Basic NOOB question
  • Fig
    Hi all:
    Used MAME back in the late 90's, just got my pi and loaded PiMAME. Have been reading posts on how to get video working with my DVI monitor. Been shuttling the SD card back and forth to another PC to edit config file. Is there a way I can drop out of the menu to the desktop and then back in? I know that STARTX will launch the menu, but how can I get out and to the desktop?
  • SSilver2k2SSilver2k2
    Ok. The menu doesn't use startx. The menu system is just a console app written in pygame and python. Startx will bring you into the X Windows GUI environment. PiMAME includes X Windows, but doesn't use it.

    To escape out of the PiMAME menu, just press escape.
  • Fig
    Thanks. So if I am at the command line, how would I restart the console app?
  • Xenendor
    Just write:
    python lauchmenu.py if you want to re-open menu.
    or sudo reboot to restart your rasperrypi, sudo poweroff to shut it down :)
  • Fig
    Perfect! thanks much!
  • Higgy69
    I just read that typing 'exit' from cmd gets you back into Pimame. I was typing the long winded python command!
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