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    • IdelacioI
      Idelacio @cyperghost
      last edited by

      @cyperghost

      Oops, sorry for the slow reply.

      Yup! That worked perfectly. Thanks! <3

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      • ExarKunIvE
        ExarKunIv
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        @cyperghost I have used this to shutdown my pi.
        But i have come across a few posts saying that it can be used to shutdown a emulator or restart ES.

        Can it be used to finishing killing xinit after exiting a game?

        RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
        RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
        Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost @ExarKunIv
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          @exarkuniv as long as the call is

          1. Runcommand.sh
          2. Xinit
          3. X Application
            And all calls are children of the shell parent process then it is very likely that it will work. But never tested before
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          • ExarKunIvE
            ExarKunIv @cyperghost
            last edited by

            @cyperghost yes i have the command going through run command to lunch the game

            here is my command that i have for my emulator.sh

            dhewm3 = "XINIT:/opt/retropie/ports/dhewm3/dhewm3"
            default = "dhewm3"
            
            

            so i know that it calls it correctly. well i think it does

            what do i need to do to set the shutdown script up. i have tried to follow your info as best as i could and i still get lost on it.

            RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
            RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
            Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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            • quicksilverQ
              quicksilver @ExarKunIv
              last edited by quicksilver

              @exarkuniv there is an issue with dhewm3 that the x window does not close properly after exiting the game. I was going to report it on the github page but never got around to it. It's likely to be a raspberry pi related issue or it could be because we aren't running a full desktop environment. Not sure if the dev would/could help.

              There is a setting you can turn on via raspi-config that allows you to kill an x session using cntrl+alt+backspace. That was my workaround when trying to close dhewm3.

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              • ExarKunIvE
                ExarKunIv @quicksilver
                last edited by

                @quicksilver thanks for the idea. i managed to get my kill script to work and map my hot keys with Xboxdrv to start it so now my game/ports now exit quickly. but ill remember that if i end up needing it down the road

                RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                  vwgolfman
                  last edited by vwgolfman

                  @cyperghost
                  Hello and thank you so much for all your hard work in creating the fantastic scripts that you do.

                  I have built a dual joystick controller with a Raspberry Pi 4 inside.
                  It is running Retropie 4.7.1
                  I have a button wired to pins 5 and 6 of the GPIO Header which shorts those pins when the button is pressed.

                  I would like to use this button as my safe shutdown button.

                  Please can you tell me whether your script will be good for this and if so should I install using...

                  wget -O - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/retroflag-picase/master/install.sh" | sudo bash

                  Many thanks once again for any help.

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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost @vwgolfman
                    last edited by cyperghost

                    @vwgolfman You are using the "wrong" script for this. Please visit https://github.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown

                    There is a dedicated command line option for a single GPIO button. The Retroflag script is just a small subset of the one linked above.

                    Edit:
                    Did forget, I wrote small walk-through already here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17415/multi-switch-shutdown-script

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                    • IdelacioI
                      Idelacio
                      last edited by Idelacio

                      On resetting games with the reset button I'm getting the following error:
                      /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh: line 63: kill: (####) - No Such Process

                      Where #### is the process number.

                      It also producses the following message on closing the process:
                      Killed

                      As it looks messy having persistant messages like these show between screens is there a clean way to hide them?

                      I don't want to completely prevent error messages showing as sometimes I do screw up so just these ones specifically. If it's all or nothing though I'll just have to accept that.

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                        vwgolfman @cyperghost
                        last edited by

                        @cyperghost
                        Thank you so much, your coding is fantastic and I am now using your safe shutdown script successfully!

                        Could I please ask, is there a version which monitors the shutdown button continuously rather than polling it every second or so?

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                        • cnotoC
                          cnoto
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                          @cyperghost I just used this script for a generic button on a zero 2 with no luck. Would anything be different about the pi zero 2?

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                            danilux
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                            @cyperghost Hi sweet man :v, I wanted to know if you think that by modifying the paths in your install instructions I could make your script work on batocera, since it's emulation station same as retropie, I have a generic button I want to use to save shut down, any help is appreciated

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                              BlackDraGoN 0
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                              I have got this error on my Raspberry pi 3b+:

                              DTOVERLAY[error]: failed to open 'RetroFlag_pw_io.dtbo'

                              Failed to read 'RetroFlag_pw_io.dtbo'
                              

                              What Can I do?

                              The file is installed in the correct place, in fact, I installed it with the installer and checked that everything was correct, but the dto does not load it.

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @BlackDraGoN 0
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                                @BlackDraGoN-0 That error is not from @cyperghost's script, the script doesn't have any references to that .dtbo file.

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                                  BlackDraGoN 0
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                                  My pins are always level=0 fsel=0 func=INPUT how can I change level 1 when I press a button?

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                                    BlackDraGoN 0 @mitu
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                                    @mitu I have done a clean installation of RetroPie, and I have installed the multiswitch, but every time the leds come on and it turns off. I have a Nespicase+ and a Raspberry Pi 3B+. I have also tried with the original retroflag script and the same thing happens.

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                                      BlackDraGoN 0
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                                      When I install the script, the nespicase+ always turns off. My Nespicase has a Reset button that is a push button, but the Off button is one of those that stays pressed when pressed, and I have to press it again to get it out.

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @BlackDraGoN 0
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                                        @BlackDraGoN-0 I'm not familiar with the case, but I remember you had to activate a switch in order to have the script functional - https://retroflag.com/download/NESPi_CASE+_Manual.pdf mentions this switch and I presume it has to be switched ON (default is OFF).

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                                          BlackDraGoN 0 @mitu
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                                          @mitu I have got the switch in ON.

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                                          • AshpoolA
                                            Ashpool @BlackDraGoN 0
                                            last edited by

                                            @BlackDraGoN-0 said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:

                                            Off button

                                            You meant the "Power"-Button, or (pressed=On, unpressed=Off)?

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