Settings file empty

[Son_Of_Diablo]

Hello people,

I have recently noticed that my EmulationStation ain't saving the settings I change..

I took a look at the files and I noticed that es_settings.cfg is empty, both in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation and ~/.emulationstation

I also get the following errors when booting up RetroPie:

lvl0: Could not parse Settings file!
	No document element found
lvl0: System "ags" is missing name, path, extension, or command!
lvl0: Error parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"!
	No document element found
lvl0: Error parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"!
	No document element found

I have tried to update EmulationStation from source but that didn't change anything sadly :(

Anyone know what could cause this issue?

----- EDIT -----

I have even tried to write the files myself, but they just get wiped o.O

[mitu]

@son_of_diablo said in Settings file empty:

I took a look at the files and I noticed that es_settings.cfg is empty, both in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation and ~/.emulationstation

That's the same folder, one is a shortcut to the other. Exit ES, remove the settings file, re-install ES from the RetroPie setup script and then restart.
Make sure the ~/.emulationstation folder is writeable by the pi user.

[Son_Of_Diablo]

@mitu
Thank you very much for your suggestion :D

Though, for me that wasn't the issue... I'm kinda embarrassed to say that my issue were that I accidentally filled up my SD Card, so the system couldn't write anything on it ^^

[mitu]

@son_of_diablo It happens more than you realise, especially when you're starting to add ROMs and experimenting.