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    • matchamanM
      matchaman
      last edited by matchaman

      You can easily backup ROMs, configuration files, artwork, themes, etc. Pretty much everything that consumed your time. A new setup itself isn't time consuming and restoring your personal work is only a matter of transfer bandwidth.

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        tobas @matchaman
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        @matchaman my friend made the attract mode in a way that I cannot just duplicate. he removed the need for a keyboard entirely. it's very clever and a nice reminder of how good he was with this stuff.

        I've tried to replace everything from a backup after starting fresh and it simply does not work. I have all files, configs, roms. everything. if simply dragging my old files back in worked I wouldnt be asking for a solution.

        I dont even need bandwidth. I can access my image through paragon, transferring is easy and fast. it simply does not work.

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          tobas
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          I'm at the point where I'm willing to pay for instructions on how to get my attract mode working again after upgrading to stretch.

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator
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            IMO you should reinstall attractmode from source (not binary), and then look at the build logs to see what failed. this could give a good clue.

            this was suggested to you by @mitu already

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              tobas @dankcushions
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              @dankcushions I will do that hopefully tonight. but my offer stands. I am willing to pay for information that will allow my attract mode to work properly after upgrading to stretch.

              if anyone has upgraded to stretch from jessie and figured out how to restore their attract mode I will send them money through paypal.

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                tobas
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                I'm setting a 20 dollar bounty for information on how to restore my attract mode after upgrading to stretch from jessie. If you can tell me how to get it working again as it was before, the money is yours.

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver @tobas
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                  @tobas why are you offering money when people are already trying to help you for free? Install attract mode from source and then see where that gets you like @dankcushions suggested. Nobody knows off the top of their head what the solution is. What I mean is nobody is withholding information from you, troubleshooting can be a trial and error process.

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                    tobas
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                    Attract mode will not compile.

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                    • dankcushionsD
                      dankcushions Global Moderator @tobas
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                      @tobas please upload the log file somewhere as mitu requested. we need to look at the full thing.

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                        tobas @dankcushions
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                        @dankcushions I'm not sure where to find the log file, I thought it was in runncommand?

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
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                          I think @dankcushions was referring to the compilation log, which I asked a few posts before, from $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs. However, looking at your previous screenshot, that's not the case, since it looks like you're trying to compile AttractMode outside the RetroPie-Setup, on your own.

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                            tobas @mitu
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                            @mitu I did install it through the setup script as well and that is also not recognized

                            I found the log.gz but I'm not sure how to post the contents

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                              mitu Global Moderator @tobas
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                              @tobas The .gz is a zipped file - you can use 7zip to unpack it and the upload its contents on pastebin.com.

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                                tobas
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                                also, I just want to be clear. this isn't about the image anymore. I have it backed up and I will just use it forever without updates because it's more important to have it intact than up to date.

                                I just want to deepen my understanding of how the pi works. I'm not the only one who has had this same problem and so far no one has been able to find a solution. I'm so curious about this and the more I investigate the more I want to find an answer.

                                Like I said, it's worth paying for. if someone is willing to take the time and teach me something new that's valuable. on that note, bounty is up to 30 bucks for whoever finds the answer/solution.

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @tobas
                                  last edited by

                                  I just want to deepen my understanding of how the pi works. I'm not the only one who has had this same problem and so far no one has been able to find a solution. I'm so curious about this and the more I investigate the more I want to find an answer.

                                  What problem is that ?

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                                    tobas @mitu
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                                    @mitu upgrading jessie to stretch breaking attract mode.

                                    the log is just detailing the package updates, emulation station and retroarch etc, the attract mode install didnt even make a log

                                    this guy for example had the same issue:

                                    @raibura said in Retropie: Upgrading Raspbian Jessie to Stretch:

                                    @Lodan-Zark Thank you for this guide, I have successful migration to stretch and my Pi 3B + now is working but i can't launch Attract Mode because an error appear like this:
                                    attract: error while loading shared libraries: libGLESv2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
                                    but when i go to the folder in opt/vc/lib i can see the file there so i cant understand whats goin on, can you give me some kind of help please? i really appreciate if you would.

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                                      tobas
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                                      hm, that's strange. it didn't install attract mode from the setup script before but it appears to be doing so now. interesting.

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator
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                                        Aha. So I guess the number of people telling you that upgrading a Jessie install to Stretch is not supported and doesn't work reliably is not something you're considering.
                                        In this case, I wish you good luck figuring this out.

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                                          tobas @mitu
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                                          @mitu I do understand that. I'm just curious about this one particular thing. no disrespect intended.

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                                            tobas
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                                            attract mode installed properly from the setup script but it didn't make a difference.

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