[HowTo] Installing RetroPie alongside OSMC RC (the easy way)

hsus · 4 July 2015 20:07

So I’ve tried adding back one config at a time. So far no luck with

USB_gamepad___________.cfg (Thought this one would
be the one, as it seems to identify itself as this with ES and reading the cfg file everything seems to match my ES config)
USB_Gamepad_.cfg
USBgamepad.cfg
SNES-to-GamepadDevice.cfg
raphnet.net_4nes4snes.cfg

To no avail I’ve also tried adding the following lines to my retroarch.cfg

 input_player1_a_btn = "1"
 input_player1_b_btn = "2"
 input_player1_y_btn = "3"
 input_player1_x_btn = "0"
 input_player1_start_btn = "9"
 input_player1_select_btn = "8"
 input_player1_l_btn = "4"
 input_player1_r_btn = "5"
 input_player1_left_btn = "-0"
 input_player1_right_btn = "+0"
 input_player1_up_btn = "-1"
 input_player1_down_btn = "+1"

Scratching my head here

With the config file USB_gamepad___________.cfg added I do get a flash with yellow text when starting a game that the usb device has been recognised but I still can’t do anything.

Toast · 4 July 2015 20:12

did you make a new config or add it in the retroarch.cfg file ?

try this just for laughs see if it works
/opt/retropie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch-joyconfig -a /opt/retropie/emulators/RetroArch/configs/gamepad.cfg

all in one line

source for that is

hsus · 4 July 2015 21:55

I added it 8and have since removed it)
Removed my other remote again and I’m back with the strange behaviour

Tried the command, had to modify it for the retrosmc install, for reference:

$ /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch-joyconfig -a /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/gamepad.cfg

But I get “error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”

hsus · 4 July 2015 22:08

Been trying to resolve this.
Ran sudo ldconfig -v but to no avail. So I added a symlink for the library (sudo ln -s /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libudev.so.1 /usr/lib/libudev.so.0) but now it seems it just moved on to the next library:

error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I don’t know if it’s wise to just work through the errors by adding symlinks or if I might mess something up…

mcobit · 4 July 2015 22:35

All the libraries are loaded with the emulationstation script right now as I do not want to install them in the system.
They come from raspbian and are located in /opt/retropie/libs.

If you run into such problems, use LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/retropie/libs yourcommand

Edit: I just included the necessary libs in my package so I donot need to install a ton off additional stuff via apt. Some of them are not even available in normal debian jessie.
Also this makes the removal easier as I only need to delete the whole retropie folder and they are gone.
That’s also the reason why other emulators than retroarch are not working right now as I would have to find the correct libs and include them. This is really time consuming-

yesman85 · 5 July 2015 02:01

Does the retroarch-joyconfig not work correctly on the Pi2? I am trying to setup my Xbox 360 wireless controller, but all I get is:

RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Plugged pad: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (045e:0291) on port #0.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event3) supports force feedback.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event3) supports 16 force feedback effects.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Plugged pad: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (045e:0291) on port #1.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event4) supports force feedback.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event4) supports 16 force feedback effects.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Plugged pad: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (045e:0291) on port #2.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event5) supports force feedback.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event5) supports 16 force feedback effects.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Plugged pad: Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) (0000:0000) on port #3.
RetroArch: udev_add_pad: [udev]: Pad #3 (/dev/input/event2) supports 0 force feedback effects.
RetroArch: input_joypad_init_first: Found joypad driver: "udev".
Found joypad driver: udev
Using joypad: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)

Joypads tend to have stale state after opened.
Press some buttons and move some axes around to make sure joypad state is completely neutral before proceeding.
When done, press Enter ...
Axis 2 is defaulted to negative axis value of -32767.
Axis 5 is defaulted to negative axis value of -32767.
Configuring binds for player #1 on joypad #0.

B button (down)
^C

hsus · 5 July 2015 11:57

Oh cool! Will try this tonight after work. Must admit that this kind of tinkering is a bit fun, but had I known that it would be this much work just to get controllers working, I’d probably spent a few bucks more.

Any recommendations for USB-controllers (preferrably cheap) that work out of the box?

hsus · 5 July 2015 21:31

Tried it and removed the other config file:

(only a slight problem of not having a functional select button so I can’t get back to the main interface, might be able to fix this though - Will tinker on!)
Thank you so much!

BTW I ran
echo snd_bcm2835 | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
And that enables sound on every boot - Any reason not to recommend this instead of the command that you need to run once every boot?

EDIT:
It seems like the select button is in fact working, just that pressing that and the start-button together doesn’t exit the emulator - Added the following lines and now everything works flawlessly!
input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “9”

mcobit · 6 July 2015 06:01

Good to hear that you got it working.
echoing the command into /etc/modules is ok, but will not be reverted by uninstalling via script. That is the main reason I don’t want to do it that way.

hsus · 6 July 2015 19:47

Ah that makes sense! Anyways great work!

Now I can play my NES and SNES-games perfectly!

To play my N64 and PSX games I’ll need to get some new controllers, anyone here have an opinion on which style of controller is the most versatile for this? Xbox, dual shock, n64?

I’d prefer not to get new ones for every platform And I prefer wired controllers - Anyone got any tips?

Toast · 6 July 2015 20:01

i got my wiimote hooked up wrote a little script so i can use all peripherals for the wiimotes perfect for playing any emulator including psx hell it even works with moonlight embedded (pc gaming)

mcobit · 6 July 2015 20:03

Don’t buy the cheap n64 controllers. They don’t have a real analog stick. It is a digital input linked to the dpad.
For everything newer than the snes I have some xbox360 controller ripoffs from HAMA. They have no rumble function but pretty nice dpad and analog sticks.

Edit: If you want to go for dualshocks, use originals via adapter or some good brand that you tested in the shop. Some cheap ones have really crappy feeling to them.
I ended up using only the boards of some cheap ones as gamepadhack for my retropie arcade console.

hsus · 6 July 2015 20:45

No gameboy advance games are working for me, black screen with what looks like shell and then back to ES. Is due to some limitation in linked libraries or a bug?

After entering and exiting emulation station to/from OSMC I’ve found that the pi tends to freeze on exiting ES. Known issue?

mcobit · 6 July 2015 20:56

Works for me. Did you put the GBA bios file into the bios folder?

Edit: For the freezing: It doesn’t do that for me. Is it freezing permanently or just for some seconds?

Toast · 7 July 2015 07:57

your missing the bios

hsus · 7 July 2015 20:28

The freezing has been permanent for a few minutes (then I’ve just rebooted it from terminal), haven’t tried it in a while though, Is there a log file I can post (if so I’ll try to reproduce and post log here)

Thanks for the help, I was completely oblivious to the fact that I needed a BIOS file

Toast · 8 July 2015 20:05

ignition.io finally opened up thier repo so im thinking of dumping emulationstation for ignition.io instead

http://ignition.io/

leskito · 9 July 2015 09:02

Hi, first of all I’d like to thank you @mcobit for that script which at last allowed me to have Retropie alongside OSMC without using berryboot.

Guys, any advice to get dosbox working with this partial Retropie? I constantly get the message saying ‘no config for pc’…Am I missing the bios too? Should I manually reinstall dosbox and change configs?

Toast · 9 July 2015 09:19

manually reinstall dosbox is the best bet

mcobit · 9 July 2015 10:03

I removed dosbox completely from the package including the configs for emulationstation for now as I only ship retroarch with it. I will try to add it later, but I have not much freetime right now.