Install Lakka/LibreElec emulation station on the PIPO X7
Hi guys,
ATTENTION PLEASE :
You must have an image of your system before flashing Lakka or any other OS.
Or, at least, have a backup of your Windows key, your drivers and a way to flash Windows back.
I recently dusted off my X7 and asked myself what to do with it.
My thought of making it a server installing a Debian distro with Docker containers but I had issue with the network (my raspberry pi3+ was a better bet for it).
Long story short... I finally decided to make it an emulation station.
I first tried Batocera but I couldn't boot the installer with the 32 bits UEFI. I'm sure it's somehow possible but not worth the struggle.
I saw that in the Raspberry Pi Imager there's a Emulation and game OS submenu.
I navigated thru it searching for a X86_64 distro (64 bit OS with 32 bit UEFI) and found one in the Lakka menu.
The full path is: Emulation and game OS > Lakka > Lakka Nightly > Generic X86_64 (v4.X...) (you have a Generic X86_64 V5 version on the Lakka Dev, not tested)
ToDo:
Connect my BT controller (the Bluetooth is working but the controller did not appear)
Test my favorite games (mostly arcade, pcengine...)
Test the SD card slot
Test mounting SMB shares
Test the ethernet port
I'll keep you updated about the performances.
I'm sure you can find many uses for the X7 as long as you can boot over its 32 bits UEFI.
ATTENTION PLEASE :
You must have an image of your system before flashing Lakka or any other OS.
Or, at least, have a backup of your Windows key, your drivers and a way to flash Windows back.
I recently dusted off my X7 and asked myself what to do with it.
My thought of making it a server installing a Debian distro with Docker containers but I had issue with the network (my raspberry pi3+ was a better bet for it).
Long story short... I finally decided to make it an emulation station.
I first tried Batocera but I couldn't boot the installer with the 32 bits UEFI. I'm sure it's somehow possible but not worth the struggle.
I saw that in the Raspberry Pi Imager there's a Emulation and game OS submenu.
I navigated thru it searching for a X86_64 distro (64 bit OS with 32 bit UEFI) and found one in the Lakka menu.
The full path is: Emulation and game OS > Lakka > Lakka Nightly > Generic X86_64 (v4.X...) (you have a Generic X86_64 V5 version on the Lakka Dev, not tested)
- Burn it on a USB key (mine was a 64Go no name)
- Put in on the back of the X7.
- Boot pressing ESC to enter the BIOS.
- Go to Last page and force boot on the UEFI USB key.
- Choose "Install" on the Lakka menu and point to the internal storage.
- Wait for the install to finish.
- Reboot without the USB key.
- Enjoy!
- Connect to Lakka via SSH
- Change the options (GUI, etc)
- Add Wifi, it's working (ethernet not tested for the moment)
- Launch some included core games
ToDo:
Connect my BT controller (the Bluetooth is working but the controller did not appear)
Test my favorite games (mostly arcade, pcengine...)
Test the SD card slot
Test mounting SMB shares
Test the ethernet port
I'll keep you updated about the performances.
I'm sure you can find many uses for the X7 as long as you can boot over its 32 bits UEFI.