@RoswellWitness I believe what lordward1234 did was navigate to the folder /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/ and just delete the file retroarch.cfg. I would ssh into the pi, navigate to the file location and delete it.

@Meneer-Jansen

Do you mind explaining more about what your fix was. I have tried to change permissions on the es theme directory without success and continue to get this error. Thanks!

I just checked what I'm using and I've got 10.2GB worth of ROMs loaded onto a 16GB SD card, so I'm missing 5.8GB. I understand that part of this is for RetroPie and all the emulators, but surely this does not require that much space.
Thoughts anyone?

@gryffinwings said in PSX Bios not installing:

@Darksavior I'm using the same looks like. I was using standard way of putting and USB flash drive in the raspberry pi, it creates all the folders I need and I put the files in the proper place, which means the PSX bios file goes in the bios folder.

I'm not understanding what you did differently.

I've never transferred stuff with that method but by reading the guide https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Transferring-Roms I see no mention of it also creating a bios folder and moving bios files there. Transfer bios files manually.

@loubatron03 Most likely you have the wrong type of roms (without headers). This is mentioned on the page.

unpack the rom and do file /path/to/rom from commandline and it will tell you what sort of file it is. If it says data file it's the wrong type. If it recognises it as a nes rom, it's correct.

update: I went to update everything in the retropie data. that didn't seem to work. However, I disabled or turned OFF the map hacking which I had ON and the controller works with ROMS now

Thanks!

So, I found the problem by myself, apparently all the USB cables I was using were not sufficient, found one that works, of all the things the USB cable was the problem...

Ok got it to not control the ES anymore which is great but after playing N64 i exit game and go to config controls cause some buttons are mapped wrong for emulator and RetroPie Setup is using the N64 as inputs and not the keyboard still. But this is a start. Thanks

@maxriptide Thanks for the suggestion. Worked like a charm!

@meleu in "pure" bash I don't think is possible but you can call c programs that do that, I've done that for other projects. I was trying to get everything done with a python script (which is totally not my weapon of choice), but with the bash and a couple of tricks this can be done, it fits the purpose.

The issue for me might be if I had multiple physical buttons connected to several GPIO to select specific games, but by having only one button really simplifies the whole thing.

I mean i added the kid modes mod to my emulation station, but when i had it installed it gave some weird error i cant remember what it was, it was due to me having sub folders in my nes folder,

and then when i went to uninstall it, due to it, not doing what exactly i want i got errors with es_config, which evecially led me to load my back up for RETROPIE, so basically what i am asking, has there been any solution yet for https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Child-friendly-EmulationStation

I love this feature but if its gonna give problems with sub folders i am gonna pass on it, but hoping the sub folder problem can be resolved in time.

ii like keeping my folder structure like this
''Old Hacks
''New Hacks
''Public Domain
''Custom Games
and etc

I like to separate my games and keep Japan/USA only games together due to Universal Scraper reasons.

in completion i would like to see child friendly mode to read sub folders, and beable to add favorites, hide game and beable to interact with all the features in the future.

@AlexMurphy

cool. thx for that. ill have to give that shot later

@Dan problem with renaming the page is it breaks the original link. GitHub doesn't handle redirects

still happening :-(

just ordered the official raspberry pi charger.... we will see if that sorts it.
if not then im shit out of luck

We'll see what we can do. The worst that can happen is that it doesn't work. Actually, the worst thing that can happen is that we all die horribly from an explosion at a ball bearing factory, but my therapist keeps telling me that it's highly unlikely.

@g0nz0uk

Where is this file located so I can back it up in the future?

/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg

I normally exit all emulators using the Start + Select buttons, but these no longer exit a game, how to I set this up. I now have to use the Esc on the keyboard (which is now working:))

There ars a couple places you can put your RetroArch controller bindings and hotkeys (a.k.a.: Start + Select) in.

Here is the global RetroArch configuration file.
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

I have an Xbox 360 controller and here are my "hotkey" settings:

# Hotkey button input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8" #Select # Exit emulator input_exit_emulator_btn = "9" #Start # Saves state input_save_state_btn = "1" #B button # Loads state input_load_state_btn = "2" #X button # Move to next save state slot input_state_slot_increase_btn = "5" #R button input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0" #Right on D pad/Left Stick # Move back a save state slot input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "4" #L button input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0" #Left on D pad/Left Stick # Reset ROM input_reset_btn = "0" #A button input_reset_axis = "-1" #Up on D pad/Left Stick # Toggle RetroArch menu input_menu_toggle_btn = "3" #Y button # Volume controls: mute, volume up and down input_audio_mute_axis = "+1" #Down on D pad/Left Stick input_volume_up_axis = "-3" #Up on Right Stick input_volume_down_axis = "+3" #Down on Right Stick # Take screenshot input_screenshot = "7" #Right Trigger button

Another location is in the gamepad-that-you-are-using configuration file for RetroArch. Since I'm using a wireless Xbox 360 controller, mine is located here:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/Xbox360WirelessReceiver\(XBOX\).cfg

(I re-organized it but) here are the contents of this file:

input_device = "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" input_driver = "udev" input_b_btn = "0" input_a_btn = "1" input_y_btn = "2" input_x_btn = "3" input_l_btn = "4" input_r_btn = "5" input_l2_btn = "6" input_r2_btn = "7" input_l3_btn = "11" input_r3_btn = "12" input_start_btn = "9" input_select_btn = "8" input_up_btn = "15" input_down_btn = "16" input_left_btn = "13" input_right_btn = "14" input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1" input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1" input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3" input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3" input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0" input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0" input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2" input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"

@Cybermen I think you are over-thinking this. RetroPie is updated incrementally. Every few days. Sometimes twice in a day. Only a few minor changes happen between each version. Even between 4.1.x and 4.2. It is the stock image that is updated to the "new version" That was previously last done back in November 16. The new image is 4.2 but even if you install that updates have been implemented since that version of the image was done. The last update for example was 2 days ago.