Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!
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I just updated all packages from the retropie setup menu and it has replaced my es_systems.cfg and the .bak with 0 byte files!
They had been edited but only to change file types etc, nothing drastic.
What is the process for rebuilding that from the list of installed systems?
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@ChoccyHobNob i dont think retropie-setup would have done that . It can happen thought if you power off while updating etc. It's possible the file got mangled before at some point which confused the xml processing tool.
If you remove the config, and then update all packages, it will get rebuilt.
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I deleted the 0 byte files and ran a core system packages update and it put back a minimal file
Now I'm updating all installed packages again and its repopulating the file.
The file was there and look OK immediately before I ran the update, I had literally just edited it to add a file type to the amiga types list (im testing a new amiga setup) and realised I hadn't updated before commencing my fiddling, I know you guys are messing with amiga too and I wanted the latest changes you've made , so off I go to update and then make a cup of tea (that keen thing takes ages) I come back in with my tea and notice it's telling me that es_systems.cfg is a zero byte file after each system updates.
so I ssh in and check, sure enough its an empty file now.
¯\(ツ)/¯
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@ChoccyHobNob I will try and reproduce it, but I can't think of anything that has changed to cause this. A log from the update would be useful so I can see if any errors are thrown by xmlstartlet - (from logs/) - can depack and put on pastebin.com or similar.
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OK the update has finished and it's all back.
I wonder what it didn't like about that file to empty it like that...
I really need to send a pull request for adding .32x and .cue to the megadrive system filetypes so I don't have to edit that every time!
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will the log have been overwritten? if not I can go and get it
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@ChoccyHobNob power off at some point when the file was opened for writing, or a manual edit to the file that broke the XML markup could cause the system to fail when trying to update it. You shouldn't edit the file directly btw. You can add additional extensions via a custom
platforms.cfgor manage a copy of es_systems.cfg yourself in/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation -
I'm not keen on the custom es_systems file approach, I always forget every time I add a new emulator to update it.
What is this fabled platforms.cfg of which you speak? Some new sorcery of which I am unaware?!
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@ChoccyHobNob https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Genesis-Megadrive/#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo
has an example of overriding platforms.cfg data - you can override anything in the default
~/RetroPie-Setup/platforms.cfgTo 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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@BuZz said in Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!:
@ChoccyHobNob https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Genesis-Megadrive/#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo
has an example of overriding platforms.cfg data - you can override anything in the default
~/RetroPie-Setup/platforms.cfgThis is very cool! I bundle my systems together gb+gbc, md+32x+segacd this will sort that out for me without having to mess with es!
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Here's the relevant bit of the log, it looks like it wasn't happy with the xml so it deleted it!
I didn't do the whole log, I think you'll get the idea :)
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Just for reference I've updated the docs recently with the latest info on system specific overrides including the platforms.cfg method:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_systemscfg-edits
If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/
Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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@herb_fargus said in Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!:
Just for reference I've updated the docs recently with the latest info on system specific overrides including the platforms.cfg method:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_systemscfg-edits
Thanks Herb, that's really useful!
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@ChoccyHobNob the file was bad XML so it got confused. Must have been an error in a manual edit or it got corrupted somehow
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@herb_fargus is there any way to re-order the systems without editing es_systems.cfg?
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@ChoccyHobNob unfortunately not that I know of. There has been some work done on enhanced filtering with a SQLite backend and system order may be part of that but I'm not sure where that's at, it's a large change and may be a while before implemented
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