Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update)

mitu

@jrm said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

Better still, has anyone found a username and password default that actually works?

That's the default user/password for Raspbian - it has been since the beginning, when the Pi was released. If it doesn't work, then maybe you changed it - in this case there's nothing we can do about it.

paffley

Default Instructions for pi: (Unless you have changed the default user/pass on your pi)

*Keyboard required

login: pi
password: raspberry (this does not move the curser but is actually inputting the password when you type)

Press Enter on keyboard

Emulation Station will now boot up

Now go to: RetroPie-Setup -> Configuration/Tools -> Autostart -> Start Emulationstation at boot

Exit Retropie-Setup

……………………..
You will have to repeat the above with every update (for now).

residentjim

Hi, what about this:

i Used the new berryboot version 20180929 with a stock retropie 4.4 image,i did a full system update(apt-get upgrade)

And after i did a reboot and before it does the reboot it got stuck with this message:

systemd[1]: caught <ABRT.>, dumped core as pid 7450.
systemd[1]: Freezing execution.

any suggestions?

HappySpaceInvdr

@Sano said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

@BuZz This reminds me of something reported here a few months ago... Too bad they didn't take your case into account.

Here is the simpliest way to fix this:

at command prompt, type sudo raspi-config

select option 3 in menu (Boot Options)

select option B1 (Desktopp/CLI)

select option B2 (Console Autologin)

Then Ok, exit all the way and restart.

Still an issue in 4.4.3.

For some reason, I wasn't able to login at the prompt on my TV screen, using my "pi" account, but I was able to SSH in from a laptop (using the exact same credentials) and run it.

BuZz

@HappySpaceInvdr It's not a retropie issue but an underlying OS issue. It's unrelated to the version of RetroPie.

DarkkMatter

Same issue here only after updating. I'm going to apply the fixes listed above, and thanks for them.

Confirmed that what Paffley2 typed above works. Auto-logged right into Emulation Station.

mitu

Just a heads-up, the newest updates to Raspbian (probably incorporating the latest Debian minor release ) also include a systemd update that will break auto-login again.

SuperNu69

@mitu - Thanks for the heads up!

--SN

Hotmud9

I figured it out! I had the exact same problem, and even though it doesn't look like anything is being input to the password field, it still notices your keystrokes, which I think is a security measure. Anyways, if nothing above works, try typing "raspberry." When I typed nothing and pressed "enter", it didn't work, but by typing "raspberry", it worked perfectly!

bennyblunts

@BuZz Thank you for the fix sir!

ohmycommodore

Taking note of this issue again and have a question... ok I see the workaround, but what happens if you HAVE changed your login/password? Is that still active, and therefore entering that is the only change to this workaround?

I'm just reacting to the "there's nothing we can do about it" comment.

Lolonois

@paffley exactly. I prefer the CLI to reenable autostart into emulationstation: After

aptitude update && aptitude -y safe-upgrade

I ssh to the retropie as pi user, edit

/opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

and add

emulationstation

since it got eaten by the update somehow.

Save. Exit. Reboot. Smile.

mitu

@Lolonois That's not the issue though and it's not how you fix it.

mitu

@ohmycommodore said in Asking for retropie login on boot? (after update):

Taking note of this issue again and have a question... ok I see the workaround, but what happens if you HAVE changed your login/password? Is that still active, and therefore entering that is the only change to this workaround?

Yes, even if you changed the password, you'll still be able to log in - with your changed password - and re-apply the auto-login setting.

Lolonois

@mitu Well YMMV but it fits to the OP.

mitu

@Lolonois It's not the same issue. The problem reported happens because of an OS upgrade which breaks auto-login. The autostart.sh script is not modified by the OS upgrades so re-editing it doesn't fix anything.

cschultz099

The easiest way to fix it is to first login with username: pi Password: raspberry
then go to raspi-config
Select Change User password
Set to auto login in the options
And you are done your pi should start normally and login without manually having to out in the password.

Archanfel

I am also getting the auto-login after updating the OS, but something is wrong, the default login and password aren't working, and I never mess with those anyway. Whats more, my NOOBS recovery won't respond to the shift key during boot-up, so I can't even repair or edit anything. What did that blasted update do??

cschultz099

@Archanfel Try to reinstall retropie

thezoof

I got the same issue and setting boot options worked as always for me.