Error when trying to launch Parsec

[kozova1]

Error when trying to launch Parsec

[jacksaturn]

@lucasfais Yep, in my experience, VNC or SSH both won't reveal the graphical Parsec window. I recognized your issue with seeing "Compiled" twice followed by nothing; in my case it was because VNC couldn't display the image. Turned out Parsec was running, and visible on the monitor hooked directly to the Pi once I checked!

[rostad360]

I have the same problem, followed the guide and followed a youtube video. No luck. just says that the command is not found ....

[Kozova1]

Try to just install parsec manually

[jacksaturn]

The solution for me was to edit /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/parsec/Parsec.sh and change "parsec" to "parsecd". For whatever reason, Parsec will only launch on my Raspberry Pi using the parsecd command.

[lucasfais]

Same issue here. I tried to run parsecd instead of parsec, it prints "Compiled" twice, but it never asks me for user and password. That happens with both installation options.

[jacksaturn]

@lucasfais Are you viewing your Raspberry Pi with a directly-connected monitor or via VNC?

[lucasfais]

🤔 I was actually connected via SSH. I thought it would ask for user/password in the command line... I'll try again later using a graphical interface. Thank you.

[franoscutaro]

Can we get an updated setup guide? That would be awesome. I'm stuck with the double "Compiled" message after typing "parsecd" instead of "parsec" ( I've got the "pasec command not found" error after installing everything ).

Thank you very much for making this integration with retropie :D

[jacksaturn]

@franoscutaro Any chance you're trying to run Parsec while connected via SSH or VNC?

[franoscutaro]

@jacksaturn Yes I am. I'm connected via SSH in order to run the commands.

Your question makes me think, though. Should I quit Emulation Station and run the command in the PI's terminal? That way I can avoid connecting via SSH.

Thanks for your answer!

[jacksaturn]

@franoscutaro The reason I asked is because I explained the issue in the reply right before yours in this thread. 😊

To anyone else reading this thread from here on out: if you're trying to run parsec or parsecd via SSH or VNC, you'll see "Compiled" twice, but no graphics. If you connect a monitor (or view the already connected monitor) on your Pi, however, you'll see that Parsec is running there. You just aren't able to see it via your remote connection.

[franoscutaro]

@jacksaturn Hey thanks for your answer and yes, I saw your previous comment. And I'm asking for some updated guide that can include that info so everyone can see it outside the issues section :)

Thanks for your help.

[Kozova1]

I'm unfortunately very busy and don't have the time to update the guide. However, if you submit a pull request I'll look at it and approve it (If it's of decent quality).

[Eiscoffee]

Okay guys, this is how it worked for me (thanks to @jacksaturn ):

1. open the filemanager in RetroPie
2. navigate into: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/parsec/
3. edit the Parsec.sh
4. select your favorite editor (I take nano)
5. edit the lines into:
   parsecd server_id=your_host_server_id << EOF your_host_server_id
   y
   1
   EOF

finished

[Kozova1]

I believe I fixed the bug, also if you do take the answer above, don't do part 3, it shouldn't be necessary

[duckpuppy]

It looks like you updated setup.sh but not port_setup.sh

[Kozova1]

I think that this can be closed now