Problems getting pi 3+ to load front end

Efriim · 9 Jun 2019, 22:26

@Lugzyboy82
Enable SSH in the raspi-config on the pi.
Install winscp on your windows computer.
Configure WinSCP to connect to the local ip address with SCP protocol; (edit connection) enter advanced settings, and find and change 'SCP/Shell' Shell: sudo su -.

Then you have a two-pane file manager to navigate the root directory, be cautious of the sensitive filesystem.

The 3b+ wifi and bluetooth work great, no antennae needed. A cooling system is generally a must for the 3b+, otherwise you will experience throttling. A lot of the cases that you can get come bundled with a fan and heatsinks.

First boot takes some time expand the filesystem, if that is the right term it has been a while. When the image is written to the micro sdcard whether by win32 disk image, etcher, or SUSE studio image writer; the filesystem information is formatted and replaced by the disk images. In the case of the RetroPie Image, I think it has two primary filesystems 1: Boot FAT32, 2: Raspbian EXT4.

Lugzyboy82 · 12 Jun 2019, 14:54

@Efriim Sorry for the delay in response but thank you for your help.

Lugzyboy82 · 12 Jun 2019, 14:58

@Efriim Just to confirm, I change 'SCP/Shell' to 'Shell: sudo su-'

Is this correct? I don't want to make a mess of the sensitive files.

mitu · 12 Jun 2019, 14:59

@Lugzyboy82 said in Problems getting pi 3+ to load front end:

Is this correct? I don't want to make a mess of the sensitive files.

Then don't change it to sudo su -. Please don't use the root account for everyday operations.

Efriim · 12 Jun 2019, 15:09

@Lugzyboy82
I may have exaggerated the Cooling System. I lowered the cpu clock speeds on my 3b+ so as not to need a fan, and it emulates most everything just as well.

Yeah sudo su- will work with SCP protocol only, it is just a two-pane file manager. Except with linux files and folders have important attributes and there is nothing to safeguard against deleting important operating system files.

Efriim · 12 Jun 2019, 15:18

But if you gotta set a wallpaper, then its probably the way to do it. The themes are all written a little differently and some have extra assets to customize with, they are in the folder /etc/emulationstation/themes/ the backgrounds are usually in the _asset, or _art folder.

Lugzyboy82 · 12 Jun 2019, 16:58

@Efriim awesome. I will give it a go later. Am I ok to ask any questions if required??

Efriim · 12 Jun 2019, 17:04

@Lugzyboy82
Ask away, I have no desire to stop you.

Lugzyboy82 · 12 Jun 2019, 17:07

@Efriim Thank you. I shall let you know how it goes

Lugzyboy82 · 16 Jun 2019, 11:20

@Efriim Good day sir. Hope you are well. I used the skyscraper website to scrape my videos etc. Although this is a fantastic resource, it missed a hell of a lot of games. To be fair, I was scraping 13000 titles but it missed 750 games out of 800 for my snes system which I was shocked about. Im thinking it may be worth scraping one system at a time.

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 11:56

@Lugzyboy82 Screenscraper has imposed some limits for non-authorized users on the number of scrape requests. I'm also shocked that 750/800 might not be a good success ratio when your total scrape volume is 13.000.

Lugzyboy82 · 16 Jun 2019, 11:59

@mitu I am a registered user and have signed up to monthly subscription. Please keep in mind that it onlu successfully scraped 50 out of 800 snes titles.

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 12:07

@Lugzyboy82 said in Problems getting pi 3+ to load front end:

Please keep in mind that it onlu successfully scraped 50 out of 800 snes titles.

In this case please open a topic with details if you want to find out why. Include the information asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and give a few example ROMs that are not successfully scraped.