EmulationStation mod

Crescendo

@RetroPieNerd said in EmulationStation mod:

@jacobfk20

Created a script on GitHub Gist just in case someone wants to install it on RetroPie.

Could you please help with System Update via ES?
It just throw an error for some missing script....

jacobfk20

@cresfang Which build are you using? The older version does not have the latest pr that sped up boot time. Also, the System Update From Latest Binary is for some friends that test for me. Anyone can make their own update script if they want but I will be removing that option eventually.

Crescendo

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@cresfang Which build are you using? The older version does not have the latest pr that sped up boot time. Also, the System Update From Latest Binary is for some friends that test for me. Anyone can make their own update script if they want but I will be removing that option eventually.

I'm using the one in your GDrive (precompiled) dated 2016 Sept 7.
Is it the old one? I get that from https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByWG5kDXyr5NRTlWbVZGcjRwSUE
If yes, where I can get the precompiled version? Or I need to compile it myself?

Thanks you so much for answering ^^

jacobfk20

@cresfang np :) I do not host the latest version as it's not quite ready. You can build it from scratch if you want to try it out. Just follow @RetroPieNerd's script above and it does a pretty good job. It has some problems getting the wificonnect script though.
Gridview needs a theme in the latest build to be decent and Material is the only one currently that supports it currently as far as I know.

Crescendo

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@cresfang np :) I do not host the latest version as it's not quite ready. You can build it from scratch if you want to try it out. Just follow @RetroPieNerd's script above and it does a pretty good job. It has some problems getting the wificonnect script though.
Gridview needs a theme in the latest build to be decent and Material is the only one currently that supports it currently as far as I know.

Thanks, yup I just installed that script, and will be compiling it soon.... ^^

PokeEngineer

@jacobfk20 @cresfang

I have hopefully tryed to fix the wifi thing, report back to see what you think...

jacobfk20

@cresfang Good to hear :)

@RetroPieNerd Man, you fixed that 4 days ago.. I'm always behind.. It's compiling right now and I'll let you know if it works. Thanks :)

Crescendo

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@cresfang Good to hear :)

@RetroPieNerd Man, you fixed that 4 days ago.. I'm always behind.. It's compiling right now and I'll let you know if it works. Thanks :)

Btw, can I compile it in normal Ubuntu PC then use the binary in RPi?
Coz compiling in RPi takes too much time....

jacobfk20

@cresfang No. Unless you cross compile for ARM from x86. I've never tried that before so I really can't help you on that one.

Crescendo

@jacobfk20 thx... I'll try cross compiling it tom and post the way here... :)
I just got the tutorial for cross compiling from Ubuntu PC for RPi... :)

jacobfk20

@cresfang I wouldn't think it would be too hard. I'm sure as long as your compiler supports it then you can just set a flag to compile for arm instead. I would do this but I work mostly on windows and compiling ES on windows is a whole nightmare. Though I do have a Mint VM that I will build ES on for the x86 build.
Anyway, hope you get it :)

Crescendo

@jacobfk20 Yup, I'm aware of the nightmare as I tried it before on Win10.... XD
the idea is: I can help to provide precompiled RPi binary here if I can automate on every new commit you made in github.... build bot....

And I'll do this on my office's server (Dual Xeon - 8 cores).....

Btw, whats the diff of the two ES in your repo?
Which one is the updated?

There's: EmulationStation-RPiE & EmulationStation

jacobfk20

@cresfang The RPiE is the old repo I started before I even joined this community. It is no longer updated.

Crescendo

Precompiled build here: https://mega.nz/#F!AQJhBIZD!o2E4FB5VJlZBPTHBXol3zw

I added the date to the filename according to last commit @jacobfk20 made at the time I compile it.
Rename to remove the date before moving to RPi.

I'll try to compile after any new commit made in github Release-beta branch.

monstermadeofman

Hey Guys wondering if anyone can tell me where I'm screwing up.

Following @jacobfk20 instructions at the top of the thread and I can not get the system to boot after at wont even load a splash screen.... Any ideas? I'd really like to get this working as my handheld build would really benefit from this.

Thanks to anyone who can help :)

jacobfk20

@monstermadeofman The common problem with it failing to run is from it not having permission to run. You can fix this by running chmod +x emulationstation You will need to run that in the same directory that the copied emulationstation file is in.

monstermadeofman

@jacobfk20

Awesome dude thank you. Will I need to run that everytime or will it work every time after the first go?

jacobfk20

@monstermadeofman One time only.

0byte

@simbz23 said in EmulationStation mod:

@jacobfk20 Great job on this new ES! Makes using many of the internal functions much easier!

Only issue I am having is the available wifi networks aren't showing up when I select the "connect to wifi" option in the network settings. All it shows is "Available Networks" and the back button. I can see my current info for the wifi I'm connected to, and can turn on and off the wifi.

I did see this error in the terminal when I exited out of emulationstation:

wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning: Device or resource busy

I put the wificonnect file in /home/pi/.emulationstation/app/wifi/

Right location? :-/

4.0 RC1
pi3
Logitech F310

I have the exact same issue as simbz23, the wifi does not connect and emulationstation gives the following errors when exited;

wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning: Device or resource busy
/.emulationstation/app/wifi ./wificonnect command not found.
wificonnect is in the ~/.emulationstation/app/wifi folder.

Ive tested with the build in the original post and have also tested on a fresh install using the beta build via retropienerds script but with the same results.

Any ideas? This is quite an important feature for my retropie :)

jacobfk20

@0byte If you're connected to a wireless network already than you cannot scan for a new one, if you want to scan networks again you need to delete the current network you're connected to in SAVED NETWORKS. If SAVED NETWORKS shows up with nothing as well then you need to set wificonnect as executable with chmod +x wificonnect (while in its directory)