Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch

[aschwan]

Pi Model: 3B
RetroPie Version Used: 4.1
Built From: Retropie image on retropie.org.uk
USB Devices connected: keyboard if needed
Controller used: PS3
Error messages received: sudo: ./retropie_setup.sh: command not found
Guide used: https://retroresolution.com/2016/06/09/retropie-manual-installation-guide-the-version-4-setup-script-revised-menu-structure/

I was updating the RetroPie Setup Script on the backend and my power went out. When I rebooted everything works fine but I am unable to get to the backend. If I click on the RetroPie Setup option in the RetroPie menu it goes to a black screen and then back to emulation station. This is the case for any of the options in the retropie menu. (audio, wifi, etc)

I have tried launching the retropie setup from the terminal and reinstalling/updating retropie setup from the terminal with out any success. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[BuZz]

@aschwan said in Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch:

I have tried launching the retropie setup from the terminal and reinstalling/updating retropie setup from the terminal with out any success. any help would be greatly appreciated.

What happened ?

Did you get an error or ?

ssh in and do sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

[aschwan]

@BuZz said in Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch:

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Nothing happens when I ssh in and type that command

[BuZz]

@aschwan Nothing at all ? No error ? Please post the terminal output after typing it.

[aschwan]

@BuZz
Just sits like this

[BuZz]

@aschwan please try

cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
git reset --hard
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

[aschwan]

@BuZz

This worked! Thank you!!
I have been working on this for hours. phew!

[sinfolmatt]

Edit: moving this to it's own thread because the title is different than my problem.

[Mydriaze]

Same problem here when I type: "sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh" (without " of course) then, I got an error message: "command not found".

I switch the default keyboard layout and regional language to French keyboard. Is the problem can be related?

[jonnykesh]

@mydriaze It's not related to your keyboard locale setting. Check to see if the retropie_setup.sh script is actually there. Also navigate to the setup directory with cd /home/pi/Retropie-Setupand then try and launch from there sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
Does it launch from the RetroPie configuration menu in ES?

[Mydriaze]

Thanks for your answer. Let's be honest. I was not sure someoner will ever reply to an old thread. I did a fresh install thius afternoon. I will try again to see if the problem persist. If yes, I will - of course - let you know.

[Mydriaze]

@mydriaze said in Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch:

"sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh"

UPDATE: it was a typo: I wrote "sudo ~/Retropie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh" instead of "sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh".

Remember kids, always check case/capital when you type something!

[jonnykesh]

@mydriaze Ha! Always remember: Linux is case sensitive.

[Sano]

Just overuse bash completion to avoid this kind of issues.
Tab key FTW :)

[XxDarkOverlordxX]

Just a quick update to anyone needing to clear retropie-setup script for updating

//to clean update script

cd RetroPie-Setup

cd origin/master

git pull

git clean -d -f

git reset —hard origin/master

// should be cleaned up now and script should update on next check

BOOM!!!!!!!

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

if it doesn't work for some reason

login:pi
password:raspberry

[XxDarkOverlordxX]

@XxDarkOverlordxX

// to reset HEAD and put back
cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
Git checkout master

[mitu]

@XxDarkOverlordxX You're replying to a 2 years old topic and your git examples are not quite correct. Is there a point to this ? @BuZz provided the right answer back in the day, that's all you need to do in order to reset your local RetroPie-Setup copy.

[CargoRunner]

@buzz Thanks so much for this !!!!!! I am not sure what happened with last update a few months ago but I had the exact same problem when I tried to to get the latest update. None of the retropie menu options worked and the command like setup did nothing. Your command has certainly helped a huge amount. Now I am just getting "Temporary failure resolving 'raspbian.raspberrypi.org'" errors and "error cannot lock ref 'refs/tags/4.7': unable to resolve reference. But great progress, thank you