DOSBox and RetroPie.

mitu

@ignatius said in DOSBox and RetroPie.:

Emulator: SNES emulator (not sure which one RetroPie uses).

I don't think so.

Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS):

You should at least have a /dev/shm/runcommand.log file present after you're trying to launch a game through Doxbox.

Any way you could share your dosbox.conf file? I believe, that's where the problem is.

I doubt it, I have the 'stock' configuration file that comes after you install RetroPie's dosbox package.

What game are yo trying to run ?

ignatius

Bleh. Brain fart. I don't know I said "SNES emulator".... Anyway, there is no trace of a /dev/shm/runcommand.log Is there anyway I could open up a terminal on the Raspberry Pi and run DOSBox manually? I have a menu entry that appears to be DOSBox.. but, none of the games launch (to answer your question, i'm trying out "Master Of Magic") for some reason. I even made a shell script to launch dosbox, no luck there either.

mitu

@ignatius Sure, doxbox is located in /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox, just run the command from the terminal and see what errors you get.

ignatius

Hmm. No sign of it in that directory. And for some reason, unknown by me, I cannot install DOSBox from "RetroPie Setup", it does not have a binary to download. I can only install from source, and even then, it doesn't work. Not sure if it's my /etc/apt/sources.list or what. Something I should mention, is that, I installed dosbox via "apt-get install dosbox".

Thanks.

mitu

@ignatius said in DOSBox and RetroPie.:

Not sure if it's my /etc/apt/sources.list or what.

Dosbox is not installed via apt. The package should be in the optional packages section:

Something I should mention, is that, I installed dosbox via "apt-get install dosbox".

That's why you probably didn't have the es_systems.cfg configured and the Runcommand doesn't work.

ignatius

Ok. Trying to "Install from source"... We'll see.

mitu

@ignatius All optional packages should have a binary update/install option - don't you have that option ?

ignatius

No, I don't. :(

edmaul69

@ignatius usually if you dont have a binary it means you arent connected to the internet. But you havent said if the source was installing. Which dosbox are you installing?

ignatius

I've tried two different WiFi Servers. No luck with either.

ignatius

Could it possibly be a permissions error?

edmaul69

@ignatius have you tried clicking on update retropie-setup? What happens? 2 things i have seen are biggest issues. No wifi or your clock settings are wrong.

ignatius

Ok. I sovled it. It turned out that my router was blocking my RPi. Thanks to everyone for their insight.

ignatius

Now, one last question before I close this thread. I'm trying to transfer my RPi instalation from a 16GB card to a 32GB card. I formatted just as I did my 16GB card, partitioned the same, etc, but it just isn't working. I know that the RPi requires that the first partition needs to be FAT32 formatted, and the second partition needs to be formatted ext4 Linux. I copied my installation over, but it just isn't booting. Does the RPi Zero W not support 32GB cards, or what?

Thanks to everyone.

mitu

@ignatius You can just create a backup image from your existing SD card, then write it - with Etcher/Win32Diskimager - on your new SD card. It should work as long as the Pi model is the same.
Afterwards, you can go into raspi-config (which you can start from the RetroPie menu) and use the Expand filesystem option to fill up the rest of your 32Gb card.

ignatius

Awesome. Thank you. :)