@Lolonois said in Trying to make a simple power off / reboot button in Emulationstation but getting permission denied.:

I usually do from any navigation position: Start -> RB (right shoulder) -> A (now I am in the Quit Menu) and then select either Restart or Shutdown. You can bypass the final confirm dialog when you add --no-confirm-quit to the emulationstation line in autostart.sh.

Yes, I am well aware of that. Have been using ES for many years. I just wanted to make an easy button to press right from the icon screen though. More of a personal preference than anything else.

@duglor It is Fixed. I was in the SSH and typed sudo raspi-config and chose to
2. chose System options
Step 3: choose "3 Boot Options... Configure options for start-up"
Step 4: choose "R1 Desktop / CLI... Change whether to boot into a desk"
Step 5: highlight "B2 Console Autologin... Text console, automaticfally logged in as a 'pi' user
Step 6: tap 'right' on your keyboard to highlight "OK"
Step 7: highlight "Finish"
Step 8: Would you like to reboot now? "YES". Since then it boots up from "exit" like before.

@petrockblog I would like to add this as a feature request as well. Raspberry Pi I use is in another room upstairs and I would like to be able to work on it remotely and reboot when necessary instead of having to go up and turn it back on each time. Once configurations on it are settled, it probably won't be as much of a trouble, but powerblock & controlblock is not just a good Retropie addition but also fixes an oversight on part of Pi foundation not including power control capability. Instead of a mostly useless second HDMI output they should have added ability to control power instead.

How are you powering the PI ? Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Do you maybe have the micro-USB connector attached to the Raspberry Pi or the PowerBlock? It needs to be attached to the PowerBlock. Could you send me a photo of your hardware setup?

Can you tell me which version of RetroPie and which version of the Raspberry Pi you are using? I could try to reproduce the issue at my site.

Please provide us with the information that is asked for in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and with the exact wording of the crash screen (preferably in form of a screenshot).

@mikozzz Can you check the log file to see where ES gets stuck ? It's in /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt.

@LionSquall read the sticky topics and open a new topic with info. This is a 3 year old discussion.

I suggest that you buy the raspberrypi charger wire as you will have no problem here is the one I have

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Raspberry-Pi-3-Model-B-5V-3A-Power-Adapter-Micro-USB-Port-Power-Charger-EU-US/32761294031.html?src=google&albslr=220568862&isdl=y&aff_short_key=UneMJZVf&source={ifdyn:dyn}{ifpla:pla}{ifdbm:DBM&albch=DID}&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=494-037-6276&isdl=y&albcp=756822904&albag=35305934810&slnk=&trgt=68416666751&plac=&crea=en32761294031&netw=g&device=c&mtctp=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw_TNlLew1wIVmTUrCh0bLgcOEAQYBCABEgLoD_D_BwE

Thanks for that elaborate answer. I need to step through this now.

After the installation of the PowerBlock and the ControlBlock drivers you need to enable the driver in a second step. I realise that this is not intuitive so that I created a patch for the RetroPie Setup. In the future, the drivers will be enabled with the installation.

@sirkreuab you need to change ownership of your /opt/retropie/configs folder back to user pi. Go to the terminal (command line) and type

sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configs

Remember linux is case sensitive, so the R is in caps but nothing else

@josete2k If Kodi crashes, with default settings, and doing simple things like that, your problem is likely a hardware one. Make sure you have a good SD card and a good power supply, preferebly a one piece one, whitout a separate usb cable.
Making a python script to kill/restart Kodi isn't going to do any better.

@stewam7 What do you mean by micro USB into the wall? If it's not a power supply but a USB socket in a plug plate then you are probably looking at 500mA max as opposed to 2.5A and this will be the cause.

Well finaly i got to putting om my new powerblock after putting in the script code it seemd like it went the same way as the previous version with the rebooting and all.

I removed the powerblock went in to the retropie setup and updated the installation script, then went to the drivers and installed the powerblock from there.

After a reboot it works like a charm now.

Thanks Florian

Retropie rocks !!

It doesn't need to be formatted if writing the image to it as that contains all the partition information.

I know this is an old thread but I'm just getting into RetroPie (and Raspberry Pi's in general!)

@LeatherOtter Out of curiosity, did this end up working the way you expected? If so, I'm thinking the Powerblock might be a very easy way to modify my just arrived Retrflag NESPi case to make the power and reset buttons functional as expected. The Power button would just shut it down, and the reset button (which just momentarily cuts power) would cause a restart.