roms take me back to main menu

juan6uerra

Hello,

I'm new.. been stuck here for a couple days, so I thought I would reach out and see if I could get some support with it. Any assistance would be much obliged. The situation is pretty much what the subject says. Some systems play, others do not. I'd like to just focus on the NES for now tho. Here are the details -

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi Zero
Power Supply used: CanaKit DCAR-RSP-1A (have also tried EasyAcc and CheTech)
RetroPie Version Used 4.2
Built From: retropie-4.2-rpi1_zero.img
USB Devices connected: Logitech Wireless K400 Keyboard, Controller, USB Drive (sometimes)
Controller used: Next USB (also tried Xbox 360, and NES30Pro 8Bitdo Bluetooth)
Error messages received: None, it just takes you back to the menu
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log : (verbose launch, took a picture of this, so I am recreating): RetroArch [ERROR] :: Failed to load content
RetroArch [ERROR] :: This core requires a content file
Guide used: "Build your own Raspberry Pi retro gaming rig using RetroPie" by Zach
File: all my nes roms seem to have this problem, 419 of them
Emulator: I tried all 3 that come on there
Attachment of config files: I have to see about getting them, I just got passed the shift+3 problem with the keyboard so I was finally able to get it on wifi since i needed the # key ugh, maybe I can ssh to it and get some logs, not sure. Its updating everything now via the setup in hope of resolving it.
I have tried reimaging, different power supplys, resoluton settings, emulators, cables, boards, sd cards, anything I can swap, I have swapped. The first board I got had an issue, and this is the second one, so it may very well be the board again, not sure.
How to replicate the problem: Try to launch an NES game using one of the 3 default emulators and you get thrown back out to the screen.

SNES, Vectrex, MAME seem to work.
NES, and Genesis, and PSX don't

Let me know if you need any additonal details, Thanks!

mediamogul

@juan6uerra

maybe I can ssh to it and get some logs

See if you can and then post the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.info directly after trying to launch an NES game. The error your getting seems to indicate that RetroArch is unaware that you're passing viable content to it.

juan6uerra

Thanks for you response!
Here is what I am seeing in that file -

nes
lr-quicknes
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C. Kids (USA).nes
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/$

No luck after updating everything :(

mediamogul

@juan6uerra said in roms take me back to main menu:

/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/$

To quote the big book of mechanic clichés, there's your problem. That's the full launch command and it's not being formatted to launch a specific libretrocore or any content. I'm not really sure how this could have gotten messed up, but post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/nes/emulators.cfg if you would.

juan6uerra

@mediamogul

yep...

lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/l$
lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie$
lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie$
default = "lr-quicknes"

thanks again

Sano

Seems you edited the file but cropped the lines somehow.
Here is what you shoul have :

lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
default = "lr-fceumm"
lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"

juan6uerra

my bad, sorry -

lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.$
lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retr$
lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retr$
default = "lr-quicknes"

am I just missing the %ROM% variable at the end?

mediamogul

@juan6uerra

Copy and paste what @Sano has above and you should be good.

Edit: Of course, it looks like your default would be:

default = "lr-quicknes"

juan6uerra

no dice :( this is what I have now after the update and failed run -

/dev/shm/runcommand.info =

nes
lr-fceumm
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C. Kids (USA).nes
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/M.C$

========================================================

/opt/retropie/configs/nes/emulators.cfg =

lr-fceumm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
lr-nestopia = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-nestopia/nestopia_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
default = "lr-fceumm"
lr-quicknes = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-quicknes/quicknes_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"

juan6uerra

@mediamogul

I tried putting it back to "lr=quicknes" and it didn't work either. Ugh.. so frustrating.
I might try reimaging the sdcard with a USB card reader instead of the builtin one on my laptop, havent tried that yet. . thx

Sano

Again the line is trucated.
But I can't say if it's just your copy-paste that truncate it, or the if it's really in the log file...

juan6uerra

@Sano

Its gotta be the file itself
I did a 'copy all to clipboard', pasted to notepad, and then made sure i got everything here.
So whatever is missing is really missing.

mediamogul

@juan6uerra

Windows Notepad can create all kinds of problems. Try using either WordPad, Notepad++ or EditPadLite

juan6uerra

I am investigating this right now -

Error "Verification failed at sector: 8192"

I am unable to verify the image after I create it with the Win32DiskImager tool.

I tried a couple different sd cards, and now different readers and different USB ports. Same error on verification. Not sure if its a red herring or what, but I am investigating all possible avenues.

Looks like others are having the issue as well -

https://sourceforge.net/p/win32diskimager/tickets/50/

I am not sure what other tool I can use, since I was followign that guide by Zach, thoughts?

juan6uerra

@mediamogul

10-4, ill test with Notpad++ after I get this new image up.. thx

juan6uerra

the post above has some merit..

"... I immediately clicked "verify only" and got the error "Verification failed at sector: 8192".
Then I tried the following:
READ the contents of the SD card back to a file TEST.IMG.
WRITE the file TEST.IMG back to the SD card.
Run "verify only".
This time, the verify succeeded without any errors."

I performed the same steps and got the same outcome.
It took 3-4x as long this time to read,write, verify the image.
Some of the NES Roms now play, still working on it
Thanks again for everyones help :)