Yes, it might be possible. You'll need to modify the autostart script in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and start either Emulationstation or the desktop - depending on your current TV connection.
There's a way to detect which output is connected (see this topic), so you can use something like this:

if (/usr/bin/tvservice -s | /bin/egrep 'HDMI|DVI') ; then # Start the desktop xinit else # Start Emulationstation emulationstation fi

@mitu Ok, just tried that. Controller disconnected on 3rd lap in Cortex Castle time trial. I executed the command through SSH while the board was connected via wifi (duh), but then I was unable to connect again and checked in Retropie wifi settings and there was no info of any connection, so I guess the command worked. But it apparently didn't help with the problem...

Do you have an arcade panel configured or are you just testing out with a controller ?
The X button is mapped to the input_menu_toggle_btn action, so you can remove the line containing the mapping from the controller configuration file. The file is generated by Emulationstation in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads, named after your controller. To be honest, I'd be more concerned about the Hotkey + B (reset content) combo, since it will reset the game, while Hotkey + X merely pauses it.

If you're using a keyboard, I think F1 toggles the menu.

@Tackskull The configuration files for the systems are in /opt/retropie/configs/<system_name>, so check out

/opt/retropie/configs/psx /opt/retropie/configs/gba

@weaster007 No, I don't mean qtsixa, I mean the sixaxis driver package in the RetroPie Setup script

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'sixaxis' : Helper service to install & configure the latest drivers for official and third-party DualShock controllers (ps3controller replacement)

PROBLEM RESOLVED!

I tried a full reinstall (I uninstalled Amiberry, rebooted, deleted all remaining config files, rebooted, reinstalled Amiberry from source) and this solved the problem. All my games (so far) now load with their verbose filenames. It even solved some, but not all, of my problems with games giving "Volume DH0 is write protected" as an error.

Thanks for all the help.

@furtin As long as you use Emulators beginning with „lr“ (for libretro), you can use the hotkeys from RetroArch for loading, saving, and choosing the save slot. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#hotkeys

@edmaul69 what do you mean?
I just put a MP4-Video in the splashscreen folder and selected it as splashscreen.
So it comes up on booting and emulationstation is loaded meanwhile in the background.

@mitu will do. I just now finally got to configuring all of my retroarch.cfg files since i switched to retropie 4.4. Backed up my config folder now. Already had the emulators and libretrocores folders backed up. So now i can do a full update tomorrow.

@Efriim

thats okay thanks for trying :) and the DS3 works fine as is i just moved onto Wii U Pro controller cause its much more comfortable and lasts longer but what can i do. DS3 for now.

@Freddy00 Driver installation with sudo ~/Retropie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh should work. If you want to review the compile log see zless ~/~/RetroPie-Setup/logs/rps_2019-03-15_194311.log.gz when back on commandline (your date and time may vary).

You can type lsmod alone, you should spot the mk_arcade... driver loaded.
(If the command still is not found you should install kmod, but it should be already there, so there should no need to issue sudo apt-get install kmod.

Then, and only then when lsmod shows the module, proceed with https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi#auto-load-at-startup edit the mk_arcade_joystick.conf and change the map=1 to map=1,2. Save the file, reboot and then you can configure your joysticks with emulationstation.

If you use the retropie_setup.sh method you should succeed. If not please do post the build log as noted above.

PS: I would refrain from following the Github tutorial from A to Z, a) it is tailored towards another Retro-Distro (Recalbox), b) if you get stuck it's hard to help and c) last but not least this is a forum about Retropie-Distro (and not Recalbox).

Thank you! I will try!

@granderjoree just for future reference you need to remove the # before the line in the config file in order for it to be read. # means ignore this line. That's why permit root login was not working for you.

@Ashrill just be aware save states will not function when using omx as the audio plugin. Also the default volume is insanely loud and can't be adjusted as far as I know.

@shmonroe
If you're playing European(Pal) on easy and not for zero retries, zero kills, zero time caught. Save file is right after sniper wolf.
You can use Memcardrex to check if there is anything in the srm, that is in the link too, but there probably isn't anything there.
Emulator closing would sometimes happen when I didn't have enough gpu memory, but I can't say for certain if it would help, the Gpu memory split option is entered from raspi-config advanced settings.

@Halvhjearne said in retropie on ubuntu 18.10 is adding unnecessary/broken apt sources:

there is a package available upstream for both cosmic and bionic, would it be possible to maybe fix the script to not add the broken repo for cosmic?

The repo is mainained by the FS-UAE author and it's the recommended way to install it (https://fs-uae.net/download#ubuntu). If anything changes regarding that, we can also update the script. While for 18.x the latest package is upstreamed (Ubuntu), for older releases the PPA has the latest version. Let's see what happens when 19.04 breaks loose.

hi bud thanks, if you dont mind asking, how would i go out about downgrading "kodi-peripheral-joystick" i been searching for 2 days now.
if 18.1 has been fixed with updating packages then ill just stick with 18.1 i might of miss this in the fourms thank you alot.

Aha! I found it!
I had to type ''sudo apt-get install pi-package'' in terminal.
Source: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127825
Thanks!

Please add more info about your setup, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
Try to get the Emulationstation log file - via file shares from \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation\es_log.txt - and upload it to pastebin.com so maybe we can see what error messages appear during startup.

@pockketz yes its possible, make sure you create a new folder for your combination and not overwriting existing files. Copy the file "simple.xml", the "art" folder, and any other lose file in the Tronkyfran folder to the new folder, then copy all the folders (except art folder) from carbon to the new theme folder.

It looks like the paths for those two themes are the same, but expect many parameters to be off, such as text and images being misaligned. So you will likely need to read up on themes here https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme