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    • Fredthedoggy
      Fredthedoggy last edited by

      I just got a Raspberry Pi 0 and set up retro pie. my goal is to make a scale PAC-MAN machine currently my autostart.sh is

      /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ nes ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip
      

      When I boot It goes through all the boot commands, and other setup processes, and then the screen goes dark for 20 seconds or so. then it shows the retropie logo (In Text) with uptime, temp, and other useless things. I can run the command

      EmulationStation
      

      to open the emulators, but It wont go into the pacman game. (I can open the game manually though)

      Summary:

      I want my retropie to boot into pacman, but even with what I think is a correct autostart.sh it doesnt work. What is the correct command to open the pacman NES rom on start?

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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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