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Kiosk mode not surviving reboot

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    edmaul69 @Srdrgz
    last edited by 17 Nov 2017, 01:27

    @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?

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      Srdrgz @edmaul69
      last edited by Srdrgz 17 Nov 2017, 01:50

      @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.

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        pjft
        last edited by pjft 17 Nov 2017, 08:49

        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.

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          jcook84 @pjft
          last edited by jcook84 18 Nov 2017, 00:53

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

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            edmaul69 @jcook84
            last edited by 18 Nov 2017, 01:02

            @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.

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              jcook84 @edmaul69
              last edited by 18 Nov 2017, 05:01

              @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

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                jcook84 @Srdrgz
                last edited by 18 Nov 2017, 05:05

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

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                  edmaul69 @jcook84
                  last edited by edmaul69 18 Nov 2017, 05:18

                  @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.

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                    jcook84 @edmaul69
                    last edited by jcook84 18 Nov 2017, 06:33

                    @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

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                      pjft @jcook84
                      last edited by 18 Nov 2017, 06:59

                      @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 :/

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                        Zigurana
                        last edited by 19 Nov 2017, 10:21

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

                        If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                          Jenslyn87 @Zigurana
                          last edited by 21 Nov 2017, 23:32

                          @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 :)

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                            gabrielssanches @jcook84
                            last edited by 22 Nov 2017, 23:10

                            @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

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                              Zigurana @gabrielssanches
                              last edited by 28 Nov 2017, 12:39

                              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!

                              If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                LinuxArcadeGuy @Zigurana
                                last edited by LinuxArcadeGuy 28 Nov 2017, 23:58

                                @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...

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                                  LinuxArcadeGuy @LinuxArcadeGuy
                                  last edited by 29 Nov 2017, 00:09

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

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                                    Zigurana @LinuxArcadeGuy
                                    last edited by 29 Nov 2017, 05:36

                                    @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?

                                    If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                      pjft
                                      last edited by 29 Nov 2017, 07:39

                                      Are you using the actual dev version, it just installed the latest stable from source?

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                                        LinuxArcadeGuy @pjft
                                        last edited by 29 Nov 2017, 23:54

                                        @pjft said in Kiosk mode not surviving reboot:

                                        Are you using the actual dev version, it just installed the latest stable from source?

                                        installed from source

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                                          Trailjacker
                                          last edited by 4 Dec 2017, 22:58

                                          I am having the same issue. KIOSK mode doesn't survive a reboot.

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