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      simbz23
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      @jacobfk20 Great job on this new ES! Makes using many of the internal functions much easier!

      Only issue I am having is the available wifi networks aren't showing up when I select the "connect to wifi" option in the network settings. All it shows is "Available Networks" and the back button. I can see my current info for the wifi I'm connected to, and can turn on and off the wifi.

      I did see this error in the terminal when I exited out of emulationstation:

      wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning: Device or resource busy

      I put the wificonnect file in /home/pi/.emulationstation/app/wifi/

      Right location? :-/

      4.0 RC1
      pi3
      Logitech F310

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        jacobfk20
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        @simbz23 Try backing out of "Connect To Wifi" then go right back in. That may work. Let me know. :)

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          jacobfk20
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          @Rookervik I haven't done much with ThemeData but I'll keep that in mind. I can't make promises on variables being a thing though. The thing I would want first is giving more theme control over system view and adding more alignment options.

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            simbz23
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            @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

            @simbz23 Try backing out of "Connect To Wifi" then go right back in. That may work. Let me know. :)

            No go :-/....Tried restarting as well, and still won't show the networks. Sounds like no one else is having this issue?

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              jacobfk20
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              @simbz23 Are you using the Pi 3's internal wifi? can you run ifconfig wlan0 and not get an error?

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                Rookervik Global Moderator @jacobfk20
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                @jacobfk20 yeah, any options to move the bar or change the bar's opacity ffffffxx like you do with text and images would be great. Then we need a version for PC so I can theme for it. LOL. Copying theme stuff over to the pi while working on a theme is a hassle. Haha

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                  jacobfk20
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                  @Rookervik I have a branch that is just gridview that is windows friendly. I will compile a windows version of it sometime in the next couple days.

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                    ben_thatmustbeme
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                    I am trying to keep up with any new code in my PieStation branch as well as merge in anything anyone has added. Attempting to pull in the kid friendly branch has caused some issues with it. But I would love anyone who has more time than I do, to feel free to poke around.

                    The latest attempt to merge herdinger's code, @Zigurana and @jacobfk20's grid view code all in to mine is on the 'allmerge' branch, but a test run showed it clearly had problems on the main system list, haven't dug in to what happened yet.

                    https://github.com/dissolve/PieStation/

                    Once it gets a little more stable i'll create the PR for a setup script

                    https://github.com/dissolve/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/supplementary/piestation.sh

                    in the meantime, anyone can easily create that on their own system for whatever github repo / branch and you can have it install it all for you.

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                      mattrixk @jacobfk20
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                      @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

                      The thing I would want first is giving more theme control over system view and adding more alignment options.

                      Yay, alignment options! Just a reminder I had a bunch of ideas/requests upthread and the first few were theme related.

                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                        simbz23 @jacobfk20
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                        @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

                        @simbz23 Are you using the Pi 3's internal wifi? can you run ifconfig wlan0 and not get an error?

                        ifconfig works fine actually! Reports my IP and MAC correctly, and yes I'm using the internal wifi :-/

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                          jacobfk20
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                          @simbz23 You said you were able to see the info of your current connected wifi correct? If so I may have an idea on what is happening. I'll take a look tomorrow and may post an update.

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                            Zigurana
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                            @Global-Moderators: This thread needs moderation, maybe split it into several topics?

                            • ES: db vs XML
                            • ES: feature requests
                            • ES: troubleshooting
                            • ES: Ideas for further dev

                            If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                              simbz23 @jacobfk20
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                              @jacobfk20 Sweet, thank you! :-)

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                                meleu @Zigurana
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                                @Zigurana
                                For feature requests we can continue in this existent thread:
                                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/177/emulationstation-feature-requests-here

                                Or, better yet, the "issue" section of the specific github repository.

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                                  Zigurana @meleu
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                                  @meleu and which repository would that be? Did we arrive at a common development repository yet?
                                  I see all these new people popping up, and there seems to be a lot of interest and momentum building atm. It would be great if we could capture that and bring ES into a next golden age!
                                  I hope that @ben_thatmustbeme can bring it together. I'll check his work as soon as I can.

                                  If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                    BuZz administrators @Zigurana
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                                    @Zigurana I think some context would be lost splitting out stuff that much - Please can you point people to post on another thread if it is becoming confusing etc.

                                    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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                                      trekdrop
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                                      I am really a noob in this stuff.. so I gonna ask a question. When I tried to copy the emulationstation file I get a premssion denied. Anyone who can help me?

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                                        ben_thatmustbeme @trekdrop
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                                        @trekdrop that might be a topic best handled in a different thread. also include what command you were trying to do. I'm not sure what you were doing exactly.

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                                          trekdrop @ben_thatmustbeme
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                                          @ben_thatmustbeme

                                          Oh, I hope I am doing the right thing! I will start a new thread if it is necessary.

                                          To install you need two files. the core EmulationStation program and for the wifi connect feature to work, you'll need it's tiny addon.

                                          First make a backup of your current emulationstation file in /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation. Then move my version of emulationstation into that same folder.

                                          I was doing this, simply copy the emulationstation MOD file over mine. And that didn't work.
                                          I

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                                            ben_thatmustbeme @trekdrop
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                                            make sure to add sudo to that command, as its probably owned by root.

                                            The easiest way I have found to do this is actually just in the retropie-setup scripts.

                                            I created one quickly for @jacobfk20 's gridview branch.
                                            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dissolve/RetroPie-Setup/gridview/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation-gridview.sh

                                            just put this in RetroPie-Setup/gridview/scriptmodules/supplementary/ and then you can run
                                            sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

                                            It will compile everything for you and put it in place and you can easily uninstall/update it from there as well. its under manage packages , experimental

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