RetroPie can also be installed on most debian based distros, a guide for installing RetroPie on Ubuntu on a PC can be found here If you are trying to follow this guide because you want the PIXEL desktop environment, you can already install it on the stock RetroPie SD image by following the guide here If you aren't comfortable with the terminal you would be wise to just use the RetroPie SD image provided. This guide is a manual process to recreate the stock SD image RetroPie released on the RetroPie Website for the Raspberry Pi. Raspbian Install Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS Verify the allocated video memory (memory split)Ĭonvert RetroPie SD Card Image to NOOBS Image Universal Controller Calibration & Mapping Using xboxdrv Source: How to Install Kuman TFT 3.Validating, Rebuilding, and Filtering Arcade ROMs I hope these steps will help everyone to configure the display with their Raspberry Pi in Retropie and in general. This configuration works for me personally, but feel free to change the parameters to the one that best works for you. The previous command will open the Retropie configuration file where in the end you have to look for something like SPEED and FPS and change the values to something like: dtparam=audio=onĭtoverlay=tft35a,speed=62000000,fps=40,rotate=90 Remember to connect via ssh to your Raspberry Pi to run this command: If you start to play you will notice that the game is not very fluid on your screen, the way to fix this is by making some changes at the Config File. This will take you to the main menu of RetroPie, where you must choose: update all installed packagesĪs soon as the installation is complete, restart the system and you will have your screen working together with your TV. If, after installing, the screen is a mess together with the TV missing icons or words, please connect via SSH to your Raspberry Pi and run this command: cd RetroPie-Setup/ Restart and you should see the content on your Kuman 3.5″ display. Next, copy the following code to download the best driver from Github: git clone

After that let the system install and do not restart. Now press Y to continue and select the best options in the menu just pressing 1 or 4. Start with: cd curl -O -Pi-Installer-Scripts/master/pitft-fbcp.sh

How to install retropie 3.5