Autostart Kodi on Retropie

[soggypete]

Hi Rascas, thanks for the reply!

Can't seem to find the /etc/profile.d/10-emulationstation.sh file anywhere on my retropie

similarly, can't find the kodi files anywhere either

which leads me to believe I'm lookig in the wrong place?

[Rascas]

@sphirst /etc/profile.d/10-emulationstation.sh is only available if you have Emulation Station autostart enabled. /home/pi/.kodi is a hidden folder, but is certainly there if you have Kodi installed. The kodi folder path can be different depending on your OS but it should be in your home folder, ~/.kodi.

[soggypete]

@Rascas thanks for your patience - I've reactivated emulationstation on startup and on Windows 10 I've gone to Network - > RetroPie, and I can only see "bios" "config" "roms" and "splashscreens"

[Rascas]

Access via SFTP or via terminal, either directly or via SSH.
You can edit the file in terminal with something like:
sudo nano /etc/profile.d/10-emulationstation.sh
Edit the file and then do CTRL+X to save and exit.

[soggypete]

I feel like I'm so close. I downloaded filezilla, found 10-emulationstation.sh and edited the file as you said then it told me I didn't have permission and the file couldn't be transfered. Any thoughts?

[Rascas]

@sphirst Edit the file via terminal.

[soggypete]

Again, just as I thought I was on to gold - error writing ..... permission denied

[Rascas]

Did it work via terminal with the command I said or not ?

[soggypete]

I'm using putty. Typed edit /etc/profile.d/10-emulationstation.sh and got the file up, put your added line of code in, saved it, permission denied

[Rascas]

@sphirst Just run the command I said with sudo, it will work:
sudo nano /etc/profile.d/10-emulationstation.sh

[soggypete]

duh! Totally forgot to put sudo nano and was just putting "sudo" to no avail. I tried the code you gave me and it didn't seem to work, so I tried:

" # launch kodi then emulationstation (if we are on the correct tty)
if [ "tty" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
kodi-standalone
emulationstation
fi "

and now it seems to work. Thanks a million for your patience with someone who is a little new to SSH and what not.

Can't quite figure out part 3 at the moment - I've found the kodi file by using FileZilla on my new pi but for some reason I can't connect to the old pi using pi / raspberry

[Rascas]

It is pretty much the same thing.
You have to find out if your old OS/installation has openssh server installed. If yes, use the correspondig credentials to login. Check the old OS documentation, there are many ways to do that.

[soggypete]

Thanks again for all your help Rascas! This little victory has created quite a lot of happiness!