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      sleve_mcdichael @Daddyz
      last edited by sleve_mcdichael

      @Daddyz so it's like the scrapes are working, but it's not being saved when you exit.

      In EmulationStation, press Start to access the main menu. In "other settings," there's an option called "save metadata." What's it set to? Try changing it to "on exit" if it's one of the other settings (especially "never," but change it either way if it's not "on exit.")

      If not that, maybe you ran something with sudo you weren't meant to and the gamelist or media folders got set to root ownership. To reset in case it's that, press F4 on your keyboard to exit EmulationStation. At the terminal prompt, set ownership of the emulationstation directory (and subdirectories) to user pi with the chown command:

      chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
      

      Then use exit to restart EmulationStation.

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        Daddyz
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        HI,sleve .....ok... Tried what you suggested and "save metadata " is on exit , ( also tried always ) with no success.
        If I may , correct me if I'm wrong , in Linux , you must type in commands properly in order to work , now , I entered the info you sent as such:
        chown ( space ) -R ( space ) pi:pi ( space )/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation .....but I get " no file found " .
        Tried different combinations of that without spaces and still get "no file found .
        Know very little or not much at all about this , is it possible that I'm making mistakes somewhere ?
        Thanks again and I apologize for being a pain in the derrière .

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          sleve_mcdichael @Daddyz
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          @daddyz I just realized that if the directory is currently owned by root, you'll need the preface the command with sudo in order to change it:

          sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
          

          ...but your error wasn't Operation not permitted, but No such file or directory, right? Which means either you mistyped the command, or your configs are not at the default location.

          How did you install RetroPie?

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            Daddyz
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            sleve, one time it told me " operation denied " other times , like the last 2 , nothing happens , I just get a new command line ( was trying to send a pic but this site will not let me )
            To answer you question , from the Retropie site ,i believe ....been a while

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              Daddyz
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              And I did try with the sudo preface , still , just moves the command line down and nothing happens.

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                Daddyz
                last edited by

                And , when you say " configs are not at the default location " which configs are you talking about ?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @daddyz said in Scraper:

                  And I did try with the sudo preface , still , just moves the command line down and nothing happens

                  If you didn't receive any error messages, then it means to command succeeded. See if scraping again retains the scraped info after you shutdown/restart EmulationStation.

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                    sleve_mcdichael @Daddyz
                    last edited by

                    @daddyz

                    And , when you say " configs are not at the default location " which configs are you talking about ?

                    I mean the EmulationStation configs; they are by default installed at /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation so if you were in fact getting a "No such file or directory" error, that would mean there was nothing there. However:

                    nothing happens

                    That's probably good. If it didn't give an error that means it worked. (Not necessarily that it fixed anything, but at least the CHOWN operation was successful.)

                    Are your scraped images still not saving? What happens if you manually edit something? Try going into a gamelist, highlighting a game and pressing "Select"; choose "Edit this game's metadata." Press A to activate the text box; type something in to change the game's name, then press A again to deactivate the box (Enter might also work, I forget if this worked before or only after I set my keyboard up as a controller to navigate the menus.) Press down on the gamepad and select "OK" and press A (this last bit is important. You have to highlight and choose "OK," if you just back out with B button then it will cancel the operation.) Now press B to back out of the menu; choose "yes" when it asks if you want to save the changes. Exit EmulationStation. Restart EmulationStation. Does the game name stay changed or does it revert to what it was before you changed it?

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                      Daddyz
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                      Hey , to answer mitu , ( and thank you for your response ) did not get any error messages , tried again , still , didn't work .
                      Now , I don't know where you guys are located , but I'm going for dinner ...(pizza ) I'll get back to this after and try "sleve' suggestion ...
                      Thanks

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                        BuZz administrators @Daddyz
                        last edited by

                        @daddyz I don't believe it's fair to mention pizza without letting us know which toppings.

                        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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                          Daddyz
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                          Home made dough , Cheese , tomatoes , prosciutto , artichoke hearts and mushrooms.......
                          Ok, followed what 'sleve' suggested , I changed the name on a game and after it was all done , the name is back to the original state......
                          MMMMMM...

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Run EmulationStation from the terminal with

                            emulationstation --debug
                            

                            then repeat the previous step (modify a game's name, exit ES, check if name is saved). Get the ES log file from $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt and post it here.

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                              Daddyz
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                              Hey BuZz , did what you said , still didn't work.
                              Did the "$HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt " ...I get "Permission denied "

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                                mitu Global Moderator
                                last edited by mitu

                                What's the output of the 2 commands below:

                                ls -ld $HOME
                                ls -ld $HOME/.emulationstation
                                
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                                  Daddyz
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                                  For ....ls -ld $HOME I get drwr-xr-x 18 pi pi 4096 Feb 14 16:18 /home/pi
                                  For.... ls -ld $HOME/.emulationstation I get lrwxrwxrwx pi pi 42 Feb 5 12:23 /home/pi/.emulationstation- (arrow ) /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
                                  Some of the words are a different color , does it matter ?

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    The permissions seem fine. How are you trying to transfer or view the file ? Just typing the file name will not show its contents.

                                    To view the file, type

                                    less $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt
                                    
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                                      Daddyz
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                                      Thanks , I'm not sure what you mean about " transfer or view the file " having said that , I entered your last command and a whole bunch of script came on ........anything in particular I have to look for ?
                                      most of the script is about emulators ( GBA, SNES ) etc. that have no games in them and says " ignoring it "
                                      The heading of all this is "EmulationStation - v2.10.1rp. Built Dec 26 - 21.
                                      At the bottom , /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt and the flashing cursor .
                                      While reading the script , I've noticed that , on the NES emulator ( which I have Mario Brothers in ) , it says
                                      "error parsing XML file " /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no document found.
                                      Hope this helps

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                                        mitu Global Moderator @Daddyz
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                                        @daddyz said in Scraper:

                                        "error parsing XML file " /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no document found.

                                        The file where the game list is stored seems empty or corrupted, hence your issue. Do you have enough free disc space on your sdcard ?
                                        When you exit EmulationStation, there's a welcome message that shows the free/available disc space - how much is left on your sdcard ?

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                                          Daddyz
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                                          I'll take a look , question , How do I get out of the script page , tried " exit " "ESC" bot nothing .
                                          Bottom says "end " Emulation station cleanly shutting down

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                                            mitu Global Moderator @Daddyz
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                                            @daddyz Press Q to exit.

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