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

[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.