2018 Update. Please Help!

squilliamfancy

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

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.

squilliamfancy

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.

mitu

@squilliamfancy OK, step by step:

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

squilliamfancy

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.

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.

squilliamfancy

Haha, thanks will do.

squilliamfancy

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?

mitu

@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 ?

squilliamfancy

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"

squilliamfancy

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).

Clyde

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

squilliamfancy

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

clippercm

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

squilliamfancy

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

squilliamfancy

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

mitu

@squilliamfancy The image is very blurry and it's not clear which is the 1st device listed, seems like /dev/ram1 to /dev/ram18 ? You didn't post the result of the dmesg command, that will help identify why the USB doesn't appear at /dev/sda.

How are you connecting the USB stick ? Are you using a hub or directly plugged into the Pi ?

squilliamfancy

@mitu I have the usb plugged in directly to the pi and I'm having trouble figuring out what I'm supposed once I put the commands in

squilliamfancy

@mitu do you recommend getting a usb hub or is it fine just how I have it now

mitu

@squilliamfancy I don't know if an USB hub will solve your problem, since we don't know what the problem really is. Posting the dmesg messages with a more clearer picture would help.
Just a though, can you get the SD card out of the PI, insert it into your PC - ignore the formatting offer from Windows - and copy the .zip file with the theme on the new boot partition that shows up. Put back the card, then the .zip file should be available in the /boot folder so you can continue installing it from there.