EmulationStation mod

monstermadeofman

Hey Guys wondering if anyone can tell me where I'm screwing up.

Following @jacobfk20 instructions at the top of the thread and I can not get the system to boot after at wont even load a splash screen.... Any ideas? I'd really like to get this working as my handheld build would really benefit from this.

Thanks to anyone who can help :)

jacobfk20

@monstermadeofman The common problem with it failing to run is from it not having permission to run. You can fix this by running chmod +x emulationstation You will need to run that in the same directory that the copied emulationstation file is in.

monstermadeofman

@jacobfk20

Awesome dude thank you. Will I need to run that everytime or will it work every time after the first go?

jacobfk20

@monstermadeofman One time only.

0byte

@simbz23 said in EmulationStation mod:

@jacobfk20 Great job on this new ES! Makes using many of the internal functions much easier!

Only issue I am having is the available wifi networks aren't showing up when I select the "connect to wifi" option in the network settings. All it shows is "Available Networks" and the back button. I can see my current info for the wifi I'm connected to, and can turn on and off the wifi.

I did see this error in the terminal when I exited out of emulationstation:

wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning: Device or resource busy

I put the wificonnect file in /home/pi/.emulationstation/app/wifi/

Right location? :-/

4.0 RC1
pi3
Logitech F310

I have the exact same issue as simbz23, the wifi does not connect and emulationstation gives the following errors when exited;

wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning: Device or resource busy
/.emulationstation/app/wifi ./wificonnect command not found.
wificonnect is in the ~/.emulationstation/app/wifi folder.

Ive tested with the build in the original post and have also tested on a fresh install using the beta build via retropienerds script but with the same results.

Any ideas? This is quite an important feature for my retropie :)

jacobfk20

@0byte If you're connected to a wireless network already than you cannot scan for a new one, if you want to scan networks again you need to delete the current network you're connected to in SAVED NETWORKS. If SAVED NETWORKS shows up with nothing as well then you need to set wificonnect as executable with chmod +x wificonnect (while in its directory)

eamonmcm

I tried this and now it loads the retropie splash screen loads before going straight to the terminal.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm From terminal, cd to emulationstation's directory and run:
chmod +x emulationstation

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 Sorry I forgot to mention I have tried that a few times. Thanks for the quick reply.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm Is it saying giving any error?

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 No just loading the the normal terminal window you would see by pressing F4.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm Okay, can you give me a quick rundown on what you did? Mostly which link you downloaded from?

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 I downloaded it from here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByWG5kDXyr5NeEtWQ2J2eGVrdk0/view

sudo cp'd it over to the folder and mkdir'd the folders for the wifi tool cp again then reboot to the terminal.

Thanks again.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm Can you varify you have an emulationstation in this folder? Sorry if you've already tried this but just need to be sure.
ls /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
There should be emulationstation and emulationstation.sh and they both should be green.

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 It is working now. Thanks for your speed replies and awesome work.

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 Yeah it was there but I noticed the file size was different something must have went wrong along the process so I just deleted and restarted over.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm alright. I was actually just going to have you download the install script and run it. But glad you caught it.

eamonmcm

@eamonmcm Sorry for being a pain but today I brought my pi to a friends house and when I tried to connect to his wifi it said that wificonnect was missing. I assure you it is there and I have made it executable using the chmod command while being in the /wifi/app directory. I have tried several times to move it over and also tried the first script I seen but a going to try the retropie nerd version now and see if he got the wificonnect working.

Thanks.

LOL I am an idiot.

eamonmcm

@jacobfk20 Sorry for being a pain but today I brought my pi to a friends house and when I tried to connect to his wifi it said that wificonnect was missing. I assure you it is there and I have made it executable using the chmod command while being in the /wifi/app directory. I have tried several times to move it over and also tried the first script I seen but a going to try the retropie nerd version now and see if he got the wificonnect working.

Thanks.

jacobfk20

@eamonmcm Alright, the retropienerd script is pretty good and it'll get you the more up to date version of this mod but it still has some problems with wificonnect. The script will make it easier to deal with though.
It doesn't fully get the wificonnect app though so you must get it from git and compile it yourself.
just cd into its dir and type make
then cp the compiled file to ~/.emulationstation/app/wifi
you may have to create those dirs too...

I know this mod is crazy to configure but I've been working on an update to make this all easy.