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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @juan6uerra
      last edited by mediamogul

      @juan6uerra

      maybe I can ssh to it and get some logs

      See if you can and then post the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.info directly after trying to launch an NES game. The error your getting seems to indicate that RetroArch is unaware that you're passing viable content to it.

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        juan6uerra
        last edited by

        Thanks for you response!
        Here is what I am seeing in that file -

        nes
        lr-quicknes
        /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C. Kids (USA).nes
        /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/$

        No luck after updating everything :(

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @juan6uerra
          last edited by

          @juan6uerra said in roms take me back to main menu:

          /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/$

          To quote the big book of mechanic clichés, there's your problem. That's the full launch command and it's not being formatted to launch a specific libretrocore or any content. I'm not really sure how this could have gotten messed up, but post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/nes/emulators.cfg if you would.

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            juan6uerra @mediamogul
            last edited by

            @mediamogul

            yep...

            lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/l$
            lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie$
            lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie$
            default = "lr-quicknes"

            thanks again

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            • SanoS
              Sano
              last edited by

              Seems you edited the file but cropped the lines somehow.
              Here is what you shoul have :

              lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
              lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
              default = "lr-fceumm"
              lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
              
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                juan6uerra
                last edited by juan6uerra

                my bad, sorry -

                lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.$
                lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retr$
                lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retr$
                default = "lr-quicknes"

                am I just missing the %ROM% variable at the end?

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @juan6uerra
                  last edited by mediamogul

                  @juan6uerra

                  Copy and paste what @Sano has above and you should be good.

                  Edit: Of course, it looks like your default would be:

                  default = "lr-quicknes"
                  

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                    juan6uerra
                    last edited by

                    no dice :( this is what I have now after the update and failed run -

                    /dev/shm/runcommand.info =

                    nes
                    lr-fceumm
                    /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C. Kids (USA).nes
                    /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C$

                    ========================================================

                    /opt/retropie/configs/nes/emulators.cfg =

                    lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
                    lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
                    default = "lr-fceumm"
                    lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"

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                      juan6uerra @mediamogul
                      last edited by

                      @mediamogul

                      I tried putting it back to "lr=quicknes" and it didn't work either. Ugh.. so frustrating.
                      I might try reimaging the sdcard with a USB card reader instead of the builtin one on my laptop, havent tried that yet. . thx

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                      • SanoS
                        Sano
                        last edited by

                        Again the line is trucated.
                        But I can't say if it's just your copy-paste that truncate it, or the if it's really in the log file...

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                          juan6uerra @Sano
                          last edited by

                          @Sano

                          Its gotta be the file itself
                          I did a 'copy all to clipboard', pasted to notepad, and then made sure i got everything here.
                          So whatever is missing is really missing.

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                          • mediamogulM
                            mediamogul Global Moderator @juan6uerra
                            last edited by

                            @juan6uerra

                            Windows Notepad can create all kinds of problems. Try using either WordPad, Notepad++ or EditPadLite

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                              juan6uerra
                              last edited by

                              I am investigating this right now -

                              Error "Verification failed at sector: 8192"

                              I am unable to verify the image after I create it with the Win32DiskImager tool.

                              I tried a couple different sd cards, and now different readers and different USB ports. Same error on verification. Not sure if its a red herring or what, but I am investigating all possible avenues.

                              Looks like others are having the issue as well -

                              https://sourceforge.net/p/win32diskimager/tickets/50/

                              I am not sure what other tool I can use, since I was followign that guide by Zach, thoughts?

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                                juan6uerra @mediamogul
                                last edited by

                                @mediamogul

                                10-4, ill test with Notpad++ after I get this new image up.. thx

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                                  juan6uerra
                                  last edited by juan6uerra

                                  the post above has some merit..

                                  "... I immediately clicked "verify only" and got the error "Verification failed at sector: 8192".
                                  Then I tried the following:
                                  READ the contents of the SD card back to a file TEST.IMG.
                                  WRITE the file TEST.IMG back to the SD card.
                                  Run "verify only".
                                  This time, the verify succeeded without any errors."

                                  I performed the same steps and got the same outcome.
                                  It took 3-4x as long this time to read,write, verify the image.
                                  Some of the NES Roms now play, still working on it
                                  Thanks again for everyones help :)

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