Please Help!! Adding New Systems nightmare!
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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
root/system there. -
@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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