of finish carpentry, so I’ll definitely build a cabinet – probably in a few years.