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    Accidentally uninstalled default theme on Pi Zero

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    • BennySpaceCoreB
      BennySpaceCore @backstander
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      @backstander I'll wait sometime to see if the person responds back.

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      • RookervikR
        Rookervik Global Moderator @backstander
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        @backstander Yes, the official Pixel repo is now my own github version. I finally learned how to use that junk so I could save Herb some work. The link is: https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel

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        • BennySpaceCoreB
          BennySpaceCore @Rookervik
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          @Rookervik thank you very much! I shall use this to see if it works.

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          • BennySpaceCoreB
            BennySpaceCore @backstander
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            @backstander I'm trying to do this now, where do I type in all the commands?

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            • BennySpaceCoreB
              BennySpaceCore @Rookervik
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              @Rookervik @Rookervik so when I try to unzip the file, it says it can't find it, I just put it on the USB drive, not sure if I was suppose to put in the retro pie folder but I have Roms in there, here's the screen I get. Also pretty sure that the file names are the same. alt text

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              • RookervikR
                Rookervik Global Moderator @BennySpaceCore
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                @BennySpaceCore You should give this a read, first. https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/themes

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                • BennySpaceCoreB
                  BennySpaceCore @Rookervik
                  last edited by BennySpaceCore

                  @Rookervik the problem is it's not that easy for me, I have a raspberry pi zero and no wifi dongle, so I'm trying to figure out how I can download that theme on a USB drive and transfer it to the retropie SD card and install it. Also right now my theme is the blank theme seen in this tutorial https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme

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                  • RookervikR
                    Rookervik Global Moderator
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                    Ugh, it's going to be a little tough for you, then. You'll have to extract and copy the theme folder to the USB and then get the USB mounted. I have no experience in that. It's linux though, and there are thousands of tutorials out there on mounting a USB drive.

                    Once you can mount the USB and browse the contents, you will need to copy the theme folder to /home/pi/.emulation/themes

                    So I guess, hypothetically, if your USB is mounted at /mnt/usb1 you'd type something like this into the console:

                    mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

                    Don't worry if the folder is already there. Then something like:

                    cp /mnt/usb1/es-theme-pixel -R /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

                    Modify this to how ever your system is set up. Or use this information to enhance your google search.

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                      backstander @Rookervik
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                      I gave @BennySpaceCore the directions to download the ZIP file of your github pixel files. So after you download the ZIP file, just extract it to the USB flash drive. Now there should be a directory on the USB flash drive named "es-theme-pixel-master" (or something like that), just rename that directory to "pixel" then eject it from your PC and plug it into your Pi Zero.

                      Now to get to the command line from EmulationStation with a USB keyboard plugged into your Pi Zero, you press F4 on the keyboard. Then you can do like what @Rookervik said:
                      mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes (if needed)
                      cp -R /mnt/usb1/pixel /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

                      Hopefully that helps. If you run into a snag, just post here and we'll try to get you back on track.

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                      • BennySpaceCoreB
                        BennySpaceCore @backstander
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                        @backstander alright, so right now im trying to download and install raspbian to mount the usb, so this might take a while, ill update you when its ready to install on the usb

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                        • BennySpaceCoreB
                          BennySpaceCore @backstander
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                          @backstander For some reason it wont let me write raspbian on the USB drive, so later I might just take out the SD card of my Pi, and trying not to break it in the process, would I be able just to install a theme to the SD card it self? The reason I haven't tried doing this in the first place is that my casing it very tight and it might be difficult taking out the SD card without breaking anything since everything is so close.

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                            backstander @BennySpaceCore
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                            @BennySpaceCore
                            I'm not sure why you're installing Raspbian on the USB drive.
                            You need to install Raspbian on the USB drive. RetroPie should be able to read a Windows/FAT formatted USB drive. Also (I've never tried it but) I believe it can read Windows/NTFS formatted drives as well.

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                            • BennySpaceCoreB
                              BennySpaceCore @backstander
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                              @backstander i just read that is a way to mount a USB drive for raspberry pi

                              is there a better way i can mount it that you know of?

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                                backstander @BennySpaceCore
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                                @BennySpaceCore
                                I'm pretty sure that RetroPie/raspbian auto-mounts USB flash drives right after you plug them in.

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                                • BennySpaceCoreB
                                  BennySpaceCore @backstander
                                  last edited by

                                  @backstander thats strange, because if retropie does auto-mount then i have run into a problem, it says it cant find the directory when i put it in the commands.

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                                    backstander @BennySpaceCore
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                                    @BennySpaceCore
                                    I'm not at my RPi so I'm just going off memory here again lol
                                    Okay so to mount the USB drive try this:
                                    sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

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                                    • BennySpaceCoreB
                                      BennySpaceCore @backstander
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                                      @backstander ok ill go try!

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                                      • BennySpaceCoreB
                                        BennySpaceCore @backstander
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                                        @backstander the message I got was mount: mount point /mnt/usb1 does not exist. I typed the whole thing in at once, was I not supposed to do that?

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                                        • B
                                          backstander @BennySpaceCore
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                                          @BennySpaceCore
                                          Okay type this first:
                                          sudo mkdir /mnt/usb1

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                                          • BennySpaceCoreB
                                            BennySpaceCore @backstander
                                            last edited by

                                            @backstander Ok let me do that

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