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    raspberry79
    last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 04:49

    I have Retropie 4.8 on my Pi 4.
    I have Kodi set to boot up first. But one thing is, when i try boot into Retropie, every time that i hit boot to load retropie, it keeps loading back into Kodi not loading retropie?

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      sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
      last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 05:24

      @raspberry79 said in Retropie won't load:

      I have Kodi set to boot up first. But one thing is, when i try boot into Retropie, every time that i hit boot to load retropie, it keeps loading back into Kodi not loading retropie?

      You're trying to set it back so it boots to EmulationStation instead of Kodi, but when you change the setting it is not being saved?

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        raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
        last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 06:15

        @sleve_mcdichael
        I have Kodi install and set to autostart at boot. So when i tried going over to play a game, I went to power on Kodi and hit reboot, but that just reboot back right back to kodi, When i try to exit, same thing. I know once back before a redid it all from reburning a knew copy of retropie, I had kodi to auto start at boot, and when i reboot, i would have to do it 2 or 3 times, when i reboot, loading EmulationStation when come on on the screen and right into Retropie. But know after awhile, i burn retropie image on a 64Gb SD card loading it on the Pi 4 and I got through setting thing up like installing the emulators.

        I when over to install Kodi, and setting it to autostart at bootup. So i got Kodi to load first at boot up but when i hit exit or reboot, it won't let me load into Retropie.

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          sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
          last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 07:05

          @raspberry79 if it's set to boot to Kodi then no matter how many times you reboot, it's always going to boot to Kodi.

          When i try to exit, same thing.

          That seems wrong though. When you exit without rebooting, it is supposed to load EmulationStation after.

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            raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
            last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 07:31

            @sleve_mcdichael
            yes, that what it should do. I keep hitting the enter key on the keyboard but kodi keeps loading instead of loading into Emulationstation. Just trying to figure out how to fix that issue.

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              BuZz administrators @raspberry79
              last edited by 10 Jul 2022, 08:03

              @raspberry79 Please post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh.

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                raspberry79 @BuZz
                last edited by raspberry79 7 Nov 2022, 04:44 11 Jul 2022, 02:41

                @BuZz
                Today, i was able to exit to load Emulationstation to Retropie.
                But, i would take 2 or 3 or more tries to exit Kodi to load retropie, how to fix that problem and how can u fix it.

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                  sirhenrythe5th @BuZz
                  last edited by 11 Jul 2022, 05:35

                  @raspberry79 do this:

                  @BuZz said in Retropie won't load:

                  @raspberry79 Please post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh.

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                    raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
                    last edited by raspberry79 7 Nov 2022, 06:53 11 Jul 2022, 05:53

                    @sirhenrythe5th
                    where do i post it at, my first time at everything

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                      sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
                      last edited by sleve_mcdichael 7 Nov 2022, 07:15 11 Jul 2022, 06:14

                      @raspberry79 said in Retropie won't load:

                      @sirhenrythe5th
                      where do i post it at, my first time at everything

                      autostart.sh should be small enough to paste in a message here. Just put the content between code blocks:

                      ```
                      ...like this
                      ```
                      

                      (Those are back-ticks.)

                      R 1 Reply Last reply 11 Jul 2022, 06:21 Reply Quote 0
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                        raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
                        last edited by 11 Jul 2022, 06:21

                        @sleve_mcdichael
                        ah, u talking about ssh to the pi

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                          sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
                          last edited by 11 Jul 2022, 06:23

                          @raspberry79 yes or you can connect a keyboard and access the terminal (if you can quit Kodi without rebooting. Otherwise yes SSH would allow you to check remotely.)

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                            raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
                            last edited by raspberry79 7 Nov 2022, 09:59 11 Jul 2022, 07:55

                            @sleve_mcdichael
                            Yes, i had today manage to exit Kodi to load retropie Emulationstation
                            how would i get to the terminal window, I have the keyboard going.

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                              sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
                              last edited by 11 Jul 2022, 17:17

                              @raspberry79 said in Retropie won't load:

                              @sleve_mcdichael
                              Yes, i had today manage to exit Kodi to load retropie Emulationstation
                              how would i get to the terminal window, I have the keyboard going.

                              From EmulationStation you can press F4 on an attached keyboard, or on a controller press Start and then choose Quit.

                              R 1 Reply Last reply 11 Jul 2022, 22:34 Reply Quote 0
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                                raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
                                last edited by 11 Jul 2022, 22:34

                                @sleve_mcdichael
                                So i got the terminal window up ed3959ca-bf4e-49c9-864c-f622c8645526-image.png
                                So if i type this in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
                                then will it fix the problem when exiting kodi to load emulationstation

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                                  sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
                                  last edited by sleve_mcdichael 7 Dec 2022, 01:08 12 Jul 2022, 00:06

                                  @raspberry79 said in Retropie won't load:

                                  So if i type this in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
                                  then will it fix the problem when exiting kodi to load emulationstation

                                  No, we need to see the contents of that file. Please type:

                                  cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
                                  

                                  ...and show us what it says.

                                  R 1 Reply Last reply 12 Jul 2022, 01:04 Reply Quote 0
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                                    raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
                                    last edited by raspberry79 7 Dec 2022, 02:04 12 Jul 2022, 01:04

                                    @sleve_mcdichael
                                    Ah, i just type that into the terminal window and it will open up to the problem that u want to get and past for u to see.

                                    S 1 Reply Last reply 12 Jul 2022, 01:52 Reply Quote 0
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                                      sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
                                      last edited by 12 Jul 2022, 01:52

                                      @raspberry79 yes.

                                      R 1 Reply Last reply 12 Jul 2022, 02:33 Reply Quote 0
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                                        raspberry79 @sleve_mcdichael
                                        last edited by raspberry79 7 Dec 2022, 03:46 12 Jul 2022, 02:33

                                        @sleve_mcdichael
                                        I typed it in and this comes up
                                        20220711_211008.jpg

                                        Do anyone have the same problem or is there anyone who can just exit kodi and load into ES

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                                          mitu Global Moderator
                                          last edited by mitu 7 Dec 2022, 05:56 12 Jul 2022, 04:56

                                          The autostart.sh is ok, it instructs the system to boot kodi and (when it exits) start emulationstation.

                                          What might happen is kodi crashing on exit and then automatically restarting, thus not allowing EmulationStation to start.

                                          Go into Kodi settings, choose System and then in the Input sub-menu, go to Peripherals and disable the CEC Adapter. Then restart your system and see if exiting kodi still has issues.

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