For anyone who may come across this same problem, to solve it I had to set everything up how I needed it including BIOS roms configurations, and only once I was happy did I run all of the updates and all appears to be working normally again now

Thanks got it

@ckp Great. Hold on to it then, and make a backup :)

@pjft I just had 62 systems running when final testing the theme - ran super smooth!

@dankcushions I got my main system set up about 6 or 7 months ago and I haven't updated since. I have it pretty much how I want it and don't see a reason to change just yet. I do have another card for testing new stuff though, so I'm ready to go through it all again I might start my setup from scratch and leave out a few things I no longer want.

Which system? When you post about a problem try to be specific. I think its the MAME games who don't work? You did update the emulator which requires a newer romset. You need to rebuild the romset to the required version for the emulator and it will work.

Please read this article and you'll fix it

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Validating,-Rebuilding,-and-Filtering-Arcade-ROMs/

@buzz thank you very much for the help! Quick question --

It seemed like the RetroPie setup script runs apt-get update and apt-get -y dist-upgrade before calling post_update and update_packages. Do I have that right? If so, should the order of the commands be?:

# do not run this often as it will put strain on our server - weekly should be enough cd ~/RetroPie-Setup/ git pull sudo __nodialog=1 ./retropie_packages.sh raspbiantools apt_upgrade sudo __nodialog=1 ./retropie_packages.sh setup post_update sudo __nodialog=1 ./retropie_packages.sh setup update_packages

Also, is there anything special about the raspbiantools apt_upgrade function(s) vs. just running?:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade

Just trying to figure out what is best before calling this "done". Thanks again!

The way I did it, choosing the desktop with autologin has worked so far. But now I know how to retrace my steps. Invariably, I post these an entire house away from where I'm working on the pi, so I never have the various screens right there next to me and I panic. Visual/experience learner over here :-D. Thanks again for your help. I actually posted a follow-up on the reddit thread of mine as well.

paging @BuZz :)

@markyh444 Yes! After a manual edit, it just reverts back to its original settings.

You (and everyone who experiences this) have updated every single package from source, while having too many things installed. It literally takes ages to compile everything. Just update via binaries next time :)

@meleu

not accessible via internet, but I am a network security specialist, who loves Linux, all my desktops, and laptops have been patched, I was just trying to ensure complete coverage in my house.

thanks,