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RetroPie on Pine64 debian - hunsoul - 08-15-2016
Hi All!
as the RasPi 2 can run several emulated retro games with RetroPie I wanted to run it on my fresh and much faster Pine64.
I have to admit that the beggining was not to easy. After installing several missing packages finally I was able to build it properly on Pine64 / debian.
The problem is that the EmulationStation runs on my Pine64 extremely slowly. When I push a arrow on my keyboard it takes about 3 seconds to I get feedback on my display / and that is only a selection change in the menu.
(On RasPi 2 it is very fluent.
The problem is / maybe - as I'm not an expert of this topic / that there is no Pine64 platform possibility for RetroPie - for that reason I had to set the __platform environmental variable to "generic-x11". It compiles but it runs extremely slowly as I wrote.
I don't have any other idea.
Is there anybody who has an idea how to solve it?
RE: RetroPie on Pine64 debian - Bart333 - 08-15-2016
I have just read on IRC that we have mali driver working so wait a little and emulators will run alot better.
RE: RetroPie on Pine64 debian - hunsoul - 08-16-2016
(08-15-2016, 02:54 PM)Bart333 Wrote: I have just read on IRC that we have mali driver working so wait a little and emulators will run alot better.
Hi Bart333, that sounds great! Is it under work or is it ready already? How will I be able to get it? Via updating the system? Will I have to rebuild the RetroPie with some kind of different settings?...
RE: RetroPie on Pine64 debian - Bart333 - 08-16-2016
We need to wait for more information from our kernel hackers. You could ask on IRC chat for more information
RE: RetroPie on Pine64 debian - MarkHaysHarris777 - 08-16-2016
(08-16-2016, 07:47 AM)Bart333 Wrote: We need to wait for more information from our kernel hackers. You could ask on IRC chat for more information
Right... the best way to get up-to-date reports on development status is to check in and chat with us on the irc chat site (see below). Many of our developers are active participants, and a couple of them love to write monologues of their on-going everts, and they even engage in Q&A with members of the chat frequently (although, not all the time).
Besides, from time to time during the day, it proves to be a fun place to hang out !
