still trying to get it to work.

[Radioman673]

Re: PowerBlock install

I have actually reformatted my SD card and reinstalled Retropi 4.2 and then performed 2 different variations of the install for the PowerBlock. both versions stop at the "cmake .." or "make" commands. here are the web pages and instructions: http://blog.petrockblock.com/gadgets/powerblock-another-power-switch-for-the-raspberry-pi/ and https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#building-and-installation

[petrockblog]

Can you post the output of the console here? It would be interesting to see the error message to get an understanding of the problem.

[ortsac]

@Radioman673 Looking at the picture you posted, it seems that some commands are missing:
you typed:

cd PowerBlock
make

it should be:

cd PowerBlock
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

[Radioman673]

I spent the weekend on this and finally got it to work. The "petrockblog" install was incorrect.

[ortsac]

@Radioman673 So that we can all learn from your experience, what is exactly wrong with the install at "petrockblog"? I followed it to the letter and I had no issue with it...