retroarch GUI can't "save config on exit."

dankcushions

you need to make sure save on exit is turned on (or at least, not turned off) in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

senkun

@dankcushions thanks.

but this is a new build on a new rpi3, everything in /configs/all/retroarch.cfg is still stock, i'm just building up on lr-fba-next to get my stuff configured and then only make global the configs I am testing. so nothing's been changed yet on /all/retroarch.cfg

from what i know and have experienced, all changes within the rgui will only be applied if one explicitly toggles "save config on exit" to true before quitting retroarch. and these changes will be local to the specific emulator and saved to in this case /fba/retroarch.cfg

when a game is restarted, the "save config on exit" setting is reset to false as this is the stock setting / global override from /all/retroarch.cfg - to ensure that no changes are 'accidently' made, but the specific changes made and saved previously should be applied from /fba/retroarch.cfg

and that's what the crux of the problem is, because none of the changes I am making is saved. not even when I change the global setting in /all/retroarch.cfg to try and force a save.

edit:

Nothing seems amiss when I pipe stderr to a log. so I gave up and "fixed" it by deleting /fba/content_history.lpl (not sure if relevant as only last used info) and replaced /fba/retroarch.cfg with a blank .cfg with the stock remapping and #include lines, thereby letting it regenerate. Still puzzled by what happened.

dankcushions

@senkun

from what i know and have experienced, all changes within the rgui will only be applied if one explicitly toggles "save config on exit" to true before quitting retroarch. and these changes will be local to the specific emulator and saved to in this case /fba/retroarch.cfg
when a game is restarted, the "save config on exit" setting is reset to false as this is the stock setting / global override from /all/retroarch.cfg - to ensure that no changes are 'accidently' made, but the specific changes made and saved previously should be applied from /fba/retroarch.cfg

hmm, my understanding is that the save on exit setting of all/retroarch.cfg overrides everything, and the default setting is for it to NOT allow saving on exit. i've always changed it globally in the /all/ file as i prefer to be able to amend my retroarch configs within the games themselves. i wasn't aware of your hack :)

the supported way is to not do any of this and instead use https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Configuration-Editor

senkun

@dankcushions ahaha yeah I keep forgetting about the new fangled modern config editor, just a habit to ssh in from pre-3.0 I guess. ;P

Floob

@senkun This may help you find the settings you need to save

Water White

I'm having the same problem right now with the lr-fbalpha2012 emulator. It dosnt save my individual settings, even when the "save on exit" option is turned on. After leaving the emulator it resets all my video and overlay settings :-( Alle the other emulators dosnt have this problem. Why is lr-fbalpha2012 doing this??

Water White

I tried to make some config changes with the Configuration Editor and edited the retroarch.cfg in the fba folder. When I start lr-fbalpha 2012 it totally ignores the settings in the fba/retroarch.cfg file. When closing retroarch, it overwrites the retroarch.cfg and all changes are gone. So where does lr-fbalpha 2012 get those other settings and why is this emulator ignoring and overwriting the retroarch.cfg file?

BuZz

@Water-White Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

If you have done the above steps please create a new topic and add the following relevant information

destindude1978

Same problem here

BuZz

@destindude1978 please read the link above.

Deflektor

It's a shame this topic shows up prominently in Google's search results for this problem, especially since this thread doesn't contain an answer to the problem. Sorry for bumping an old thread but I thought it'd be useful to highlight that people are still likely reading this thread because of Google - and walking away without a solution.

mediamogul

@deflektor said in retroarch GUI can't "save config on exit.":

people are still likely reading this thread because of Google - and walking away without a solution.

(1) Disable 'save on exit'

(2) Replace the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/retropie.cfg with the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/retropie.cfg.rp-dist and the contents of every system-level RetroArch config file at /opt/retropie/configs/system-name/retropie.cfg with /opt/retropie/configs/same-system-name/retropie.cfg.rp-dist.

This will leave the user with default RetroArch settings, but it's the only way to advise everyone at once without knowing the extent of an individual's problems.