1Disabling access to retroarch in game menus, (build made for kids)

mitu

@cmac86 said in 1Disabling access to retroarch in game menus, (build made for kids):

Will deleting the controller config file and reconfiguring it work

If you have a stock install, I don't think it will help - since you already re-installed RA. Unfortunately I don't have my RPI system available to make some tests.
Try to edit the config through the RetroArch GUI (Select + X while in game) and clear those bindings (I think X clears a button binding), then save the config.

jonnykesh

@cmac86 Might be a pain in the hole but try editing the individual retroarch.cfg files in /opt/retropie/configs/SYSTEM_NAME/
As a btw, "hoaking around" and "pickling my brain", no need to ask where you are from!

cmac86

hahah im having a laugh to myself here @jonnykesh . Thank you for you replies, i do appreciate them, @mitu after entering the rgui and looking for controls I do not see any bindings or names that relate to menu toogle or game reset, I've "nul" my controller in retroarch/autoconfig/ as well. I have had a look in for example
opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg and in that file there are a few lines of text

Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/snes/"

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

this is all thats included in all the emulators i've setup to use. Snes, Nes, Megadrive, GBA and a few others. Can't get my head around it. I'll probably leave it and hope my nieces dont hit the buttons by accident and end up in the rgui menu.

Im out of options now,

jonnykesh

@cmac86 Try actually adding the lines including "nul" into those files. So it looks like this:

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/gb/"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_reset_btn = "nul"  

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

cmac86

@jonnykesh As suggested by Mitu?

Thank you mate, I'll give it ago now.

jonnykesh

@cmac86 See above, just copy & paste. Obviously changing for each system...

jonnykesh

@cmac86 ~~Also, just to be clear, it should be nullTwo L's~~

cmac86

@jonnykesh Legend Boss, That seemed to sort it. I appreciate that mate, now time to edit all the emulators and add the right piece of text.

Really thanks alot,
@mitu appreciate your help also. Cheers guys

jonnykesh

@cmac86 ignore me, too much xmas cheer, I'm seeing double... just the wan L! Hic.

cmac86

@jonnykesh haha I added just the one and it worked, thanks alot mate, now time for me to have some beers. Hope you have a good Christmas.

jonnykesh

@cmac86 You too.

mitu

@cmac86 Glad you got it sorted out, with @jonnykesh's help. Have a nice Christmas, I hope your nieces will enjoy your gift.

jonnykesh

@mitu Ha, I like to nip in at the 11th hour and steal the glory! You did the heavy lifting.

mitu

I think we need a special wiki page for kid-proofing RetroPie, now that Kid mode is implemented in Emulationstation.

cmac86

@mitu I agree mitu. Just to help people with some situations like this. I had previously enabled kiosk mode and removed the retropie config page from emulationstation before asking for the help on removing those binding buttons. It would help a lot of people who want to stop kids accessing areas that we don't want them to. Glad I've made this build child proof and it helps to know for future.

jonnykesh

@cmac86 I think the problem is, as it always is with open source software. Coders / developers like to make stuff work but HATE writing the documentation. It always seems to be an afterthought. Just one of those things.
The wiki can be edited by anyone btw... If you have a spare few hours... It always seems to take longer to explain how something works rather than just making it work.

foxtochop

For updated info purposes.
When you search in google "how to disable retroarch menu hotkey", this thread is the first thing that comes up.

As for 19 Jun 2019

All of the above didn't work for me.

But this is the solution now:
sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

search for menu_driver

The default value should be "rgui". Change that to "null" Null, with two L.

Save and restart emulationstation.