Error reading lock file/boot/.config.txt.swp
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Sawyer10702
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Error reading lock file/boot/.config.txt.swp
Not enough data read. I tried to changed my overscan values! I must have not rebooted properly cause I unplugged rasppi possibly instead of reboot? So what's my next step? What a nooby ain't got a f__cking clue of what I'm doing. Any help of what to do? I think I'm going on 5 hrs of this trying to read up and figure out. Has everyone been doing this when they start out? I purchased a arpicade jammer from highscoresaves I have it in my Zaxxon cabinet now I've got the right adapters but the picture is split from the top and bottom on my crt I adjusted my horizontal but it's buckled.at the edges. And then starts curving when I'm attracted mode. I changed the overscan values and now I have 4 sqished picture on the screen I uncommented overscan 4 and -4 now I'm stuck because I went back into config to change back now this is the message any help please
Re: Error reading lock file/boot/.config.txt.swp
Is that message on the RPi or your desktop PC? If that's on the RPi what happens on your PC? Can you read config.txt in Notepad++?
.config.txt.swp isn't something that normally exists. I assume it's been created as a sort of temp file and would have been written to SD under normal shutdown. Hard to say for sure what happened yet.
.config.txt.swp isn't something that normally exists. I assume it's been created as a sort of temp file and would have been written to SD under normal shutdown. Hard to say for sure what happened yet.
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Re: Error reading lock file/boot/.config.txt.swp
That's message I get after I transferred ok to desktop pc. I had to go on pc cause I could not read it on Saxon because of wavyness! Dee I'm new at this and notepad++? Is foreign language don't even know how to access notepad on pi lol I'm trying to watch YouTube on how to but don't seem to find some good tutorials still searching do you have a good place to read on config txt on a Google search. Yes I'm not sure what has happened but I will figure out I unplugged instead of reboot so rookie move. Thanks for help dee.
Re: Error reading lock file/boot/.config.txt.swp
Notepad++ is a free text editor for Windows that I highly recommend. Using Windows built in text editor will often cause issues with Linux files as they like to change things they shouldn't.
For a basic guide have you had a look at the instructions on the SD card card? There should be a folder called USER_GUIDE with a FAQ / quick guide in it. It's not always up to date and doesn't cover every possibility but it's a great place to start if you don't know anything about it yet.
Did this all happen trying to follow my instructions in the other thread? Sorry if I indirectly caused your headache... How were you editing config.txt? Did you save the file when done? Did you close the text editor after that? Did you safely eject/unmount/remove in software the SD card before removing it from the PC? (if you don't already always safely eject/unmount/whatever before taking out the card you really should)
You mentioned unplugging the Pi. In normal use ARpiCADE should survive being powered down like that, if you edited a file then did that it could be the issue. SD cards can be caught with the data not properly written to the card due to the way they work.
There should be backed up copies of config.txt in the folder 'config-updater' that are used by the service menu script. Copy the one called 'config.txt.480i', it's the default ARpiCADE config.txt. The 240p one shoudl also be fine if you prefer not to have interlaced menus.
If you let me know which version of ARpiCADE you have (it should have an identifyer file in USER_GUIDE folder - although come to think of it I didn't update it for 3.X...) and I can send you a suitable config.txt if you need it.
Most info you find on Google for config.txt may not be suitable for low res use. We're in a very niche use case here.
For a basic guide have you had a look at the instructions on the SD card card? There should be a folder called USER_GUIDE with a FAQ / quick guide in it. It's not always up to date and doesn't cover every possibility but it's a great place to start if you don't know anything about it yet.
Did this all happen trying to follow my instructions in the other thread? Sorry if I indirectly caused your headache... How were you editing config.txt? Did you save the file when done? Did you close the text editor after that? Did you safely eject/unmount/remove in software the SD card before removing it from the PC? (if you don't already always safely eject/unmount/whatever before taking out the card you really should)
You mentioned unplugging the Pi. In normal use ARpiCADE should survive being powered down like that, if you edited a file then did that it could be the issue. SD cards can be caught with the data not properly written to the card due to the way they work.
There should be backed up copies of config.txt in the folder 'config-updater' that are used by the service menu script. Copy the one called 'config.txt.480i', it's the default ARpiCADE config.txt. The 240p one shoudl also be fine if you prefer not to have interlaced menus.
If you let me know which version of ARpiCADE you have (it should have an identifyer file in USER_GUIDE folder - although come to think of it I didn't update it for 3.X...) and I can send you a suitable config.txt if you need it.
Most info you find on Google for config.txt may not be suitable for low res use. We're in a very niche use case here.
