I lost my Retro-pie Settings/Options please help

[Retrodade]

I can't even tell you what happened
but when I try to enter anything in retro pie settings, I get this...
"ges.sh: line 900:
Module
is missing valid rp_nodule_id
Module
is missing valid rp_module_desc
mod_idx: bad array subscript"
Then it boots back to ES menu. nothing else is affected on my image, how can i get settings to load again?
What do I need to do?
Thanks for helping!

[mitu]

I can't even tell you what happened
but when I try to enter anything in retro pie settings, I get this...
"ges.sh: line 900:

You've added the ges.sh file, is probably what happened. Remove the file and try again.

[Retrodade]

@mitu i have done a search for this file in retro-pie set up, the search doesn't find it
not sure of any other way to locate it

[mitu]

Maybe you mis-spelled the error and it's actually:

retropie_packages.sh: line 900:
Module
is missing valid rp_nodule_id
Module
is missing valid rp_module_desc
mod_idx: bad array subscript

You added a file that's not part of RetroPie-Setup and it's not compatible with the RetroPie version you're using - this is what the error says, basically.
Run the following command from the terminal:

cd RetroPie-Setup
git status

and post the output.

[Retrodade]

@mitu said in I lost my Retro-pie Settings/Options please help:

git status

pi@retropie:~ $ cd RetroPie-Setup
pi@retropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

    modified:   retropie_packages.sh
    modified:   retropie_setup.sh
    modified:   scriptmodules/emulators/atari800.sh
    modified:   scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-bsnes.sh
    modified:   scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mess.sh
    modified:   scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-stella.sh
    modified:   scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-yabause.sh

Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    generate-desired-systems.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v1-ext.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v1.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v2-ext.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v2.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v3-ext.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v3.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v4-ext.sh
    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v4.sh
    get-cheats-artwork-overlays.sh
    packages.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/actionmax.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/amiberry/
    scriptmodules/emulators/b-em-allegro4.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/b-em-pico-pi.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/elkulator.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/gearboy.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/gsplus-rp-share.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/kat5200.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/mpv.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/openbor.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/p2000t.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/pico8.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/pokemini.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/supermodel-mechafatnick.sh
    scriptmodules/emulators/supermodel-svn.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-all_in1-cmd.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-apple2gs-cmd.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-apple2gs-from-mamedev-system-apple2g                                                                                       s_-sl7_cffa2-hard1.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-bbcb-from-mamedev-system-bbcb-flop1.                                                                                       sh
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    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-electron-from-mamedev-system-electro                                                                                       n_-exp_plus3,bios=dfs210-flop.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-electron-from-mamedev-system-electro                                                                                       n_-exp_plus3-flop.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-electron-from-mamedev-system-electro                                                                                       n_auto_x2aTAPECHAINx22x22-cass.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-electron-from-mamedev-system-electro                                                                                       n_auto_x2aTAPEx2aRUN-cass.sh
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    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-nes-from-mamedev-system-nes_datach-c                                                                                       art2.sh
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    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-odyssey2-from-mamedev-system-odyssey                                                                                       2-cart.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-samcoupe-cmd.sh
    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-samcoupe-from-mamedev-system-samcoup                                                                                       e_auto_boot-flop1.sh
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    scriptmodules/libretrocores/install-tvc64-from-mamedev-system-tvc64_-exp                                                                                       1_hbf-flop1.sh
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[Retrodade]

I see this...does this help? how can i re-ad them if it's what I'm
needing?

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/packages.sh: line 900: __mod_idx: bad array subscript
Module is missing valid rp_module_id
Module is missing valid rp_module_desc

[mitu]

@Retrodade said in I lost my Retro-pie Settings/Options please help:

I see this...does this help?

Sort of, I can see you have lots of modified/added files which indicate a heavily customized installation. Did you install the extra ports/emulators yourself or used a pre-made image ?

how can i re-ad them if it's what I'm needing?

Not sure I understand - to re-add what, exactly ?

[Retrodade]

I added the FollyMaddy Retropie-Share to it which has a lot of emus
all when fine till it had another retropie extras of sorts ( Inside the FollyMaddy) went to install it, that and got booted out of set up sadly

hoping this can be fixed

[Retrodade]

@mitu readd the missing files its saying it can find find? or is there something else i can do?

[mitu]

@Retrodade said in I lost my Retro-pie Settings/Options please help:

@mitu readd the missing files its saying it can find find? or is there something else i can do?

It's not complaining about missing files, but missing lines. As I said before

You added a file that's not part of RetroPie-Setup and it's not compatible with the RetroPie version you're using - this is what the error says, basically.

hoping this can be fixed

Maybe, which image did you use for the initial installation ?

[Retrodade]

@mitu my own we built this from a base install past 2 plus years

and thank you for your help!
once fixed I'm backing this up

[mitu]

@Retrodade said in I lost my Retro-pie Settings/Options please help:

@mitu my own we built this from a base install past 2 plus years

I was actually interested by the RetroPie version used for the installation, but 2 years seems recent enough. The easiest way to recover your RetroPie-Setup installation is to rename the folder and pull the latest version. Run, from the terminal command prompt:

cd $HOME
mv RetroPie-Setup RetroPie-Setup.saved
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/

You can then proceed and add back @Folly 's extra repository. The issue you have is probably from installing @zerojay's extras repository, which I don't think it's compatible with RetroPie current. You can try out @ExarKunIv 's extras repo (https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/), which is compatible with RetroPie's current version and contains most of the scripts from @zerojay's older repo.

[Retrodade]

@mitu I DO NOT KNOW how to THANK YOU!
I know wife and i had made this image together for 2 years
and in a blink i messed it up i was so afraid to tell her lol
I can't believe it is back loading!

took your advice and went with the newer extras
I truly want to thank you kindly for your time
now i can back this up and have a deep breath lol