There is an strange thing in your build,I use my arcade control panel as a keyboard (connected with a JPAC) but I can not change accept & cancel button for retroarch, it uses backspace and enter and I need to use z and x. I bind inputs in retroarch settings and it worked for cores/games but in retroarch frontend it doesn't. In lakka it works OK.
Maybe something related with input type or driver? I don't know...
I use libreelec 7.0.2 on rPi3. There is no log @ /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.gamestarter
Gamestarter is @ 2.6.0 version. Where to enable logs for GameStarter?
it is weird... if you install from zip and then launch addon gamestarter it performs firts-time-setup, it will notice you about that. Then gamestarter.log is created.
did you follow these steps or after zip installation you didn't launch addon for the firts-time-setup?
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I think I found the issue. I am running a Raspberry Pi B
sorry just pi2/3 support...
Any idea how to fix lock up on retrarch quit? When i chose L1+L2+start+select on controller and then navigate to Quit Retroarch it ends up with still working animation in the background but retroarch is stuck. No reaction on keboard, gamepad. I'm stuck until i press ctrl+alt+del on keyboard.
Which Raspberry Pi model are you using? in which libreelec/openelec version?
please copy/paste gamestarter.log under:
/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.gamestarter/gamestarter.log
Hi there. Thank you I don't have a gamestarter.log file. I am starting to think something went wrong with the install. Can I just remove the addon and reinstall or is there a certain process to it?
You have to install from zip, then go to addon and launch it, it will perform a first-time-setup. After that, copy your roms and you have several options:
- you can launch addon again and you will go into retroarch frontend interface.
- go to Advanced launcher and scan for your roms in the system you want, then run it.
- in addon settings install Emulationstation and select it as default frontend. Then run addon again and you will be in Emulationstation with system you have roms in their folder.
- in addon settings install IARL addon and launch games from the internet archive.
After the first-time-setup log file must be in its path.
Hi guys. I have a raspberry pi 2 model b. I installed gamestarter and I added my emulators. I tried to launch it but my pi reboots and does not launch the emu. Any idea on how to fix it
can you paste log output from /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.gamestarter/gamestarter.log ?
That looks correct, but as it seemed kind of hacky and I might find a use for it as well, I've fixed up the shutdown options in the new build20161126:
Code- Added an option to launch Emulationstation with --frontend to add shutdown options (that actually work) in the menu - Removed Emulationstation CEC patch as it was causing a segfault - systemd 232
it works!!! I can boot into emulationstation and shut down system from it. (Only one thing, shutdown/reboot/... options are in the main menu instead of being inside quit menu)
I will keep in safe this build just in case.
you should think about releasing a gaming version of your build like retropie or lakka...
thanks a lot! (one more time)
EDIT: where can I put additional ES themes??
How can i run emulatorstation? I geht a error
That error screens means you have no roms in rom folders, so there is no system to show. If you copy some roms inside roms/whatever that system will show in emulationstation...
so my autostart.shshould looke like this, right?
while true; do
rm -f /tmp/es-restart /tmp/es-sysrestart /tmp/es-shutdown
emulationstation.start "$@"
[ -f /tmp/es-restart ] && continue
if [ -f /tmp/es-sysrestart ]; then
rm -f /tmp/es-sysrestart
reboot
break
fi
if [ -f /tmp/es-shutdown ]; then
rm -f /tmp/es-shutdown
poweroff
break
fi
break
done
Hey guys, I installed LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-7.0.2 on my pi 3 and the Gamestarter v2.5. When I tried to run pocketsnes, I got this error:/storage/.kodi/addons/script.gamestarter/resources/bin/retroarch: error while loading shared libraries: libbrcmEGL.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
::Gamestarter:: -> disable alsa...
::Gamestarter:: -> restart kodi...My understanding of libreelec is that it has a read only filesystem so there is no point for me to hunt down the library
Any idea what I need to do?
Thanks a lot
It seems to me that you are using wrong addon version. If you are running LibreELEC 7 you need to download/install gamestarter OLE version (Open/LIbreELEC 6 & 7).
I have just released new version => 2.6
Release Gamestarter v2.6 · bite-your-idols/Gamestarter-Pi · GitHub
It should be obvious whats wrong just looking at it. Will let you figure it outEDIT: emulationstation.sh is for launching from Kodi btw, you should use emulationstation.start
wooow I would never find out, i am so noob... 
I will change that line and hope both shutdown and autostart work.
I'll be back.
Seems like Emulationstation writes the exit status to /tmp/es-restart and /tmp/es-shutdown:EmulationStation/emulationstation.sh at master · Herdinger/EmulationStation · GitHub
Put the same while loop in your autostart and remove sudo.
This is my autostart.sh:
/usr/bin/emulationstation.sh
while true; do
rm -f /tmp/es-restart /tmp/es-sysrestart /tmp/es-shutdown
./emulationstation "$@"
[ -f /tmp/es-restart ] && continue
if [ -f /tmp/es-sysrestart ]; then
rm -f /tmp/es-sysrestart
reboot
break
fi
if [ -f /tmp/es-shutdown ]; then
rm -f /tmp/es-shutdown
poweroff
break
fi
break
donenow, emulationstation does not launch at boot and shutdown option is still not working.
The funny thing is that if I remove all the new lines and let only "/usr/bin/emulationstation.sh" even though emulationstation does not start...
If you just need it for compiling, a VM is fine. Most LE devs use Ubuntu, personally I prefer Arch. Both should work fine.Uploading a new nvidia304 build for you now with shutdown options in ES.
The shutdown option is there, but it does not work. When selecting it, it comes back to kodi... maybe it is because kodi is waiting to start in the background since I launch emulationstation from autostart.sh
Also I've found that I need to edit kodi keyboard actions because I need to control it with my arcade control panel in case I need to exit manually or enter some setting screens...
WIP...
Thank you! I will try it tomorrow and I will let you know the results
it works like a charm!!! thank you. Now I need to include emulationstation in autostart.sh, piece of cake.
Another question I have lost my ubuntu PC so I can not compile by the moment. I would like an emulationstation binary with shutdown option, so , what is your recommendation as the easiest linux installation just to make compilations? I have a win 10 based laptop. I am considering ubuntu as a dualboot or ubuntu in a VM. I use bash on ubuntu on windows and it works fine for git and basic bash scripts but it always fails when trying to make compilations...
Absolutely, a special version 20161123-2 is uploading for you right now
Thank you! I will try it tomorrow and I will let you know the results 
is the Gamestarter only for PIs ?i need a solution for my x64 System
regard
Just for Pi.
Your solution is here: LibreELEC
you need to pair it with using libreelec's config tool, it must work.
It's already there, "tty". Missing from the "run" label though. You should have a console with CTRL+ALT+F3, that's weird...
I don't know how but finally i got it...
_XSERVTransTransNoListen: unable to find transport: tcp
Failed to disable listen for tcp transport_XSERVTransTransNoListen: unable to find transport: tcp
Failed to disable listen for tcp transport[3676135.847]
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[3676135.847] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[3676135.847] Build Operating System: Linux 4.8.7-1-ARCH x86_64 LibreELEC.tv
[3676135.847] Current Operating System: Linux LibreELEC 4.8.10 #1 SMP Wed Nov 23 01:20:13 CET 2016 x86_64
[3676135.847] Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 rdinit=/init usbcore.autosuspend=-1 BOOT_IMAGE=/KERNEL boot=UUID=2311-1224 live quiet tty vga=current
[3676135.847] Build Date: 22 November 2016 05:10:36PM
[3676135.847]
[3676135.847] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[3676135.847] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[3676135.847] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[3676135.847] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 1 00:44:33 2007
[3676135.847] (++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg-nvidia-legacy.conf"
[3676135.847] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[3676135.847] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[3676135.847] (**) |-->Screen "screen" (0)
[3676135.847] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[3676135.847] (**) | |-->Device "nvidia"
[3676135.847] (==) No monitor specified for screen "screen".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[3676135.847] (==) Automatically adding devices
[3676135.847] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[3676135.847] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[3676135.847] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[3676135.847] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
built-ins
[3676135.847] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[3676135.847] (**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
[3676135.847] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[3676135.847] (II) Loader magic: 0x6303a0
[3676135.847] (II) Module ABI versions:
[3676135.847] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[3676135.847] X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[3676135.847] X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[3676135.847] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[3676135.849] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:00c1:10de:0245 rev 162, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfb000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[3676135.849] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[3676135.849] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[3676135.866] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[3676135.866] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[3676135.866] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[3676135.866] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.98 Mon Sep 19 17:22:44 PDT 2016
[3676135.866] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[3676135.866] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[3676135.867] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[3676135.867] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[3676135.867] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[3676135.867] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 340.98 Mon Sep 19 17:02:58 PDT 2016
[3676135.867] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[3676135.867] (++) using VT number 1
[3676135.869] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[3676135.869] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[3676135.869] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[3676135.869] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[3676135.869] compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[3676135.869] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[3676135.869] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[3676135.869] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[3676135.869] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[3676135.869] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[3676135.869] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[3676135.869] compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[3676135.869] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[3676135.869] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[3676135.869] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[3676135.869] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[3676135.869] (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GPU installed in this system is
[3676135.869] (WW) NVIDIA(0): supported through the NVIDIA 304.xx Legacy drivers. Please
[3676135.869] (WW) NVIDIA(0): visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
[3676135.869] (WW) NVIDIA(0): information. The 340.98 NVIDIA driver will ignore this
[3676135.869] (WW) NVIDIA(0): GPU. Continuing probe...
[3676135.869] (EE) No devices detected.
[3676135.869] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[3676135.869] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[3676135.869] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[3676135.869] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[3676135.869] (EE)anything easily fixeable??
when in a game press PS button if using a dualshock. If not, try making a combo with select or start + another keys...
Another option is launching gamestarter into retroarch directly.
EDIT: in retroarch>settings>input you can select a key-combo for entering retroarch when in a game. Another thing I will include in next release 