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    Recalbox 8.0 on Pi Zero 2 W: black screen

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    • charger
      charger Banned @Bkg2k last edited by

      @bkg2k however I’m experiencing lot of crash, again black screen and freeze, and one time I’ve lost completely sd card integrity. Pi zero 2 version is very very very unstable.

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      • link281
        link281 last edited by

        I have similar problems, the game starts and runs, I quit the game and start another one, it starts with 1 FPS, recalbox manager is off, display 720p.

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        • charger
          charger Banned @link281 last edited by charger

          @link281 hope they fix as soon as possible; mine lose even wifi config at every reboot, and screenscrapers do not works very often...thanks again to recalbox crew!

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          • daz
            daz @link281 last edited by

            @link281 same here must be to do with the memory

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            • charger
              charger Banned last edited by charger

              I’ve to remove everything, even overlays, but no way: on quit games, very ofter black screen appears and need to reboot…very frustrating

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              • link281
                link281 last edited by link281

                if rewind and overlay is off it works
                by DMT 35 : 1280x1024@60

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                • charger
                  charger Banned @link281 last edited by

                  @link281 not here

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                  • davidb2111
                    davidb2111 Staff @charger last edited by davidb2111

                    Hi @charger and @daz

                    When the problem occurs could share the file /var/log/messages which can be found in Logs tab of the manager by connecting through SSH?

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                    • daz
                      daz @davidb2111 last edited by

                      @davidb2111 ok I'll have to look how to SSH I have Friday off so will look then is there anyway of taken the memory card out to view the log on my pc

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                      • davidb2111
                        davidb2111 Staff @daz last edited by

                        @daz said in Recalbox 8.0 on Pi Zero 2 W: black screen:

                        @davidb2111 ok I'll have to look how to SSH I have Friday off so will look then is there anyway of taken the memory card out to view the log on my pc

                        log files are not stored on disk nor sdcard. The only way to get it is through SSH.

                        Here is a link to get it to work with WinSCP: https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/tutorials/system/access/network-access-winscp

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                        • link281
                          link281 last edited by link281

                          Hello, I did a little research on the Internet. I then read that you can set the ram for video. and I did that in the config.txt set gpu_mem=128 to gpu_mem=64.
                          And lo and behold, it works without settings you deactivate. Have tested SNES and repeatedly without black screen or FPS break-ins. Will do more tests the days and then communicate it. Sorry for my bad English. I hope I can help 🙂

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                          • daz
                            daz @link281 last edited by

                            @link281 thanks i will retry with what you have said over the weekend as mine is being used as a pi hole advert blocker at the min as was sick of it crashing

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