"batocera.linux" text then a black screen?

lolicop123

Whenever I try to boot Batocera from a USB (I have tried different USB Flashers and different USB Sticks) but whenever I try to boot it, I get text in the top left of my screen that says "batocera.linux". It then disappears a few seconds later and I am left with a black screen (i left it on this black screen for about 30mins but nothing happened). I am not sure what to do now. Also its my first time posting here so sorry if it isn't in the right section or something. Thanks!

joinski

What are the specs of your PC? Did you already test your flash drive with another PC?

lolicop123

joinski Here is my specs from msinfo32 https://i.ibb.co/1Rs22D1/image.png
My laptop recently broke so I cannot test it on another PC.

GameCast

lolicop123 for your specs you need to download the old version of batocera. if you go to download section you will see 2 images old and standart , download the old .

joinski

Okay, my parents also have a PC with an Intel Core i3-530. I could test batocera on their PC, when i visit them next Weekend, to see, if i also get a black screen.
Does your PC have a graphics card installed or are you using the iGP from the i3-530?

lolicop123

joinski Thanks, im not sure if I have a graphics card (i don't think so though)

joinski

lolicop123
When you have windows on your PC then install the free version of speccy and there you have the overview of processor, motherboard, RAM and graphics card.
https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download

lolicop123

joinski okay, ill do this tomorrow as its getting late

lolicop123

https://ibb.co/NZ6xCG5
https://ibb.co/mvdSDqz
https://ibb.co/6XnzKSN
https://ibb.co/GJpK2ZH
https://ibb.co/t3KTdsQ
https://ibb.co/jLrwC5m
These are the screenshots i got from Speccy

lolicop123

by the way, i just tried 5.19 and it is working perfectly so something in 5.20 must have changed and made it not work

joinski

Yes, there have been changes from 5.19 to 5.20 and some problems are already known and the developers are working to fix it for 5.21.
So i suggest you better stay at 5.19 if it works good for you and wait until 5.21 is out.

jeanpaulh

Anyone a link the 5.19?

joinski

jeanpaulh

PC x86 64bit
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/x86_64/stable/last/20181125/

x86 32bit
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/x86/stable/last/20181125/

jeanpaulh

fix it for me thanks

jeanpaulh

Works running off USB(5.19) but if I install to the harddrive is stops working again.
Is this installing 5.20 to the harddrive?
jp

lolicop123

GameCast if you mean the x86 version, i already tried it, but the 64bit 5.19 works on my pc

GameCast

lolicop123 i mean OLD .on download section you have standart and old version download the old .

Standard Computer (x86 64 bits) batocera.linux 5.20 2019/01/18
Old Computer (x86 32 bits) batocera.linux 5.20 2019/01/17 this one you need to download .

For those who have problems with black screen after booting Batocera from internal HDD and trying to play games from USB my solution is: The USB has to be NTFS (not FAT32). Format your USB stick in NTFS before letting Batocera create the recallbox folders. Also I couldn't manage to use internal HDD NTFS partitions to play games from (or FAT32). Batocera doesn't recognize them as a storage in the options. Hopefully they add the option to run everything from internal HDD in the future. It would save USB ports for player 2.