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shutdown hotkey combination

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:20 pm
by jostie94
hi guys,

i did not get my hands on a Safe Shutdown switch so i was wonder if it is possible to set a hotkey combination to shutdown the Raspberry Pi.
In Retropie you already have such different hotkeys like,
start + select = exit emulator
Select + Right Shoulder = save state
is it possible to edit these hotkey combinations or to create a new one to shutdown the raspberry pi?

thanks!

Re: shutdown hotkey combination

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:36 am
by HoolyHoo
jostie94 wrote:
Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:20 pm
hi guys,

i did not get my hands on a Safe Shutdown switch so i was wonder if it is possible to set a hotkey combination to shutdown the Raspberry Pi.
In Retropie you already have such different hotkeys like,
start + select = exit emulator
Select + Right Shoulder = save state
is it possible to edit these hotkey combinations or to create a new one to shutdown the raspberry pi?

thanks!
Hotkeys is a Retroarch thing so it doesn't work system wide in Emulation Station. Your options are to shutdown through the emulation station menu or you could also add a dedicated button to do the same through a gpio and a script. One other option is creating a "Power" console within emulation station that invokes a shutdown script which makes it a bit faster to get to than the built in es shutdown.

Re: shutdown hotkey combination

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:09 am
by silentjames
I think we must ask @kite about this - weeks ago I've found his video about GBZ with SAIO board inside, and there he controlled wifi and brightness with hotkeys.
https://youtu.be/jweRkxGF1mA
P.S. omg, how does this youtube tag work? %)

Re: shutdown hotkey combination

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:32 am
by HoolyHoo
silentjames wrote:
Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:09 am
I think we must ask @kite about this - weeks ago I've found his video about GBZ with SAIO board inside, and there he controlled wifi and brightness with hotkeys.
https://youtu.be/jweRkxGF1mA
P.S. omg, how does this youtube tag works? %)
Yes he is using the atmega chip which talks with the pi but he still uses an extra button for the hot key.