GroovyArcade live-CD 2022 (collaborative effort)

[Substring]

you need to manually edit the boot configuration file and force an edid. In your case, I wonder how you could even install it ... Did you plug another monitor to install ?

Steps you should do :
- if you're on legacy BIOS boot mode : sudo nano /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
- remove the text video=DP-2:640x480iS
- instead put video=DP-2:e drm.edid_firmware=DP-2:edid/generic_15.bin
- CTRL+X to save and exit, say yes twice
- type reboot
- keep us informed

[liva123]

I didn't have enough time, so I tested it simply. I modified the boot configuration, but this time, it comes out as two  screen in the gassetup. I can't even enter the front end.

When I install,

1. I plug LCD monitor(hdmi) and I set install usb to first boot sequence and power off.
2. I plug PVM monitor(vga) and I install to ssd.

When installed in the same way as above, there was no problem with other systems.( i7 7700, z270, r5 430)
I'll try reinstalling it.

ps. Can I use nvme or m.2 type ssd?

[Substring]

considering your mobo and APU, you will need the changes I've told you. Once this is done, run again the troubleshoot thing I told you about and send me the link by pm so I can see some details.

[Calamity]

In my Deskmini the VGA is DP-3 (not DP-2).

[liva123]

Hello, Substring.
I sent a PM. When I plug LCD monitor(hdmi), It entered the front-end normally, but not when connected to the PVM monitor(VGA).

[liva123]

Hello, Calamity.
It was recognized as DP-2 when first installed.

[Substring]

Hello, Substring.
I sent a PM. When I plug LCD monitor(hdmi), It entered the front-end normally, but not when connected to the PVM monitor(VGA).

You made a small mistake : drm.edid_firmware=DP-2:edid/generic.bin -> drm.edid_firmware=DP-2:edid/generic_15.bin

[liva123]

Hello, Substring.
I corrected the mistake, I saw good screen. Thank you.^^

I have two questions.

1. I see this error message at booting. Is there any way to fix this? Also, I wonder if this could cause other problems.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcYTMD6W2heja5NuhscTiT5dsK1Vc3-w/view?usp=sharing
I couldn't attach a picture, so I linked google drive url.^^;;

2. Can I use nvme or m.2 type ssd? There are people who say yes and there are people who don't.

[Substring]

Hello, Substring.
I corrected the mistake, I saw good screen. Thank you.^^

I have two questions.

1. I see this error message at booting. Is there any way to fix this? Also, I wonder if this could cause other problems.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcYTMD6W2heja5NuhscTiT5dsK1Vc3-w/view?usp=sharing
I couldn't attach a picture, so I linked google drive url.^^;;

Not a big deal, got that on one of my rigs since I changed the mobo. Nothing to worry about

2. Can I use nvme or m.2 type ssd? There are people who say yes and there are people who don't.

Yes you can !

[liva123]

Thank you, Substring.
Have a nice day.

[ronbin]

Hi

I' m trying to install groovy arcade into a deskmini A300 with a Ryzen 3400G.
I can boot the liveusb using this option

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LABEL [EDID Interlaced]
MENU LABEL [EDID Interlaced]
LINUX /groovyarcade/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux-15khz quiet rd.udev.log-priority=3 splash mitigations=off audit=0 drm.edid_firmware=edid/generic_15_super_resi.bin video=e
INITRD /groovyarcade/boot/intel-ucode.img,/groovyarcade/boot/amd-ucode.img,/groovyarcade/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux-15khz.img
APPEND archisobasedir=groovyarcade archisolabel=GA_2022.01

Everything works perfect. But after installing to the hard disk I try to boot and this is what I get
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6qpmrmsdmmbitr/groovy.jpg?dl=0

Syslinux is configured like this

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label arch
menu label GroovyArcade
linux /vmlinuz-linux-15khz
append root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b66c89a0-42ab-4c16-a3d4-9e64953b0c45 rw quiet rd.udev.log-priority=3 splash mitigations=off audit=0 monitor=generic_15 drm.edid_firmware=DP-1:edid/generic_15_super_resi.bin
initrd /initramfs-linux-15khz.img

As I can see, there are two parameters missing: "video=e" (in the LINUX line) and "/groovyarcade/boot/amd-ucode.img" (in the INITRD line).

[Calamity]

Use this (works for me):

video=DP-3:e drm.edid_firmware=DP-3:edid/generic_15.bin

[Substring]

Hi

I' m trying to install groovy arcade into a deskmini A300 with a Ryzen 3400G.
I can boot the liveusb using this option

Code: [Select]

LABEL [EDID Interlaced]
MENU LABEL [EDID Interlaced]
LINUX /groovyarcade/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux-15khz quiet rd.udev.log-priority=3 splash mitigations=off audit=0 drm.edid_firmware=edid/generic_15_super_resi.bin video=e
INITRD /groovyarcade/boot/intel-ucode.img,/groovyarcade/boot/amd-ucode.img,/groovyarcade/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux-15khz.img
APPEND archisobasedir=groovyarcade archisolabel=GA_2022.01

Everything works perfect. But after installing to the hard disk I try to boot and this is what I get
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6qpmrmsdmmbitr/groovy.jpg?dl=0

Syslinux is configured like this

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label arch
menu label GroovyArcade
linux /vmlinuz-linux-15khz
append root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b66c89a0-42ab-4c16-a3d4-9e64953b0c45 rw quiet rd.udev.log-priority=3 splash mitigations=off audit=0 monitor=generic_15 drm.edid_firmware=DP-1:edid/generic_15_super_resi.bin
initrd /initramfs-linux-15khz.img

As I can see, there are two parameters missing: "video=e" (in the LINUX line) and "/groovyarcade/boot/amd-ucode.img" (in the INITRD line).

Absolutely, you need video=DP-1:e

[liva123]

Hello, Substring.
I have two questions.

1. What additional work do I need to do to see Korean in Attract mode?
I saw that there was a 'kr.msg' file translated into Korean.
I put a Korean font in the path in the attract mode settings and tried to change the font name, but when I select Korean, it comes out as ㅁㅁㅁ.

2. Can I connect a standalone pcsx2 to attract mode?
I installed it as it is on this website.
https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Setting_up_Linux_version
When I played with standalone pcsx2 rather than the core included in Retroarc, it was much smoother even on a low-spec PC.

Thanks to Groovyarcade 2022, I am having a good time every day. Thank you.

[ronbin]

Use this (works for me):

video=DP-3:e drm.edid_firmware=DP-3:edid/generic_15.bin

Works perfectly!

Absolutely, you need video=DP-1:e

Thanks for your GREAT work and support

[Substring]

Hello, Substring.
I have two questions.

1. What additional work do I need to do to see Korean in Attract mode?
I saw that there was a 'kr.msg' file translated into Korean.
I put a Korean font in the path in the attract mode settings and tried to change the font name, but when I select Korean, it comes out as ㅁㅁㅁ.

2. Can I connect a standalone pcsx2 to attract mode?
I installed it as it is on this website.
https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Setting_up_Linux_version
When I played with standalone pcsx2 rather than the core included in Retroarc, it was much smoother even on a low-spec PC.

Thanks to Groovyarcade 2022, I am having a good time every day. Thank you.

1. I'll ask the AM dev. Which font have you used ?

2. Of course you can, just read the syntax of the emulators -> check shared/frontends/attract/emulators/MAME.cfg for example
The emulator is launched with a script called galauncher which is not aware of PCSX2, so start pcsx2 the way you did it on commandline + substitute the rom name with predefined variables in AM.
There is an archlinux package for pcsx2, just run sudo pacman -Sy pcsx2

[liva123]

Hello, Substring.
I'll try to run standalone pcsx2 and report then.

I installed this font, 'noto-fonts-cjk'.(maybe Google font?)
'sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk'
but, not work.

Also, I copied various fonts to this path(/shared/frontends/fonts<-attractmode basic fonts path) and tried to change them, but, not work.

[DrAlves]

Hi!
Can i put this in a megatouch maxx?
I try but apeears No Boot Device Found or something else...

[Substring]

Hello, Substring.
I'll try to run standalone pcsx2 and report then.

I installed this font, 'noto-fonts-cjk'.(maybe Google font?)
'sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk'
but, not work.

Also, I copied various fonts to this path(/shared/frontends/fonts<-attractmode basic fonts path) and tried to change them, but, not work.

I can only point you to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Localization/Korean and install the proposed packages, one by one (not the AUR ones)

[Substring]

Hi!
Can i put this in a megatouch maxx?
I try but apeears No Boot Device Found or something else...

Can you give more details about your configuration ?

[DrAlves]

Yup:

- Motherboard Mitsubishi
- PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
- CPU - WinChip IDT C6 200mhz
- 128MB Ram
- IDE 2 SD adapter

[Sonny_Jim_Pin]

I'd be amazed if it could run on something that old.

[donluca]

It won't even boot with 128MB of RAM.

I can't remember what you guys used for GroovyArcade, did you make a busybox with something like Yocto?

[Substring]

GroovyArcade = ArchLinux, not yocto or buildroot. Which also means it only supports 64bits x86 architectures

[donluca]

Probably it won't even boot on 128MB of RAM.

EDIT: I've been favoring Alpine Linux over Arch lately. I've found it nicer for "one purpose" situations like MAME emulation.
It also has a compatibility layer for glibc.

[Substring]

musl also has some issues ...

[donluca]

I can imagine it has, but so far I haven't really found anything to complain about.

Most stuff that broke or didn't work out was due to the glibc compatibility layer.

Just a random thought to throw out there anyway.

[edomatic]

Kudos to substring and calamity and eveyone that contributes to this groovyarcade 2022!!

Just replac3d my (old) 2016 groovy-setup on windows 7 with mame217 with this 2022 build with latest mame on this bare arch and i must say im very impressed! Almost 95% worked out of the box including p1 and p2 controls , attract mode, no booting issues.. no hickups ,perfect scaling..wow! My astro city shines like new thanks to your hard work
2 thumbs up guys 😎👌!

[Substring]

I can imagine it has, but so far I haven't really found anything to complain about.

Most stuff that broke or didn't work out was due to the glibc compatibility layer.

Just a random thought to throw out there anyway.

The glibc compatibility is a problem, alpine is more of a niche OS than something suited for our case. A number of people want to install Kodi or Steam. Kodi (back in 2019) wouldn't work with musl.

But, in case you didn't know, Alpine natively ships GroovyMAME instead of MAME

Kudos to substring and calamity and eveyone that contributes to this groovyarcade 2022!!

Just replac3d my (old) 2016 groovy-setup on windows 7 with mame217 with this 2022 build with latest mame on this bare arch and i must say im very impressed! Almost 95% worked out of the box including p1 and p2 controls , attract mode, no booting issues.. no hickups ,perfect scaling..wow! My astro city shines like new thanks to your hard work
2 thumbs up guys 😎👌!

Glad you got it working like a breeze Now you can join us on discord and talk with users !

[donluca]

But, in case you didn't know, Alpine natively ships GroovyMAME instead of MAME

No friggin way! Are you serious?


EDIT: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/testing/x86/mame

Holy crap! That's quite the surprise!

[ronbin]

Hi

I can't run latest groovymame in drmkms. I'm using debian bullseye with 15khz patched kernel, and groovymame downloaded from github releases page.
Version 242 and 243 work fine, but 244 tries to use X11 (which is not installed) even if I append "-switchres_backend drmkms"

Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Setting SDL videodriver 'x11' ...
Could not initialize SDL x11 not available

Am I the only one with this problem?

[Calamity]

This is a regression in baseline MAME. By now, it will work forcing this option: -videodriver kmsdrm

More info: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/9852

[Substring]

Hi

I can't run latest groovymame in drmkms. I'm using debian bullseye with 15khz patched kernel, and groovymame downloaded from github releases page.
Version 242 and 243 work fine, but 244 tries to use X11 (which is not installed) even if I append "-switchres_backend drmkms"

Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Attempting load of mame.ini
Setting SDL videodriver 'x11' ...
Could not initialize SDL x11 not available

Am I the only one with this problem?

I've pushed a fix in the testing repo until it's fixed upstream. Will push it to stable soon I guess

[Dancorp]

On Calamity's advice, I would like to know if my configuration is supported by GroovyArcade.
Mini PC HP EliteDesk 705 G3, equipped with AMD APU 10 Pro 8770 (GPU Radeon R7 Series)
https://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2037#p2037

Indeed, Windows 10 drivers do not allow (yet) to enable interlaced resolutions on some AMD APUs.

I have obviously tested but nothing appears on the screen when I select PAL or Arcade 15kHz mode.

Thanks in advance

Dan

[Sonny_Jim_Pin]

Apologies if this is an oft-repeated question but I checked the docs and couldn't see anything.

I'm setting up a new PC tomorrow for a cabinet with a vertical monitor, is there an option or setting during installation that will set the menus/games to be the right orientation?

[Substring]

yes sir! Just install, then once installed, in the text menu : setup > video > Monitor rotation
This part will get some slight improvements very soon

[Sonny_Jim_Pin]

Awesome.  Just fired it up on a $50 PC from Marketplace and after some initial teething troubles (forgot to select Nvidia 15kHz) it's working fine, thanks!

I did notice that the initial GA boot screen (I think it's Plymouth) is still horizontal along with the Attract Mode video, once I've finished updating/loading ROMs/playing the thing for a bit I'll have a look to see if I can't knock up something for a vertical monitor.

Thanks for your hard work on this project, it's very much appreciated.

EDIT:  Also I couldn't seem to get the vertical - inverted option to work, the screen was always the same orientation (90 deg instead of the 270 I wanted).  In the end I just moved the plug on the chassis.

[Substring]

Plymouth yeah. It's rotation is fixed in the dev branch of gasetup.
The AM layout is rotated, but looks awful since it's stretched. Oomek is working on that, so it will be part of AttractPlus, not AttractMode
For the inverted stuff: only has effecton mame, I never tried the reflect_x/reflect_y video kernel options

[Sonny_Jim_Pin]

The vertical - inverted was an option within Attract Mode, but all it seemed to do was the same as rotate right.  WRT the AM intro video, I found an option within AM to rotate it.

AM looks awful by default although I managed to find a really nice vertical layout called 'Verticools Deluxe'

http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3387.0

EDIT:  I did make a vertical plymouth splash and it worked fine when I did plymough --show-splash but on boot it always uses the original one rather than my modified one?  Is it in a different location to /usr/share/plymouth/themes/groovy ?

EDIT2:  Putting this info here in case I forget it.  The "THT 1P Arcade Controller" needs a USB quirk adding otherwise only one controller appears:

echo "options usbhid quirks=0x16c0:0x05e0:0x040" > /etc/modprobe.d/tht_arcade_controller.conf

[Substring]

The best to rotate plymouth without doing anything nasty in the theme is simply to use the panel_orientation of the video= option. This is part of the next gasetup update (you can still install gasetup-git if you want it NOW)

If you wanna test by yourself: https://docs.kernel.org/fb/modedb.html