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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: October 25, 2022, 02:50:07 PM »

Hello guys,

It's been a hell of a time, but I released a new version of those images 

It includes faster boot, smoother theme and better coding for the buildroot packages.



You can find the RPi3 image here : https://bitbox.games/sdcard.img and the github repository here : https://github.com/ptiwee/bitbox

RPi2 and RPi Zero images are to come.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: March 28, 2017, 12:16:51 AM »

It's working now. I changed a few things in my approach, so I'm not sure what did the trick:

• Used an 8GB flash drive instead of a 16GB
• Wiped out all existing partitions and set it up as a one-DOS-partition drive

For sure it's the partitions, I assume there is only one partition and one USB drive plugged.

Nice for the shaders, it is not something I use so it is not on the priority list, glad you found a workaround.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: March 27, 2017, 12:47:17 AM »

I'm having the same issue, and I believe they're in the right place: MAME roms in the /arcade folder (that is, a folder named 'arcade' in the root folder of the drive). I've also noticed that the configuration isn't being saved to the drive.

That's indeed the right place.

Has anybody successfully formatted a VFAT flash drive on Ubuntu or macOS X and subsequently used it with this image?

I'm using mkfs.vfat. Do you have any other USB devices plug to the raspberry pi ?

Thanks for your help !

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: March 14, 2017, 06:50:42 AM »

So great for my Pi Zero! Thansk!
But all I get is this screen :-(
What am I missing?

Did you put your ROMS on the USB drive in the right folder ?

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: March 06, 2017, 12:51:10 AM »

Raspberry Pi 2/3 image doesn't work, error font loop.

Removing attractmode folder (reset attractmode configuration) from the USB drive should solve the issue.

Can I ask you about making a buildroot including attract mode inside please ?

Not sure what you're asking here, the sources are available on github with attractmode package.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: February 06, 2017, 12:14:09 AM »

questions:
is the pizero fba image using pifba?

No, it is using fba-libretro.

ive tried to get to the command line to update and install my own packages but it boots right back to AM.  im sure theres a setting somewhere or a way to go into the terminal... how does one go about that?

It is not possible, the image is built using buildroot, they are no package manager available. If you want to get your hand dirty you have to clone the git repository and rebuild the entire image. It is not very complicated, but it requires a bit more knowledges.

is there a proper shutdown method from AM?

No, this image is made initially for arcade machines that I shutdown by cutting the power off ... This is why the image is readonly and it should be safe to power it down this way.

Thanks for your support. I take the opportunity to give you some updates (and tell you a bit about my life). I'm trying to make a very tiny business building arcade machines, that's why I developed those images. But I also need hardware stuff so I'm not 100% on those.

Anyway a new version should come on next month, I kept all your emulator requests, I'll try to add them (there should be no issues). Currently I'm trying to focus on playable N64 emulation.

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Themes / Re: Need some help with the listbox (games list)

« on: January 25, 2017, 02:21:53 AM »

Hi bundangdon,
I don't think there is any built-in solution for this (not according to the documentation and the code ...), why don't you use a conveyor of Text objects ?

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Themes / Re: Raspberry Pi Focused - SimplePi Theme

« on: January 11, 2017, 08:06:50 AM »

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve.
Maybe you can simply use fixed width and fixed height, and use preserve_aspect_ratio to keep the flyer inside a centered box? Or you want the SNES flyers to be wider than then other ones ?

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: January 11, 2017, 02:41:31 AM »

Hello guys,

Sorry for the long time gone, holydays kept me away from my computer (and this is not a bad thing).
From what I've seen on my side, it seems that the default font not found error is due to the corruption of the USB device. If it happens, remove the attractmode folder from the USB drive and reboot your rapsberry. This will remove the configuration and build a new one (based on default configuration). I updated the two images, now the USB is mounted as "sync" which should reduce the risk of corruption.
The image is now aligned with new buildroot version (2016.11.1) and Glupen64 has been updated to the last git version, N64 emulation should be slightly better on RPI3 (thanks to loganmc10 awesome work).

Indeed, the image cannot work without USB device.

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Themes / Re: Raspberry Pi Focused - SimplePi Theme

« on: January 10, 2017, 11:55:51 PM »

Hi grippie,

Have you noticed the note in the documentation ?
Each call to texture_height should be placed in a callback function since the picture is not loaded before (texture_height is equal to 0).
Also if you resized your picture it seems that you have to compute the ratio yourself.

I hope it helps

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: December 08, 2016, 11:54:07 PM »

There is probably a problem in the image that I uploaded, I cannot test right now but I'll try to upload a new image.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: November 22, 2016, 12:23:22 PM »

Since this is read only....I am assuming that input configuration won't be autosaved?  Or are you saving on the SD card?

Retroarch and AttractMode configurations are saved on the USB drive, as well as savegames and savestate.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: November 22, 2016, 02:50:43 AM »

The last version is included (2.2.0) and is compiled with mmal support.

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General / Re: Raspberry Pi Zero, 1, 2, 3 AttractMode + Retroarch images (based on buildroot)

« on: November 15, 2016, 11:23:45 AM »

Looks nice,Great work you have done but can you add emulators to it,You have missed the Sega Mega CD.....?

Sure I can add it, I just have to test that it is working fine and the buttons mapping is correct. I'll probably do it before the end of the week.

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Themes / Re: [download] NEVATO theme

« on: November 14, 2016, 08:05:05 AM »

You may want to try subimg_width and subimg_height ? I use it in my Flat theme to display squared flyers.