Hi I found what' s causing it. It was not the advmame folder that I had in emulators, it was a mame4all.
The updater aborts the update for the emulators since the mame4all dir is not in git.
I removed the folder and then ran the update again.

That said I still have issues with both SNES and NES roms.
SNES:
If I try to start SNES from the PIPLAY menu I get a segment fault error and then it returns to PIPLAY start. I can start snes9x using the _gui: /pimame/emulators/pisnes $ ./snes9x.gui but then I can´t navigate.

PIPLAY use the path: /home/pi/pimame/emulators/pisnes/snes9x
Any ideas why it gives me Segment fault?
The roms work ok with snes9x-1.53

NES:
Emulator gives me a error message and then returns to PIPLAY start.
Message is too fast, is there an error log?
The roms work ok with fceux-2.2.0 and 2.2.1 (windows).
2.2.1 seems to be the same version PIPLAY use...

Thanks

Its running on a PI2

I can confirm that SNES works with beta 9 image. Same problem with NES though.

Maybe it doesn't help but I loaded up the latest beta img for RetroPie. In that one both SNES and NES work by default.
Some dev can maybe see the differences?

I don´t think its related to the update script since last time I tried I used the beta 9 image. And still the same problem.

No, I use a hdmi -> DVI and USB Audio for sound.

Don´t know if it matters but I´m in Europe (PAL)

Turbografx 16 works great. The nes is the problem. I just tried starting it via command. It very fast displays something and then... crash (black screen). So I can't see what is says. I use a display connected via hdmi in 1024x768 60 hz mode. Its a clean install on a Pi 2.

1024x768 60 hz is the max setting in my arcade cabinet. Adding the hdmi force and drive did not change anything.

@Freddy, I don't think that they use the same emulator. If you have a different screen that you can test it on (one that won't require you to use your dvi converter, that would be ideal). I really think that it is due to the emulator not getting the correct resolution values. I have now successfully run the fceux emulator with a fresh piplay image, an image using the updater, and clean raspbian image using the installer. As far as you have told me, our only differences is that I use straight hdmi, no converter.

OK, I dunno:
Emulators: lr-fceumm, lr-nestopia

Btw: You are not allowed to upload .nes files using the web-gui. You need to zip them.
Can this be changed?

@Freddy - yes, this can be changed. I'll send a not to Shea, but the roms can be zipped as well, it really makes no difference.

@mholgatem- I want hdmi audio to be disabled because i use the standard audio connecter for audio (jack plug).
These settings don't matter still the nes emulator does not work.

I now also tried a clean install on another sdcard. Same bad results.

I now removed the monitor settings from the config. And it works.. But it looks really bad on my monitor (probably it is 720p but my monitor is 4:3). So the 1024x768 60 hz setting is crashing it (hdmi group 2, hdmi mode 16). Maybe you can set this on your pi. Probably same results. Can this be fixed?

well, you can try changing some of the settings in /home/pi/.fceux/fceux.cfg.

possibly:
SDL.KeepRatio
SDL.PAL (this should be automatic though)
SDL.XResolution, YResolution (I think these get rewritten when fceux gets run)
SDL.XScale, YScale

@Sukerbole - The error has come up with lots of different resolutions. In the past, it has almost always been fixed by specifying a fixed resolution in boot/config

I was mistaken before, my resolution is 1280x1024@60
Tried the changes in fceux.cfg without luck.

Could this version be an option?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=52879

@Sukerbole - cool, glad you were able to get it working!

Setting a low resolution of 640x480 will give the following error when selecting something in the menu:pygame.error: Invalid resolution for Surface.
640x480 is interesting for scanline devices for the real retro look.

The error is a bit long:

Traceback most recent call last

File launchmenu.py line 69 in module main
File launchmenu.py line 53 in main if a tip update display = manager.scene.handle_events action
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/mainscene.py line 269 in handle events
self do menu iten action sprite
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/mainscene.py line 335 in do menu item action
self manager go to romlistscenerite get rom list sprite id
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/scenemanager.py line 15 in go to self scene pre render self.cfg screen call render
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/romlistscene.py line 112 in pre render
self get dimension y
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/romlistscene.py line 78 in get dimensions
self info surface blit pmutil glass self.cfg options pre loaded rom list background self.cfg options info bg1 self info box self info box
File /home/pi/pimame/pimame- menu/pmmenu/pmutil.py line 171 in glass backup pygame.surface rect w rect h pygame srcalpha 32 convert alpha
pygame error: invalid resolution for surface

I haven't had any problems with the genesis emulator and the adafruit gpio retrogame (that's my primary controller). I'll check into that invalid resolution for you though.

@mholgatem - Thanks for the help.
Will try it tonight. Concerning the joystick.Maybe it does not like the key assignment. Which keys do you use for your joystick and knobs.

@mholgatem - Just recieved my scanline device. It looks great. And indeed it now works in 640x480 with your remarks. The PS1 emualtor however does not launch in 640x480:(
But it really looks great with scanlines. On a LCD it looks like a CRT now. But still some issues with PS1 now. ( ps I did not try it yesterday because the forum was off line).

In x I can start pcsx. When I start it from the menu it returns me to the menu. Just executing it from cli will give me black screen. Maybe some config file again?