Retrocade
A quick and dirty rom selector for my arcade machine running on a Raspberry Pi.
The repository holds the code for the rom selector, but this README includes the full instructions for getting the Raspberry Pi setup and installed.
Setup
My Pi uses the Raspian distro. So get that installed and then run:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install git
dgen
wget -O dgen.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dgen/dgen/1.32/dgen-sdl-1.32.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fdgen%2Ffiles%2Fdgen%2F1.32%2F&ts=1368376336&use_mirror=garr
tar xvfz dgen.tar.gz
cd dgen-sdl-1.32
./configure --disable-opengl
make && sudo make install
dispmanx
cd
wget https://github.com/vanfanel/SDL12-kms-dispmanx/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd SDL12-kms-dispmanx-master
export CFLAGS="-I/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux"
./MAC_ConfigureDISPMANX.sh
make && sudo make install
retrocade
sudo aptitude install python-virtualenv
sudo aptitude install python-dev
git clone git://github.com/davidwinter/retrocade.git
cd retrocade
virtualenv env
env/bin/pip intall urwid
Running on boot
So that we can get retrocade starting on bootup, we need to enable auto-login:
dgen preference file
mkdir .dgen
cp retrocade/dgenrc .dgen/
Autologin
sudo nano /etc/inittab
Find the line starting with: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty
Comment it out by placing a # at the start. Then below that line, add:
1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
Start script
Login as the pi user, and then nano .bashrc. At the bottom of this file, add:
if [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
retrocade/env/bin/python retrocade/retro.py path/to/dgen path/to/roms
fi
Make sure you change the paths for dgen and the directory containing your roms. In my case, it's just dgen and /home/pi/roms.