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    • meleuM
      meleu @simbz23
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      @simbz23
      I'm not used to use the autostart feature., but I would like to help you with it.

      Can you change the line on your autostart.sh to this?:

      /home/pi/RetroPie-Manager/rpmanager.sh --start --user pi 2>&1 > /tmp/rpmanager.log
      

      And then paste the /tmp/rpmanager.log here.

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        meleu
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        @herb_fargus
        Did you give up that RetroPie scriptmodule for RetroPie-Manager installation?
        If yes, would you mind if I try to finish it?

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          simbz23 @meleu
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          Thanks for the reply @meleu !

          Ran the command like you asked, and the log file was created after a reboot of the pi3, but has nothing inside of it? :-/

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          • herb_fargusH
            herb_fargus administrators @meleu
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            @meleu this is as far as I got with it:

            https://github.com/HerbFargus/RetroPie-Setup/blob/742d55a313ff6184dba23c207a3db5827a873fef/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropie-manager.sh

            But yeah feel free, I am starting a new job and finishing moving so I don't know if I'll have the time.

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              meleu @simbz23
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              @simbz23
              Some questions to let me try to understand what can be the problem:

              If you use the same command direct in the command line, does it work?

              Where exactly is your autostart.sh (what directory)?

              Is there some other command on your autostart.sh? Do they work?

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                simbz23 @meleu
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                @meleu said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                @simbz23
                Some questions to let me try to understand what can be the problem:

                If you use the same command direct in the command line, does it work?

                Where exactly is your autostart.sh (what directory)?

                Is there some other command on your autostart.sh? Do they work?

                1. By direct in the command line, I'm assuming you mean put my original command in a terminal prompt? Here is what I did at a terminal prompt:

                /home/pi/RetroPie-Manager/rpmanager.sh --start --user pi 2>&1 &

                And I got this response:

                Error: only privileged users (ex.: root) can use --user option.

                1. My autostart.sh is in /opt/retropie/configs/all, as per the instructions
                2. No other commands are in there. As my original post shows, and per the instructions, the RetroPie Manager command should come before the emulationstation #auto command. They both don't have be on the same lines I'm assuming?

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                • meleuM
                  meleu @simbz23
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                  @simbz23 said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                  (...) And I got this response:
                  Error: only privileged users (ex.: root) can use --user option.

                  Well, if you are logged as the user pi, there is no need to use the --user option. At least it lets you launch retropie-manager from the command line. ;-)

                  1. My autostart.sh is in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation, as per the instructions

                  I think it sould be at /opt/retropie/configs/all/, and NOT inside the emulationstation subdirectory.

                  Also, try to put a sudo before that rpmanager command in the autostart.sh to see what happens...

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                    simbz23 @meleu
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                    @meleu said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                    @simbz23 said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                    (...) And I got this response:
                    Error: only privileged users (ex.: root) can use --user option.

                    Well, if you are logged as the user pi, there is no need to use the --user option. At least it lets you launch retropie-manager from the command line. ;-)

                    1. My autostart.sh is in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation, as per the instructions

                    I think it sould be at /opt/retropie/configs/all/, and NOT inside the emulationstation subdirectory.

                    Also, try to put a sudo before that rpmanager command in the autostart.sh to see what happens...

                    My bad, @meleu I accidentally added emulationstation in my previous post. The file was already in the right location though.

                    Good news is, your suggestion of adding sudo before the command worked! Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it!

                    Perhaps whoever is in charge of the install instructions on the RetroPie-Manager github should add "sudo" to the command?

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                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @simbz23
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                      @simbz23 adding sudo to the script is bad practise. The sudo issue should be addressed in the code or file permissions

                      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        simbz23 @herb_fargus
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                        @herb_fargus said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                        @simbz23 adding sudo to the script is bad practise. The sudo issue should be addressed in the code or file permissions

                        Agreed. My skills with unix is spotty, do you suggest to "chown" the file, or the folder it's in?

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @simbz23
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                          @simbz23 yeah you can chown the folder it's installed in. I automated it through my module script (https://github.com/HerbFargus/RetroPie-Setup/blob/742d55a313ff6184dba23c207a3db5827a873fef/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropie-manager.sh#L50), I used the same method xboxdrv uses for starting on boot with rc.local rather than through the autostart function. Multiple ways to do it.

                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          • meleuM
                            meleu
                            last edited by meleu

                            I'll try to adapt rpmanager to deal with it and adapt the module that herb made to use rpmanager.

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                              meleu @simbz23
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                              I'm not sure what user id runs the autostart.sh.
                              @simbz23 can you please put the following line in your autostart.sh?

                              id > /tmp/autostart-id.log
                              

                              And then paste here the content of the /tmp/autostart-id.log?

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                                simbz23 @meleu
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                                @meleu said in RetroPie-Manager web app (Recalbox-Manager fork/mod):

                                id > /tmp/autostart-id.log

                                @meleu you got it, more than happy to help. Here is the output of autostart-id.log:

                                uid=1000(pi) gid=1000(pi) groups=1000(pi),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),60(games),100(users),101(input),108(netdev),997(gpio),998(i2c),999(spi)

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                                  meleu @simbz23
                                  last edited by meleu

                                  @simbz23
                                  Oh! It's the pi user! :D
                                  No need to use sudo nor --user. Change your line to this:

                                  /home/pi/RetroPie-Manager/rpmanager.sh --start 2>&1 &
                                  

                                  And you can delete the id line.

                                  Updating the README. Thanks for the feedback!

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                                    simbz23
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                                    @meleu That worked as well! Thanks to you and @herb_fargus for the help, much appreciated! I'm glad I could help out in anyway I can. Its the least I can do for this awesome community!

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                                      wmcclelion
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                                      What is the current status of this project? Would love to see it added to the experimental packages. Amazing how many talented people get drawn to Retropie.

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                                        Shakz
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                                        This is awesome. Cant wait to get home and try it out! Thanks for sharing...I had no idea.

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu
                                          last edited by meleu

                                          I was thinking about this other day. "Is someone using it?"

                                          I was working on the experimental scriptmodule that @herb_fargus started, but lost the enthusiasm... Maybe the @Botolo is busy, and he was tweaking on the main features of the retropie-manager. I just wrote the rpmanager.sh script, and helped with testing and docs.

                                          OK, you guys hit me! I'll try to finish the experimental scriptmodule.

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                                            wmcclelion @meleu
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                                            @meleu I think once this thread got pushed down the page a lot of people forgot about it. I would love to be able to check the status of my pi from my laptop or phone. Maybe even do some basic things like restart the pi or rename roms. Maybe see memory, drive usage, and temp.

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