Emulationstation Shutdown Script

meleu

@GaM3r2Xtreme my first shoot would be in /etc/sudoers.

Like detailed here: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroPie-Ubuntu-16.04-LTS-x86-Flavor#section-31-emulationstation-hangs-if-shutdownrestart-was-selected

GaM3r2Xtreme

Oh, I just found something @meleu. Apparently when I type just emulationstation within the terminal and hit enter, /usr/bin/emulationstation is NOT called, but something else is.

Now if I force the terminal to execute /usr/bin/emulationstaiton and then select one of the Quit options, it works. I successfully rebooted the system.

Let me check and see what is in the /etc/sudoers. I should note that DietPi normally runs under the root user (there is no pi user setup by default).

BuZz

Type which emulationstation. Note you won't benefit from any better performance running dietpi. Just more likely to have compatibility issues.

Please check the link in my signature when asking for help as it saves time if we have all the information about your setup.

GaM3r2Xtreme

Adding the extra line of code within /etc/sudoers didn't seem to do the trick, but thanks for the suggestion to check it out.

I did use which emulationstation which returned /usr/bin/emulationstation. The funny thing is that /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation is executed directly instead via the emulationstation command, but not the /user/bin/emulationstation. This is all based on what I see in the resource monitor htop.

Would it be possible to change what file is executed with the emulationstation command? If so, I would think this would be the solution I'm after.

On a side note, I'll make sure to post system information if I have any other issues and open another thread.

BuZz

Yes, if you find out why that is being launched directly - the which command shows which is being launched if you just type in emulationstation unless there is a system alias in place - type alias.

also check:
/usr/bin/emulationstation should just be a script which launches /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh which in turn launches /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation

If there is an alias - it must be added by dietpi and you should report the issue there - dietpi is not officially supported by retropie.

BuZz

I just saw the thread you have over at the dietpi forums. I see from their code, they are launching is incorrectly at startup. They also do set an alias

https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/blob/dad12d7ef381a5b346975b1dac1f5c4771f77b2b/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh#L388

You will need to ask them to change this. I can't really help if they are not using our launch scripts.

GaM3r2Xtreme

I think you found the issue @BuZz. And yeah, I started a thread with dietpi awhile back and revived it to point out what was found here. I suggested a solution to their auto start script, but never noticed the system alias you found. Both might need a little tweaking, but that's up to those guys if they want to do this.

As far as I'm concerned, a solution was found for the issue I was having. Thanks again for all the help everyone.

backstander

@PaulCheffus
I am curious about your custom EmulationStation.sh script to shutdown using your ATXRasPi PCB. I have some old power/reset switches that came out of some old PCs and I currently have 1 switch to turn on & off my Pi (gracefully) and I have a 2nd switch I want to use to restart ES (and maybe a 3rd one to exit the currently running emulator). Could you post your script because I'm not sure exactly how I was going to do the ES restart code.

PaulCheffus

@backstander
Hi

The script doesn't use extra buttons as it is for shutting down from the emulationstation menu. It requires a bc337 transistor and a 1k resistor with the emitter and collector of the transistor connected across the existing switch. The 1k resistor goes between one of the GPIO pins and the base of the transistor.

When I have the laptop out next I'll post the scripts.

EmulationStation.sh

ES_Reboot.sh

ES_Shutdown.sh

Cheers

Paul

makaveeti

Has anyone figured out how to get the shutdown system option working from windows version of ES?