# Create ConsolaRetro

**URL:** <https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278>\
**Category:** I.MX6\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278 "2022-03-22T19:17:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![camisa931](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@camisa931](https://community.solid-run.com/u/camisa931)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/1 "2022-03-22T19:17:12Z")

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Which of the following images should you download, for my humming board pro with imx6 [https://www.recalbox.com/es/download/stable/allimages/](https://www.recalbox.com/es/download/stable/allimages/)

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**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/2 "2022-03-23T05:00:41Z")

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Unfortunately that project does not build images compatible with our platforms. This system is built using buildroot, which does have full support for our boards using the `mx6cubox_defconfig` configuration. It should be relatively easy to add support for our boards to the project.

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**Author:** ![fhersete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fhersete](https://community.solid-run.com/u/fhersete)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/3 "2022-03-24T10:13:03Z")

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[http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/imx/](http://www.lakka.tv/get/linux/imx/)

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**Author:** ![camisa931](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@camisa931](https://community.solid-run.com/u/camisa931)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/4 "2022-03-24T16:11:08Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/solid_run/original/1X/7aa7238fcc5bcffe02e0316cb6018ad9d271dfb6.png)  
If my board is a humming board, which of the images should I download?

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**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/5 "2022-03-24T16:18:48Z")

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CuBox should work

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**Author:** ![fhersete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fhersete](https://community.solid-run.com/u/fhersete)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/6 "2022-04-01T21:01:26Z")

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The version of Cubox downloaded from the web page will not work on hummingboard sbcs, you will only see it start in a loop.

For it to work, you have to include the corresponding sbc dtb file in the lakka boot partition, and add imx6dl-hummingboard.dtb or corresponding to each model.

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**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/7 "2022-04-02T05:41:29Z")

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So our u-boot for the iMX6 (mainline also) will auto-detect the board it is running on and properly select the proper device-tree file. All that is needed is to include all the imx6_cubox and hummingboard_ files in the boot partition. It should work seamlessly.

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**Author:** ![camisa931](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@camisa931](https://community.solid-run.com/u/camisa931)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/8 "2022-04-04T15:53:08Z")

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i searched the file, but i could not find it. Please can you show me where download it. thank you

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**Author:** ![jnettlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/jnettlet/32/62_2.png) [@jnettlet](https://community.solid-run.com/u/jnettlet)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/9 "2022-04-10T05:45:17Z")

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I will try and write up some instructions for you. Will also test this out myself. Which emulators are you most interested in? I am thinking about doing some benchmarking on the CuBox vs CuBox-M

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**Author:** ![zeFTP](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/zeftp/32/170_2.png) [@zeFTP](https://community.solid-run.com/u/zeFTP)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/10 "2023-01-01T21:28:44Z")

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Hello @jnettlet, any news on how to do it? 🙂  
I am interested in Mame emulator mainly.  
I have downloaded the lakka image and indeed, it loops.  
From what I understand, we need to add files to the img folder to make it work?

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**Author:** ![zeFTP](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/zeftp/32/170_2.png) [@zeFTP](https://community.solid-run.com/u/zeFTP)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/11 "2023-01-01T23:26:31Z")

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I managed to have it launched by :

- copying every files from u boot image directory to both extlinux and root folder from SD card
- copying and renaming imx6dl-cubox-i.dtb to imx6dl-hummingboard.dtb

but I guess it can be optimized and the interface is veeeeeery slow so I guess I did probably something wrong 😉

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**Author:** ![camisa931](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@camisa931](https://community.solid-run.com/u/camisa931)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/12 "2023-01-01T23:46:08Z")

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I downloaded and installed the hummingboard iso, but I always got an error saying that a file was missing, because I found this file in another iso, an iso that is general, I just copied it and everything worked fine, I uploaded the games online , by the winscp program

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**Author:** ![zeFTP](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/zeftp/32/170_2.png) [@zeFTP](https://community.solid-run.com/u/zeFTP)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/13 "2023-01-02T13:02:25Z")

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Ola, so you found the file imx6dl-hummingboard.dtb in another lakka iso, copied it to the root folder of your SD car and it worked ?

Edit : I reply to myself : yes, simply find the dtb file and copyright it to root folder of your SD card.

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**Author:** ![zeFTP](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.solid-run.com/zeftp/32/170_2.png) [@zeFTP](https://community.solid-run.com/u/zeFTP)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/15 "2023-01-02T21:02:57Z")

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Bonus question :

It is still _very_ slow on my hummingboard (in fact it’s not playable)

I have a “Jeedomboard” so it’s based on a Solo/DualLite so supposedly 1 cpu and 500 mb of ram…  
Isn’t it enough to play 80’s game (Mame)???

Any way to “activate” the second CPU ? 😄

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**Author:** ![camisa931](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@camisa931](https://community.solid-run.com/u/camisa931)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/16 "2023-01-03T00:07:13Z")

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Yes, first download iso for humming board, later I found the file inxdl-hummingboard.dtb in another lakka iso, exactly, so all works fine. Do you speak Spanish?

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**Author:** ![Cybermil62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@Cybermil62](https://community.solid-run.com/u/Cybermil62)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/17 "2024-05-14T15:13:36Z")

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Hello @zeFTP.  
I’m also user of JeedomBoard mono with specs similar to the HummingBoard i1.  
Since last update of Jeedom, this box becomes useless and I want to try to reuse it for retrogaming with Lakka distribution.  
Did you suceed to run correctly Lakka on your side ?

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**Author:** ![Cybermil62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@Cybermil62](https://community.solid-run.com/u/Cybermil62)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/create-consolaretro/278/18 "2024-05-24T19:03:47Z")

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I downloaded Lakka img for Cubox and installed it with Etcher on my SD card.  
When I try to boot, I have nothing on my screen.  
Once installed on my SD Card, I have these files and didn’t understand how to proceed then.  
Need your support @jnettlet @zeFTP  
Thanks  
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 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/solid_run/original/1X/a59bec6a084faf6ad7e5c4db2d5c9f1e984e6560.png)
