Computers and Programming Experiences

Build Components
RaspberryPi 1 Model B
SanDisk 64Gb Ultra MicroSD XC & MicroSD Adapter 
Belkin AC Powered 4 Port USB 2.0 Hub
TP-Link TL-WN725N N300 Mini WiFi Adapter
Micro 10m USB Bluetooth Adapter
Lenovo Bluetooth Full Size Keyboard
HP Bluetooth Z5000 Mouse
USB Game Controller (RaspberryPi Compatible)

Additional Temporary Components:
USB/Wireless 2.5Ghz Keyboard & Mouse
Wired LAN Ethernet Access
Windows 10 Device
USB MultiCard Reader

While attempting to install 'RetroPie' on to my RaspberryPi2 : Model B, running Raspbian Jessie + Pixel Desktop the following error was being reporting when starting 'emulationstation' from the terminal server.

lvl0: Error creating SDL window!
Could not get EGL display
lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
lvl0: Window failed to initialize!

After several hours reading many articles and trying many different installations, I found the answer was to simply boot to the command line, by disabling the Pixel Desktop within 'raspi-config'.

Once rebooted, 'emulationstation' works as expected.

Note 1 : Instructions include Image Resize from the default to 3Gb.
Note 2 : Instructions include removal of 'raspi-copies-and-fills' package, which causes O/S upgrade issue in QEMU (Bug #1573473)

1. Download QEMU RaspberryPi from http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpiqemuwindows/
2. Extract "qemu.zip" to your preferred location (i.e. D:\QEMU\)
3. To resize QEMU image, Open Command Prompt and type the following commands. If successful "Image resized." will be displayed

 cd D:\QEMU\qemu\
 qemu-img.exe resize 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.img +3G


4. In Windows Explorer navigate to D:\QEMU
5. Double click "run.bat" to start QEMU RaspberryPi
6. In Raspi-config tool, Select "" to exit
7. Type "sudo fdisk -l", it should 2 partitions, second beginning 122880
8. Type "sudo fdisk /dev/sda"
9. In FDisk type the following commands...

d    (to delete a partion)
2    (to select the second partion)
n    (to create a new partion)
p    (to select primary partition type)
2    (to select the second partion)
122880    (first sector)
10080255    (default last sector)
w    (save settings, if you made a mistake select 'q' and restart step)


10. Warning messages will be displayed, Type "sudo reboot" to reboot O/S
11. Enter RaspberryPi credentials at login prompt...

Username : pi
Password : raspberry


12. Type "sudo resize2fs /dev/sda2"
13. Type "df -h" to check disk size is now 3Gb
14. Type "sudo apt-get update"
15. Type "sudo apt-get purge raspi-copies-and-fills" to remove the raspi-copies-and-fills package
16. Type "Y" at continue prompt
17. Type "sudo apt-get autoclean" to perform a APT Cache Clear
18. Type "sudo apt-get upgrade -f" to perform a APT Upgrade and Fix Dependencies
19. Type "Y" at continue prompt
20. Type "N" at bashrc prompt (Default)
21. Select "Yes" to restart services during package upgrades
22. Type "sudo reboot" to reboot O/S
23. Enter RaspberryPi credentials at login prompt
24. Type "startx" to launch a graphical session
25. DONE.