Can't change Default Emulator Video Mode or Emulator + ROM Video Mode in Run Command

[mcmayhem]

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3
Power Supply used: CanaKit 2.5A
RetroPie Version Used: 4.3
Built From: Premade image from RetroPie website loaded via Win32DiskImager
USB Devices connected: None
Controller used: POWER A Wired Controller for PS3
Error messages received: None
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log: n/a
Guide used: n/a
File: n/a
Emulator: Affecting all emulators
Attachment of config files: n/a

How to replicate the problem:
Run any ROM. Press any button to enter Run Command before ROM loads. If the video mode is not set, set any video mode. Then attempt to change the video mode - it will not change. Using the "remove" option also does not work.

No idea why it's doing this or how to fix it. I did search the forums and Google for anyone having this same issue and came up empty.

[jonnykesh]

@mcmayhem Looks like you may have an issue with permissions. Try running sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configsin the terminal and give it another go.

[mcmayhem]

Thanks for the quick response, @jonnykesh ! I tried that and it did...nothing. After hitting enter, it just skips down to the next line (See attached picture). I did check a ROM after trying, and I'm still having the same problem.

[jonnykesh]

@mcmayhem it would just skip down to the next line. The process happens in the background. Did you try rebooting after you ran this before testing?

[mcmayhem]

@jonnykesh My apologies for the delayed response.

Yes, I rebooted it afterwards. Same problem. Any other ideas?

[jonnykesh]

@mcmayhem It could be possible your card may have gone to read-only. Try adding a few random files or folders, then reboot and see if they are still there. Just to rule this out as a possibility.

[mcmayhem]

@jonnykesh I added dosbox and a few ROMs I'd been intending to add...they stayed on the system just fine.

[mcmayhem]

@jonnykesh Any other thoughts on what this could be? I suppose I could just wipe the card and start over, but I really don't want to go through the hassle of all that - especially if it could just end up happening again, y'know?

[chipsnblip]

check the output of this command:

ls -l /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg

it should read:

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi

[mcmayhem]

@chipsnblip Tried it, didn't get that result. Pi gave me this -

[mitu]

@mcmayhem You used '-1' (one), but the command has '-l' (lowecase L). This should display the permissions on the file, similar to the output shown by @chipsnblip.

[chipsnblip]

@chipsnblip said in Can't change Default Emulator Video Mode or Emulator + ROM Video Mode in Run Command:

ls -l /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg

since the screen is cut off a bit, add some spaces to the output so we can see it:

ls -l /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg | sed 's/^/   /'

note there are 3 spaces in between the forward slashes at the end of that command

[mcmayhem]

@mitu @chipsnblip Hahaha, wow. How embarrassing. Thanks, I will try this and report back.