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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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      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.

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        PISCES3988 @mitu
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        @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

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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          @pisces3988 I mean /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh.

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            PISCES3988 @mitu
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            @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.

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              PISCES3988 @mitu
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              @mitu

              Where do I go on from here???

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde @PISCES3988
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                @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.

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                  PISCES3988 @Clyde
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                  @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?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                    @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.

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                    • ClydeC
                      Clyde @PISCES3988
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                      @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.

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                        PISCES3988 @Clyde
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                        @clyde

                        Can you explain how to use code block???

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                          PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                          @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

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                            PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                            @pisces3988

                            please tell me what I'm doing wrong

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                            • ClydeC
                              Clyde @PISCES3988
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                              @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
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                                PISCES3988 @Clyde
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                                @clyde

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

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                                • ClydeC
                                  Clyde @PISCES3988
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                                  @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.

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                                    PISCES3988
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                                    Can someone please make this easier, please with a cherry on top!

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                                      PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                                      @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.

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                                        PISCES3988 @PISCES3988
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                                        @pisces3988

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

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @PISCES3988
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                                          @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 - ```).

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                                            PISCES3988 @mitu
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                                            @mitu

                                            Which editor should I use?

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