First-time user issues

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 03:41

Pi Model: 4
Power: standard USB-C
RetroPie: 4.6
Built From: official SD image from website
USB Devices connected: none
Controller used: Xin-mo dual arcade board

Hi. I just installed the system today and I am having several issues:

I don't see a way to configure two-player input using the dual arcade board. RP seems to consider this as one controller.
Something happened after my last configuration change/reboot. The filesystem is read-only and I get error messages all over the place.

Those two are the big issues. I also have questions about configuring the system but these aren't stopping me from using RetroPie:

In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.
I want to disable the info box when a title launches, which also says "press a button to configure". I don't want the player to do be able to get into that.

mitu · 22 Jun 2020, 04:27

I don't see a way to configure two-player input using the dual arcade board. RP seems to consider this as one controller.

See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xin-Mo-Controller/.

Something happened after my last configuration change/reboot. The filesystem is read-only and I get error messages all over the place.

This usually happens when a sdcard gets corrupted, is this a new card ?

In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

Which settings ? I think the RetroPie system is hidden when running in Kiosk mode.

I want to disable the info box when a title launches, which also says "press a button to configure". I don't want the player to do be able to get into that.

You can do that by configuring Runcommand and disabling the launch menu.

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 05:47

@mitu said in First-time user issues:

See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xin-Mo-Controller/.

Thanks! :)

This usually happens when a sdcard gets corrupted, is this a new card ?

It's new-ish. I'd be surprised if it got corrupted. I guess I could re-install. Is there a way to verify and/or fix it?

In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

Which settings ? I think the RetroPie system is hidden when running in Kiosk mode.

So, the UI settings and all of that are unavailable but if you press left/right to select the machine, you can see a configuration page. That lets you check the IP address and lots of other things.

I want to disable the info box when a title launches, which also says "press a button to configure". I don't want the player to do be able to get into that.

You can do that by configuring Runcommand and disabling the launch menu.

Thanks, again! :) I appreciate the help.

mitu · 22 Jun 2020, 06:04

@YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

It's new-ish. I'd be surprised if it got corrupted. I guess I could re-install. Is there a way to verify and/or fix it?

There are programs that can test the card - something like H2testw.

So, the UI settings and all of that are unavailable but if you press left/right to select the machine, you can see a configuration page. That lets you check the IP address and lots of other things.

I think that's normal, Kiosk mode hides the items marked 'hidden', so if you don't hide the RetroPie's system entries, they'll still show up. Kid mode hides the RetroPie system entirely.

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 08:05

@mitu said in First-time user issues:

There are programs that can test the card - something like H2testw.

I'll look into it.

I think that's normal, Kiosk mode hides the items marked 'hidden', so if you don't hide the RetroPie's system entries, they'll still show up. Kid mode hides the RetroPie system entirely.

I wanted to try kid mode but then it said there was nothing to show.

The Xin-mo tweak worked except that it's incorrectly mapping p0 to player 2 and p1 to player 1. How can I reverse that?

I'm also confused about the "hotkey" button. It's letting me map it to select but then select+start doesn't quit the game.

mitu · 22 Jun 2020, 08:24

@YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

I wanted to try kid mode but then it said there was nothing to show.

The Kid only shows items which are explicitly selected to be kid-friendly (aka whitelisting). If you don't mark any game as 'Kid friendly', then nothing will be shown.

The Xin-mo tweak worked except that it's incorrectly mapping p0 to player 2 and p1 to player 1. How can I reverse that?

I don't understand what p0/p1 is in this context ? What emulator are you testing ?

Did you wire the controllers identically - since they use the same configuration, input X (button or joy axis) on P1 controller needs to be wired identically to input X on P2.

sirhenrythe5th · 22 Jun 2020, 08:40

Another possible way:
I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 10:50

@mitu said in First-time user issues:

The Kid only shows items which are explicitly selected to be kid-friendly (aka whitelisting). If you don't mark any game as 'Kid friendly', then nothing will be shown.

Thanks. Understood.

I don't understand what p0/p1 is in this context ? What emulator are you testing ?

Did you wire the controllers identically - since they use the same configuration, input X (button or joy axis) on P1 controller needs to be wired identically to input X on P2.

This is using MAME (libretro). The Xin Mo board has pins divided into two groups labelled "p0" and "p1", corresponding to players 1 and 2, respectively. I started a fresh install and reconfigured things.

It's close to working but it's not quite there. When I tried Street Fighter 2, two of player 2's buttons didn't work, even though they were readily recognized during configuration.

The wiring should be identical. So, is there just one controller-configuration for both players, using this method? I assumed I could treat them as separate but that doesn't seem to work.

@sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

Another possible way:
I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

This is another way to use the Xin Mo controller?

sirhenrythe5th · 22 Jun 2020, 11:08

@sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

Another possible way:
I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

This is another way to use the Xin Mo controller?

No, that is about this issue:

In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

When you delete the whole entry of the options-menu in the es_systems.cfg it wont appear again anywhere: not in Kiosk-Mode, not in Kids-Mode and even not in normal mode.

mitu · 22 Jun 2020, 11:20

@YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

The wiring should be identical. So, is there just one controller-configuration for both players, using this method? I assumed I could treat them as separate but that doesn't seem to work.

When using the Libretro (RetroArch) input configuration, then yes, you can't have different auto-configs for each player. You can, however, using either a core input remap to change the mapping or use the MAME input configuration, which can be accessed by pressing Tab (you'll need a keyboard for this).

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 21:54

@sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

No, that is about this issue:

In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

When you delete the whole entry of the options-menu in the es_systems.cfg it wont appear again anywhere: not in Kiosk-Mode, not in Kids-Mode and even not in normal mode.

Ah, cool. Thanks! :)

YetroPly · 22 Jun 2020, 21:57

@mitu

@mitu said in First-time user issues:

When using the Libretro (RetroArch) input configuration, then yes, you can't have different auto-configs for each player. You can, however, using either a core input remap to change the mapping or use the MAME input configuration, which can be accessed by pressing Tab (you'll need a keyboard for this).

Thanks! I'll have a look.