@KeithDrayton great to hear that!

Yes. You can change the password to anything you like.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2593/updating-retropie-issue-2-6

For anyone who might happen upon this in the future, this off-topic discussion has been moved here by @edmaul69.

Thanks Floob, I'm a subscriber. Your videos got me through the installation.

@Cole_48 This is the best I can offer and it worked for me...

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1722/if-you-have-purchased-an-ipac2-and-want-to-save-time

I contacted Andy at Ultimarc and he sent me a new firmware but he is frustrated by requests as he says there is a bug in Retropie that prevents the device from being detected as a keyboard during auto configure. I haven't updated mine yet as it's working based on my above order of connection. However, you will get messages that say ipac not configured which is ok if you want gamepads too. I think I stumbled on this solution but it works for my requirements.

This is an issue that has plagued retropie since release and seems to be the elephant in the room no-one wants to talk about or address

I have a Samsung Smart TV and have no problem with sound, I also know people with Sony Brands that can't get sound...

RetroPie documentation is here (including infos about the scraper):
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki

Good reading.

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx_rearmed/pull/51#issuecomment-233050006

I had to add this to the /boot/config.txt/ for audio to work on my tv:

hdmi_force_edie_audio=1

If that doesnt work try uncommenting:

hdmi_drive=2

Please note they both cant be running at the same time. You have to comment out one when you run the other

Lol. Know what you mean!

Okay great, thanks for all the help! I think I understand what to do, I'll give it a shot :)

I use NOOBS to create a dual boot SD card for OpenElec (i.e. Kodi media Center) and Raspbian. In Raspbian I installed RetroPie via the script (link). You have to manually get Raspbian to NOT startup without a graphical user interface (i.e. not start LXDE automatically).

P.S. My "Help files" for personal use (copy and paste into a text doc):

o==========o
| Contents |
o==========o

A. Install

B. Partitions

C. PAL Television

D. Tips

X. References
-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-

o============o
| A. Install |
o============o

Format SD card (as fat32)
(www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/noobs.md)

Extract Noobs zip file w/ 7Zip (!).
7z x ./NOOBS_v1_7_0.zip -onoobsextracted

Drop Noobs files on sd card an boot.

Usernames/Passwords: Raspbian = pi/raspberry; OpenElec: root/openelec.

o===============o
| B. Partitions |
o===============o
Noobs installs wo operating systems that do NOT share their boot partitions, contrary to Berryboot. That means that RetroPie can start up w/ a Pi firmware version with which it will work (the Pi's firmware is on the boot partition).

Say your Noobs SD card is /dev/sdx, then these are the partitions:

Part. | Distro | Size | Partition name/Remarks
||________|_______________________________________
sdx1 | NOOBS | 3,4 GB | Recovery. Holds the images of the orig.
| | | install CD's. FAT16 partition.
| | |
sdx2 | | | Extended partition containing sdx5 to 9.
| | |
sdx3 | | | Left blank to define as primary partition.
| | |
sdx4 | | | Left blank to define as primary partition.
| | |
sdx5 | NOOBS | 30 MB | Settings
| | |
sdx6 | Raspbian | 63 MB | boot (RetroPie)
| | |
sdx7 | Raspbian | 9,6 GB | root (RetroPie)
| | |
sdx8 | OpenElec | 160 MB | boot
| | |
sdx9 | OpenElec | 1,6 GB | userspace
||________|_______________________________________

o===================o
| C. PAL Television |
o===================o
[http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/13803/how-to-override-config-txt-settings-during-boot]

Display Mode Selection: By default, NOOBS will output over HDMI at your display's preferred resolution, even if no HDMI display is connected. If you do not see any output on your HDMI display or are using the composite output, press one of the following keys on your keyboard:

1 to select HDMI preferred mode
2 to select HDMI safe mode
3 to select Composite PAL mode
4 to select Composite NTSC mode

o==========o
| D. Tips |
o==========o

Wanna edit the "Settings" partition of Noobs? Start OpeneElec, SSH to it (in Nemo) and edit the settings files. Because when the Pi's SD is inserted to a PC this partition is mounted read ony. The partitions are in the 'Media' dir.

Start up Noobs not in overscan mode ...?

o=======================o
| 1. RETROPIE Installation |
o=======================o

From image Unpack the the gz image w/ '7z x retropie.img.gz' because only 7Zip can handle the larger zip files. 2. Noobs/Raspbian

See separate text file on restoring a backup.

Install Raspbian w/ Noobs.

Make sure the GUI (LXDE?) is not installed/autostarted. Go to a TTY (CTRL + ALT + F1) and run:

sudo raspi-config

Retropie must be installed w/ the script from the Retropie website

See: [http://blog.petrockblock.com/2012/07/22/retropie-setup-an-initialization-script-for-retroarch-on-the-raspberry-pi].

Tip: use SSH for the following commands:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y git dialog cd git clone git://github.com/petrockblog/RetroPie-Setup.git cd RetroPie-Setup chmod +x retropie_setup.sh sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

o===================o
| 2. Set resolution |
o===================o

Edit /boot/config.txt.

Set 'hdmi_group' to '1' (0 will use the preferred group reported by the edid).

[http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video] Set 'hdmi_mode' to '1' for VGA or '3' for 480 scanlines progressive scan at 60 Hz (this makes the console better readable).

i'm still having these issues and its getting to the point using My pi3 for RetroPie is pointless :/ (i dont want to haveto revert to using my Pi2,) anyone know what could be wrong?

i've tried changing MicroSD's now Class/Speed types Diffrent capacties, Nada

If you are using Wolf4SDL, then you need to make sure you are using the correct binary for your game data. More details at the wiki.

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Wolfenstein-3D

For Doom, you need to place your data in the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom folder. To launch full versions in lr-prboom, I suggest creating custom scripts. More details at the wiki.

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Doom

If you are still having problems, then report back detailing which port you are using and any error messages you may be getting.

Hi

Have you tried setting the audio to the 3.5mm jack in the RetroPie Audio settings?

Cheers

Paul

@caver01 your cmdline.txt worked great. Thank you