Restart attactmode via command line (or reload attract.cfg)

[superdan]

Hi,

sounds easy but isnt.
How can i restart attractmode and only attractmode (so without rebooting my raspberry) via bash commandline?
Just restart.

in autostart.sh the command is 'startx' and no more 'attract'.

when i try

pi@retropie:~ $ pkill attract
pi@retropie:~ $ attract

it gives me the error

Failed to open X11 display; make sure the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly

also, if i run

./runattract

it gives me

Error: Couldn't connect to XServer passing null display
xterm: Xt error: Can't open display:
xterm: DISPLAY is not set
Xorg: no process found

I can also avoid to restart attractmode if there is a way to reload attract.cfg after I edit it via script

Thanks

[mitu]

attractmode doesn't need an X server to run on a Pi and it's not configured as such in RetroPie. I'm also not aware of any runattract script - is this something you created or it's from the image you're using ?

[superdan]

@mitu in the new version of retropie for raspberry pi 4 attractmode uses X server.
Here more details how it works
https://pastebin.com/mAmEERyG

[mitu]

@superdan said in Restart attactmode via command line (or reload attract.cfg):

@mitu in the new version of retropie for raspberry pi 4 attractmode uses X server.

The package included in RetroPie-Setup doesn't use any X server and it works just like EmulationStation. Not sure where those instructions are coming from (and when they were written), but they're obsoleted by the package included in RetroPie.

[superdan]

@mitu thanks foru tour answer, in fact i compiled manually attractmode when 'attractmode' was not available in retropie downloads script for raspberry pi 4 but anyway it's working like a charm.
So i guess if is there a way