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    • RetrolixusMcD

      Please Help!! Adding New Systems nightmare!
      Help and Support • permissions emulationstaton new system • • RetrolixusMcD

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      RetrolixusMcD

      @mitu ahh ok, perfect, I'll give that a try today and hopefully that will work around the permissions.
      Thanks again 😊

    • bberlin1

      Help! Won't boot Emulationstation!
      Help and Support • emulationstaton errors permissions filesystem term • • bberlin1

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      mitu

      @bberlin1 said in Help! Won't boot Emulationstation!:

      I'm still curious however-- if you have any insight into how to a) edit files from an ssh gui or b) access putty with my pi login, I would be very interested. I can only seem to do these things via the root login and would like to not have to run into these kinds of issues again.

      If you use Putty, you can edit the files via nano. Most of the configuration files are also available via file shares (under \\retropie\configs), so you can use a decent text editor from your PC (Notepad++/TextEdit) to edit the files. None of them require the usage of the root account for editing.

    • aless80

      Cannot start runcommand: read only mode, sorry [start with --edit?]
      Help and Support • runcommand permissions menu config • • aless80

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    • LektroiD

      ROM folder locked
      Help and Support • folders locked locked folders permissions • • LektroiD

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      LektroiD

      @mitu I think at this stage a clean reinstall is imminent. Your help and advice is very much appreciated though.

    • treki

      How can I restrict user rights?
      Help and Support • permissions root user • • treki

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      grant2258

      I would like to add I dont feel retropie cashes in on this they could make a lot of money if they chose to but they dont you get the moral decent project vote no one could dispute that. You project clearly runs itself for it purpose and not for profit.

      Im only talking in licensing terms in general

    • GrixSilva

      CHMOD: Operation not permitted
      Help and Support • powerbutton chmod permissions • • GrixSilva

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      GrixSilva

      @cyperghost
      Thank for the advice, I'll see what I can do! :)

    • Smythius

      Emulation Station crashed!
      Help and Support • es crashed gpusplit permissions bt setup 8bitdo • • Smythius

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      Clyde

      @Smythius said in Emulation Station crashed!:

      Could under-rated wires inside the case be contributing to the low power as well?

      I don't know, can you connect the power supply without those cables and test it like this?

      On a side note. do you know of a good place to get a 3.5mm to RCA Composite AV Cable that works with the RP3?

      Alas, I don't know that either, because I didn't need such a cable in my household, yet. The value of such tips also depend very much on where you live. I live in Germany; since it's 9 a.m. here and you posted about 5 hours before me, I doubt that you do, too. ;)

    • LaneG22

      File permissions through FTP
      Help and Support • ftp permissions • • LaneG22

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      LaneG22

      @quicksilver said in File permissions through FTP:

      @LaneG22 If you are attempting to modify those files over an FTP program then you will need to enable remote root access.

      sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

      Find the line

      #PermitRootLogin without-password

      and change to

      PermitRootLogin yes

      Make sure to set your root password as well if you havent already done so. You should now be able to login remotely as user root.

      Thank you

    • IanDaemon

      Permissions stuck as "read-only" for gamelist files
      Help and Support • read-only permission permissions read only chown • • IanDaemon

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      IanDaemon

      @edmaul69 Thank you, problem solved. Hopefully this will help people in the future.

    • Dinsdale

      Editing es_systems... problem after problem - HELP
      Help and Support • permissions root • • Dinsdale

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      Dinsdale

      @mitu That makes sense. I understand. Thanks for your help!

    • morpie

      Cannot transfer files with SSH Clients (Cyberduck, FileZilla)
      Help and Support • ssh cyberduck filezilla mac permissions • • morpie

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      morpie

      I rebuilt my image using the Attract Mode build and updated everything following Floob's advice. I redid it last night from scratch - and editing the config.tx and cmdline.txt files were successful. I presume I must have missed something or other that caused an issue with the folders. I still need to try Cyberduck, but am now optimistic about being able to SSH.

      Hopefully it was just an issue with my install. Thank you for all of the help. Will keep you posted.

    • mikepd213

      SNES Roms Not Working - Permissions Error
      Help and Support • permission deni permissions snes roms lr-snes9x2010 • • mikepd213

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      mitu

      @mikepd213 Re-install all your packages, do an update, then try again. You probably messed up the permissions (executable bit) on your files.

    • Robin76

      NES In-Game Saves Not Working (Final Fantasy 1)
      Help and Support • saving nes permissions • • Robin76

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      mitu

      @robin76 How about starting with https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ? Please give the answers for the questions on that page, especially the RP version and what emulator are you using to run the ROM.
      Files in the ROM folders should never be owned by root, how did you transfer your ROMs ?

    • lesk

      Can´t change emulators - Tried a command and now its weird.
      Help and Support • commands raspberry pi3 help permissions • • lesk

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      lesk

      @dankcushions said in Can´t change emulators - Tried a command and now its weird.:

      @lesk said in Can´t change emulators - Tried a command and now its weird.:

      @mitu
      Don't think I´ve fiddled with any permissions.

      but then

      On the last post there is a link to another thread with a command that I first tried:

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

      that's "fiddling with permissions" :)

      anyway, one thing you can try: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#reset-ownershippermissions-of-homepiretropie-roms

      Hahaha, that just shows how much of a noob I am ^^
      Thanks, I will try this when I'm back home.

    • korn16ftl3

      Rom transfer
      Help and Support • roms install linux ext4 permissions • • korn16ftl3

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      Well I guess I got this figured out and on the way learned WHAT NOT TO DO lol.

      Now to figure out this mausberry bit so I can get the switches to behave how I would like.....

      Power = Power on and proper shutdown when powered on

      Reset = when in emulation reset back to retropie gui/main screen, when at retropie main screen and reset is hit a proper reset is performed

      Keep your eyes peeled for another noon post, because I've read a lot about these mausberry switches and am quite lost how to get the performance I would like.

      I will make another thread for that tho as its completely off topic for this one.

    • steckdev

      Boot from USB Drive with sd card to boot
      Help and Support • boot from usb usb boot permissions fstab boot • • steckdev

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      EctoOne

      PINN allows you to install Retropie directly to an USB stick. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=142574

    • Semper 5

      HELP!! In games not saving!
      Help and Support • gamesnotsaving help romdirectory permissions • • Semper 5

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      Semper 5

      @mitu yup I'm very aware of all of that. and I did some snooping around in retroarch.

      and now this is VERY weird. I accidentally deleted the entire rom list I had in the SNES dir. sent it all back on SSH, tried a game and VOILA, now it saves.

      I have no idea as to why or how its working now

    • vretro

      Can’t Remove emulator choice for ROM
      Help and Support • runcommand permissions • • vretro

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      Clyde

      @vretro said in Can’t Remove emulator choice for ROM:

      @mitu that was quick, the directory flashes up so quickly, but I’ll try to record the screen to catch it.

      Or try to catch it using the Pause key of your keyboard.

      I don’t know how to repair permissions via terminal, will have to look that up.

      It depends whether the owner is wrong or the actual access permissions. To change the owner, look up chown, to change the permissions, look up chmod. Or give us the output of this command after you found out the directory and we may tell you the necessary command(s).

      ls -ld name_of_directory

    • Juakin

      Retropie and some USB External HDD Issues
      Help and Support • hdd retropie 4.1 user friedly permissions feature request • • Juakin

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