Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update)

paffley · 9 Jan 2019, 06:38

Hi guys,

just updated my retropie through retropie setup 'update'.
all went fine.
rebooted and it loads up the splash then goes to a login screen?

it says:

Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 retropie ttyl
retropie login:
password:

FYI: It wont let you type anything in the password section.

Anybody else had this after an update? just happened now at 22:00 UK time 18/07/2018

I can still login to SSH if this helps.

simonster · 18 Jul 2018, 21:45

Hi,

The password field always remains blank whilst typing.

If you haven't changed the defaults the user login is pi and the password is raspberry

Some other details about your setup would be useful. Try completing the requested information in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

swallick · 19 Jul 2018, 00:03

I'm getting this too, and I haven't had a chance to really look in to it yet.

I have a clean RetroPie install on a Pi3 Model B and after running the update script from within the retropie_setup script, I'm getting a login prompt immediately before Emulation Station launches.

I can log in at the prompt, it's just that the cursor doesn't track.

This also happened on a Freeplay CM3 (which runs a slightly custom RetroPie build) which I disregarded.

SuperNu69 · 19 Jul 2018, 02:16

Same thing happened to me after updating RetroPie to the latest version the other day. Try using the directions from @mitu in this thread to fix the auto login failure.

--SN

mitu · 19 Jul 2018, 02:24

Hm, that's strange. I get the same thing after rebooting. I usually don't reboot the pi for quite some time, so I didn't stumble upon this, but there must have been some OS update that messed with the autologin service. I'll check to see what's causing this.

@paffley @SuperNu69 - did you choose to update the OS packages during the update ?

BuZz · 19 Jul 2018, 02:47

@mitu This happened to me before - this issue may be the same cause. Nothing we can do as it's an upstream issue (That I reported to Raspbian and had no response).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/raspbian/+bug/1755811

mitu · 19 Jul 2018, 02:54

I figured as much. Would it make sense to add a post-update hook for the package and - forcibly - re-enable the service after a full update from the RetroPie script ?

paffley · 19 Jul 2018, 11:06

@mitu said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

@paffley @SuperNu69 - did you choose to update the OS packages during the update ?

@mitu I first updated retropie setup script then ran the update, it runs the setup script again then I click ok on update kernel etc. Hope this helps.
Ive managed to login and used the fix that as above, thanks @SuperNu69

mitu · 19 Jul 2018, 11:09

@paffley Thanks for confirmation - it's the systemd OS package upgrade that is causing this.

paffley · 19 Jul 2018, 11:12

@mitu thanks for letting me know :)

Rad_Schuhart · 19 Jul 2018, 17:13

Im having the same problem. What can I do for fixing it?

Sano · 19 Jul 2018, 17:19

@BuZz This reminds me of something reported here a few months ago... Too bad they didn't take your case into account.

Here is the simpliest way to fix this:

at command prompt, type sudo raspi-config
select option 3 in menu (Boot Options)
select option B1 (Desktopp/CLI)
select option B2 (Console Autologin)

Then Ok, exit all the way and restart.

ClassicGMR · 21 Jul 2018, 19:31

@sano said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

@BuZz This reminds me of something reported here a few months ago... Too bad they didn't take your case into account.

Here is the simpliest way to fix this:

at command prompt, type sudo raspi-config

select option 3 in menu (Boot Options)

select option B1 (Desktopp/CLI)

select option B2 (Console Autologin)

Then Ok, exit all the way and restart.

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for. :)

billmet68 · 23 Jul 2018, 08:03

@sano
How did you get to the prompt to enter the command? It just times out after improper password entry?

Sano · 23 Jul 2018, 09:30

@billmet68
You have to login with the pi user of course, either with a keyboard on the RPi or through ssh :)

BuZz · 23 Jul 2018, 09:50

I added a comment to my previous bug report and opened an issue against raspi-config - https://github.com/RPi-Distro/raspi-config/issues/81 - maybe a Raspbian developer will notice.

@mitu - I would prefer this to be fixed upstream that workaround this in RetroPie so will see what happens.

Rad_Schuhart · 23 Jul 2018, 09:51

@sano said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

@BuZz This reminds me of something reported here a few months ago... Too bad they didn't take your case into account.

Here is the simpliest way to fix this:

at command prompt, type sudo raspi-config

select option 3 in menu (Boot Options)

select option B1 (Desktopp/CLI)

select option B2 (Console Autologin)

Then Ok, exit all the way and restart.

This worked for me. Thank you very much!

RedBatman · 29 Jul 2018, 02:08

So has this been fixed? Or should I still avoid updating for now?

Sano · 29 Jul 2018, 05:49

@redbatman I don't think it's fixed, but the workaround is pretty simple, so you don't have to refrain from updating if you have to update (IMHO), provided you're aware the issue and have some basic knowledge.
This is an upstream bug of raspbian systemd and/or raspi-config packages, as said by @BuZz earlier, so technically not a retropie bug.

particle · 1 Aug 2018, 02:29

@rad_schuhart is this also valid for any time the password for the pi account is changed?
(Just reset the autologin, and all is well)
the plus side is that you have a less guessable SSH login on your network.