@CaptRobovski said in Can I backup current emulator state - corrupted memory stick:

A quick question - should the filename under etc/udev/rules.d end in the suffix '.rules' ? I have other files in there, such as 99-input.rules, 99-bluetooth.rules.

No, the extension is not needed. Only the lexically order may be relevant of all rule files (cf. man udev -> RULES FILES).

The memory stick has left the factory mostly fine I would assume. It is the firmware that make things worse in use cases like this (as likely the USB spec has not been implemented by the letter by the vendor).

If you change make and model of the memory stick you may leave the power control rule enabled (adapt to the VID/PID). Does not have an impact unless you run on battery.

Or you can make a backup of you new memory stick and run it without the power control rule. If things repeat restore the memory stick and enable the rule.
However, if it repeats on a different make/model the issue could also be caused by the RaspBerry Pi Kernel USB implementation.

@Melchior said in Pi5 - SNES - 8bitdo SNES30 - Down & Diagonals triggering State Selection and Resetting Game:

Any idea where I might have gone wrong? 😅

Did you delete any configuration file(s) hoping you'll 'reset' the mapping ?

Sounds like you've deleted es_input.cfg from EmulationStation's configuration folder, in which case follow the steps in the docs to reset your inputs and re-configure your gamepad once again.

@VictimRLSH That worked! Thank you very much for the help

@quicksilver Awesome, thank you for the tip and info!

Wow, I posted this question 3 years ago, and never responded to anybody's suggestions... my bad! The solution to my problem was embarrassingly stupid and simple. Retropie had copied all the roms over from my usb drive, and this filled up my micro sd card to a point where there just wasn't any room left to save game data. THAT is why I kept seeing "task failed: saving state".

Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

@Patl Thanks!