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      Son_Of_Diablo
      last edited by 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

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        mitu Global Moderator @Son_Of_Diablo
        last edited by 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.

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          Son_Of_Diablo @mitu
          last edited by

          @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 ^^

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Son_Of_Diablo
            last edited by

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

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