First attempt with Retropie 4.2 install trouble

pjft

What other button has id="6"?

You should be able to exit if you press that button together with start.

RetroHopeful

@pjft
okay so while I was waiting I reconf. keyboard using the letters herb, (I found a youtube video), used for start and select and rebooted. Now when I type in the command I only see the keyboard not the xbox360 pad. so I will answer from what I see now as I have no idea how to find the xbox ;)

how come my xbox info is hidden now?
should this be of concern to me:

-bash: . :/home/pi/.bashrc: cannot execute binary file

it is at the top of command page.

Thanks a lot for all your help it really was quite overwhelming for me to learn all this new stuff, while really being so lost and not knowing what stuff means, or if it is setup properly.

pjft

@RetroHopeful Not at all. That file only has the settings for the latest controller you configured, no worries :)

It effectively suggests that select is being mapped as the hotkey - which is a good sign!

I'd expect you'd be able to exit a game by pressing the keys you mapped to select and start, together, on the keyboard. And, as you redefine your other controllers, I'd expect you to be able to do the same for each as that happens.

Still, I'm puzzled/concerned with that error message you keep getting - that clearly suggests something is wrong with your current setup.

At this stage, if it isn't too much trouble, I'd strongly suggest formatting your SD card (or trying out a new one), reinstalling the image, and seeing how that goes.