Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu
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@mitu and all other user partecipated here :)
For made runcommand works look what did i do..It's a rude method but at the moment I don't see any alternatives:
- create an "alternative" retropie.desktop on
.local/share/application
. This alternative .desktop point a file .sh :
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/usr/bin/retropie.sh Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[de_DE]=RetroPie Name=RetroPie Comment[de_DE]=RetroPie Comment=retropie Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/retropie.svg Categories=Game
retropie.sh it's contain:
#!/bin/bash file=/tmp/file.$PPID if ! [ -f $file ]; then echo 1 >$file && sleep 1 && rm $file else sleep 10 && exit 0 fi _isRunning() { ps -o comm= -C "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -x "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 } if ! _isRunning emulationstatio; then sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- emulationstation sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 fi exit 0
In this mode i'm "vurnerable" only when emulationstation it's running... and during that i can obtain the runcommand option work.
- create an "alternative" retropie.desktop on
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And have some news... from Today also whit dev.tty.tiocsti=1 joy2key start to crash anyway.
Look here:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1 diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-23 17:30:31,527 DEBUG Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16 2024-09-23 17:30:31,580 DEBUG Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added 2024-09-23 17:30:31,580 DEBUG Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]} 2024-09-23 17:30:35,213 DEBUG Events emitted: ['left'] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 557, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 549, in main event_loop(configs, joy_map, tty_fd) File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 409, in event_loop fcntl.ioctl(tty_fd, termios.TIOCSTI, c) OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
From right now Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS it's not more capable to use runcommand and retropie ecosystem.
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@DjDiabolik said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:
And have some news... from Today also whit dev.tty.tiocsti=1 joy2key start to crash anyway.
I don't see why the workaround wouldn't work anymore - I suggest you re-check that the
sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
is run before your tests.
I'm working on a solution to eliminate the workaround and the cause of the crash, but it's not yet fully tested. -
@mitu
I can't even explain it to myself why it doesn't work anymore.. lol :)For right now my retropie.sh it's that:
#!/bin/bash sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 file=/tmp/file.$PPID if ! [ -f $file ]; then echo 1 >$file && sleep 1 && rm $file else sleep 10 && exit 0 fi _isRunning() { ps -o comm= -C "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -x "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 } if ! _isRunning emulationstatio; then #gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -e emulationstation #sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- emulationstation #sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 #sudo gedit fi sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 exit 0
Look right now.. i have tryed to put the tiocsti = 1 and 0 before and after emulationstation runned.
It seems like they are being ignored...
And i ask... why ?The strange things ? If i open manually a terminal windows and i manually enable the tiocsti and only after that i execute emulationstation runcommand work.
If i try for .sh not work... strange. -
OMG... i have problably understand what's my issue... look that:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/retropie.sh dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1 dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 0
Here i have tryed to launch retropie.sh from a manual opened terminal.... the tiocsti it's correctly setted to 1...
But in my case i need to SET this value at 0 only when i exit from emulationstation.
On my retropie.sh instead emulationstation it's correctly launched but immediatelly after the tiocsti it's setted back to 0 and runcommand it's not accessible :)
I think I'll avoid resetting it to zero for now....We said that the setting resets when the system reboots. I just hope I don't expose my NUC Mini PC to any risks during daily use...
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Lol... founded another workaround..... right now my
.local/share/application/retropie.desktop
:[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- /usr/bin/retropie.sh Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[de_DE]=RetroPie Name=RetroPie Comment[de_DE]=RetroPie Comment=retropie Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/retropie.svg Categories=Game
And this
/usr/bin/retropie.sh
:#!/bin/bash sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 file=/tmp/file.$PPID if ! [ -f $file ]; then echo 1 >$file && sleep 1 && rm $file else sleep 10 && exit 0 fi _isRunning() { ps -o comm= -C "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -x "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 } if ! _isRunning emulationstatio; then emulationstation #sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 #gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- emulationstation #sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 #sudo gedit fi sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 exit 0
This apparently it's a good workaround.
basically run the retropie.sh directly in a windows terminal, the tiocsti it's setted correctly to 1. And after that emulationstation it's launched.
Since it is launched in a terminal window runcommand is now properly accessible also from my arcade stick..
So when i choose to exit from emulationstation tiocsti it's setted again to 0 as default and terminal windows it's closed himself.I thinks it's a good solution.
Thanks in advance for support and and for future fixes that will give back the possibility to use the retropie setup script directly from emulationstation.
-- EDIT --
Little TWEAK Operation on retropie.sh... now it's :
#!/bin/bash file=/tmp/file.$PPID if ! [ -f $file ]; then echo 1 >$file && sleep 1 && rm $file else sleep 10 && exit 0 fi _isRunning() { ps -o comm= -C "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -x "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 } if ! _isRunning emulationstatio; then sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 emulationstation sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 #gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- emulationstation #sudo gedit else wmctrl -a emulationstation fi exit 0
I have to install wmctrl to set focus to emulationstation if it's already runned.
All this it's to prevent a double istance if you made a erroneous double on retropie icon on left dock :)
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The latest RetroPie-Setup version updares
joy2key
to a new version that's no longer dependant ondev.tty.legacy_tiocsti
being modified from the default. You can give it a try by updating RetroPiet-Setup,joy2key
will be automatically updated in the process. -
Yes I have seen the recent and latest commits.
Now I do all the updates... I edit everything and remove the "sysctl" entries from my retropie.sh and update you.Should this also fix the 'retropie setup script' thing that crashes when launched from emulationstation?
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@mitu no friends.... apparently the new joy2key it's not resolve the issue.
I have try to run a games and press a button during runcommand windows and there's happen this:
Open the detail it's appear this:
If you thinks it's usefull i can also try to run joy2key from terminal........ i try to edit this same post in a minute.
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In a terminal it's happen this:
Try to lauch 'Retropie setup script' and other tools from emulationstation all goes in crash after you press a key or touch somethings on my arcade stick.
Look at here... for works good from terminal apparently i need to launch joy2key on sudo right now:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ sudo /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d 2024-10-16 03:21:20,549 DEBUG Debugging enabled, running in foreground 2024-10-16 03:21:20,549 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 03:21:20,549 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 03:21:20,549 DEBUG Joy map: {'left': 105, 'right': 106, 'up': 103, 'down': 108, 'a': 28, 'b': 57, 'x': 1, 'y': 0, 'pageup': 104, 'pagedown': 109} 2024-10-16 03:21:23,482 DEBUG Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16 2024-10-16 03:21:23,483 DEBUG Creating uinput keyboard devices with events: [(1, 105), (1, 106), (1, 103), (1, 108), (1, 28), (1, 57), (1, 1), (1, 0), (1, 104), (1, 109)] 2024-10-16 03:21:23,536 DEBUG Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added 2024-10-16 03:21:23,536 DEBUG Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]} 2024-10-16 03:21:32,167 DEBUG Events to emit: ['down'] 2024-10-16 03:21:32,168 DEBUG Emitting input code 108 ^[[B2024-10-16 03:21:41,959 DEBUG Events to emit: ['up'] 2024-10-16 03:21:41,959 DEBUG Emitting input code 103 ^[[A2024-10-16 03:21:43,827 DEBUG Events to emit: ['left'] 2024-10-16 03:21:43,828 DEBUG Emitting input code 105 ^[[D2024-10-16 03:21:45,544 DEBUG Events to emit: ['right'] 2024-10-16 03:21:45,544 DEBUG Emitting input code 106 ^[[C^C2024-10-16 03:21:47,829 DEBUG /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py exiting cleanly diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$
Emulationstation how use current joy2key ? By sudo or not ?
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@DjDiabolik said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:
Emulationstation how use current joy2key ? By sudo or not ?
The RetroPie setup (or the other dialog based configuration tools) is using
sudo
to launch, but notruncommand
. Your user needs to be part of theinput
group, which apparently is not done by default on Ubuntu ?I'll modify the installation routine to make sure the user is part of the
input
group, so the 1st error (forruncommand
) does not happen anymore.
EDIT: ok, update RetroPie-Setup and then re-login/reboot, the next run ofruncommand
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@mitu ok... i have unpdate 'retropie setup script' to last recent commit.... and reboot my ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Apparently from terminal nothings it's changed :
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d 2024-10-16 12:07:25,089 DEBUG Debugging enabled, running in foreground 2024-10-16 12:07:25,089 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 12:07:25,089 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 12:07:25,090 DEBUG Joy map: {'left': 105, 'right': 106, 'up': 103, 'down': 108, 'a': 28, 'b': 57, 'x': 1, 'y': 0, 'pageup': 104, 'pagedown': 109} 2024-10-16 12:07:27,766 DEBUG Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16 2024-10-16 12:07:27,766 DEBUG Creating uinput keyboard devices with events: [(1, 105), (1, 106), (1, 103), (1, 108), (1, 28), (1, 57), (1, 1), (1, 0), (1, 104), (1, 109)] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 608, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 600, in main event_loop(configs, joy_map) File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 334, in event_loop kbd = uinput.Device(events=keyboard_events, name="Joy2Key Keyboard") ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 178, in __init__ self.__uinput_fd = fd or fdopen() ^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 84, in fdopen return _libsuinput.suinput_open() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 70, in _open_error_handler raise OSError(code, msg) PermissionError: [Errno 13] Failed to open the uinput device: Permission denied diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$
From emulationstation i need to test to run one games..... edit in a moment.
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From emulationstation no works.... it's impossibile to open the "runcommand" option and i have tryed to press many times my controller buttons but not working.
The "runcommand" option it's not open also if i click some keyboard buttons.... -
@DjDiabolik Is your user in the
input
group` ? -
@mitu said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:
@DjDiabolik Is your user in the
input
group` ?How do I find out?
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@DjDiabolik You can run the
id
command and it should print the list of groups. However, it seems it's not enough on Ubuntu to enable write-access. I'll take a look again to see what options are available.
Thanks for testing. -
Run the following command:
echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE=0660' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/80-uinput.rules
and then reboot, afterwards see if the thee permission error still shows up when running as user
joy2key_sdl
or ifruncommand
menu works. -
So id output it's this:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ id uid=1000(diabolik) gid=1000(diabolik) gruppi=1000(diabolik),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),107(input),122(lpadmin),135(lxd),136(sambashare) diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$
Before to run the seconds command i have tryed to look on /etc/udev/rules.d
and currently there's no file whit this name:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$ ls 70-snap.canonical-livepatch.rules 70-snap.snapd-desktop-integration.rules 70-snap.snap-store.rules 99-input.rules 70-snap.firefox.rules 70-snap.snapd.rules 70-snap.thunderbird.rules diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$
The echo commands paste this text and create this file.... it's correct ?
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apparently it's continue to crash... after reboot:
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ id uid=1000(diabolik) gid=1000(diabolik) gruppi=1000(diabolik),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),107(input),122(lpadmin),135(lxd),136(sambashare) diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d 2024-10-16 13:43:19,919 DEBUG Debugging enabled, running in foreground 2024-10-16 13:43:19,919 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 13:43:19,919 DEBUG Cannot determine input code for "0x00", value ignored 2024-10-16 13:43:19,919 DEBUG Joy map: {'left': 105, 'right': 106, 'up': 103, 'down': 108, 'a': 28, 'b': 57, 'x': 1, 'y': 0, 'pageup': 104, 'pagedown': 109} 2024-10-16 13:43:22,642 DEBUG Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16 2024-10-16 13:43:22,643 DEBUG Creating uinput keyboard devices with events: [(1, 105), (1, 106), (1, 103), (1, 108), (1, 28), (1, 57), (1, 1), (1, 0), (1, 104), (1, 109)] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 608, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 600, in main event_loop(configs, joy_map) File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 334, in event_loop kbd = uinput.Device(events=keyboard_events, name="Joy2Key Keyboard") ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 178, in __init__ self.__uinput_fd = fd or fdopen() ^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 84, in fdopen return _libsuinput.suinput_open() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 70, in _open_error_handler raise OSError(code, msg) PermissionError: [Errno 13] Failed to open the uinput device: Permission denied diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$
or also this info can be usefull ??
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ cd /etc/udev/rules.d diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$ ls 70-snap.canonical-livepatch.rules 70-snap.snapd-desktop-integration.rules 70-snap.snap-store.rules 80-uinput.rules 70-snap.firefox.rules 70-snap.snapd.rules 70-snap.thunderbird.rules 99-input.rules diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$ cat 80-uinput.rules KERNEL=="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE=0660 diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:/etc/udev/rules.d$
@mitu in about 30 minutes i need to move from my home to my brothers....
if need i can continue test from here but it's a different hardware.. different username but same os.. also on my brother it's present ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.
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anyway... right now "runcommands" option work.... but only if i press button on keyboard.
I can press so many times button on my arcade stick and it's not work.
@mitu
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