What image are you using?

There is a thread about this.

I had a similar problem with the Spectrum game "id" last year. Maybe my solution helps you with your problem:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/198765

It works !!!!!! but only when i launch ES in a terminal :-(

This is exactly what I said in my first reply. This is how it's configured the RetroPie launcher - as outlined in the docs.

Last question : does ES and Retropie need sudoers ?
If not, i should modify authorization in /opt/retropie/configs : actually all files are for root:root and not for my user "pi"
As runcommand try to write in the .cfg file, it couln't !!!

The /opt/retropie/configs shouldn't be owned by root - there's something that you maybe changed, because the RetroPie-Setup scripts ensure the folder is owned and writable by the installation users.

The sudo rights for the install user is needed for installing additional packages and for adding the necessary configurations needed for RetroPie. This is one of the first steps outlined in the installation docs.

@neurocrash said in Can't enter RGUI menu anywhere:

The result is that the hotkey that works for me is Hotkey-Y, which is the same as the Hotkey-North button. When using this combination, all of the devices can open the RGUI menu.

The North button is the X button, not the Y (yes, the XBox controller is backwards).

@mitu .xsessionrc doesn't seem to execute. Does it need to be chmod +x? I've got the game up on the screen now, and when I do ps ax I don't see the xboxdrv process... and it's not showing in the /dev/shm files either.

The XINIT: prefix seems to work though, it will still bring up the game at least as well as it did before.

Argh, dammit - I thought I just can redefine the joypad-mapping, because the dialogue said "1 Joypad detected" :-X
Works, thanks :-)

Greets,
Buzzy

P.S.
I'm using a Raspberry pie 3 b+
and the retropie version is 4.5.1

Also when I lauch a game that is long so start (Metal slug ) I can see the input from my joystick on the screen.
And the keys repeat themself for an 2-3 sec before they stopped from repeating.
Seems to me like its a setting on the raspberry /linux.
But I cant find it
I tried "xset -r" to prevent the key to repeat them self, but the command is not recognized.

@benmclean
That's awesome! However, what I've really wanted (and can't believe is not there) is an OSK built into ES. Like when ES throws up a dialog that requires text input...see Kodi for examples. It should be pretty easy. I can program but I haven't programmed in 15+ years. It would take me about 6 months to figure out to get an environment setup to start working on it, then another month to familiarize myself with ES code, then maybe a week to actually code it. I've created an OSK in a script before.

It's just an array of characters. Display the array. 'Earmark' the current position in the array onscreen. Get left/right/up/down input. Move earmark in the array and onscreen. Get 'enter' input. Copy content of current position in the array to the text field.

It would be so nice to be able to edit game metadata from within ES without a keyboard.

Most of the above games are available as WHDload files. I'd look out for the .ISO version of the CDTV Xenon II: Megablast if you're looking for the best version.

@mitu I do apologise, I didn't know it was against your licence but I can see why.

Thank you for your help, I will start over and hopefully it will fix my problem.

@kevin55605 Thanks for sharing your findings.

@benjaminjay said in accessing RGUI with keyboard:

@mitu could I simply start up a game from EmulationStation, open RGUI then close the game but leave RetroArch running and make the changes ?

No, because it would still save the configuration only for that particular system where the core was running.

hey @icebear81!

I'm facing a similar problem. As RetroPie/Emulationstation do not rely on X11, most libraries to emulate a virtual keyboard input don't work.

I'm trying to send key presses to a running game. The following python3 script works in the emulationstation menu, but doesn't in game (lr-gambatte).

Do you have any idea how I can send virtual keystrokes (via a python script, started on an SSH session) to a running game?

import time import uinput def main(): events = (uinput.KEY_LEFT, uinput.KEY_DOWN, uinput.KEY_D) with uinput.Device(events) as device: time.sleep(1) device.emit_click(uinput.KEY_LEFT) time.sleep(0.2) device.emit_click(uinput.KEY_D) time.sleep(0.2) device.emit_click(uinput.KEY_D) time.sleep(0.2) device.emit_click(uinput.KEY_DOWN) time.sleep(0.2) if __name__ == "__main__": main()

By "UI" you mean EmulationStation? Are the input devices being seen as two separate things or the same thing in Retroarch?

@Chuck_B Yes, it should.