5.27 - no HDMI output and many other probs...

retrotastico

hi there,

since I updated my System (x86) to 5.27 I cant get a picture on my 4k TV. If I connect my PC to my old FullHD 20″ Screen, there is a picture. If i switch the HDMI connector then to my 4k TV - the picture is there. But after I restart the System its gone.
No matter which HDMI Mode I choose, just a black screen.
Another problem: N64 and PS2 doesnt run anymore :/ - with 5.26 everything was fine.

Is there a chance to get a 5.26 DL from somewhere?
thanks for your help in advance!

joinski

retrotastico

x86 or x86_64?
regarding N64 and PS2 do not run anymore -> could you provide the logs? (see “Emulators not launching” from here: https://wiki.batocera.org/troubleshooting)

You can always downgrade to an older version of batocera:
https://wiki.batocera.org/current_and_previous_releases

retrotastico

joinski ×86_64, I already found the link with the older versions . thanks anyway. pewh. I am not sure if I should doctor around at the 5.27 or erase everything and redo it with 5.26 - and never ever touch the running system again.

I am pretty sure it must be something with the Resoultion. My 4k always shows a 1366×768 Signal (after I switch from the small TV to it) - I cant get a other Signal out of my PC to the big TV.

joinski

retrotastico

i do not own a 4k tv, so i can not help or try to reproduce the issue.
do you have another tv, which you could test with?

Nyny77

I have exactly the same problem with 5.27
relieve, I’m not the only one
Sorry, with my English, i’m French.

TV 4K = No Work = no signal
TV 1080 = Working, no problem

retrotastico

Nyny77 somehow it is a relief - yes.
now i am totally upset - I formatted my HDD, flashed a stick with the 5.26 image, but when
I copied Bato to the HDD, it was 5.27 😣
now, i lost all my settings and the problem is still there.
one stop away from crying….

retrotastico

ZFEbHVUE this is some intresting hint - i tried to fool around a bit with that xrandr - but somehow i couldnt save changes at all.

Ohter Question.
When i want to perform a downgrade…
i downloaded that boot.tar.xz from 5.26 - what am I supposed to do with that then?
Help would be really aprreciated.

joinski

retrotastico

just extract the boot.tar.xz to the drive, where you installed batocera on and replace existing files.
it is the same like upgrading manually:
https://wiki.batocera.org/upgrade_manually

Nyny77

thanks all

BZZ

ZFEbHVUE Would it not help to simply change your pre-made .xinitrc settings to DVI-I-1 in file lines ? They probably if not certainly do exactly the same thing just the detection name changes.

ZFEbHVUE Indeed xrandr is always the problem when I use older screens - which I assume you are as well with the 15khz refresh rate ;-) It most likely does exactly the same to very new screens.

Question is -> Since we had some Vulkan implementations is anyone with this problems using this ? Or with Nvidia not activating the drivers after install ?

retrotastico

BZZ how can I change this DVI-I-1 setting?
Of course I am the only one who dont get his system back working. I unzipped that boot.tar, copied it onto the HDD of bato and after I boot up - its still 5.27… and again and again until it doesnt boot anymore.

Now i used an old HDD with 5.25 and put it into my PC - Picutre is fine, sound is lost.
Guess I should go back to my raspi… and cry.
Or wait till another update.

retrotastico

ZFEbHVUE thanks - yeah, I unzipped it twice, copied the files aaaaand… got 5.27.
Thats why I am so desperate. I tried the same with 5.25 and then it said boot error. I am… well… sad.
Try it one more time. In the meantime i put my new Games back on my “old” 5.25. system without Sound.

BZZ

ZFEbHVUE Do you replace the file completely or just copy lines? I am not using 5.27 yet, but there might have been updates to lines in this file and copy/paste the old might break some required ones added in new one.

Check also what is the display called under Kodi and not only in the options in Bato. It might have another name there (or the other way).

ZFEbHVUE

BZZ

First installation of 5.27. I just copy my old .xinitrc (5.26) on the /userdata/system of the new installation of 5.27.

Nothing works black screen. So I modified manually my .xinitrc with :

xrandr –newmode “648X480_15KHz_50Hz” 12.625000 648 672 736 808 480 534 539 625 -HSync -VSync interlace
xrandr –addmode DVI-I-1 “648X480_15KHz_50Hz”
xrandr –output DVI-I-1 –mode “648X480_15KHz_50Hz”

instead of (5.26)

xrandr –newmode “648X480_15KHz_50Hz” 12.625000 648 672 736 808 480 534 539 625 -HSync -VSync interlace
xrandr –addmode DVI-0 “648X480_15KHz_50Hz”
xrandr –output DVI-0 –mode “648X480_15KHz_50Hz”

So I think that ES worked with it because I got sound and music of this Frontend but with a black screen.

JK1974 is someone of this forum get the same issue with 15KHz on Batocera 5.27.

Last thing :

xrandr | grep -e “ connected [^(]” | sed -e “s/([A-Z0-9]+) connected.*/\1/” gives

on 5.26 : DVI-0
on 5.27 : DVI-I-1

Strange because : ls -l /sys/class/drm gives for my video card the same for 5.25, 5.26 or 5.27 :
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 17 22:50 card0 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 17 22:50 card0-DP-1 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0/card0-DP-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 17 22:50 card0-DVI-I-1 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0/card0-DVI-I-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 17 22:50 renderD128 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/renderD128
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 17 22:50 ttm -> ../../devices/virtual/drm/ttm
-r–r–r– 1 root root 4096 Sep 17 22:50 version

Stéphane.

retrotastico

okay, managed to get a downgrade by SSH - no there is a new nice and empty Bato - still without sound. That bothers me a bit.

joinski

retrotastico
i guess you are doing something wrong, but it is hard to follow, what you are doing.
is no sound the only problem you have right now? what kind of hardware (CPU/GPU) does your system have?
did you try what is written here under audio issues?:
https://wiki.batocera.org/troubleshooting

retrotastico

joinski usually I solve these kind of problems myself - but yesterday was panicday and I was pretty desperate. sorry for not providing so many infos.
Its a Athlon X2 450 CPU / AMD 550 4GB GPU x86_x64 / 5.26 again.
ATM I am loading copying my games, that takes a time. After that I am trying to solve the sound issue.
Maybe the Kodi workaround will fix things. With 5.27 i had sound thru HDMI at my small LCD TV.
Dont see a reason why that stopped working now? I keep you updated.
First of all, I am going thru the troubleshooting.

Nyny77

back to 5.26, no solution for 5.27, still black screen …

retrotastico

sound issues are gone - the Kodi trick did work.
So my System works again.

Guess we have to wait for a 5.27 update which fixes the screen problem. Then I might try another update. For now I stay happy with my 5.26

thanks for all the help & advices!