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    usbmount not working in RetroPie 4.6 on Pi3 B+

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      POPEYE
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      I have just installed RetroPie 4.6 on Pi3 B+ and usbmount not working.

      By the way, how to choose to install from binary or source in new script?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by mitu

        I have just installed RetroPie 4.6 on Pi3 B+ and usbmount not working.

        How did you install the system ? A manual installation will not install usbmount. What does 'not working' mean ? The service doesn't start, the folders are not created on the stick, the ROMs are not visible ?

        By the way, how to choose to install from binary or source in new script?

        The same as before, the installation options are in the package detail dialog.

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          POPEYE
          last edited by

          How did you install the system ?

          I downloaded the pre-made image.

          What does 'not working' mean ?

          I don't have usb folders in /media and flash drive doesn't mount automatically.

          I have just looked inside the untouched image, it seems, that I made a mistake managing packages. I uninstalled usbromservice (as far as i remember, it installs usbmount) and installed it again, but it was installed from binary (not from source as in untouched image), and there is no choice.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @POPEYE
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            @POPEYE said in usbmount not working in RetroPie 4.6 on Pi3 B+:

            but it was installed from binary (not from source as in untouched image), and there is no choice.

            There's no source installation for usbromservice - just binary. Uninstalling usbromservice will also remove the usbmount package, so it's normal that it doesn't work.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators
              last edited by BuZz

              Update RetroPie-Setup and reinstall usbromservice as there was an issue when removing it wouldn't reinstall correctly. It's already fixed a few days ago.

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                POPEYE
                last edited by POPEYE

                It seems, that there were some problems with usbmount, after the script uninstalled usbmount. I have installed usbmount from console: sudo apt-get install usbmount. Then uninstalled it with deleting configuration files: sudo apt-get purge usbmount. Then installed usbromservice from script and it built usbmount from source, then (even though it is told that usbromservice is installed from binary).

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @POPEYE
                  last edited by

                  @POPEYE said in usbmount not working in RetroPie 4.6 on Pi3 B+:

                  Then installed usbromservice from script and it built usbmount from source, then (even though it is told that usbromservice is installed from binary).

                  That's normal. Can you check if the service is started after you insert the USB disc:

                  systemctl status usbmount@dev-sda1.service
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                    POPEYE @mitu
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                    @mitu
                    Yes, the service is started. Now automounting works fine. However, I updated the main RetroPie script and reinstalled usbromservice.

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