@ExarKunIv said in Safe One Button Shutdown for Retropie/Retroarch/Raspberry Pi:

@robertm this is the one i have used and i have not come across any problems with it

https://github.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown

Seconded. Once you configure it, it works like a charm. I can even shutdown safely while a game is still running.

@cyperghost , I have installed your multi_switch.sh script on my setup but it's not working. I've set it up for onoffshim as I'm using a Pimoroni PicadeX hat. If I run the script from the command line, it works as expected, but if I press the power button to shutdown, it doesn't save hi-scores etc. I have just double checked everything and now the Pi has went into a loop of shutting down straight after it executes the script in the first line of autostart.sh. I must be making a mistake somewhere, just darned if I know what I've done wrong!

I've used another SD card to boot up and get access to my setup. Here is my autostart.sh file. I load the script, then use Runcommand to run my chosen emulator and ROM, then finally if I quit out of the emulator, it loads emulationstation.

sudo /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --onoffshim & /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ "arcade" "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/starwars.zip" wait $1 emulationstation --no-splash #auto

I've removed the sudo command from the first line and I can get back in again. Any ideas on what's going wrong?

@Ashpool thanks for the pointer :)

Got it working using that script.

If it helps anyone else my /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh file looks like:

sudo /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --mausberry & emulationstation #auto

(All on one line in the file)

I suspect my missing piece with the 'stock' mausberry install script was adding it to the autostart file, but this alternative script works so will stick with it. 👍

@clarke-baxter give the full path to the MP3 to the play command. Eg

play /path/to/file.mp3

@G30FF Thank you :)

@cnoto For the ONOFFSHIM I used the default setup, proposed by Pimoroni. For the complete powercut you either need a systemd file or you set a dtoverlay to /boot/config.txt

You can take a look here to this tutorial

@rtarroyo BTW

The internal switch is turned on to safe shutdown and im running the latest version of Retropie, installed it today

@cnoto Cool! Glad it worked for you. It's always nice when you can keep plugging away at those pesky little buggers.

@Dinsdale ah got it! Well glad it works now sounds like a really neat set up. On the other hand I would have never thought to use an Alexa powered outlet so I guess teamwork!

@robertybob Check out @cyperghost's shutdown script - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17415/ - it supports multiple switches and can be adapted to work like you want w.r.t the reset switch.

@mitu @cyperghost

I sent an e-mail to RetroFlag the other day describing the issue and from looking at the photo of the wires I sent, they said the colored wires were in the wrong position. They apologized then gave some directions on how to take the wires out and what the proper color order is.

I tried taking them out of the black plug but it seemed a bit of a hassle. Fortunately a replacement case arrived from Amazon today and the colored wires in the replacement case are in the correct position. I rebuilt my RetroPie and the shutdown and reset worked right away :). Thanks again for the help.

tldr: Original case wires were messed up, replacement worked.

I am having the exact same issue with my Kintaro Kuma 9000. I'm using a retropie image that I downloaded from arcade punks. I had originally used another image which did not have these power issues and booted up fine with the power buttons and showed the red LED light. But then I switched to another image and now have this exact same problem. It starts up and then right when the splash screen ends, it shuts down. Did you ever get a fix for this issue?

@mitu said in Pi overheating and scripts not working:

@MisterMints Most likely something hardware, try to return it and get another.

Wish it was that simple! My Pi3 is over a year old and was a gift - I treated myself to a new 3B+ and was going to donate the broken one (obviously before it was broken!) to a retro gaming present for my little brother.

At least now he gets the same present but with a brand new 3B+ instead

@de_jean125 Something like that, yes. :)

My first guess was that it was for your kid(s), by the way.

You could even let it get nastier … "Stop or I'll hack into your bank account and send all of your money to homes for retired game programmers!"

@mitu
Ho right, 3rd party! Yes that sound fair.
Ok thanks!

@sano Bingo!, just never saw the runtime error before. I went into raspi-config and set it to autologin to console and it boots normally into Retropie, thanks!

I had the same issues using my Mausberry switch I had the blue and white cable mixed up.

@cyperghost Hi, Thank you for your great work with this script, but I have the Issue with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.
I have installed you script and I have Connectet to Pin 5 (GPIO3) and GND a momentary switch. I also preformed the comamnd:

raspi-gpio set PIN3 ip pu

The shut down sequenze works fine but the zero dosn't power up again.
Is this a zero related issue?

raspi-gpio get

returns:
GPIO 3: level=1 fsel=0 func=INPUT

Best Regards
Predator2k4