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    2018 Update. Please Help!

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      squilliamfancy
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      Re: Accidentally uninstalled default theme on Pi Zero
      Hey there, I know I'm late to the party but I ran into the exact same issue. I followed all the steps but instead of doing the process on Windows, I'm doing it on the retropie zero (gameboy zero). So please I need some help. Idk if it may be different on the actual pie itself. You guys look like you know what you're talking about @backstander @BennySpaceCore . Thanks
      https://imgur.com/pxkBYqk

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      • jonnykeshJ
        jonnykesh @squilliamfancy
        last edited by jonnykesh

        @squilliamfancy It's hard to read your fuzzy picture. But it looks like you are trying to copy a theme from a USB drive to /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/
        PIXEL by the look of it.
        Post a better pic or some actual info and I'm sure someone will try and help.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by

          The USB stick/hdd is not recognised by Linux, you get an error when trying to mount the 1st partition of the USB stick and subsequently the folder where you expect to find the theme (/media/usb0) is empty.
          Is the USB stick formatted ? How did you copy the theme folder on it ?

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          • ClydeC
            Clyde @squilliamfancy
            last edited by

            @squilliamfancy In addition to answering @mitu's questions, you also could show us all storage devices connected to your Pi. Maybe your stick just isn't sda1 (if I read your picture correctly). This command displays them:

            sudo fdisk -l   # the last character is a small L !
            

            By the way, you can redirect any command's text output into a file, so you can show us that instead of the blurry screen. You do that by adding a > filename after the command, or >> filename if you want to append to the file instead of overwriting it every time. Example:

            sudo fdisk -l > output.txt
            
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              squilliamfancy
              last edited by

              I have used the usb to tranfer roms from my pc on to the pie and it worked fine. So I guess it's formatted. I'm trying to download the pixel theme on the device. I currently have the blank theme and unable to download a theme through emulation station. So what I did was download the Pixel theme zip file on my pc, unzipped it and dragged that folder onto my retropie folder in the flashdrive. However nothing happened. So I found the forum I linked earlier and followed @backstander instructions but I'm having trouble completing the process in the command line. How can I fix this. What can I do?

              Here's what I did:
              http://imgur.com/6uvyxNz

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
                last edited by mitu

                @squilliamfancy You already posted the commands you executed - though the picture is blurry, the commands sound familiar. I already told you why the commands don't work - wrong USB stick partition - and @Clyde told you to list the partitions on the stick. Plug in the USB stick then, from the command line, execute the commands

                # See how the device is detected
                dmesg | tail 
                
                # Print the partitions on the USB stick
                sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
                

                then post the output of the command here. You can use SSH to issue the commands instead of exiting ES and using a keyboard.

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                  squilliamfancy
                  last edited by

                  Ok, how do I go about fixing the usb issue? How do I list the partitions? I'm sorry, I'm new to this so I may need some extra assistance.So If you can walk me through this step by step I would greatly appreciate it.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
                    last edited by mitu

                    @squilliamfancy OK, step by step:

                    1. Exit Emulationstation, you'll be presented with a command prompt.
                    2. Connect a keyboard to the Pi system.
                    3. Type the 2 commands I added above, one by one, followed each one by the <Enter> key.
                    4. Paste the output (picture or text) to the topic.
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                      squilliamfancy
                      last edited by

                      Ok, I'm currently in class right now. I will do so once I get home. Also might be obvious but in the command line I only type what you put in white text correct? Or do I type the entire commands in orange and white text? Thank you.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
                        last edited by mitu

                        @squilliamfancy said in 2018 Update. Please Help!:

                        Also might be obvious but in the command line I only type what you put in white text correct ?

                        Yes, the other lines are just comments (# marks a commented line) and you don't have to type them.
                        And you should be paying attention to your class teacher instead of posting on the internets.

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                          squilliamfancy
                          last edited by

                          Haha, thanks will do.

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                            squilliamfancy
                            last edited by

                            Ok so I follwed the steps and after the second line of text you gave I got a
                            "fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: No such file or directory"
                            https://imgur.com/j2pRMrY
                            What is this? What do I do now?

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
                              last edited by

                              @squilliamfancy You mis-typed the 1st command, dmesg | tail - the character in the middle is a vertical bar symbol, not an l (lowercase L) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar. Did you plug your USB stick in the Pi system before running the commands ?

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                                squilliamfancy
                                last edited by

                                Not the first time. I did it again now after plugging the usb before running the commands and still got the same "No such file or directory"

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                                  squilliamfancy
                                  last edited by

                                  Ok so I tried again and got this.
                                  https://imgur.com/QPSNSFY

                                  Usage:
                                  Fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
                                  Fdisk [options] -1 [<disk>] list partition table(s)
                                  Options:
                                  -b, --sector-size <size> physical and logical sector size
                                  -c, --compatibility [=<mode>] mode is “dos” or “mandos” (default)
                                  -L, --color[=<when>] colorize output [auto, always or never]
                                  -l, --list display partitions end exit
                                  -t,--type <type> recognize specified partition table type only
                                  -u, --units[<units>] display units: ‘cylinders’ or ‘sectors’ (default)
                                  -s,--getsz display device size in 51Z –lyte sectors [DEPRECATED]
                                  -C,--cylinders <number> specify number of cylinders
                                  -H,--heads <number> specify the number of heads
                                  -S,--sectors <number> specify the number of sectors per track
                                  -h,--help display this help and exit
                                  -U, --version output version information and exit
                                  For more details see fdisk(0).

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                                  • ClydeC
                                    Clyde @squilliamfancy
                                    last edited by

                                    @squilliamfancy Seems like you mistyped the option -l. As I mentioned in my post above, it's the small letter L.

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                                      squilliamfancy
                                      last edited by

                                      That's what I did. I got the text above from it ^

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                                        clippercm @squilliamfancy
                                        last edited by

                                        @squilliamfancy You mistook a one for the lower case "l", that is clearly a "1" (one) that you typed in.

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                                          squilliamfancy
                                          last edited by

                                          Ok I fixed it up now. I got this https://imgur.com/uVxm9CM
                                          What now?

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                                            squilliamfancy
                                            last edited by

                                            ^^Anyone?? I'm really trying to get this fixed.
                                            Please help!!

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