@fiatfan Semper fi.

Okay...Thanks.

@rodney007xx said in Help for new user please, retro pie issues on 3b+: @simpleethat > My friend said that his interface of retro PI looked nicer, perhps its because he is using a pre-made image with a different skin? You can install many so-called "themes" for Retropie. See the Docs about how to install them, and for a list of many (all?) of the themes with screenshots. Welcome to the Retropie community. Have fun. :)

I think this topic should be in "Help and Support" as I would have expected someone to have responded by now. You might have a similar problem to the one here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18637/zero-delay-joystick-not-working-upleft-and-downright-directions-others-are-good-i-m-running-a-pi3-with-retropie/4 I did have a similar problem to you (but not the same) with zero delay arcade joysticks. I fixed it. Try this first. The 5 pin connector may be attached the wrong way around. I bought 4 or 5 similar joysticks about 3 years ago. The connector (ie the connector to the joystick) connects both ways but only one way is right. When I connected mine upside down, it would read only a couple of the directions until I turned it the other way around. I found back then there was no way of telling which way was right and which wrong - at least when connected to the Pi.

Ok, lesson learned. Copying stuff can lead to compounding errors. Thank you @mitu for the guidance!

@keksninja Pi Model or other hardware: (B, B+, 2 B, 3, X86 PC etc..) Power Supply used: (If using a Pi) RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used) USB Devices connected: Controller used: Error messages received: Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide) File: (File with issue - with FULL path) Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable) Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS) How to replicate the problem: Please copy the above and fill in the info. Otherwise we have no idea how to start helping you.

@keksninja This looks like a bad written image, try re-flashing the SD card proper with Etcher.

@quicksilver Not really, I’ve already rewired from the power input to the switch board, and modified the base a bit.

Got it, thank you very much sir appreciate it.

I might be a homebrew clone of the game, or a self-extracting archive. Where did you get it, @Dresher? However, exe files are binary files for Windows or MS DOS and can't be "made" into other extensions. (At first, I wondered what a "game stacker" might be. 😊)

@Bravenstein How did you update without a network connection?

@cyperghost said in Best portable game kit: I think you are on a wrong track - if I may be wrong then please take my excuse serious. But for now I am going to deep sleep mode ;) I was just being curious if there's more to it than a simple gimmick.

@cjohnson26 the Pie will boot and the function of these few lines are just to ask status for a sensor after the has booted. But for your idea to work as on off switch for booting up a device this also works but you do not need a code or something. Just connect the hall effect sensor like a switch on a power device like the Mausberry or a Pimoroni on off SHIM and it will act like a button press. For switching of you need to ask status then you can use that code.

Enjoy retropie! It’s class.

@capninja You're now dropped to a shell where you can execute commands as root. The # is the command line shell prompt. The usb keyboard problem could be because the USB drivers are not initialized in safe-mode. I think that the safest option is to re-install. There's too much fiddling with the CLI and it will be safer. Even if you managed to recover the sudo functionality, there's a high chance something else is broken and normal operations would not work.

@capninja said in Understanding the code: Is there some game or interactive way to learn about code language and linux (on Raspberry)? Messing with Raspberry the curiosity itch caught my back and I can't scratch enough. I don't wanna just copy texts and press enter, but know why make such decisions. I don't know if I made myself clear, thanks in advance. If you're new to coding I can suggest you to start out with C programming. C is portable and universal, many popular programming languages are influenced by C such as Java, JavaScript, C#, C++, PHP, Python. So after learning C these languages mentioned will be very easy to learn. IMHO the BEST C book is: C How to Program by Deitel. It also covers secure programming and C++. C Programming Language by Ritchie Dennis is also a great book but not for beginners. Avoid the for Dummies books, they're horrible. Bjarne Stroustrup has written a couple C++ books, they're considered one of the best C++ books. I have them in eBook format but I'm still on the Deitel book. Most emulators are written in C/C++, the Pi supports C/C++, Linux was written in C. So IMHO better start with C and later C++ and good luck with your coding journey, it will be a lot of fun!

@rbaker he already has a thread open for this issue. No need to duplicate it here.

If this helps you, then I looked at the review on this site. There are other adapters there, but I'm not sure about them. https://www.bestadvisor.com/bluetooth-adapters

@john0007 said in SD card use. Download retropie: @dankcushions thanks. So can someone help me how can I download the retropie. It's giving me problems on network error and corrupted when download. What error(s) did it give you exactly? What browser or other software did you do the download with?

I think I have now resolved this issue - for anyone else who has suffered from similar woes, I quit out of Emulation Station and did sudo rpi-update to update the firmware. Now the left and up axes seem to be recognised properly - watch this space to see if I have other problems! (I'll bet good money that I do lol)