Roms won´t start - strange problem

[pjft]

@Dlay I wouldn't say it's time to give up yet.

Where do you set the option to launch it at boot? As I said I don't know enough about auto start. Is there a set of other services or commands you're running there? Maybe one is taking hold of the console.

Can you share the list of services/commands you're running and then testing removing them one by one to see if we narrow it down?

Then maybe it's easier to search for how to mitigate that.

[Dlay]

You can set it in Retropie-Setup

Under C - Configuration / tools
then 802 - autostart
then 1 - Start Emulation Station at boot

[mediamogul]

@Dlay

If you would, post the contents of /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg.

Edit: Nevermind. I had a idea, but your error makes it unlikely.

Edit 2: A listing of your services and commands would indeed be helpful.

[Dlay]

what do you mean with services and commands ?

[cyperghost]

@Dlay
service --status-all

[mediamogul]

@Dlay

Since you've installed RetroPie over an existing system that was originally tasked with other purposes, a list of running services or commands launched at startup might shed some light on the issue and any conflicts that may exist.

Running services can be discovered with:

service --status-all

As noted above. Also, an alternative is:

systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled

And you should check /etc/rc.local for launch commands.

[Dlay]

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[ - ] anacron
[ - ] asplashscreen
[ + ] avahi-daemon
[ + ] bluetooth
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[ - ] bootmisc.sh
[ - ] checkfs.sh
[ - ] checkroot-bootclean.sh
[ - ] checkroot.sh
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[ + ] cron
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[ + ] dhcpcd
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[ + ] fake-hwclock
[ + ] fhem
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[ + ] keyboard-setup
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[ - ] lvm2
[ - ] mdadm
[ + ] mdadm-raid
[ - ] mdadm-waitidle
[ + ] minidlna
[ + ] monit
[ - ] motd
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[ - ] mountall.sh
[ - ] mountdevsubfs.sh
[ - ] mountkernfs.sh
[ - ] mountnfs-bootclean.sh
[ - ] mountnfs.sh
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[ + ] nginx
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