Please Help!! Adding New Systems nightmare!
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@mitu hey there,
its the one under from memory as on other system
etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgessentially on
retropie manager - cannot save due to permissionson the pi 4 which is my rig i have retropie on, i quit emulation station and from terminal on the pi i cannot set the permissions or access the etc folder (only the bios/roms and setup)
when having the sd card in a reader connected to windows or my pi 3 (running raspberry OS) i cannot set the permissions in either using terminal , and cannot update the .cfg file as when i do its saying i don't have permission to save
when trying via ssh into the pi4 from either windows or my pi3 i can access the .cfg file via NANO and SSH and it seems to save but when i reboot the pi4 it comes up with the messege saying cfg file is broken or missing. i
i've double checked the wording im using etc and only adding systems which are basic like famicom and super famicom etc..when adding them im following example like this to keep emulator etc as nes in case for famicom:
<system>
<name>famicom</name>
<fullname>Nintendo Famicom</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/famicom</path>
<extension>.nes .zip .NES .ZIP</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS nes %ROM%</command>
<platform>nes</platform>
<theme>famicom</theme>
</system>and yes tried following the guide but again it won't let me save due to permissions, and i have tried changing ownership and permissions and literally won't work....
so basically i need help changing permissions either from retropie on the pi4, or by having the sd card in my pi3/windows or via ssh
and also am i doing something stupid with the cfg file? i've had to wipe the sd and start again about 6 times now, luckily my roms are on a 4tb usb external drive so not losing them each timethanks
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@retrolixusmcd said in Please Help!! Adding New Systems nightmare!:
retropie manager - cannot save due to permissions
That's not the right file - see the previous link for how to do it properly.
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@mitu Hey
yeah i tried making a copy into the OPT folder and again it comes up with not having permission to save?
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Post the permissions of the file you copied.
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@mitu !
)hey i've just tried again to copy it via ssh when retropie was running on the pi4 via my terminal on the pi3 and when i took out the sd card and put into the desktop to view files it is not there.
just tried doing it whilst sd card is in the reader too and got this messege even though can see the file there.
can i just copy and paste the file into opt? and if i do do i need to do the contents of the whole emulation station dir that is in the etc folder?
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Your screenshot doesn't show the permissions - just a failed copy command.
can i just copy and paste the file into opt? and if i do do i need to do the contents of the whole emulation station dir that is in the etc folder?
Yes, you can copy it. You only need to copy 1 file (
es_systems.cfg) and not the entire folder. -
also getting these messeges when i try to a) copy the file manually and b) set the permissions on the file
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apologies thats the permissions shown! when i try changing it all to anyone it is coming up with that messege2021-05-13-212010_1920x1080_scrot.png
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Just run the
cpcommand on the system that you want to customize, from a terminal. -
@mitu i tried accessing the file from the terminal on the retropie build (once exiting emulation station) and it only lets you go into the RetroPie or RetroPie-Setup directories which only have teh bios/roms/splashscreens etc but i will try again now
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@mitu hey,
I've screenshotted me tryin gto add the famicom system, so i have managed to create the copy of the file with the method you suggested, when trying to edit it from my desktop (via sd card reader & text editor on raspberry OS) it is opening it, but still coming up as permissions when trying to save...so do i need to do the chmod command whilst the card is on the system i'm going to use it on (pi4/retropie) or can i do it whilst in the sd card reader on my desktop (pi3 running raspberry OS) or should i do via SSH
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command i would use based on what i did before (again very new to this and going from a dummies guide) would be
sudo chmod a=w opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
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Why don't you install the desktop on the Pi4 system where you want to edit things and just edit from there ? Mounting the sdcard on another system will probably result in incorrect permissions on the new system, since it's mounted as
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@mitu
What so have retropie installed on the desktop instead rather than a standalone image? I'll give it a try, thanks for your help -
@retrolixusmcd said in Please Help!! Adding New Systems nightmare!:
What so have retropie installed on the desktop instead rather than a standalone image? I'll give it a try, thanks for your help
No, that's not what I meant. You can install the desktop part on any RetroPie image - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#where-did-the-desktop-go. You can then start the desktop from the Ports system, without needing a separate (desktop enabled) system.
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@mitu ahh ok, perfect, I'll give that a try today and hopefully that will work around the permissions.
Thanks again 😊
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