@mitu Ah, that scuppers those plans then. I think I'll give this up as a failed experiment. I did manage to get Kodi to launch from my green button by importing psutil and check_output and changing the code to espid = int(check_output(["pidof","-s","emulationstation"])) es = psutil.Process(espid) es.suspend() Kodi = subprocess.Popen("/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Kodi.sh") Kodi.wait es.resume() But then the script would no longer start from my crontab on boot so not really usable.

@kok00 cmp does not care of file names, it compares content

tbh i really dont see the point, but ofc its possible to make a shell script call it whatever and execute. ./myscript

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Thanks @mitu, that'll get me started :D

Is there anyone else who has ScummVm set up? What do you have in your <game>.svm?

@mitu I never tried playing them with omxplayer from command line i am sorry still new to all of this. I been working on this image from scratch for a few months now and just when i thought i was done i went and updated the script and this is what happened. The videos do play in the gamelist previews just fine. its when the screen saver kicks in is when i get the issue. This image is for an arcade1up cab and i use the screensaver option so that in can just run when i am not using it.

@mitu sure bro, again thank you very much

@cyperghost The output of my raspi-gpio get 3 was "level=0 fsel=0 func=INPUT", but if I put it in line 322 the Pi always turns off as soon as emulationstation loads, even if completely disconnected from the case. However, I just realised something... the power socket on the MEGAPi case it's not just a cutout, like the HDMI port, but it has its own little board, I didn't notice until now, I just mindlessly plugged the power directly to the Pi, and that was the problem, the multi_switch.sh now works perfectly. Sorry for wasting your time :( (however, the fact that multiswitch086.sh almost worked without using the power board was in itself impressive). As a partial way to make amends I'll correct an error on the installation instructions of the script: Here you have to add a sudo before chmod, otherwise it gives you "permission denied" wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/multi_switch.sh && chmod +x multi_switch.sh

@George-Spiggott said in Script to Mirror SD Card to USB Stick?: Currently RetroPie automatically copies files (roms and configs) from a USB stick to the Pi. Is it possible to disable this process so that it happens on command rather than automatically? Yes, disable the usbmount service and the synchronization will not happen automatically. Also is it possible to reverse the process so that the USB stick can be used to mirror the contents of the Pi, or at least select folders from it, either automatically or ideally on command? Yes, it's possible, but there's no provision in the RetroPie scripts for this kind of scenario. When you want to keep your ROMs on an external drive, you create a retropie-mount folder on it and RetroPie would sync the ROMs from the SDCard to the disc, then it will mount the disc so you can use it. If dont' want to use the external disc for the ROMs, but just synch to it, then you'll have to create a script to do it. Both synchronization methods (USB to card and vice-versa) use the rsync command, you can easily create 2 scripts to do this synchronization and add them under the retropiemenu system so you can call them directly from Emulationstation.

@jerryfudd It's a raspi-config configuration error. Modify the /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf file and replace its contents with [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin pi --noclear %I $TERM then restart your system.

@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

I want to start emulationstation on-demand, this is what I've come up with: Emulationstation heavily depends on a terminal being allocated for it to work. It switches a lot between graphical and text-mode. So in "/etc/systemd/system/my-emulationstation.service": [Unit] Description=my emulationstation [Service] User=pi ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/run-emulationstation Type=simple StandardInput=tty-force TTYVHangup=yes TTYPath=/dev/tty20 TTYReset=yes Also, there's a bug that requires emulationstation to be started inside /home/pi, so in "/usr/local/bin/run-emulationstation": #! /bin/bash # switch to same tty allocated in .service chvt 20 # cd to home cd /home/pi # run emulationstation in foreground process /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh And for the curious: I want it to start when specific hardware is attached, specifically an 8Bitdo Zero Bluetooth Gamepad. So in "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-my-emulationstation.rules": ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTR{name}=="8Bitdo Zero GamePad", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="my-emulationstation"

I have made a verbose version of retropieXstation called retropieXstation-verbose. It is created to find problems if roms or emulators do not work. Beware : It only works with retroarch libretro cores and zipped rom files do not always work ! You can download it with 'wget' in your terminal and then puts it on your desktop : wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FollyMaddy/retropieXstation/master/retropieXstation-verbose.py -P $HOME/Desktop Instructions on how to run the script are in the script itself. Just load it in a text editor and read the text. Hope you all find this verbose script usefull.

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.