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    • mitu
      mitu Global Moderator last edited by

      The command you posted seems correct, it works for me (minus the ROM name). I guess the command fails and that's why you get the login prompt after boot.
      What's in /dev/shm/runcommand.log right after you try to auto-boot the game ?

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      • Fredthedoggy
        Fredthedoggy last edited by Fredthedoggy

        Is says:

        Failed to open ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip:  No such file or directory
        

        the thing is, I know that that is the filename
        @mitu

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        • mitu
          mitu Global Moderator @Fredthedoggy last edited by mitu

          @Fredthedoggy What is the output of the following command ?

          ls -lh ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip
          

          Also, post the complete autostart.sh file.

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          • Fredthedoggy
            Fredthedoggy last edited by

            @mitu that was the full file (/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS nes ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip) is that not the full thing?

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            • Fredthedoggy
              Fredthedoggy last edited by Fredthedoggy

              @mitu The command you gave me? it said

              ls cannot access '~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip': No such file or directory
              
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              • mitu
                mitu Global Moderator @Fredthedoggy last edited by

                @Fredthedoggy This means the file is not present there - so the Runcommand cannot run the ROM. You'll need to copy the ROM to the right place and re-try - how did you transfer the ROM to RetroPie and where ?

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                • lostless
                  lostless @Fredthedoggy last edited by

                  @Fredthedoggy maybe try unzipping the rom and use the .nes file?

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                  • Fredthedoggy
                    Fredthedoggy last edited by

                    @lostless So put the .nes file in the nes folder directly?

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                    • lostless
                      lostless @Fredthedoggy last edited by

                      @Fredthedoggy yes. Sometimes the zip files you find have multiple versions of a game and may confuse the emulator.

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                      • Fredthedoggy
                        Fredthedoggy last edited by

                        Thanks for the advice guys, but turns out I have to press ctrl+\ not ctrl+' for tilda
                        Thank you.

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