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    METADATA not saving - Favorites will never remain tagged

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      julenvitoria Banned
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      @cyperghost said in METADATA not saving - Favorites will never remain tagged:

      emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall" | tr '\n' ' ')" pkill -P "$(echo $emupid | tr ' ' ',')"

      Hi! I tried your new code but don't work with pifba nor mame4 all. However it worked with pcsx-rearmed emulator. I tried kill -9 "$emupid" and then it works. I dont know if it is advisable or not to do this. If you know any other way I would appreciate it.

      Thanks!

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      • cyperghostC
        cyperghost @julenvitoria
        last edited by cyperghost

        @julenvitoria said in METADATA not saving - Favorites will never remain tagged:

        @cyperghost said in METADATA not saving - Favorites will never remain tagged:

        emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall" | tr '\n' ' ')" pkill -P "$(echo $emupid | tr ' ' ',')"

        Hi! I tried your new code but don't work with pifba nor mame4 all. However it worked with pcsx-rearmed emulator. I tried kill -9 "$emupid" and then it works. I dont know if it is advisable or not to do this. If you know any other way I would appreciate it.

        Thanks!

        Really don't know why this is happening. I just copied some text parts.
        But you may test this script here, please?
        All you have to do is to copy from textbox into a bashfile. Maybe emu_shutdown.sh, make it executable with chmod +x emu_shutdown.sh and execute it via SSH if an emulator is running?

        Maybe you will get better results then? It will only terminate emulators, not more not less.

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          julenvitoria Banned
          last edited by julenvitoria

          @cyperghost Hi, I tried your emulator detector too and the result was the same more or less. There were some emulators that dont stop... If you prefer I could write you throug the other thread.

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          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @julenvitoria
            last edited by cyperghost

            @julenvitoria Thanks! You are right the signal levels are ignored by some emulators.
            I would suggest to use kill -9 <PID>

            I will update both scripts. So you see - once again something new explored .... ;)

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            • S
              Semper 5
              last edited by

              Ok, so no errors to report. But the power switch doesn't work now.
              I temporarily took out the entry in autostart.sh just to see what would happen in putty. and like I said, no errors. but when i press the power button (off) it does nothing

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                julenvitoria Banned @cyperghost
                last edited by

                @cyperghost wow! It’s perfect!! I’ll try the other script later

                Thanks!

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @Semper 5
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @semper-5 Please do so as you wrote. Take auto entry from autostart.sh!
                  and do a manuel start via SSH to see error messages. I need the routine how the POLOLU acts with the switch.

                  Please use sudo /path/to/switch.sh & command with the latest script version.

                  @julenvitoria You are welcome! Thank you for testing. The other script is also working! I tested several times.

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                    Semper 5 @cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @cyperghost it doesn't output any errors.

                    I enter: sudo bash /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/switch.sh &
                    output: [1] 10921

                    I think it s working to some extent because if I try to run it again it will tell line 18 & 20 write protection due to device being busy

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @Semper 5
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @semper-5 That's okay ... this [10921] thing is the process number.
                      So what happens if you press the power button? With the script in background running?

                      You should see a message like:
                      Switch press 0 - Switchtype 1
                      ES-PID: 1232

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                      • S
                        Semper 5 @cyperghost
                        last edited by

                        @cyperghost no message, no activity, no error. nothing :/

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost @Semper 5
                          last edited by

                          @semper-5 What is the output of
                          cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio24/value

                          if the power button is pressed, and then if the power button is released?
                          It should be 1 if pressed and 0 if released

                          The script must be active for this ;)

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                            Semper 5 @cyperghost
                            last edited by

                            @cyperghost it's 0 on both being pressed and released

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                            • cyperghostC
                              cyperghost @Semper 5
                              last edited by cyperghost

                              @semper-5 That's the error here ... but tell me why? That's not possible! The python scripts are working?

                              Maybe @Yahmez knows the answer?
                              If we watch for input of GPIO24 (=power button), why there is no change in input value?

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                                Semper 5 @cyperghost
                                last edited by

                                @cyperghost I know! Our frustration is real. I mean it works as it should with Yahmez's script. And just to be sure I am following your instructions immaculately, yours is the ONLY script I'm running on this fresh image.

                                Geez it was embarrassing you guys telling me to use Notepad++ and how to invoke the script LOL. but I do appreciate all your efforts to walk me through it. I'm just thinking you guys must be getting as frustrated with me as I'm getting frustrated with this not working - I'm yelling at this damn box like "you're making an idiot out of me in front of the community, damn you!" haha

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                                • YahmezY
                                  Yahmez @cyperghost
                                  last edited by

                                  @cyperghost
                                  I am late to the game here but if my script works as intended (minus saving metadata which was never implemented) and cypherghost's script is not seeing the button presses then the logical thing would be to compare the two scripts and see how they are being handled differently.

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                                  • cyperghostC
                                    cyperghost @Yahmez
                                    last edited by cyperghost

                                    @yahmez ;)
                                    Thank you for stepping in my friend.
                                    So let's compare ;)

                                    #!/usr/bin/python
                                     
                                    import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
                                    import os, time
                                     
                                    GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
                                    GPIO.setup(23, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)   #Reset switch
                                    GPIO.setup(24, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)   #Power switch
                                    GPIO.setup(25, GPIO.OUT)                            #ON control
                                    GPIO.output(25, GPIO.HIGH)
                                     
                                    while True:
                                      if (GPIO.input(24)):
                                        time.sleep(0.25)
                                      else:
                                        print ("Shutting down...")
                                        os.system("sudo shutdown -h now")
                                        break
                                      if (GPIO.input(23)):
                                        time.sleep(0.25)
                                      else:
                                        print ("Resetting...")
                                        os.system("sudo reboot now")
                                        break
                                    

                                    and

                                    script version from here
                                    I did not implent reset handling here ;)

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
                                      last edited by

                                      @cyperghost Maybe the wires are connected to other pins ?

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                                      • cyperghostC
                                        cyperghost @mitu
                                        last edited by cyperghost

                                        @mitu This can only be answered by @Semper-5 but I assume not!
                                        As I remeber he told me, that the python scripts are working ;)

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                                        • YahmezY
                                          Yahmez
                                          last edited by Yahmez

                                          If it just cuts power upon turning off the power switch it means that the on control pin is not going high on boot.

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
                                            last edited by

                                            @cyperghost Python is a sneaky snake...

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