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===== System Troubleshooting ===== | ===== System Troubleshooting ===== | ||
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- | ====Boot Issues:==== | ||
- | * You may need to change your BIOS to allow legacy and unsecured boot | ||
- | * Unplug any attached storage or controllers | ||
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- | In order to get more information on your boot sequence, you can edit the ''/ | ||
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- | APPEND label=BATOCERA console=tty3 quiet loglevel=0 vt.global_cursor_default=0 | ||
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- | With: | ||
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- | APPEND label=BATOCERA console=tty3 loglevel=9 vt.global_cursor_default=0 | ||
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- | ====Troubleshooting==== | ||
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- | How to get access to a Linux console for troubleshooting? | ||
- | * If you can't use SSH because the network is not available, you can plug a USB keyboard on your Batocera box and: | ||
- | * on an x86_64 or x86 PC you can get a console with full graphical capabilities by pressing the '' | ||
- | * for other architectures, | ||
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- | ====Video issues==== | ||
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- | Several video issues on PC x86 and x86_64 can be investigated [[display_issues|with xrandr as described on this page]]. | ||
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- | If you use Batocera with a display that provides a high resolution like a 4K monitor, you might have trouble reading the text on the file browser ('' | ||
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- | ## DPI | ||
- | ## Workaround when correct DPI setting is not detected | ||
- | ## if fonts are too small, uncomment next line | ||
- | # | ||
====Audio issues==== | ====Audio issues==== | ||
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Worst case, if it doesn' | Worst case, if it doesn' | ||
- | ====Emulators not lauching==== | + | ====Emulators not launching==== |
- | When you try to launch a game, the emulator stops and gets you back to EmulationStation. In most cases, you will find some useful information in ''/ | + | When you try to launch a game, the emulator stops and gets you back to EmulationStation. In most cases, you will find some useful information in ''/ |
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+ | Come to the Discord channel with this file, you'll get some help. In many case, you can see problems with BIOS missing, or bad ROM format. | ||
====Joystick Troubleshooting==== | ====Joystick Troubleshooting==== | ||
Please refer to [[diagnose_joysticks_issues|this page for joystick issues]] | Please refer to [[diagnose_joysticks_issues|this page for joystick issues]] | ||
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+ | ====Boot Issues:==== | ||
+ | First of all: | ||
+ | * You may need to change your BIOS to allow legacy boot. | ||
+ | * Make sure you have enabled " | ||
+ | * Unplug any attached storage or controllers | ||
+ | * If your BIOS is UEFI and you can't use legacy boot, make sure you can load '' | ||
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+ | In order to get more information on your boot sequence, you can edit the ''/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | APPEND label=BATOCERA console=tty3 quiet loglevel=0 vt.global_cursor_default=0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | With: | ||
+ | |||
+ | APPEND label=BATOCERA console=tty3 loglevel=9 vt.global_cursor_default=0 | ||
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+ | Don't forget you need to put the ''/ | ||
+ | ====Video issues==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Several video issues on PC x86 and x86_64 can be investigated [[display_issues|with xrandr as described on this page]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you use Batocera with a display that provides a high resolution like a 4K monitor, you might have trouble reading the text on the file browser ('' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ## DPI | ||
+ | ## Workaround when correct DPI setting is not detected | ||
+ | ## if fonts are too small, uncomment next line | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Network issues and console access==== | ||
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+ | How to get access to a Linux console for troubleshooting? | ||
+ | * If you can't use SSH because the network is not available, you can plug a USB keyboard on your Batocera box and: | ||
+ | * on an x86_64 or x86 PC you can get a console with full graphical capabilities by pressing the '' | ||
+ | |||
====Create a Batocera support file==== | ====Create a Batocera support file==== |
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