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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
                  last edited by

                  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
                    last edited by

                    @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
                        last edited by

                        @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
                            last edited by

                            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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                                  • lostlessL
                                    lostless @meleu
                                    last edited by

                                    @meleu nope mac. I can boot into windows if need be.

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                                    • meleuM
                                      meleu @lostless
                                      last edited by

                                      @lostless nop, I just need you to copy the entire file

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                                      • lostlessL
                                        lostless @meleu
                                        last edited by

                                        @meleu
                                        its just

                                        /var/log/syslog:Jul 23 06:28:29 genepi systemd[1]: Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility...
                                        /var/log/syslog:Jul 23 06:28:29 genepi systemd[1]: Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility.
                                        

                                        over and over with different dates and times. nothing else.

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @lostless
                                          last edited by

                                          @lostless now I need you to do the same thing for /etc/rc.local and /etc/switch.sh (the last one is supposed to be my v1.7 script, but please, paste it on ghostbin so I can really check if everything is fine)

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                                          • lostlessL
                                            lostless
                                            last edited by lostless

                                            /etc/rc.local
                                            https://ghostbin.com/paste/goucc

                                            /switch.sh
                                            https://ghostbin.com/paste/5agap

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