[dustinarden]

as an update .. i went into the setup script and ran the option to regenerate all the configs and now everything works again. Not sure what the es-scraper script does but there is a flaw in it somewhere i guess or i did something wrong?

[dustinarden]

I first downloaded the “all in one” image a month or so ago … i did however use the retropie-setup.sh or whatever it was to update the bianaries, firmware, etc. I assume i’ll be current… that was just updated this morning.

Here is the config file.

pi@RetroPie ~/.emulationstation $ cat es_systems.cfg
#DESCNAME=Apple ][
#NAME=apple2
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2
#EXTENSION=.txt
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/linapple-src_2a/Start.sh

#DESCNAME=Atari 800
#NAME=atari800
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari800
#EXTENSION=.xex .XEX
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/atari800-3.0.0/installdir/bin/atari800 %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=22

#DESCNAME=Atari 2600
#NAME=atari2600
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600
#EXTENSION=.a26 .A26 .bin .BIN .rom .ROM .zip .ZIP .gz .GZ
##alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "stella %ROM%"
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/stella-libretro/stella_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/atari2600/retroarch.cfg  %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=22

#DESCNAME=Atari ST/STE/Falcon
#NAME=atariStSteFalcon
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atariStSteFalcon
#EXTENSION=.st .ST .img .IMG .rom .ROM
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "hatari %ROM%"

#DESCNAME=Basilisk II
#NAME=basiliskii
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/basiliskii
#EXTENSION=.txt
#COMMAND=sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss && xinit /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/basiliskii/installdir/bin/BasiliskII
# Or possibly just COMMAND=xinit /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/basiliskii/installdir/bin/BasiliskII

#DESCNAME=Cave Story
#NAME=cavestory
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/cavestory
#EXTENSION=.txt
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/nxengine-libretro/nxengine_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/cavestory/retroarch.cfg /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/nxengine-libretro/datafiles/Doukutsu.exe"

#DESCNAME=C64
#NAME=c64
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/c64
#EXTENSION=.crt .CRT .d64 .D64 .g64 .G64 .t64 .T64 .tap .TAP .x64 .X64 .zip .ZIP
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/vice-2.3.dfsg/installdir/bin/x64 %ROM%
#PLATFORMID=40

#DESCNAME=Doom
#NAME=doom
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/doom
#EXTENSION=.WAD .wad
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/libretro-prboom/prboom_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/doom/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=1

#DESCNAME=Duke Nukem 3D
#NAME=duke3d
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/duke3d
#EXTENSION=.grp .GRP
#COMMAND=eduke32 -g %ROM% -gamegrp %ROM%
#PLATFORMID=1

DESCNAME=Game Boy
NAME=gb
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gb
EXTENSION=.gb .GB
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/gambatte-libretro/libgambatte/gambatte_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/gb/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
PLATFORMID=4

DESCNAME=Game Boy Advance
NAME=gba
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gba
EXTENSION=.gba .GBA
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/gpsp/raspberrypi/gpsp %ROM%"
PLATFORMID=5

DESCNAME=Game Boy Color
NAME=gbc
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gbc
EXTENSION=.gbc .GBC
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/gambatte-libretro/libgambatte/gambatte_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/gbc/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
PLATFORMID=41

DESCNAME=Sega Game Gear
NAME=gamegear
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gamegear
EXTENSION=.gg .GG
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/osmose-0.8.1+rpi20121122/osmose %ROM% -joy -tv -fs
PLATFORMID=20

#DESCNAME=Intellivision
#NAME=intellivision
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/intellivision
#EXTENSION=.int .INT .bin .BIN
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/jzintv-1.0-beta4/bin/jzintv -z1 -f1 -q %ROM%
#PLATFORMID=32

DESCNAME=MAME
NAME=mame
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame
EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/imame4all-libretro/libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/mame/retroarch.cfg %ROM%
# alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pifba/fba2x %ROM%"
PLATFORMID=23

#DESCNAME=FinalBurn Alpha
#NAME=fba
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
#EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/fba-libretro/fb_alpha_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg  %ROM%"
# alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pifba/fba2x %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=23

#DESCNAME=PC (x86)
#NAME=x86
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x86
#EXTENSION=.txt
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/rpix86/Start.sh
#PLATFORMID=1

#DESCNAME=ScummVM
#NAME=scummvm
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm
#EXTENSION=.exe .EXE
#COMMAND=scummvm
#PLATFORMID=20

DESCNAME=Sega Master System II
NAME=mastersystem
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem
EXTENSION=.sms .SMS
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/osmose-0.8.1+rpi20121122/osmose %ROM% -joy -tv -fs
PLATFORMID=35

DESCNAME=Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
NAME=megadrive
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive
EXTENSION=.smd .SMD .bin .BIN
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/picodrive/picodrive_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg  %ROM%"
# alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/dgen-sdl/dgen -f -r /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/dgenrc %ROM%"
# alternatively: COMMAND=export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/dispmanx/SDL12-kms-dispmanx/build/.libs"; /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/dgen-sdl/dgen %ROM%
PLATFORMID=18

#DESCNAME=NeoGeo
#NAME=neogeo
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo
#EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/gngeo-pi-0.85/installdir/bin/arm-linux-gngeo -i /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo -B /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/gngeo-pi-0.85/neogeobios %ROM%
## alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pifba/fba2x %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=24

DESCNAME=Nintendo Entertainment System
NAME=nes
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes
EXTENSION=.nes .NES
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/fceu-next/fceumm-code/fceumm_libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg  %ROM%"
PLATFORMID=7

#DESCNAME=Nintendo 64
#NAME=n64
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/n64
#EXTENSION=.z64 .Z64 .n64 .N64
#COMMAND=cd /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/mupen64plus-rpi/test/ && ./mupen64plus %ROM%
#PLATFORMID=3

#DESCNAME=PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16
#NAME=pcengine
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine
#EXTENSION=.pce
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/mednafen-pce-libretro/libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/pcengine/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=34

#DESCNAME=Sony Playstation 1
#NAME=psx
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
#EXTENSION=.img .IMG .7z .7Z .pbp .PBP .bin .BIN
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/pcsx_rearmed/libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
#PLATFORMID=10

#DESCNAME=Playstation Portable
#NAME=psp
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psp
#EXTENSION=.iso .ISO .cso .CSO
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL %ROM% en
#PLATFORMID=13

DESCNAME=Super Nintendo
NAME=snes
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes
EXTENSION=.smc .sfc .fig .swc .SMC .SFC .FIG .SWC
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin/retroarch -L /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/pocketsnes-libretro/libretro.so --config /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg  %ROM%"
# alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/snes9x-rpi/snes9x %ROM%
# alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pisnes/snes9x %ROM%
PLATFORMID=6

#DESCNAME=ZX Spectrum
#NAME=zxspectrum
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum
#EXTENSION=.z80 .Z80
#COMMAND=xinit fuse
## alternatively: COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/fbzx-2.10.0/fbzx %ROM%

#DESCNAME=Input Configuration
#NAME=esconfig
#PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/esconfig
#EXTENSION=.sh .SH
#COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/esconfig/Start.sh

I’ve commented out several emulators and whatnot as you can tell.

[dustinarden]

I’m having the same issues as above.

This is a fresh install and everything worked just fine. All my ROMS launched and worked as they were expecting. However I followed the steps to “pretty” up emulation station by scraping for box art etc as outlined in the A-Z guide that is available on the internet. I let that run overnight as it took it a long time to scrape through all the ROMS.

When i came back everything looked great but all of a sudden the ROMs wouldnt launch. Everything else works great. The USB SNES controller I have used to work in the ROMs, it works in the menus, etc.

I’m capable of reading error logs and general troubleshooting in linux and with scripts and other components of emulationstation / retropie however i’m honestly stumped as to where to even start the investigation … i’m not seeing log files in /var/log that look relevant .. i’ve searched a few directories but i’m not sure where to start looking for error messages as to why the ROM’s and or Emulators are not launching.
When i select a ROM the screen fades away as I would expect prior to launching the ROM but then you see some terminal activity in the background and then it dumps you back to emulation station.

any help to get me started troubleshooting would be great.
Thanks.

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