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    • future.childF
      future.child @wolfgangrumpf
      last edited by

      @wolfgangrumpf normally the install script downloads the database to /home/pi/.kat5200/kat5200.db3
      It is done by this line in the script:
      wget -N -O kat5200.db3 https://github.com/futurechild/Kat5200-Retropie/raw/master/default_config.db3
      Possibly the download was incomplete causing the zero sized file.

      Also if you have not yet rebooted your pi, the default database should still be in the /tmp/src directory where kat5200 was built.

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        A Former User @future.child
        last edited by

        Utilized this script today and it worked like a charm. Be sure that the system rom is named 5200.ROM, not 5200.rom. :)

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          hfgx1 @future.child
          last edited by hfgx1

          @future-child After I install Kat5200 it somehow messes up my Carbon RetroPie theme es_systems.cfg file and any new systems I add afterwards do not appear on emulation station.

          I am doing a fresh reinstall of RetroPie on a new large SD card, and have a bunch of system I want to emulate. When I run your commands to install KAT5200, then when I try to install new systems {anything such as intellivision, or amiga, or anything after else optional or experimental from the retropie setup script] those system themes don't appear in emulation station after I reboot. I have to manually edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and add each system manually. This only happens AFTER I install KAT5200.
          As I mentioned I have a bunch of systems I want to emulate, and I tested each install one by one, format SD, fresh install of RetroPie, install system one. Repeat, format, reinstall retropie, and install a different system. Anyhow I finally found the culprit is after I install KAT5200 new system won't appear in es_systems.cfg, I have to manually edit and add them.
          (Note: I've been using KAT5200 for nearly 6-8 months on two different smaller SD cards, but I never installed anything after KAT5200 on those two cards).

          This is the KAT5200 installation command I use:

          wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/futurechild/Kat5200-Retropie/master/install
          chmod +x install
          ./install
          

          I don't know why it messes up the Carbon theme es_systems.cfg file, but it does for me.

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            future.child @hfgx1
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            @hfgx1 My first guess would be the xml formatting is off causing the data after the kat5200 entry in es_systems.cfg to be ignored (probably also why the carbon theme is off).

            Doed this also happen when installing using zerojay's extra's ?

            cd ~
            git clone https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra.git
            cd RetroPie-Extra/
            ./install-extras.sh
            
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              hfgx1 @future.child
              last edited by

              @future-child said in Kat5200 installer (experimental):

              Doed this also happen when installing using zerojay's extra's ?

              This worked. When installing using Zero Jay's Extras there is no problem. I can add new systems later and they show up automatically in EmulationStation. Thank You.

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