Recalbox on laptop MSI-GX623 - Emulators start into blackscreen

[ehfred]

Dear Recalbox Community,

When I start any emulator - I get a blackscreen. The monitor I have has the following properties:

Size: 15.4"
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Resolution:1440x900

When I use tvservice. Independent of what command I use, I get the output:

tvservice "code":1, "width":1280, "height":800

I tried a variety of "global.videomode=XXX". Different "CEA X HDMI" modes and all the "DMT X HDMI" modes that should be the resolution of 1440x900 and 1280x800.

I also changed the Aspect Ratio from "auto" to "16/10" on all the modes.

What should I do?

Best,
ehfred

[Zing]

@ehfred Have you tried editing the recalbox.conf file?
You claim that you tested several videomodes but did not specify which ones ...
Try to edit the recalbox.conf, line:
global.videomode = CEA 4 HDMI
Change to:
global.videomode = default

And test on some emulator, like the SNES, or any other (other than the Dreamcast or N64 - as these have specific configurations of videomode, and the configuration must be changed in their respective configurations).
Keep the Aspect Ratio "auto".

[ehfred]

@zing I did exactly that and it boggles me that the booting and the menu works perfectly fine - so it doesn't really make sense that it wouldn't work with default video mode since it means as far as I understand that the resolution isn't changed. I also tested everything with and without aspect ratio "auto".

[Substring]

videomode and tvservice stuff is pi only

[ehfred]

@substring Wow. So that's good to know. Thank you! All the time spent was wasted ^^ Do you have any insight on what might help?

[Substring]

@ehfred need a support archive

[ehfred]

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[ehfred]

@substring I hope this is what you want:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zp9DOjiTQaOxAgRwMecYhbJB6d8Qi1Pf/view?usp=sharing

Thanks a lot in advance, my friend!

[OyyoDams]

@ehfred this is a batocera archive. We're Recalbox, not batocera. Please go to batocera support, or install Recalbox.