Can't save states on any system

WhiskeyIce

RetroPie version: 4.8.2 (dfe0367b commit)
Log file
retroacrch.cfg

mitu

@WhiskeyIce Thank you.
Can you also post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg ?

Can you check if the folder /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores exists and has the fceumm_libretro.info file in it ? The config folder is also accessible via \\retropie\configs, via file shares.

smeghead

@mitu
The system retroarch reference the one in the all retroarch config :
retroarch.cfg
I just launch the game with verbose log but I don't know in which directory I can find it.

WhiskeyIce

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
The folder /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores does not contain fceumm_libretro.info

mitu

@smeghead said in Can't save states on any system:

The system retroarch reference the one in the all retroarch config :
retroarch.cfg

The file here doesn't show an recently updated retroarch.cg. The update would add some new options, which are now showing up in your .cfg file. Are you sure re-installed retroarch after updating the RetroPie-Setup script and you didn't get any errors ?

EDIT: @WhiskeyIce I can see the same symptom your config file - some options which the new updated install script will add are missing.

Can either of you re-run an update for RetroArch from the setup script, exit the setup script, then look into $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs/ and get the most recent log file there. Unpack it (7zip should be able to handle this), then post the log file on pastebin.com.

smeghead

@mitu sorry, it was this one, I'd backed up the old one
new retroarch.cfg

mitu

@smeghead your config file seems to be have been saved from the menu and also not configured by the setup script. Try removing the lines:

libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"

and see if saving works.

WhiskeyIce

@mitu do I re-install from binary or install from source?

mitu

@WhiskeyIce Both are fine - use the binary option since it's faster.

WhiskeyIce

re-install log file

WhiskeyIce

Oh it's working now!
Not sure why it failed before!
Thank you for your help @mitu

mitu

@WhiskeyIce said in Can't save states on any system:

Oh it's working now!

Should be, the log file shows the info files have been downloaded:

....
git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch master "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-core-info.git" "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores"
Cloning into '/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores'...
HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '3302a7322258a2fc2c0cd2a5bf2eda239910eb83'
Already on 'master'
...

smeghead

@mitu not working yet after removing these two lines

smeghead

@mitu this is my log after the update of RetroArch log

mitu

@smeghead You ran a 'all packages' update - I asked you to re-install RetroArch only. Go to the retroarch package and in the core section and re-install it, then re-try again to see if saving works.

smeghead

@mitu ah yes sorry, after re-installing retroarch it's working.
Thanks you a lot !

GaucheArtist

@mitu I noticed this thread after having the same problem on a fresh RetroPie build. Following the steps here, I re-installed the RetroArch package (from Binary) in RetroPie Setup, but the issue persisted. I thought maybe it was because I still had my previous retroarch.cfg, but even after deleting them and letting the core create a new configuration on launch, the issue has persisted.

~~Is there anything I can do to help troubleshoot this further? Would a verbose log of me attempting to create a save state help in any way?~~

EDIT: Stupidly, I didn't update my RetroPie Setup to the latest build, so it was running 4.8 from earlier in the year. I'll see if updating it and then re-installing the RetroArch package resolves the issue.

EDIT 2: Issue is resolved based on the previous edit. Sucks about that obnoxious new RetroArch boot window though.

mitu

@GaucheArtist said in Can't save states on any system:

EDIT 2: Issue is resolved based on the previous edit. Sucks about that obnoxious new RetroArch boot window though.

You're probably running with the a 'default' RetroArch config, RetroPie disables by default the 'splash' window when starting a game. You haven't seen it so far because the notification is shown only when the core .info file is present.

GaucheArtist

@mitu Oh, that sounds like it can be easily resolved then! Can I simply delete the .INFO files from \retropie\configs\all\retroarch\cores\? Alternatively, could it be disabled through the individual retroarch.cfg files? I prefer to work directly with those when I can, but I didn't see anything about the splash screen.

EDIT: Found it in the retroarch.cfg as menu_show_load_content_animation and changing it from "true" to "false".

mitu

@GaucheArtist said in Can't save states on any system:

I prefer to work directly with those when I can, but I didn't see anything about the splash screen.

The link from my previous post had the config file option, but you seem to have found it yourself.