Game launching video loading screens

PISCES3988

This is the output that I got

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Exexcuting: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

That's the output that I got.

mitu

The error in the log file indicates you've got an error in the /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh, which should contain the commands explained in the topic starter.

Review the file and make sure all commands are correct, you capitalized the paths correctly, didn't add any extra spaces. You can upload the file - as is - to pastebin.com to check if there's anything wrong there.

PISCES3988

@mitu

you mean this file I just typed?

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Exexcuting: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

mitu

@pisces3988 I mean /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh.

PISCES3988

@mitu

Well, I see a red line through retropie and a red line through runcommand-onstart.sh those are the only mistakes that I see.

PISCES3988

@mitu

Where do I go on from here???

Clyde

@pisces3988 What red lines? The runcommand-onstart.sh is just a plain text file that should't have any colour codes or the like. How do you display the file on your machine?

However, I think you really should upload your runcommand-onstart.sh to https://pastebin.com/ like @mitu suggested before. It's very hard for us to tell if or what is wrong with it just from your own descriptions.

PISCES3988

@clyde

Well the other person earlier to me to use a different command on the terminal, then they told me to use pastebin to check for errors that's what happened.

The command the other person told me is

cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log

Do you know how to guide me with this command?

mitu

@pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

then they told me to use pastebin to check for errors that's what happened.

I told you to check for any differences in your runcommand-onstart.sh file to the commands posted in the topic starter, not to use pastebin.com to check for errors. The cat /dev/shm/runcommand.logs showed you have some errors in the .sh file. As @Clyde said - and I also suggested in my previous post - upload the file to pastebin.com so we could see what it contains exactly.

Clyde

@pisces3988 In addition to what @mitu said, if your /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh isn't longer than the 16 lines the instructions told you to add to this file, you could just post its contents here in a code block instead of uploading it to pastebin.com.

This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

Just in the case that you have problems with the upload to pastebin.com. We only need to see the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in some way.

PISCES3988

@clyde

Can you explain how to use code block???

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin, This is the one I uploaded to pastebin

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand/logs
cat: /dev/shm/runcommand/logs: No such file or directory
pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.logs
cat: /dev/shm/runcommand.logs: No such file or directory
pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
-bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry
pi@retropie:~ $ Parameters:
-bash: Parameters:: command not found
pi@retropie:~ $ Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /o pt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropi e/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941 j.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

please tell me what I'm doing wrong

Clyde

@pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

Can you explain how to use code block???

I already did in my example code block:

This is a code block. You cane make one by clicking on the button named "code" with the symbol </> in the forum's editor.

Is this the runcommand-onstart.sh your talking about to upload to pastebin

No, this is your runcommand.log. To display your runcommand-onstart.sh, use this command:

cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

PISCES3988

@clyde

do I type the code block in the runcommand-onstart.sh

Clyde

@pisces3988 No, the code block is a formatting option in this forum. It makes quoted program outputs much more readible.

Example without a code block:

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
-bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

And the same text in a code block:

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/pi/RetroPie/video loadingscreens/: Is a directory
Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr etrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-l ibretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/1941j.zip" --appendc onfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
pi@retropie:~ $ /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 7: /home/p i/RetroPie/videoloadingscreens/: Is a directory
-bash: /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh:: No such file or directo ry

The latter is much more readible. So just copy the contents of your runcommand-onstart.sh in your forum post in a code block.

It's bedtime now in my part of the world. See you tommorow.

PISCES3988

Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

I really don't have a clear understanding of what I'm doing with all these different commands, just to get videoloadingscreens to work.

PISCES3988

@pisces3988

I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

mitu

@pisces3988 said in Game launching video loading screens:

I have no programing or coding experience to pull this off easy, like someone that does.

Adding some text to a file doesn't require programming/coding experience. The topic starter explains in detail how to do that, just editing a file.

Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

Please check the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh file - open it in an editor, like you did when following the installation instructions - and post its contents here, surrounded by a block delimiters (three backticks - ```).