@mitu I got it working with the runcommand now. Only a small visual issue (no progress bar while downloading a game). But I found a bug in downloadAndExtract, and I opened a pull request :D https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2628

+1 I would love if Retropie configured Emulation Station to run as a systemd service. I personally wouldn't disable it at boot, but it would make it a lot easier to programmatically start/stop/enable/disable based on my needs. As it stands now I don't even know where it's even invoked at boot :-O

Works perfect. Thanks ;-)

Just add the full path to the script in the .sh file and make sure it's executable.

@tyler513 The commands and steps to follow are on the page you mentioned, make sure you're typing the download command correctly. Is your internet working ?

If you're using RetroPie, then you can run your scripts when starting/ending a ROM with Runcommand support for onstart/onend scripts - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#runcommand-onstart-and-runcommand-onend-scripts. The scripts receive some parameters so you can determine which emulator and game you're starting/finishing and run the appropriate actions/scripts to control your display.

@mitu said in Modify Power Button Behaviour to 'Hold for three seconds'??: You can increase the bouncetime from 2sec to something larger. Even as it is now, just a single quick push will shut the software down - i dont have to hold the button at all. Perhaps I need to use a different script that relies on the button being held.

@JToivonen got what you mean and here is the "un modified" solution...simply if you're playing plug the usb controller and when you finish just unplug it and it will shutdown automatically!, even when a power trigger happens "electricity went off then come back again" and found that your gamepad isn't connected it will shut down :) here is the python file you just need to edit the line that kills qjoypad to kill whole system add poweroff or shutdown -h as you use in your momentry switch don't forget to make the file run at start and special thanks to pablo idea behind the script is that system creates a js0 file for controller 1 inputs and js1 for controller 2 when connected and so on, the script searches for that file if it's found that mean you've connected the gamepad and probably playing a game and when you finish unplugging the gamepad removes js0 file and when the script discovers the file is not found it kills an app process called qjoypad which you'll change to shutdown please note you're not gonna use //User Variables section in this code so just ignore it.

If interested, I can also raise another PR at some point regarding my post above, where I have custom launching scripts for A500, A600, A1200, and CD32 and a modified emulators.cfg to suit. Maybe you can take a look at it and see if you are happy to add it in. I know it's x86 only and probably not a priority but I think it improves on the defaults for those who use it.

@mitu said in Retropie_Setup errors after failed update: git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git Great tip: it worked ! Currently updating all installed cores. Thank you so much !

Ok I've tested jslisten but only accept 4 button pressed at once and seems no button sequence working...

@jandalf81 THANKS !!!! :)))

@jandalf81 Just a quick update: Manual full syncs to/from Dropbox work fine, and saw the current network check issues documented on your github page. I added the "return 0" workaround to the script as you mentioned and it now works like a charm! Love the script, very helpful!

NIce one, that fixed it!

@mitu I don't want to screw anything up that's why i ask really dumb questions man. Yeah that worked, appreciate the lesson Mitu. Thanks again for your time have a great day / weekend.

someone asked about this on reddit a few weeks back, and i told them to add it to: /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh expressvpn connect & emulationstation it seemed to work for them. here's the thread for reference.

@tigerknee That seems an over complicated stuff to do. The problem with ES running at same time as X.org was because input devices losing controll. I don't know if that is still true. Does it work fine, while the desktop is still running, like playing games and return to the desktop?