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    How to restart ES from a script?

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators @TMNTturtlguy
      last edited by BuZz

      @TMNTturtlguy did you reboot ? you may want to sudo rm /tmp/es-restart also.

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by

        There is a problem after launching the first time. Will check.

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost @BuZz
          last edited by cyperghost

          @BuZz There seems to be a problem with the one lost PID!
          I did not update but I'm facing the same problem!

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          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost
            last edited by cyperghost

            No the first killall script runs in best condition!
            All 3 PIDs are running there!

            touch /tmp/es-restart; killall -e "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation"
            

            and I can execute @TMNTturtlguy script like usual behavior.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @cyperghost
              last edited by BuZz

              @cyperghost the pkill isn't working as it also kills a needed parent process as the pattern matches a bash line which I missed.

              touch /tmp/es-restart
              pkill -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation$"
              

              should sort it

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              • TMNTturtlguyT
                TMNTturtlguy @cyperghost
                last edited by

                @cyperghost @BuZz Ok, so I did the ps -a and killed the largest emulationstatio and i can at least navigate the menus again....so yes the pkill is causing the issue,

                Next issue is after the setup script update my script gives an error saying that '/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg' is write protected and the script errors out.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators @TMNTturtlguy
                  last edited by

                  @TMNTturtlguy if your script wants to edit that file it will need to use sudo as user scripts are no longer run as root.

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • TMNTturtlguyT
                    TMNTturtlguy @BuZz
                    last edited by

                    @BuZz thanks that seems to work. New issue. When running

                    touch /tmp/es-restart
                    pkill -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation$"
                    

                    the script works great, but when i press start and go to QUIT, the screen flashes back to my script and ES restarts. I can't navigate to exit or shutdown. I immediately see the script blue screen and restart ES. So this is not killing the /tmp/es-restart

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost
                      last edited by

                      you can please check permission of your Restart Script in retropiemenu.
                      It must be set to pi.

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                      • TMNTturtlguyT
                        TMNTturtlguy @cyperghost
                        last edited by

                        @cyperghost another beginner questions, how do i check that?

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost @TMNTturtlguy
                          last edited by cyperghost

                          @TMNTturtlguy
                          Because the sh und rp files are called via bash. I'm not 100% sure if this can cause errors. if you never entered SSH as root it's very unlikely you have the wrong permission set.

                          Sorry late here
                          ls -al in retropiemenue

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                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                            TMNTturtlguy @cyperghost
                            last edited by

                            @cyperghost everything is set to pi

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                            • TMNTturtlguyT
                              TMNTturtlguy @TMNTturtlguy
                              last edited by TMNTturtlguy

                              @TMNTturtlguy @cyperghost @BuZz so i can confirm that

                              touch /tmp/es-restart
                              pkill -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation$"
                              

                              Is still not killing all 3 PID. I had to go in and kill, when i did this i got the same blue screen with error text as i posted above using @meleu script. I just tried running this with sudo in front, same effect. Once it is run, entering into the start menu and the retropie menu causes me to immediately flash to the script screen and then restart ES.

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators @TMNTturtlguy
                                last edited by BuZz

                                @TMNTturtlguy it's not supposed to kill all the processes - 2 are scripts to launch es which should be left running. Also see above regarding using ps so you can see the full names.

                                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                • TMNTturtlguyT
                                  TMNTturtlguy @BuZz
                                  last edited by

                                  @BuZz
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                                  • TMNTturtlguyT
                                    TMNTturtlguy
                                    last edited by TMNTturtlguy

                                    @BuZz @cyperghost when I killed 1162 from the above list, ES restated and now everything is functioning correctly. I then ran my script again, it worked, pressed start and went to menu, quit, and same thing occurs, a flash of my script menu and an restart of ES. This time i kill the highest number of ES, Es restarts and i get a message that /tmp/es-restart cannot be removed. Is this a permissions issue within the script? I am running the latest touch restart command from above with sudo now and it has no affect.

                                    Edit: i added tried this:

                                    touch /tmp/es-restart
                                    pkill -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation$"
                                    sudo rm /tmp/es-restart
                                    

                                    This gets rid of the auto restart, but when I go to start, quit I can now select restart, when i do this it reruns the my script and defaults to the first option from my menu. I don't get the can't remove /tmp/es-restart message anymore. When i kill the largest number emulationstatio it exits to the same blue screen with weird text as posted above. The sudo rm /tmp/es-restart everything is back to normal again.

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                                    • meleuM
                                      meleu
                                      last edited by meleu

                                      wazzup guys!

                                      in front of my RetroPie it is a way easier! Here is my one liner to restart ES with no issues (at least it works fine here):

                                      touch /tmp/es-restart && pkill -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation([^.]|$)"
                                      

                                      Yes, the only difference is those / chars before and after .* in the regex. It's working fine thanks to this commit on RetroPie-Setup.

                                      That one liner is able to restart ES even if the user is running a testing ES branch ( @TMNTturtlguy knows what I'm saying) and/or the user launched ES with some --arguments.

                                      @TMNTturtlguy I hope it helps you.

                                      Cheers!

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                                      • TMNTturtlguyT
                                        TMNTturtlguy @meleu
                                        last edited by

                                        @meleu thank you! Unfortunately we just left for a family weekend and I won't be home until Sunday evening. I will test it out right away. Thanks again! P.s. I brought my computer with to make your mame row logo! Will get that created and send you a download link!

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                                        • cyperghostC
                                          cyperghost
                                          last edited by

                                          I made a thread of all bash ideas oft the restart.
                                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11050/restart-es-via-bash-script/

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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators @meleu
                                            last edited by

                                            @meleu why "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation([^.]|$)" rather than "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation$" ? A use case I have missed ?

                                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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