mr_me Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 6 hours ago, P. J. Smith said: It wont transfer using the usb drive method is the whole reason i am having to learn some other way to do it. I cant believe it is this complicated to transfer a 17 kb file. There is no listing for my usb flash drive that i can find on mc or for my rom file. I figured once i got here i could just open my flash drive and copy it and place it in the emulator roms file and i would be good. The other two methods it is showing to transfer roms i cant really seem to wrap my head around. Ugh. I appreciate all your help, truly. Just wish I was a smarter person when it comes to this stuff. You can list what devices are mounted ie. mapped to folders, with the "mount" command. You can list what usb devices are found with the "lsusb" command. Or you can pull the sdcard as mthompson suggested. To use some of the other transfer methods you'd have to put your rpi on your network; either by ethernet cable or wifi. Here's the documentation on configuring wifi. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wifi/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Hmmmm, hadn’t considered that approach. I have an sd card reader too. I think I now have a new plan of attack! THANK YOU! I will update once after I attempt this. I just hope the unit wasnt glued together, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 I cant figure out how to get the card out of here… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 23 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: I cant figure out how to get the card out of here… that's because it is on the opposite end of the Pi than what you are picturing here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 We will give it another look, lol! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Really, you are making this much harder than it needs to be. Seemingly you didn't attempt my previous recommendations, so I will reiterate it here (maybe with more details): If your Pi has wifi capabilities, then connect it to your wifi and then use WinSCP or Cyberduck to connect to it. If your Pi doesn't have wifi, or if you don't know if you Pi has wifi capabilities, then connect a wired network cable instead. in WinSCP (other software will be similar): Not sure who made your Ultimate, but these are the defaults: Hostname= retropie (but you can also use the IP address your network assigned to it) User= pi Password= raspberry Navigate to the home -> pi -> RetroPie -> roms -> intellivision folder and then drop your ROM into there. Close WinSCP You need to relaunch the emualationstation for the new games to appear the in the games list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Already have the sd card in my computer but now it is asking to format the drive. Not sure i want/need to do that. It does not have wifi capabilities. I will try the cabled way next time. What is WinSCP? As you can tell i am zero computer literate. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: Already have the sd card in my computer but now it is asking to format the drive. Not sure i want/need to do that. It does not have wifi capabilities. I will try the cabled way next time. What is WinSCP? As you can tell i am zero computer literate. Thank you very much. do not format it. You using Windows or MAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 What model Pi do you have? It is labeled on the Pi itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 B+ V 1.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, P. J. Smith said: B+ V 1.2 You are missing something. But if this is a RPi 3 B+ then it has built in wifi capabilities and then from the Retropie gamelist you can select WIFI and you can get it connected to your wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, P. J. Smith said: Windows Ok, thanks. 2 hours ago, P. J. Smith said: What is WinSCP? As you can tell i am zero computer literate. Thank you very much. Let me introduce you to a little company called Google. They have this website that helps you search for things you don't know about. In their search for WinSCP will result in the correct answer as their first result WinSCP :: Official Site :: Free SFTP and FTP client for Windows Install that and when you have your Pi connected to your network, wifi or wired, then setup the connection like the screenshot i provided and give it a shot. (don't forget to stick that card back into your Pi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 19 minutes ago, fdr4prez said: when you have your Pi connected to your network, wifi or wired OK, I just realized that for WIFI, you are going to need to do some additional configuration due to changes in the OS that is running on the Pi. If you connect a wire, then it will connect immediately. If you want to use wifi (which is what I recommend due to no wires), then you need to configure the Pi so it knows what country it is in. In the Retropie gamelist you should see Respi-Config in the list, and then go to 5 Localisation Options > L4 Wi-Fi Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 I will try that, thank you very much for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: I will try that, thank you very much for all your help! OK, that is an older Pi 1B+ Sorry, no wifi for you You'll need to use a wired connection, or get a USB wifi dongle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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P. J. Smith Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Passwords arent getting me in, how do i find my ip address to try that way? This is what is coming up. I assume the unit needs to be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: I assume the unit needs to be on. Of course the unit needs to be on. That's just silly to expect things to work when there is no power. 15 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: Passwords arent getting me in Oops! I forgot one setting that you need to change one additional setting - silly me. In the Raspi-Config > 3 Interfacing Options and select P2 SSH It should prompt you confirming that you want to enable the SSH Server. No connection is possible without that setting being activated. I am not sure if you need to reboot for that to take effect. 15 minutes ago, P. J. Smith said: how do i find my ip address to try that way You would need to look in your router for that, or read below... If you don't know how to do that in your router, then that is something I am not going to help with. I ain't going to fiddle with your router. This is something that you should learn about since it is your home network. The hostname should work for the connection, but you need to first enable the SSH Server that I just remembered about. So make that change and try again. If your Pi is connected to your network and you press F4 to get to the terminal, then it should be displayed right there for you: But again, the hostname should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 What is the Raspi-Config? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 When the Pi is booted up and you see the list of Inty games, can you go left or right and get into the Retropie list? Similar to this: See the RASPI-CONFIG in the list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. J. Smith Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 Never seen this screen, goes right into emulation station. I’m about ready to call it a life on this project, i truly appreciate your help but this is bordering on the ridiculousness at this point, beyond my depth. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 That screen is emulationstation, probably themed differently. It's possible older retropie doesn't have a retropie section in emulationstation. You can also run raspi-config from the command line. sudo raspi-config https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html You're close, you just have to follow through with whatever method you choose. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 4 hours ago, P. J. Smith said: Never seen this screen, goes right into emulation station. I’m about ready to call it a life on this project, i truly appreciate your help but this is bordering on the ridiculousness at this point, beyond my depth. Thanks again. Ok, thanks. As mentioned by mr_me, you can press F4 and run it from the terminal by typing in sudo raspi-config You are so close now. 2 hours ago, mr_me said: That screen is emulationstation, probably themed differently. It's possible older retropie doesn't have a retropie section in emulationstation. You can also run raspi-config from the command line. sudo raspi-config https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html You're close, you just have to follow through with whatever method you choose. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/ Byte Knight hides this RetroPie Config gamelist completely, and I tend to hide it on my builds. On one person's build I hid most of the selections, but I left a couple, such as the WIFI one. But P. J. Smith mentioned this was not done by Byte Knight and I certainly didn't make this unit. So I hoped it wasn't hidden - ya never know. Maybe the person that build this unit used Byte Knight's image Byte Knight hides it in such a way that it takes some effort to see it again. But, as we know, we can run them as needed from the terminal. I found a much easier way to hide it, so it can be displayed again quickly if/when needed. In Byte Knight's and my builds, we set the country and enable the SSH Server, so connecting to the Pi is as easy as connecting to your network (wired or wifi). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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