@mitu thanks i needed to add Pokemon Mini and Odyssey 2 since that is the only systems that are not in my emulation station but is on RetroArch. i ended up kinda getting my favorites problem solved. i just told it to only show my favorites and it showed the (USA, Japan, ect)

@nugent Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

I remember a few posts back regarding the initialization - in RetroArch - of such controllers (see this issue for instance).

Try installing the xpadneo driver - github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo - and see if it makes a difference.

I want to start emulationstation on-demand, this is what I've come up with:

Emulationstation heavily depends on a terminal being allocated for it to work. It switches a lot between graphical and text-mode. So in "/etc/systemd/system/my-emulationstation.service":

[Unit] Description=my emulationstation [Service] User=pi ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/run-emulationstation Type=simple StandardInput=tty-force TTYVHangup=yes TTYPath=/dev/tty20 TTYReset=yes

Also, there's a bug that requires emulationstation to be started inside /home/pi, so in "/usr/local/bin/run-emulationstation":

#! /bin/bash # switch to same tty allocated in .service chvt 20 # cd to home cd /home/pi # run emulationstation in foreground process /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh

And for the curious: I want it to start when specific hardware is attached, specifically an 8Bitdo Zero Bluetooth Gamepad. So in "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-my-emulationstation.rules":

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTR{name}=="8Bitdo Zero GamePad", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="my-emulationstation"

@fluffypillow Thanks man, and sorry again for the "double-posting", I'll answer you here

I did the workaround you told (put 'providers.gog.enabled: false" in settings.txt) and worked! Nice :D

I don't have much GOG games, but here's the list if you want

Aquaria / Bastion / Botanicula / Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
Mark of the Ninja / Gorogoa / Fran Bow / Grim Fandango Remastered
Hyper Light Drifter / Pan-Pan / Shovel Knight / Odallus: The Dark Call
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Hi,
I found this little tutorial, I was able to install RetroArch successfully, but not RetroPie.

https://github.com/96boards-projects/game_emulator

@mitu @GoldManSex778

I'm sorry for not getting back to you sooner! The information always seems accurate when you're the one typing it! 🤣🤣

The screensaver displays videos just fine - I don't have an issue with black/blank screens. It is the game information it won't display. On my 3B+ I have set "Show Game Info On Screensaver" - ALWAYS and it displays the game name and system. On Windows it does not.

I should also mention that I'm using the Showcase theme on both my 3B+ and Win10.

Many thanks for the info on evdev. I thought it wasn't being used since evdev-joystick --l doesn't show anything, but the gamepad was being assigned to /dev/input/eventX

I ended up using this solution:
https://joaorb64.github.io/2018/02/14/Configuring-a-Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller-on-Linux.html

@mitu [UPDATE]
I ended up purchasing another class 10 sandisk 64 gb micro sd card and flashed the stock retropie Zero w image from the website. On boot - got the same result. I began to wonder if it was perhaps just the fact I was using a 64 gb card. So, I purchased yet another micro sd card, this time 32 gb. I’ve had no problems with it whatsoever. It’s been running like a charm!

@Clyde Well ifconfig works just fine in Debian Stretch / Retropie 4.4

I just tested it in the linux terminal. It also seems that ip addr works as well.

So doesnt matter which one will be used. Either one will do just fine. :-)

Thanks! That was the case.
Problem solved.

@sirdevin ceramic heatsink for the pi is .99 cents on ebay.

@mitu Saw some feedback on it in my searches..Thanks for confirming...

@mitu @dankcushions Thanks again for the guidance. I just needed a nudge. I started 1942, got into Retrarch from there, remapped the buttons for MAME to be what essentially is A/X/L on top and B/Y/R on the bottom. This gave me the B/Y buttons the main use for the games I play most - 1942, TMNT, etc. while keeping the standard mapping for all the other systems.

Thanks again!

@Semper-5 i use real discs in windows 3.11 so i havent had a need to make any win 3.11 conf files yet. I have probably around 100 games and software that run great on the pi in win 3.11. I havent found anything that has given me any troubles yet other than certain ms software that cant run in dosbox and trashes and crashes your windows folder install...

no, there are still some bugs concerning 1.7.7. on the pi.
AFAIR Retropie itself will be updated to 4.5 as soon as retroarch 1.7.7. is stable on the Pi.

Thanks @mitu I thought it looked and sounded familiar! :)

I know it is an old topic, but I really like Space Oddity theme and I cant disable OMXplayer, so I changed some values at the theme file and this was the result:
WhatsApp Image 2019-05-20 at 18.12.25.jpeg

I changed pos and origin values, and replaced maxSize for size. You can see the file and change it by yourself, or just download and overwrite it

Changes:
Screenshot_1.png

Link:
https://github.com/Ephastus/space-oddity-theme.xml-OMX-Fix-

Sorry, this isn’t my first language, feel free to correct me.

That seems to have worked @mitu , thanks.

However, the script didn't want to update at first, I had to do a "git stash" beforehand as an error was thrown up over lots of updated files

Playing again now though, so happy!

@j-e-f-f I've never used the libretro one but for the standard vice I had to change the keyboard from symbolic to positional, not sure if that will help in your case as I don't recall having your issue but my other issues were solved with this change.