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Aspie wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 1:56 pm Anyone else have this problem? Last night I was checking out the alternative Crazy Kong cores and all I am getting is a black screen. I ran the updater and still got the same problem. So I deleted the mra files and the roms and ran the updater again. It didn't even notice that anything was missing. I downloaded the mra's manually and the mame rom and put them all in the correct place but still get a black screen.

pcfreak324 wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:01 pm

Aspie wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 1:56 pm Anyone else have this problem? Last night I was checking out the alternative Crazy Kong cores and all I am getting is a black screen. I ran the updater and still got the same problem. So I deleted the mra files and the roms and ran the updater again. It didn't even notice that anything was missing. I downloaded the mra's manually and the mame rom and put them all in the correct place but still get a black screen.

I just tried the alternate mra files and didn't encounter any problems. Could you provide the log files for troubleshooting? In order to get the log files, you need to connect to your MiSTer via PuTTY and then load the mra files that had problems.

Aspie wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:16 pm Sorry I don't have a clue on how to use PuTTY. Where are the log files stored?

aberu wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:55 pm

pcfreak324 wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:01 pm

Aspie wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 1:56 pm Anyone else have this problem? Last night I was checking out the alternative Crazy Kong cores and all I am getting is a black screen. I ran the updater and still got the same problem. So I deleted the mra files and the roms and ran the updater again. It didn't even notice that anything was missing. I downloaded the mra's manually and the mame rom and put them all in the correct place but still get a black screen.

I just tried the alternate mra files and didn't encounter any problems. Could you provide the log files for troubleshooting? In order to get the log files, you need to connect to your MiSTer via PuTTY and then load the mra files that had problems.

Fresh resync of updater, cleared out arcade and mame files, ran updater script, rebooted, then ran mame-getter and hbmame-getter and I'm getting the same result.

It might be related to the new Main that was just released, did you update yet?

EDIT: Just rolled back main 3 times in a row (3 versions back) and that didn't resolve it. Hrm.. not sure, but multiple people getting black screen, something is weird.

Aspie wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:05 pm I'm sick of keep dying on level 6 in Donkey Kong so I've sacked it for a while and I'm attempting a kill screen in the much easier Crazy Kong. Progress so far is 396,800 and level 14. I think kill screen is at level 22. According to Twin Galaxies this score would be 7th in the world.

Aspie wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 7:51 pm I've download Putty, connected the MiSTer to my laptop, and then that's me stumped

Aspie wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 11:06 am I turned on logging and clicked open and nothing happened

Aspie wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 2:56 pm I turned off the MiSTer. Connected my laptop to it. Turned on MiSTer. Opened Putty. Selected logging. Chose a name and location for the file. I started the Crazy Kong core that is giving a black screen. Clicked open on Putty. There was no file created.

Aspie wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 4:25 pm I have a command prompt /root#

Started Crazy Kong and nothing has happened

pcfreak324 wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 5:16 pm Ok thank you for trying. I have no idea what could be the issue. I always used the COM port and never tried to connect via network. Maybe other users can help you. Without the debugging information from MiSTer's console, it is difficult to find out what is wrong with the alternate mra files for Crazy Kong. One last guess is that you have incompatible rom sets.

Aspie wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 7:05 pm Using Mame 229 roms makes no difference. I've noticed that the alternative Burger Time (Data East Set 2) isn't working, just shows a white screen.

<misterromdescription>
	<name>Burger Time (Data East, Set 2)</name>
	<region></region>
	<homebrew>no</homebrew>
	<bootleg>no</bootleg>
	<version>Set 2</version>
	<alternative></alternative>
	<platform></platform>
	<series></series>
	<year>1982</year>
	<manufacturer>Data East</manufacturer>
	<category>Platform - Climb</category>

	<setname>btime2</setname>
	<parent>btime</parent>
	<mameversion>0220</mameversion>
	<rbf>burgertime</rbf>
	<about></about>

	<resolution>15kHz</resolution>
	<rotation>vertical (cw)</rotation>
	<flip>no</flip>

	<players>2 (alternating)</players>
	<joystick>4-way</joystick>
	<special_controls></special_controls>
	<buttons>1</buttons>
	<button_names></button_names>

	<switches></switches>

	<rom index="0" zip="btime.zip|btime2.zip" type="merged|nonmerged|split" md5="none">
		<!-- audio cpu [$e000:$efff] -->
		<part crc="f55e5211" name="ab14.12h"/>

		<!-- padding -->
		<part repeat="0x3000"> ff </part>

		<!-- main cpu [$c000:$ffff] -->
		<part crc="a041e25b" name="aa04.9b2"/>
		<part crc="b4ba400d" name="aa06.13b"/>
		<part crc="8005bffa" name="aa05.10b"/>
		<part crc="086440ad" name="aa07.15b"/>

		<!-- gfx -->
		<part crc="c4617243" name="aa12.7k"/>
		<part crc="ac01042f" name="ab13.9k"/>
		<part crc="854a872a" name="ab10.10k"/>
		<part crc="d4848014" name="ab11.12k"/>
		<part crc="8650c788" name="aa8.13k"/>
		<part crc="8dec15e6" name="ab9.15k"/>

		<!-- gfx2 -->
		<part crc="c7a14485" name="ab00.1b"/>
		<part crc="25b49078" name="ab01.3b"/>
		<part crc="b8ef56c3" name="ab02.4b"/>

		<!-- background tilemaps -->
		<part crc="d26bc1f3" name="ab03.6b"/>
	</rom>
	<rom index="3" md5="none">
		<part>
		00 0F FF FF 00 FF 00 04 00 04 00 01 00 FF 00 00
		00 00 00 33 00 27 00 FF
		</part>
	</rom>
	<nvram index="4" size="39"/>
	<switches default="00,14">
		<dip bits="0,1" name="Coin 1 Credit" ids="1/1,1/2,1/3,2/1"></dip>
		<dip bits="2,3" name="Coin 2 Credit" ids="1/1,1/2,1/3,2/1"></dip>
		<dip bits="4" name="Test Mode" ids="Off,On"></dip>
		<dip bits="5" name="Cross Hatch Test" ids="Off,On"></dip>
		<!-- In original game manual there are separate cocktail switches
		   - for control panel and screen. There's no support for this in core
		   - so let's keep this commented out for now.
		  -->
		<!--
			<dip bits="6" name="Control Panel" ids="Upright,Cocktail"></dip>
			<dip bits="7" name="Screen" ids="Upright,Cocktail"></dip>
		-->
		<dip bits="6" name="Cabinet" ids="Upright,Cocktail"></dip>
		<dip bits="8" name="Chefs Per Game" ids="3,5"></dip>
		<dip bits="9,10" name="Bonus Chef Every" ids="10k,15k,20k,30k"></dip>
		<dip bits="11" name="Difficulty" ids="Easy,Hard"></dip>
		<dip bits="12" name="End of Rack Bonus" ids="None,Pepper"></dip>
	</switches>
	<remark></remark>

	<mratimestamp>20210426</mratimestamp>
</misterromdescription>