@jasedamase No problem - glad it helped

@caver01 @edmaul69 The Fn plus F-key is how the keyboard is designed to work, so just changing the kb type will make it function as designed. It needs to be adjusted to get "normal" PC behaviours.

@rjmonteiro edited last post for error

I've only just started but had a look around for recommended keyboards and the reviews of such. Finally I went for the Rii mini wireless keyboard, it's great, very responsive and comes with all the options you can think of. Plus it is cheap. I am now putting one on order for my work, as the wireless one I have now is full size, granted it has touchpad and number keys, but so does the Rii mini. The BIGGEST advantage with the Rii is it can fit in your pocket! Other advantages are you can actually hear when you press a key, so there should be no miss typed coding.

@mitu well, what I'm really looking for is a way to move the names that it has scanned over to a GUI (the row GUI is easy). I'll have them put in the password, then move the password over to the original thing to check if it is valid and connect. Or would it be easier to leave it as be and add ui configurations for the different characters?

please fill out the template in the sticky thread above to provide us with information about your setup. having basic info on your pi model, retropie version, and power supply etc. will help with troubleshooting.

have a look here in the wiki where it outlines using jstest to determine the button values.

also in this case, it would help to see the output of the command lsusb before and after you connect the wireless receiver.

@pemy There is no "one size fits all" for keyboard users, but you could standardize by using MAME defaults. Those of us who use keyboard controllers like the Ultimarc IPAC usually have these wired to arcade controls. This situation is not the same has yours, as you are citing a computer emulator as opposed to arcade games, but the challenge is similar. What keys should be linked to what typical joypad/gamepad buttons? Ultimately, this is up to you. You can google MAME default keys.

Forget it. Got it. Rebooting let me get into emulation station. Oddly keyboard would not work until after I set up a usb game pad. All set thx.

@caver01 I'm working on it, now for some reason I can't click buttons in the menu of rgui :(

@jonnykesh I tried a few combinations and it seems "Generic 102-key (Intl')" with "English-US" is the one to use.
Thanks for helping!

@suleske I found several inexpensive and simple circuits I could build. This little board has some added features (e.g. setting the key press switch delay), so I bought it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/262199569276

@andrewh said in unable to install Scraper due to ~ key:

Alternately, you can do it in two steps.

the original command should be as follows (capitalization of folder names is important) ;

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

It tells the system to run the retropie_setup.sh script found in the RetroPie-Setup subdirectory of the user's home directory (the user being the 'pi' account you logged in with). And this command can be run successfully no matter where in the filesystem you happen to have navigated to.

So, instead, you can do it in two steps as follows;

cd sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

The first line will take you to the home directory for the user you're logged in as.
The second line runs the script found in the subdirectory of the current directory (which will be the home directory, since that's where you moved to with the first command).

Just gave it a try and it’s worked perfectly, ive set the game list for videos and the majority have them but some are just still images (may of been where I done manual scraping)
Thanks for the help guys I would of never sorted that other wise 😀😀😀

please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@lexus I don't think it has anything to do with RetroPie, it seems to me the first place you should check are your locale and keyboard language settings.
In the terminal enter sudo raspi-config to check and change your Localisation Options.

@psyke83 You are awesome, thanks a lot :)

@jlr Glad you found the issue, but you are right, it is strange that it did not work just remapped.

One thing I will mention is that lr-mame2003 actually sees two simultaneous inputs. The first input is the one that was probably remapped in ES and RetroArch configurations so it was fine for FBA and others. However, this version of mame ALSO SEES a RAW keyboard input alongside the retroarch virtual gamepad remap. It is strange, I know, but I wonder if MAME was seeing your raw left/right with the remapped one and together, they were cancelling each other out.

In any case, better to have it wired properly anyway.

@blitzgreig You need to start by posting the information requested in this post:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

No idea what hardware you are running, what software etc.....

@Texacate link updated in my post above.