RetroPie gui over SSH

[cprobertson1]

Me again!

I got bored about at a week ago and started pottering around with RetroPie - you know, retro emulators ftw and all that xD

I've been setting it up over SSH and have tested it once with an HDMI tv.

I would like to be able to test it over SSH (using Xming (windows)).

I've currently used x11 before to get the desktop display on regular raspbian - but when I try to do this with retropie I just get a black screen about an inch wide and a quarter inch tall.

Additional info:
-using the standard RetroPie image
-nothing else has been changed (I the default RetroPie image is based around raspbian)
-it usually displays over the regular vid/HDMI outputs

-currently starting the system using (sudo as needed) "$ emulationstation" which may be the problem (though this method works over the regular outputs)


Any ideas how I can run it over the ethernet for testing/setup purposes? Thanks in anticipation!

[topguy]

Most emulation softwares will use the hardware framebuffer directly and will only produce an image on the locally connected screen. X11 over network will probably never be fast enough for emulation.

[cprobertson1]

Ah, that's a good point - I hadn't even considered how it was actually being rendered xD

Take it there are no alternatives to plugging in one of the video sockets?


Thanks btw