Ok, seems it only happens with Damaso images. I have tried a different one, and no troubles so far. :( Sorry for bothering everyone in here

@oskeeeddie Re-install/Re-enable the RetroPie shares from the RetroPIe-Setup script and see if you get all 3 shares back.

I have just fixed the Fault runcommand-onstart and runcommand-onend scripts Runcommand can execute an user script before the game launching (runcommand-onstart.sh) and after exiting the emulator (runcommand-onend.sh). Both scripts must be placed at /opt/retropie/configs/all/. These were the settings. I changed them to 1024 768 fbset -g 320 240 320 240 8 fbset -g 320 240 320 240 32 Not sure how these are changed, but hey :-)

@KRAKATOA you are a life saver. It worked to perfection. Thank you!!!!

@mitu Yeah -- there's no error message readily available when the runcommand dialog isn't shown. I should probably just do a clean install since that is the recommended route, likely something didn't upgrade correctly at you say.

@Clyde I’m not angry at anyone here. But this does further solidify my anger with the vendor. I see now that this is a topic discussed often here. I find it interesting that the company is willing to sell “kits” with pre-loaded RetroPie but their contact number explicitly states that they don’t support 3rd party products. I’m sure there are many people who buy these thinking they are basically plug ‘n plays as that is how they are advertised, essentially. That’s why I initially purchased a 60-in-1 JAMMA board, as I was intimidated by the apparent complexity of working with a Raspberry Pi, having only basic computer knowledge. I will consider just reinstalling the actual RetroPie image, but will need to chat with my friend to see if he will be able to assist me. I will probably save the few ROMs I want to keep, as there is a lot of useless stuff I don’t care about. Thanks!

Hey dank, thanks for the heads up; I kinda figured they would be, yeah. I'm just using them as a basis to create my own such that the screen gets positioned right, ie. for the x and y values. I certainly wasn't gonna just lump them all in there. While I'm here, did Naomi get borked in the last few weeks? Suddenly the ROMs I have for that don't work (since I had to reimage I mean). You know what, never mind, forgetting so many things already done several times over: BIOS!

OK.. I fixed the issue, but this is a little odd. Apparently, Controller 1 (Player 1) has to be in USB1 on these 3040's, Controller 2 (Player 2) in USB2, etc, etc. Is this a unique situation for the 3040 or is this a universally known fact in RetroPie land? If it is, then I apologize for not doing more research. This may just me being a little more Windows oriented than Linux oriented, but does it really matter which slot the controllers are plugged into? I'd think that the programming of the controllers would follow the unique ID and not care about the USB Slot at all. Thoughts?

@SeanP2001 any luck with that?

Normally the Pi should switch to composite if the HDMI port is not connected, but you can force PAL by adding sdtv_mode=2 to the config.txt configuration file. Assuming your composite cable is correct and you've switched the TV input to the RCA input, you should get an image.

@mitu After running lsusb, I can see the adapter as follows: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1292:4154 Innomedia Retro Link Atari cable Using the vendor and product codes from above with 0x appended to each to look up 0x1292:0x4154 with the search term quirks, I found documents referencing this is the option that corresponds to the vendor and product info for my device: options usbhid quirks=0x1292:0x4154:0x040 Some of these include the following sites: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC/blob/master/packages/libretro/retroarch/modprobe.d/usbhid.conf https://github.com/msteinbeck/hid-retrobit/blob/master/DETAILS.md I edited the /boot/cmdline.txt file and added the following to the end of the line of text: usbhid.quirks=0x1292:0x4154:0x040 After rebooting, I can use the following commands to test that both controllers are working: jstest /dev/input/js0 jstest /dev/input/js1 Thanks for the help!

Did you configure your controller in EmulationStation ? The configuration you set there should create automatically the configuration for RetroArch - so you don't need to re-configure it again in each libretro core. How did you install RetroPie ?

@neurocrash Nevermind, it was supposed to be opened with the Hotkey+X button, but on the diagrams for controller buttons reverse the X and Y keys, so I had them mapped backwards.

@sirhenrythe5th said in Retroarch 1.8.5 on screen messages size: This could be helpful: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25161/changing-onscreen-notification-size?_=1588661830733 Thanks. I'm still having some issues: I installed a scratch retropie 4.6 image and I had the new retroarch interface (wonderful). After importing all my systems and anfter copyied /opt/retropie/config folder from my old distro, i have the old intarface again. How can I set the new user interface?

If you never updated in 2 years, then updating/reinstalling now produce the correct results. Instead, open the retroarch.cfg file from \\retropie\configs\psx and make sure it only contains these lines: # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/psx/" #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

Try resetting the retroarch.cfg - the global configuration file - in \\retropie\configs\all. Replace it with the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist from the same folder. However, if you used a remap/input override, this won't help.

@mitu said in Can I Bypass Any Need for a Hotkey?: This showed up after I hit "Submit" and the page refreshed. You don't need to use a Hotkey if you don't want to. Bind a button to the Exit action - instead of the default, Esc - and other 'free' buttons to Pause/Reset. You'll be limited by the number 'free' buttons available. Argh! You say it in just a few sentences! (But I was also trying to include enough details to be almost like a HOW-TO.)

I found a solution to this, at least the hotkey part, but it's not universal. It requires editing each emulator's retroarch.cfg file separately. (Of course that means it only works for the emulators that use LibRetro.) This solution is the same as this one. The ultimate answer is "YES." As I mentioned, I have some special reasons for wanting to do this, but if you don't enable a hotkey, then there's a problem because the Player1Start button is used for both starting a game and exiting the emulator. Even if you're not a power user, there are other functions that work only with the hotkey feature. So, at first glance, it seems like there's no way to avoid using a hotkey. I've eliminated the hotkey in Mame-Libretro as well as in EmulationStation, which will help with some groups of friends that will be at my gaming gatherings in the future. (I figure at some point the pandemic will reach a point where we can gather in groups again - at least small groups.) I'm not using a normal gaming controller. I'm using an Emulator Edition Plus console as part of an arcade cabinet: Note the extra white A & B buttons on the top left, as well as extra white A2 & B2 buttons, also at the top on the left side of center. Then, to the right, there's a Navigation Menu with 10 keys, Left Mouse Button, Menu, Pause, Exit, and Right Mouse Button along the top. The next row is StartPlayer1, Coin, Select, Coin2, and StartPlayer2. I also have a door under the console that opens up for a keyboard shelf. It took me a while to realize that I can put power functions on the keyboard so guests don't use them and mess things up. So here's what I did: I went into the RGUI and used it to change /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg. Under Settings->Input->Hotkey Binds, I changed Exit to the Exit button, Pause to the Pause button, and Reset to the Menu button. (I figured that when you hit Menu to reset the game, you're going to the game's "Menu.") For a bonus, I changed Left Mouse Button to Slow toggle and the Right Mouse Button to Fast forward. I changed Toggle Menu to F1, which is not reachable or useable from the console panel. I also used the A & B buttons on the left to increment and decrement the save state slots and used the A2 & B2 buttons to save and load states. There's other functions I don't necessarily want people using that I figure I can bind to keys on the keyboard and not to controls on the console. I tested everything out to make sure I had set up the right bindings in the first place. At this point I had to use Select (my hotkey) to make it work. But then, as a test, I went in and undefined the hotkey. I saved the config (again, to /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg), then tested it. Everything worked fine. So now I can pause by just hitting Pause, without a hotkey. The same with Exit and other functions that previously required a hotkey. The trick is to redefine all the function bindings and bind them to buttons or keys that are not used without the hotkey first. Once those functions are moved to other keys or buttons, then you can remove the hotkey definition.