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    New installed emulator not showing in ES

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @boomspar
      last edited by

      @boomspar said in New installed emulator not showing in ES:

      The files are rom-files

      So they have the .rom extension ? Can you show a listing of the msx folder with the files in it ?

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      • boomsparB
        boomspar
        last edited by 

        /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/a1942.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/BALANCE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Balloona1.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Billiard.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/BOSCONIA.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/BreakIn.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/BUBBLE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/CABBAGE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/EGGER.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/F1SPIRIT.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/F-PANIC.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/FROGGER.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/FruitSearch.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/FUTURE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Galaga.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GALAXIAN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GALIOUS.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GOLF.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GOONIES.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GRADIUS2.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/GUARDIC.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HARDBALL.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HBOXING.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HBOYS.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HEAVEN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HOLE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/HOLEPRO.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/IKARI.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/INSPECTZ.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Kings_Valley_2_MSX2_Gold.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/KUNGFU2.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/KVALLEY.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MADRIDER.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MONKEY.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MONKEYAC.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MOPIRANG.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MOUSER.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MRCHIN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MRGHOST.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/MUE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/nemesis.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/NEMESIS2.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/nemesis3.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/ninja.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/OGRE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PACMAN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PacMania.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PARODIUS.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PENGUIN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PILOT.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PIPPOLS.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/pooyan.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/PROTECT.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/QBERT.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/RALLYX.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/ROAD.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/ROLLERBA.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/SALAMAND.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/SpaceMazeAttack.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/SpaceTrouble.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/sparkie.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/SuperSnake.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/TANK.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/tennis.rom
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/TWINBEE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/VAMPIRE.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/VIRGIN.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/WIZ.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/WOODY.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/XEVIOUS.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/ZANAC.ROM
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/ZANACEX.ROM
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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @boomspar
          last edited by

          @boomspar The listing looks fine - the files are named according to the extension configured. Do you by any chance have toggled the Parse Gamelists Only option in Emulationstation ? If it's on, then ES only reads the existing gamelist.xml files and doesn't scan for new files.

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          • boomsparB
            boomspar
            last edited by

            No I didn't touch that. For a test I putted some mame roms in the mame folder and snes in the snes folder and YES 2 systems showing up in the menu. But still no MSX.

            I already tried to remove them - reboot - reinstall - reboot. Tried it for fmsx and bluemsx...

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @boomspar
              last edited by

              @boomspar How did you copy them ? Have you used the root account, maybe Emulationstation cannot read the ROMs. Can you paste the ES log file from (/home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt) ?

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              • boomsparB
                boomspar
                last edited by

                No I didn't use/activate the root account.
                MSX is not in the logging..

                lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.7.5rp, built Feb 27 2018 - 18:11:47
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Added unconfigured joystick MOSIC      SPEED-LINK Competition Pro  (GUID: 030000000b0400003365000000010000, instance ID: 0, device index: 0).
lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
lvl2: 	Loading system config file /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "atari2600" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "atari5200" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "atari7800" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "atari800" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "atarilynx" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "fba" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "fds" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "gamegear" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "gb" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "gba" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "gbc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "mame-libretro" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "mastersystem" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "megadrive" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "n64" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "neogeo" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "ngpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "pcengine" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "psx" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "sega32x" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "sg-1000" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl1: 	  Unknown platform for system "kodi" (platform "kodi" from list "kodi")
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/kodi/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/kodi/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
lvl2: 	 req sound [basic.launch]
lvl2: 	   (missing)
lvl2: 	Attempting to launch game...
lvl2: 		/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ snes /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/Top\ Gear\ 2\ \(U\)\ \[\!\].zip
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Added unconfigured joystick MOSIC      SPEED-LINK Competition Pro  (GUID: 030000000b0400003365000000010000, instance ID: 0, device index: 0).
lvl2: 	Added unconfigured joystick MOSIC      SPEED-LINK Competition Pro  (GUID: 030000000b0400003365000000010000, instance ID: 0, device index: 0).
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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  The log doesn't show any fatal errors, but I can't find a reason for the problem. You can try using the RetroPie's own image from retropie.org.uk/download, instead of the PINN provided one.

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                    dmmarti
                    last edited by

                    I know you mentioned not having an additional es_systems.cfg in your original post ... but can you check this location (you mentioned not in home so I just wanted to make sure you've checked the proper secondary location)?

                    /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

                    If you've added the emulators, the entry is in the /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg, and you've added roms with the appropriate extension, that's the only other thing I can think of after the other suggestions above.

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                    • lostlessL
                      lostless @boomspar
                      last edited by

                      @boomspar make sure you’re not using a custom essystems.cfg file. If you did a custom one to reorder systems, it will not update when adding new systems, you have to manually add them in.

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                      • boomsparB
                        boomspar
                        last edited by

                        @dmmarti that did the job!

                        I had an older version of es_system.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation.

                        So I copied the /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg to this loaction then restarted the system and THERE THEY ARE.

                        But for my understanding.. are there more files to be copied to here for proper operation?

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @boomspar
                          last edited by mitu

                          @boomspar said in New installed emulator not showing in ES:

                          I had an older version of es_system.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation.

                          And you said that you don't have a custom config file in your home...

                          But for my understanding.. are there more files to be copied to here for proper operation?

                          You should not copy anything, the system es_systems.cfg file is kept up to date by the RetroPie setup script - when you add a new emulator, the corresponding folder is created under ~/RetroPie/roms and the necessary entries are added in the ES config file also. If you copied the ES config file in your home and customized it - as described in the docs - then you can have a 2nd config file, which is NOT updated by the RetroPie setup script and that you can manually maintain.

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                          • boomsparB
                            boomspar
                            last edited by

                            I didn't saw any file in /home. But instead so in /opt.

                            I think I am a little confused.
                            So what can I do to make it proper working.

                            I will restore the file in /opt and then what's the best way to do?

                            ps. I didn't manualy edit files. I following steps out of the es-gui -->

                            • Retropie - configuration
                            • retropie setup
                            • P Manage packages
                            • opt Manage optional packages
                            • 211 lr-bluemsx
                            • S Install from source
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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Jus remove the file in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation and the system (/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg) will take over.

                              When you said 'you don't have a file in your home', I meant to understand you don't have a custom es_systems.cfg file $HOME/.emulationstation. The folder $HOME/.emulationstation is the same as /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation, so you must have added that file yourself - as per the docs page I mentioned - at some point, but your forgot about it.

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                              • ClydeC
                                Clyde @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @mitu Maybe @boomspar didn't notice $HOME/.emulationstation because it is a hidden directory? (i.e. beginning with a ".", just mentioned for others here)

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                                • boomsparB
                                  boomspar
                                  last edited by

                                  Yes I didn't notice at first and discovered this morning indead that it was the same when I did a global search.

                                  Maybe the PINN installation did make it.

                                  I deleted it rebooted and MSX is showing, so thanx. But then... the roms wil not load. Returning to ES again.

                                  runcommand.log:

                                  Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/msx/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/FROGGER.ROM" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1006:   978 Segmentation fault      /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/msx/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/FROGGER.ROM" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

                                  So I tried removing all the roms and put in one rom I know normally worked in ES. Reboot and again not showing up the game.

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Looks like a bad ROM or missing BIOS files - see the MSX Emulators doc page.

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                                    • boomsparB
                                      boomspar
                                      last edited by

                                      Isn't it weird ; I followed the normal steps below and install does require manual steps...

                                      Retropie - configuration
                                      retropie setup
                                      P Manage packages
                                      opt Manage optional packages
                                      211 lr-bluemsx
                                      S Install from source

                                      or is that right?

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                                      • boomsparB
                                        boomspar
                                        last edited by

                                        Anyway, moved roms to the specified 'shared' folder and it worked.

                                        But still as in my previous post I thought by following the normal gui steps installation must be working but apparently not.

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @boomspar
                                          last edited by

                                          @boomspar Generally BIOS and ROMs are not provided by RetroPie unless there's free/open source. That's why the BIOS requirements are always mentioned on the emulator's page. Just like for ROMs, you're responsible for copying the necessary BIOS files in place - they don't come with the package installed from the RetroPie-Setup.

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