Just for the records, and in case somebody is trying something similar, I managed it in this way:
- in /etc/init.d , disable emulationstation service and custom service this way: sudo chmod -x S31emulationstation S99custom and disable also all the services that you don't need (in my case S02splash S11upgrade S24lircmod S25hyperion S25lircd S31sixad S32bluetooth S92steamcontroller S92virtualgamepads S94manager)
- create a new service in /etc/init.d with following name S99customrom and sudo chmod +x S99customrom and add the following code:
#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
start)
/recalbox/share/system/custom.sh &
echo $!>/var/run/hit.pid
;;
stop)
kill `cat /var/run/hit.pid`
rm /var/run/hit.pid
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
if [ -e /var/run/hit.pid ]; then
echo hit.sh is running, pid=`cat /var/run/hit.pid`
else
echo hit.sh is NOT running
exit 1
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
esac
exit 0
- and now, in the share folder, in the system folder, edit the custom.sh and add the line to launch the game, that you got when you played it normally and used ps -ef | grep emulatorlauncher , like voljega said, BUT add this at the end: && poweroff
- for example, in my case:
python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc -p1index 0 -p1guid 03000000830500006020000010010000 -p1name "USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad" -p1nbaxes 2 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event2 -p2index 1 -p2guid 03000000830500006020000010010000 -p2name "USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad" -p2nbaxes 2 -p2devicepath /dev/input/event3 -p3index 2 -p3guid 03000000451300000031000001010000 -p3name "Sony SPEEDLINK USB GAMEPAD" -p3nbaxes 4 -p3devicepath /dev/input/event4 -system snes -rom "/recalbox/share/roms/snes/Breath of Fire.zip" -emulator default -core default -ratio auto && poweroff
If you did everything fine, recalbox will start directly on the rom, and when you press select + start (or whatever your back-to-menu is) then you will shutdown the system safely and you can turn the raspberry off after 5 or 10 seconds
If you make S31emulationstation executable again, and disable the customrom script, then you can enter to emulationstation and modify settings like shaders, video configs, etc, and this will affect also your custom rom.
The only problem that I still have is that in this way I cannot manage to get the audio output through my external usb audio card. I have a typical behringer uca222 to increase the sound quality, but the sound is still going through the hdmi signal, although it works fine if I boot the rom from the emulationstation menu. If I manage it on the autostarted rom, I will let you know.
