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    Retropie Bluetooth Issue

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    • AlexMurphyA
      AlexMurphy Banned @Msch87
      last edited by AlexMurphy

      @Msch87 What version of the setup script do you have? The latest is 4.1.18.

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      • AlexMurphyA
        AlexMurphy Banned @Msch87
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        @Msch87 update your script. I suspect yours is quite old.

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          Msch87
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          Well, I think something messed up. Unfortunately, now this is a switch of topic but before I went to update the script, I had my controller idle to look up info on my phone, and my jerkweed cat pressed a button on my controller (laid on it), and hit Binary Based Installation. I didnt want to pull the plug on the system, in fear of it bricking or something while it was installing stuff, but after 20 minutes that installation went through.

          It brought it back to the retropie setup so THEN I hit update script, it updated and then I went to perform reboot after deleting the ps3 driver. Now my entire retropie is brought to a black screen with the different colors on it, and on the top it says:

          /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation: error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

          After that, it shows the typed colored picture of whatever it is and then it gives me a prompt to enter a command (pi@retropie:~ $)

          Sorry, I know this is totally off topic but now I have no idea what to do, I need help baaaad. What did I mess up, and what do I have to do to fix it?

          P.S: never own a cat.

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          • herb_fargusH
            herb_fargus administrators @Msch87
            last edited by

            @Msch87 update setup script. Reinstall emulationstation

            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • M
              Msch87
              last edited by

              Ok, how do I do both of those through this black screen.

              I know I sound like a bit of a noob, but I only slightly am with this. I bought an emulation kit off amazon, and it already had everything already installed on it. So how do I go about doing that through this screen?

              Thanks again for all your help, I really do appreciate it.

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              • AlexMurphyA
                AlexMurphy Banned @Msch87
                last edited by

                @Msch87 enter sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh exactly as I have typed it here.

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                • M
                  Msch87
                  last edited by

                  Nevermind, I got everything working again by sudo apt install libvlc5 and sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade

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                  • M
                    Msch87 @AlexMurphy
                    last edited by

                    @AlexMurphy thank you!

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                    • M
                      Msch87
                      last edited by

                      So, lol, hopefully this will be the last question I have to ask so I can leave you all alone.

                      I have everything loaded back up now. Script updated, AND deleted the ps3 driver (before everything went dead on me). I got back into EmulationStation to pair my ps4 controller, and now when I go to pair the device, its stuck on searching until I pull the plug on the pi. What do I do about this? Any fix for it?

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                      • M
                        Msch87
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                        Anyone?

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @Msch87
                          last edited by

                          @Msch87 we have no idea what the seller has done to the image so feel free to ask them for support or start fresh with the image we provide on our site

                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            Msch87
                            last edited by Msch87

                            Well, the seller hasnt done anything, everything is working perfectly besides the bluetooth. Your sites image or not, this seems to be a common problem all over. I apologize for being a pain, just hoped you guys would give a little bit more insight on any possible fix on why the bluetooth is stuck on searching, you were so helpful before. Well, I'll ask elsewhere, thank you again for your time and responses.

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                            • BuZzB
                              BuZz administrators @Msch87
                              last edited by

                              @Msch87 it's stuck because you have the ps3controller driver installed.

                              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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                                Msch87 @BuZz
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                                @BuZz I deleted the driver though, even sudo purge sixad

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