@antonlamers that's the output of function retropie_welcome which is defined in file ~/.bashrc and is called at the end of that file.

Do you have the SSH enable from the raspi-config > Interfacing Options menu?

If it is enable, then, try to restart the router and the pi, maybe this will help.

@mitu I actually managed to miss that in over two and a half years of Retropie. 😆

OMG! This ARRM tool looks trully A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

I didn't have any knowledge about this tool! This could be the answer for all my troubles!

Thank you!

@Impman66 said in Is WinSCP or Putty necessary?:

So it begs the question, is WinSCP, Putty, or any other "file sharing" program necessary?

no, there are 3 supported methods of copying roms, and you're simply using the third: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares

@tmshll said in GPi SSH/PuTTY issues:

@cyperghost Hi,

I created an SSH file (blank txt file and then deleted the extension) I also made sure SSH was enabled via interfacing options through Retropie.

As for setting up the WiFi I created a wpa_supplicant.conf file on my SD, and input my details (am I right in thinking my SSID is the same as my WiFi network name on my router?) I think this worked as I tested the WiFi by downloading extra splash screens via the GPi case.

Yes ... that seems correct.

192.168.1.7

Yes, that's your IP ....

@mitu
Windows is very weak in handling ports ;)
You can use pping and a command like PPing retropie 22 to determine if port 22 is open.

@tmshll In your example the call would be PPing 192.168.1.7 22 to check connection to SSH port 22

@mitu success - I'm now in. Thank you so much for your help - much appreciated and sorry for my daft questions

@Shaddonai said in Unable to SSH into RetroPie:

Or this (The part of creating a .txt on boot)
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Wifi

Thx. this did the trick. I had to pull the arcade apart and plug in the network directly.

Have you logged into the pi with this IP address before? Make sure you have the right IP address of the Pi.

Have you accessed any of the ssh config files recently? I've done this and made a typo rendering the configuration useless.

To find the ip address in four ways. With a keyboard plugged into the pi, press F4 and use the CLI to type in ifconfig you'll want to use the inet address of either the wlan0 or eth0 interface.

There is a menu option in emulationstation that will give the ip address most of the time.

And with windows you could type arp -a to check the arp cache for the address it will be one of the dynamic addresses of the associated interface.

Of course you want to make sure that it is connected, with ethernet you will know. With a router I guess you could log in to the router and check the ip address there.

You should start with ssh, when you get the right address I'll help with winscp.

Thanks @caver01 and @Spiky, works now.

@RetroCrtGames Can you help me how to enable these commands? Sudo chmod + x set_video.sh
Sudo bash ./set_video.sh I am reaching the / root / video folder and I can't turn them on 😠😠

@dieselhammer The genesis folder is a symlink to the megadrive one, that's why you got the error - you shouldn't have deleted the folder since you might have problems running the ROMs you'll be copying there.

As far as the SSH problem is concerned - please answer the questions from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to have an idea how your system looks like.

I was looking for a solution for ages. I found this page to be helpful.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/344863/ssh-new-connection-begins-to-hang-not-reject-or-terminate-after-a-day-or-so-on

By switching to netcat it now works without a problem.

How do I use the internal command prompts? Like how do I log in so I can enter in all the code? I know that if you press f4 that it brings up the prompts, but how do I log in and shit?

I have been sending roms over my network using the network share (SMB) that is built into RPi. If you are on windows, go to windows explorer and click on Network. In there you should see all your networked machines that are sharing. RETROPIE should be one of them. once you are there, navigate to the roms folder and you can drag and drop to your hearts content. :)

just reinstalled retropie... SOLVED!

Most of what you need should be outlined here: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/retroarch-configuration

It goes over controls and talks about the defaults. Look for the video Tutorial links. There is one on testing joysticks that shows haoe to test joypads and get button numbers. they are done better than I can explain in words.

@ScottF80 That's it - and you solved all by yourself ;)