Ports Menu Not Showing

slydisciple

Hi, I did all of the steps and ports is still not showing up. I reinstalled all of the ports items that were currently installed as well. What other information can I provide to help troubleshoot this problem?

columboscoat

@slydisciple Are you using setup 4.1.9? Have you updated all packages from binary?

slydisciple

@columboscoat I believe so. I see 4.1.9, and then I selected option 2, "Update all installed packages". Is this what you were referring to? Thank you so very much for your help.

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columboscoat

@slydisciple update Raspian packages too. Did it work?

edmaul69

@slydisciple did you open up /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and copy the ports section and copy it to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and restart emulationstation?

columboscoat

@edmaul69 Man.... you are making this sound complicated...

edmaul69

@columboscoat that is what is probably wrong.

columboscoat

@edmaul69 It's [removed] easy... don't make it sound like neurosurgery.

slydisciple

@edmaul69 Thank you so much for the suggestion. There was no ports section listed. Should there be? and what should it look like if there is supposed to be one? Thanks

columboscoat

@slydisciple Please do NOT post this shite. Seriously...

slydisciple

@columboscoat Hello. I really appreciate the help. Im okay at navigating around, inside the files, etc... (I develop software at work), but Im having a having a hard time finding how to update the Raspbian packages. Im not great with linux. Do you have a link I could follow? Thanks again, you truly are appreciated.

slydisciple

@columboscoat Are you referring to the core packages?

columboscoat

@slydisciple sorry, I meant the reams of code, not your issues. The Forum allows code within codeblocks which makes it easier to view and for people to debug it..

slydisciple

@columboscoat Hey, no problem, I truly understand. Come to find out edmaul69 was right! I found a snippet of code on google, and pasted it into both of the es_systems.cfg file and it is now showing. Pasting for anybody who needs it.

<system>
<name>ports</name>
<fullname>Ports</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports</path>
<extension>.sh .SH</extension>
<command>%ROM%</command>
<platform>pc</platform>
</system>

BuZz

update retropie-setup (you should then be on v 4.1.10) and re-install the port from the manage packages section and then reboot. If it doesnt appear please post the output of

grep -A6 "<name>ports" /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg ~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

edmaul69

@slydisciple its going to be listed like all others just named ports. If it isnt alphabetically in the p section look at the bottom of the file. Just copy it from the one file over to the other.

columboscoat

Have you checked down inside the sofa cushions? When I lose stuff it's usually there!

mviars

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mviars

@slydisciple said in Ports Menu Not Showing:

@columboscoat Hey, no problem, I truly understand. Come to find out edmaul69 was right! I found a snippet of code on google, and pasted it into both of the es_systems.cfg file and it is now showing. Pasting for anybody who needs it.

<system>
<name>ports</name>
<fullname>Ports</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports</path>
<extension>.sh .SH</extension>
<command>%ROM%</command>
<platform>pc</platform>
</system>

@slydisciple Yeah I went through the exact same issues getting ports working and had to type it in from scratch. Glad you were able to find the coding on google.
link to topic here

edmaul69

@slydisciple glad you got it working.