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    es_systems.cfg empty!

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      medicalengineer @3lric
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      @3lric After hours of searching i found it by at: /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
      I opened it just to find instructions how to write the systems manually.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by BuZz

        that file will override the /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg - if you have a full config file in /etc/emulationstation and you don't want to manually "manage" it yourself - remove the one in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

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          medicalengineer @BuZz
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          @BuZz uhm. I could have another look at it, but I didn't see any es_systems file in that directory. It is up and running with the es_systems i manually typed in some systems, and then updated trough RetroPie-Setup menu.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by BuZz

            it should be unless it was removed/deleted. If you update all installed packages from the retropie-setup menu it will be recreated with the correct systems. You don't need to keep another copy unless you want to manually manage it.

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            • DrMaxwellD
              DrMaxwell
              last edited by

              Or someone could just upload the file for you to mv into the directory and solve your problem.

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @DrMaxwell
                last edited by

                @DrMaxwell The file is dynamic - differs depending on what a user has installed.

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                • DrMaxwellD
                  DrMaxwell @BuZz
                  last edited by

                  @BuZz said in es_systems.cfg empty!:

                  @DrMaxwell The file is dynamic - differs depending on what a user has installed.

                  es_systems.cfg is dynamically generated now? So, if I install say lr-mess, then every machine supported by the mess core will be generated in the es_systems.cfg as a system?

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @BuZz
                    last edited by

                    @BuZz this reminds me, somehow my roms changed to root and not home. I had to give user pi permissions to /home/pi/ to be able to move back to that but the es_systems.cfg in /etc/ keeps setting the roms in root. Not a big deal because i manually manage my systems in opt but would like to fix it if possible.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators @DrMaxwell
                      last edited by

                      @DrMaxwell No. I didn't say that. But if you have only 2 emulators installed, only the relevent systems will be set in that file.

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @edmaul69
                        last edited by

                        @edmaul69 Not sure what you mean - start a new topic perhaps ?

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                        • DrMaxwellD
                          DrMaxwell @BuZz
                          last edited by

                          @BuZz I guess I hadn't noticed; I spend too much time editing the es_systems.cfg to know what was originally there, but it's good to know, thanks.

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