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    • meleuM
      meleu @lostless
      last edited by

      @lostless said in Mausberry Shutdown Script Doesn't Save Metadata:

      @meleu 1.6 does not work.

      WTF?!!!!

      It's now a matter of honor!

      Let me just put the kids to sleep (4-6 hours) and I'll get this achievement make it work!

      (By the way, my first try will be to use the full path to inotifywait. If you know how to do it, please try it in advance.)

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      • cyperghostC
        cyperghost
        last edited by cyperghost

        @lostless Okay good news!
        I'm a bit unaware of the inotify thing but I see no error in the script.
        So I think you've three choices

        1. Use 1.5 it will work with PowerOff in ES and emulator screen and will properly save metadata (easiest approch, because it's ready setted)
        2. Investigate to 1.6... I see no errors in the script, it may be a file permission error or inotify works wrong
        3. Create new script and touch control ...
          3.1 I was able to get in touch with gpio-watch and it worked really fine with some scripts I made and it debounces switches relativly good. All in all it's also a lightweight
          3.2 Use wiringPi (overloaded) and use it's posibilty for IRQ
          3.3 There are tons of other GPIO libaries ...

        It's now a matter of honor!

        Surly!
        @meleu I already said, you're not finished with that :)
        But I'm glad that you made detection via file change ... So I hope you'll get it to run.

        I just checked v1.6 there seems to be no typing mistake or mistake in GPIO numbering!


        For maintainig ... If you are finished with 1.6
        Can you please transform 1.5 in same way (coding style and layout) as 1.6? But withouth the inotify-thing?
        So we have 2 versions

        1. Version 1.5 that just works without installing anything
        2. Version 1.6 with improved GPIO handling, but needs a new package
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        • lostlessL
          lostless @cyperghost
          last edited by lostless

          @cyperghost @meleu Thanks to you both. The 1.5 is fine for me. I know @meleu, you are definitely obsessed with making the switch work without the mauseberry loop. But i've been using my pi for almost a year with that loop and it working just fine. At least we've reached a point were the mauseberry runs perfect for a retropie setup. I won't lose meta data anymore.

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          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @lostless
            last edited by cyperghost

            @lostless Is the sleeptimer of 9 seconds not to long?
            I took the value out of the python script (they used 10 seconds) but I assume it was written for an Pi 1. So I think 5-6 seconds should also work.

            No .. it's not obsession it's passion!
            But I'm also interested in the inotify thing

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            • lostlessL
              lostless @cyperghost
              last edited by

              @cyperghost I can experiment, 9 seems good enough. i can try lower, but as long as it shuts down, it doesn't matter much.

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              • cyperghostC
                cyperghost @lostless
                last edited by cyperghost

                @lostless The 9 seconds are only triggered if an emulator is running! And it's important for saving metadata after the emu is closed.

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                • lostlessL
                  lostless @cyperghost
                  last edited by

                  @cyperghost said in Mausberry Shutdown Script Doesn't Save Metadata:

                  No .. it's not obsession it's passion!

                  Is there a difference. Its all a matter of perspective LOL

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                  • lostlessL
                    lostless @cyperghost
                    last edited by lostless

                    @cyperghost said in Mausberry Shutdown Script Doesn't Save Metadata:

                    @lostless The 9 seconds are only triggered if an emulator is running! And it's important for saving metadata after the emu is closed.

                    Ya, its fine as i usually don't shut down from a game, so in that respect, having to wait will hardly be noticed.

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @lostless If you are obsessed by a woman or passionated by a women makes a big difference.
                      If you don't know then ask a judge and a producer of love toys what the difference is :)

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                      • lostlessL
                        lostless @cyperghost
                        last edited by lostless

                        @cyperghost getting all philosophical on me? Lets not derail to far, but i think i clearly under stand the difference between obsession and passion. Obsession is passion gone too far, when there is no need to keep going. When all is lost, yet you continue. When the path has reached its end and you gone over the cliff. I think I'm done.................. :/

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost
                          last edited by cyperghost

                          @lostless You're right. You may help us in outfinding the best sleeptimer :) That's your passion :) you can also use floating number like 2.5 to pause

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                          • hansolo77H
                            hansolo77
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                            You guys are awesome. I haven't tried 1.5b (adding proper exit out of the loop) on my own system yet, but it sounds like you got it working. I hate not being home today to participate more. :) Thanks everybody! When I get a chance, I will put it into place and report back my own findings.

                            Who's Scruffy Looking?

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                            • meleuM
                              meleu @cyperghost
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                              @cyperghost

                              bug report

                              Our method to kill the command placed on the 4th line of /dev/shm/runcommand.info fails to kill ScummVM emulator. This is why:

                              [prompt]$ sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info
                              bash /home/meleu/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/+Start\ ScummVM.sh "ft"
                              

                              Then our approach kills bash processes.

                              I'm currently trying to find a strong solution. Will post it soon...

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu
                                last edited by meleu

                                @hansolo77 @lostless @cyperghost

                                Can you guys test this one? Let's call it v1.7:

                                #!/bin/bash -x
                                # Before using this script you need to install inotify-tools:
                                #
                                #    sudo apt-get install inotify-tools
                                #
                                # I'm just trying to help with the script logic here.
                                # I DON'T HAVE A MAUSBERRY AND DIDN'T TEST THE GPIO STUFF HERE!
                                #
                                #########################################################
                                #  U S E   I T   A T   Y O U R   O W N   R I S K ! ! !  #
                                #########################################################
                                #
                                # meleu - July/2017
                                # kudos for @cyperghost , who is very persistent in help you guys! :-)
                                
                                #this is the GPIO pin connected to the lead on switch labeled OUT
                                GPIOpin1=23
                                
                                #this is the GPIO pin connected to the lead on switch labeled IN
                                GPIOpin2=24
                                
                                echo "$GPIOpin1" > /sys/class/gpio/export
                                echo "in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/direction
                                echo "$GPIOpin2" > /sys/class/gpio/export
                                echo "out" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin2/direction
                                echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin2/value
                                
                                file="/sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/value"
                                
                                # up to here this code is executed at booting (/etc/rc.local)
                                # let's wait for the creation of the "/sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/value"
                                sleep 30 # not sure if 30 seconds is a good value...
                                
                                while inotifywait -qq -e modify "$file" ; do
                                    power="$(cat "$file")"
                                    [[ "$power" == 0 ]] && continue
                                
                                    # explaining the crazy command below:
                                    # 1. get 4th line of runcommand.info (aka "emulator command")
                                    # 2. delete backslash '\' character
                                    # 3. replace every character that has a special meaning in a regex context with a dot '.'
                                    emu_command="$(sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info | tr -d '\\"' | tr '^$[]*.()|+?{}' '.')"
                                    [[ -n "$emu_command" ]] && pkill -f "$emu_command" && sleep 10
                                
                                    espid=$(pgrep -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation([^.]|$)")
                                    if [[ "$espid" ]]; then
                                        touch /tmp/es-shutdown && chown pi:pi /tmp/es-shutdown
                                        kill "$espid"
                                        exit
                                    fi
                                
                                    sudo poweroff
                                done
                                

                                I did a trick for debugging, then if this script doesn't work, please perform this command:

                                grep 'rc\.local' /var/log/syslog > debug.log
                                

                                It creates a file named debug.log paste its conten in ghostbin.com or something similar.

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                                • lostlessL
                                  lostless @meleu
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                                  @meleu still did not work. I did the grep thing and can't find the syslog directory to find debug.log. also i don't have the /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1 directory. not sure if thats useful, but trying to help.

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                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu @lostless
                                    last edited by

                                    @lostless please, paste here the output of these commands:

                                    ls -l /var/log/syslog
                                    

                                    and

                                    ls -lah /sys/class/gpio/*
                                    
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                                    • lostlessL
                                      lostless @meleu
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                                      first

                                      -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2281836 Jul 29 03:38 /var/log/syslog
                                      

                                      second

                                      -rwxrwx--- 1 root gpio 4.0K Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/export
                                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root gpio    0 Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/gpio23 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/3f200000.gpio/gpiochip0/gpio/gpio23
                                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root gpio    0 Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/gpio24 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/3f200000.gpio/gpiochip0/gpio/gpio24
                                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root gpio    0 Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip0 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/3f200000.gpio/gpio/gpiochip0
                                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root gpio    0 Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip100 -> ../../devices/gpiochip2/gpio/gpiochip100
                                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root gpio    0 Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip128 -> ../../devices/gpiochip1/gpio/gpiochip128
                                      -rwxrwx--- 1 root gpio 4.0K Jul 29 02:50 /sys/class/gpio/unexport
                                      
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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @lostless
                                        last edited by

                                        @lostless

                                        now these:

                                        cd
                                        grep rc.local /var/log/syslog* > debug.log
                                        ls -l debug.log
                                        
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                                        • lostlessL
                                          lostless
                                          last edited by lostless

                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 16656 Jul 29 03:44 debug.log
                                          

                                          i found a debug.log in the home (~) directory

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                                          • meleuM
                                            meleu @lostless
                                            last edited by

                                            @lostless open this file on your Windows (I'm assuming you're using Windows), select all text and paste on ghostbin.com

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