Multi Switch Shutdown Script!

quicksilver

@exarkuniv there is an issue with dhewm3 that the x window does not close properly after exiting the game. I was going to report it on the github page but never got around to it. It's likely to be a raspberry pi related issue or it could be because we aren't running a full desktop environment. Not sure if the dev would/could help.

There is a setting you can turn on via raspi-config that allows you to kill an x session using cntrl+alt+backspace. That was my workaround when trying to close dhewm3.

ExarKunIv

@quicksilver thanks for the idea. i managed to get my kill script to work and map my hot keys with Xboxdrv to start it so now my game/ports now exit quickly. but ill remember that if i end up needing it down the road

vwgolfman

@cyperghost
Hello and thank you so much for all your hard work in creating the fantastic scripts that you do.

I have built a dual joystick controller with a Raspberry Pi 4 inside.
It is running Retropie 4.7.1
I have a button wired to pins 5 and 6 of the GPIO Header which shorts those pins when the button is pressed.

I would like to use this button as my safe shutdown button.

Please can you tell me whether your script will be good for this and if so should I install using...

wget -O - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/retroflag-picase/master/install.sh" | sudo bash

Many thanks once again for any help.

cyperghost

@vwgolfman You are using the "wrong" script for this. Please visit https://github.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown

There is a dedicated command line option for a single GPIO button. The Retroflag script is just a small subset of the one linked above.

Edit:
Did forget, I wrote small walk-through already here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17415/multi-switch-shutdown-script

Idelacio

On resetting games with the reset button I'm getting the following error:
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh: line 63: kill: (####) - No Such Process

Where #### is the process number.

It also producses the following message on closing the process:
Killed

As it looks messy having persistant messages like these show between screens is there a clean way to hide them?

I don't want to completely prevent error messages showing as sometimes I do screw up so just these ones specifically. If it's all or nothing though I'll just have to accept that.

vwgolfman

@cyperghost
Thank you so much, your coding is fantastic and I am now using your safe shutdown script successfully!

Could I please ask, is there a version which monitors the shutdown button continuously rather than polling it every second or so?

cnoto

@cyperghost I just used this script for a generic button on a zero 2 with no luck. Would anything be different about the pi zero 2?

danilux

@cyperghost Hi sweet man :v, I wanted to know if you think that by modifying the paths in your install instructions I could make your script work on batocera, since it's emulation station same as retropie, I have a generic button I want to use to save shut down, any help is appreciated

BlackDraGoN 0

I have got this error on my Raspberry pi 3b+:

DTOVERLAY[error]: failed to open 'RetroFlag_pw_io.dtbo'

Failed to read 'RetroFlag_pw_io.dtbo'

What Can I do?

The file is installed in the correct place, in fact, I installed it with the installer and checked that everything was correct, but the dto does not load it.

mitu

@BlackDraGoN-0 That error is not from @cyperghost's script, the script doesn't have any references to that .dtbo file.

BlackDraGoN 0

My pins are always level=0 fsel=0 func=INPUT how can I change level 1 when I press a button?

BlackDraGoN 0

@mitu I have done a clean installation of RetroPie, and I have installed the multiswitch, but every time the leds come on and it turns off. I have a Nespicase+ and a Raspberry Pi 3B+. I have also tried with the original retroflag script and the same thing happens.

BlackDraGoN 0

When I install the script, the nespicase+ always turns off. My Nespicase has a Reset button that is a push button, but the Off button is one of those that stays pressed when pressed, and I have to press it again to get it out.

mitu

@BlackDraGoN-0 I'm not familiar with the case, but I remember you had to activate a switch in order to have the script functional - https://retroflag.com/download/NESPi_CASE+_Manual.pdf mentions this switch and I presume it has to be switched ON (default is OFF).

BlackDraGoN 0

@mitu I have got the switch in ON.

Ashpool

@BlackDraGoN-0 said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:

Off button

You meant the "Power"-Button, or (pressed=On, unpressed=Off)?

BlackDraGoN 0

@Ashpool
Exactly (pressed = on, not pressed = off), that's my button.

I no longer know what to do to make the script work.

Ashpool

@BlackDraGoN-0 I had no problems with the script on my superpi and nespi+ cases, was that a fresh setup you installed the script on to? If possible (spare sd card), maybe you should check with a fresh retropie install/image and retroflags own shutdown-script.
And on @cyberghosts GIT-repo there is a newer script version 0.86 (# v0.86 Added Switch check to NESPi+ cases), but that's labeled as -testing and i don't know what the changes exactly do (and as cyberghost wasn't on the forum for over a year ...), and as the older version worked (for me) - best to on a fresh install and with retroflags script 1st and if that works on a fresh install with the multi-switch script.

BlackDraGoN 0

@Ashpool
This is my boot config

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable infrared communication.
#dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17
#dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

[pi4]
# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

[all]
#dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
#overscan_scale=1
disable_splash=1
boot_delay=3

I have got a Raspberry Pi 3B +

BlackDraGoN 0

This is my /etc/modules :

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

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