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    Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update)

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    • LolonoisL
      Lolonois @paffley
      last edited by

      @paffley exactly. I prefer the CLI to reenable autostart into emulationstation: After

      aptitude update && aptitude -y safe-upgrade
      

      I ssh to the retropie as pi user, edit

      /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
      

      and add

      emulationstation
      

      since it got eaten by the update somehow.

      Save. Exit. Reboot. Smile.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @Lolonois
        last edited by

        @Lolonois That's not the issue though and it's not how you fix it.

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          mitu Global Moderator @ohmycommodore
          last edited by

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

          Taking note of this issue again and have a question... ok I see the workaround, but what happens if you HAVE changed your login/password? Is that still active, and therefore entering that is the only change to this workaround?

          Yes, even if you changed the password, you'll still be able to log in - with your changed password - and re-apply the auto-login setting.

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          • LolonoisL
            Lolonois @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu Well YMMV but it fits to the OP.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Lolonois
              last edited by

              @Lolonois It's not the same issue. The problem reported happens because of an OS upgrade which breaks auto-login. The autostart.sh script is not modified by the OS upgrades so re-editing it doesn't fix anything.

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                cschultz099
                last edited by

                The easiest way to fix it is to first login with username: pi Password: raspberry
                then go to raspi-config 0_1542863665706_tutorial-retropie-02-01f.jpg
                Select Change User password 0_1542864006915_raspi-config.png
                Set to auto login in the options
                And you are done your pi should start normally and login without manually having to out in the password.

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                  Archanfel
                  last edited by

                  I am also getting the auto-login after updating the OS, but something is wrong, the default login and password aren't working, and I never mess with those anyway. Whats more, my NOOBS recovery won't respond to the shift key during boot-up, so I can't even repair or edit anything. What did that blasted update do??

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                    cschultz099 @Archanfel
                    last edited by

                    @Archanfel Try to reinstall retropie

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                    • thezoofT
                      thezoof
                      last edited by

                      I got the same issue and setting boot options worked as always for me.

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                        bryinvegas
                        last edited by

                        I having the same problem, I’m getting in and changed password but it keeps booting to the command prompt screen . When I go to rasp config and try to change boot options like suggested in many thread reply’s but it reboots to the command prompt screen and won’t boot to ES.

                        Is the a way yo get to RetroPie setup from command prompt to change settings?

                        Thanks

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @bryinvegas
                          last edited by

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

                          Is the a way yo get to RetroPie setup from command prompt to change settings?

                          Run

                          sudo ~/Retropie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
                          

                          and you'll have the RetroPie script started and you can make changes.

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                            bryinvegas @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu thanks so much

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                              Potatopops9 @paffley
                              last edited by Potatopops9

                              @paffley HELLLLPPPP i rebooted my pi 3 after updating everthing and this happened! I SPENT OVER $200 ON THIS :( i kinda tired to type other things in but it dosnt work SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THE PASSWORD!!!!!!

                              HELP.jpg

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Potatopops9
                                last edited by

                                @Potatopops9 The solution is in this topic - have you tried applying the fixes suggested ? For the record, you're supposed to write pi at the login prompt and press enter, then write the password (raspberry). You've wrote sudo passwd pi , password instead.

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                                  BuZz administrators @Potatopops9
                                  last edited by

                                  @Potatopops9 I'd get a refund!

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    Potatopops9 @mitu
                                    last edited by Potatopops9

                                    @mitu what so what do i do ? PS im using this on my raspbery pi 3b+ booting retropi 4.4 i think

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                                      BuZz administrators @Potatopops9
                                      last edited by

                                      @Potatopops9 follow the instructions given above. Well, either @mitu 's advice or mine.

                                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        Potatopops9 @BuZz
                                        last edited by Potatopops9

                                        @BuZz i tried pi for the login and password for the password but it didnt work :( it said it timed out after 60 seconds

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                                        • BuZzB
                                          BuZz administrators @Potatopops9
                                          last edited by

                                          @Potatopops9 because that's not the password. It's raspberry as @mitu has already said.

                                          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                            VRINGAME
                                            last edited by VRINGAME

                                            @Potatopops9 @paffley I tried to redo here and realized that the "Y" and "Z" key are changed in my appraisal.
                                            So at the time of typing the password I wrote:
                                            raspberrz

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