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    Changing where save state files are saved - EmulationStation????

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by

      Have you typed those configs in manually to the forum ? They contain errors eg in the include line.

      Please read https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      Please format any configs in code blocks (``` before and after)

      I would need to see your complete /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg as well as the output of this command ls -la /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        FlynntMaverick
        last edited by BuZz

        I did type manually in the post. here are direct copies.

        • snes/retroarch.cfg - http://pastebin.com/ABbwDVcw
        • all/retroarch.cfg - http://pastebin.com/J04jBrUb
        • ls - http://pastebin.com/jBMcrGub
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          FlynntMaverick
          last edited by

          ok links not working, but the pages exist. pasted text. late for work though. sorry, thanks, and i'll try agiain later.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            I fixed your post. Will check.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators
              last edited by

              Your "Saves" folder is owned by root. it has write permissions for all users, but you might want to change that to be owned by pi (chown -R pi:pi /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Saves)

              Your config looks correct at first glance though.

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                FlynntMaverick
                last edited by

                well the Saves is a mounted share (windows share) and is done at boot. the Saves directory is owned by pi , but at boot it mounts as root. I've tried to forcing it with username=pi in the fstabs but still comes up as root. chown or sudo chown doen't change the owner. The directory is writable when logged in as pi.

                So to test, i've unmounted, directory shows owned by pi. emulation does save correctly..
                But mount it, its owned by root, emulation station will not save there (even though its wriatable).

                so I guess i need to figure out how to get it to mount as pi. Thanks for leading me down the right direction.

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                  FlynntMaverick
                  last edited by

                  Well, got it to mount with uid=pi,gid=pi at boot, but still no joy.

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @FlynntMaverick
                    last edited by

                    @FlynntMaverick
                    have a look at https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive#configure-fstab-to-automatically-mount-usb-drive

                    this is how my fstab looks and it saves to my drive ok.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by BuZz

                      Try mounting with uid=1000,gid=1000 instead of the name pi. The uid/gid should be numeric afair

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                        FlynntMaverick
                        last edited by FlynntMaverick

                        no joy.
                        the share doesn't have a uuid to use in the fstab.
                        here's the line in the fstab as it is now:
                        ····//10.0.0.10/Share/Folder /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Saves cifs username=pi,password=raspberry,uid=1000,gid=100id=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,x-systemd.automount 0 0
                        Inline code
                        if it helps, its a Pi3, rasbian jesse image, then emulation station installed on the side.

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