@jtron9k said in Manually edit Retroarch configurations not working in setup menu:

I have a pretty good feeling it is due to a bezel project install.

That might be the cause and it's worth investigating. For which systems did you install the bezels ?

@tonythetiger
That "Sniper Mode" bug is a known issue for Reicast. Check out their official compatibility list:
http://wiki.reicast.com/index.php/Reicast_Compatibility_List?wap2

I watched a YouTube video of someone on an Android phone using Reicast and they had the same issue (from 2014):

More information here and here (both are also from 2014):
https://github.com/reicast/reicast-emulator/issues/76
http://forums.reicast.com/index.php?topic=122.0

@BuZz said in RetroPie Setup error on Debian Jessie:

try and use Ubuntu Linux

try and use Ubuntu Linux?
No thanks, I use Debian > 10 years
The log is about 8 MB:
http://82.169.230.220/rps_2017-06-01_004737.log

@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