Cannot use the Bluetooth and RetroPie-setup menu in Armbian, any input and it crashes while trying to navigate. If you preset Bluetooth connections within the OS, it runs all games and controls really well.

PSX, all runs well
N64, mid range games run well.
Dreamcast, lower end games run well.

Sadly not perfect yet due to Bluetooth imperfections in the menu and need N64 resolution manual preset when swapping to different quality monitor... Just that :(

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Managed to install RetroPie successfully on Dietpi OS.
Still working out:

[solved] why the N64 hotkey doesn't work, can't exit
... Disabled '0' mupen64plus hotkey in ~/all/autoconf.ini
... Added J0B12/B11 at emulation Stop in ~/N64/autoconf.ini [solved] why PSX doesn't launch, black screen
... Replaced all my BIOS files [solved]why NES doesn't run, returns to ES
... Used corrupted roms without headers [solved] why Dreamcast won't show in ES
... Had .7z files in the rom folder. Unzipped the files

The scriptmodule is thought as a "ease of use" / for default setups, if you want to unleash the full potential of Skyscraper use the command line.

Within the scriptmodule you can only alter the (output) gamelist (-g) folder and media folder (-o).

With Use ROM folder (Enabled) (see generate options in the menu) the gamelist location is
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<platform> and /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<platform>/media.

With Use ROM folder (Disabled) the gamelist location is
/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/<platform> and /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/<platform>/media.

The inputFolder is in any case picked up from the config.ini, however, the scriptmodule only uses $romdir which is currently taken from the default RetroPie value (which is /home/pi/RetroPie/roms). See _list_systems_skyscraper() in the scriptmodule skyscraper.sh.

TL;DR: Using a symlink as you did is the right way.

OK so this worked:

I added the following to runcommand-onlaunch.sh

rm /opt/retropie/configs/ps2/Config/cache/vulkan_pipelines.bin && rm /opt/retropie/configs/ps2/Config/cache/vulkan_shaders.bin && rm /opt/retropie/configs/ps2/Config/cache/vulkan_shaders.idx

It did not appear to like them on separate lines. Now when a game launches, it deletes those three files, and if I'm loading a PS2 game with AetherSX2 it re-creates them once the game loads, but then deletes them before the next game.

So this way those files never get bloated and not hog down any other games.

@mitu Thanks guys - I'll give it whirl

@Gryphandor78 I'm struggling with the same issue. I went into mame menu using tab, and set the X+ X- Y+ Y-, the INC and DEC settings, and the trackball worked. I haven't been able to get it working without using mame settings instead of Retroarch. The trackball is a little sloppy dong this, and it has to be done for every game? Is this the way you did it? By moving the trackball in MAME UI to register the positions? Also, did you change any of the sensitivity?

@sebalberico said in How deactivate the option to shut down with F12 ?!:

I do the changes (save) restart the system to see if something has changed..and nope...all gone.

That's strange and can't find an explanation for this - if the information added by scraper is the same thing, so one is saved, the other should also be saved.

@mitu said in Unable to install gamecondriver-package:

db9_gpio_rpi/releases/tag/v1.3.

Thx, mitu. The install worked fine:

pi@retropie:~/db9_gpio_rpi $ sudo apt install -f ./db9-gpio-rpi-dkms_1.3_all.deb ... Building initial module for 5.4.72-v7l+ Done. db9_gpio_rpi.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.72-v7l+/updates/dkms/ depmod..... DKMS: install completed. Module build for kernel 5.4.72-v8+ was skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

Thx, skidiver

I am having an issue I have seen mentioned here many times without much of a clear answer,

Where ? I haven't seen this mentioned so frequently here. One thing that beginners are stumbling is the fact that only the P1 controller is able to run the hotkey enabled actions, but situations like P2 not working at all, that's not something that's reported.

To start, I configure both controllers in the Emulationstation UI. I have also configured both controllers in RetroArch UI and saved the profiles. I have done that step both from the RetroPie menu and on the fly from the game with a Rom loaded.

There's no need to re-configure the controllers in RetroArch if they've been configured in EmulationStation, the latter will take care of properly configuring the controllers for RetroArch.

Once the game starts however, I have no luck getting inputs from the controller on Port 2

Is this a 2 players game and you've chosen to start with 2 players ? Which game it is ? Does this happen for other systems also (PS1/NES/etc) ? Did you change the 'Device type' in the 2nd Port to something else from the RetroArch's ?

Dietpi on Orange Pi zero 2w.

Thanks, I'll try!

For my N30, SN30 and my P30 mod kit. I'll update this post when tried. And I'm writing this to find the topic tomorrow evening 😉

Edit: I needed to activate the flashing status.
Followed the rest of your steps though. Did not successfully and stably connect the N64 mod kit yet.

Edit: Best ways of working to connect 8bitdo modkit Bluetooth controller with Retropie on the Orange Pi Zero 2w, so far…

Do not install blueman-manager.
Do not connect via Bluetoothctl in the terminal.

Use Retropie Bluetooth menu to connect to the controller. Assure the /var/lib/bluetooth/MACADDRESS/ does not contain the controller device you wish to connect. Delete the controller file, and also from the cache folder, if any issues occur.

Hope this helps any future Dietpi users.

@mitu That worked! Thank you!

Can you run the following commands and post the output here in the topic ? If xpad is not recognizing the gamepad, we can try and force the driver to load is we know the device's Vendor and Product Ids

lsusb cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Hello, I use this post as I want to use exactly same config (my pie is used as Home Asistant and collects datas).
I installed retropie using this. On Rpi5 and nvme.
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/?h=rasp#install-raspbianraspberry-pi-os
Seems to worked fine as I can launch Emulationstation after ctrl-alt-f1. But if I try to launch a game (ex SNES roms) I have a black screen and I can't quit, need to reboot.
I did something wong ? forgot somethin ? Have I to uninstall and install ES with another method ?
Thanks.

@mitu Hi, so it works with batocera v39 and above and registers as a mouse so you said its based on linux so in theory it should work on pie as well if I can get it to work would you guys implement my settings in a future build to help people like me if its not currently plug and play? if not I am not going to worry about it and just use batocera as I upgraded my cabinet to a gaming pc if you would I will start working on it once it gets here

@sugarfree ahh. Didn't know. Since I already got it. Didn't try before I posted that

Given that now the splashscreen is using vlc instead of the (Pi specific) omxplayer video player, it could be possible to make it work with other boards, but right now it's not supported outside the Pi systems.

@mitu Wasn't sure if removing the override would break anything. Removed it today and its working fine. Thanks.