Kiosk mode not surviving reboot

pjft

I think the file name is named "es_settings.cfg".

Cjax08

@zigurana I know I can comment on this. I am having the same problem with the newest version of the master branch. If I set kiosk mode from the menu it will change to kiosk until I do a reboot, then it will be in Full mode. If I close ES and change the es_settings.cfg to “Kiosk” and save, then it will load up to kiosk and stay in kiosk after many reboots. However, whenever I change the mode back to Full from the menu then the cycle starts all over with all changes being temporary until a reboot.

Srdrgz

Changing the setting to "kiosk" in es_settings.cfg worked for me. I also removed the retropie menu from where the emulators are selected, to prevent any other accidental changes.

edmaul69

@srdrgz before getting rid of retropie menu, did you go into runcommand and disable joystick or disable it competely so someone cant change emulator and video settings?

Srdrgz

@edmaul69
Yes, I disabled that too. This retropie was a gift to my brother. So, tried to make it as streamlined as possible. I think the only other change I made was that i remapped the general input of mame to not allow access to the mame settings, within a game, with a gamepad. It can now only be accessed by pressing tab on a keyboard.

Come to think of it, is there a way to disable access retroarch settings, while in a game? Currently, if I press select and x on my controller it will bring up the retroarch settings menu. I'd like to disable that menu without remapping any gamepad buttons.

Edit: I think I found the answer to my question in the retroarch configuration wiki. I think if I comment out the line of code that toggles the RGUI then that should. However, I can't test it because I already gave it to my brother.

pjft

How are you exiting/resetting RetroPie?

EDIT: Also, when you set "Kiosk mode", can you then open a SSH session (or exit ES) and look into es_log.txt, see if there's a line stating "Setting UI mode to <mode you selected>". And in that thread, check the contents of the settings file after changing it in ES and exiting ES.

jcook84

@pjft
I have the same problem. Both the standard menu shutdown and a power button script shutdown have the same result. (Edit: ES-Dev)

edmaul69

@jcook84 if you change the emulationstation theme do you lose that on reboot as well? If so you might need to fix the permissions for the emulationstation folder. I had this issue.

jcook84

@edmaul69
Theme selection is persistent. Still no luck with with having Kiosk setting hold through the reboot. Not a huge deal because it will remain if I edit the es_settings.cfg; Ideally, I'll be the only one in the house using full UI anyway

jcook84

@srdrgz
I typically edit the unwanted Retroarch hotkey combos out of the controller configs in /retroarch-joypads/.

edmaul69

@jcook84 i do this as well. I also add disc eject, disc next and disc prev to the individual controller configs for famicom disc system and psx.

jcook84

@edmaul69
Good idea!

So I edited es_settings.cfg to my liking (kiosk UI, snes-mini theme, ect...) then I used "chattr" to lock it ALL down. I can switch to full UI and do whatever I need to do, but after a restart it reverts back to kiosk.
locking:
sudo chattr +i es_settings.cfg
to unlock it:
sudo chattr -i es_settings.cfg

pjft

@jcook84 can you send over the content of the settings file after trying to change it from full to Kiosk and exiting to the Shell, together with the es_log.txt file? You may use pastebin for the effect, it should help setting what may be happening.

Of course you'd need to revert you're permissions changes :/

Zigurana

I think I've found the root-cause for this. The proposed solution is under review atm.

Jenslyn87

@zigurana Great! I have this problem with a pi I'm building for my friend, and I really would love to see it fixed before I give it to him. Please let me / us know when the fix is available :)

gabrielssanches

@jcook84 said in Kiosk mode not surviving reboot:

@edmaul69
Good idea!

So I edited es_settings.cfg to my liking (kiosk UI, snes-mini theme, ect...) then I used "chattr" to lock it ALL down. I can switch to full UI and do whatever I need to do, but after a restart it reverts back to kiosk.
locking:
sudo chattr +i es_settings.cfg
to unlock it:
sudo chattr -i es_settings.cfg

that did the trick. I'll leave that way until next update.

Thx

Zigurana

This was also fixed in the latest pr, please install the experimental / dev branch (from source) and try again.

Let me know how you fare!

LinuxArcadeGuy

@zigurana said in Kiosk mode not surviving reboot:

This was also fixed in the latest pr, please install the experimental / dev branch (from source) and try again.

Let me know how you fare!

~~sorry not fixed in v2.7.3RP~~

nevermind, had to reboot using ES NOT thru ssh...

LinuxArcadeGuy

@linuxarcadeguy still not stable, has issues, survives... then doesn't survive

Zigurana

@linuxarcadeguy
That makes no sense at all.
You will need to provide more information about your setup and way of working if you want me to be any help.
What HW are you using? How are you rebooting / exiting ES? Under what circumstances does the UI mode stick and when does it not?