Configuration Editor fails to execute with error on configedit.sh

akiles

I installed for the first time RetroPie, on an Ubuntu system, following the instruction from page https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/#download-retropie

I can play my games without problems and everything seemed to work properly, until I tried to use shaders.
When I try to access the Configuration Editor and select the option “Configure basic libretro emulator options” the menu closes and leave this message on the logs:

Log started at: qui fev  6 16:34:47 -03 2020

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.5.9 (52f149a4)
System: Ubuntu 19.04 - Linux ****** 5.0.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15 14:59:14 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Running action 'gui' for 'configedit' : Edit RetroPie/RetroArch configurations
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

/home/****/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/configedit.sh: linha 371: 
Error: Expected at least 5 tokens for --menu, have 4.
Use --help to list options.: erro de sintaxe na expressão (token de erro é ": Expected at least 5 tokens for --menu, have 4.
Use --help to list options.")

Extract from configedit.sh - lines 348 until 376

348 function basic_menu_configedit() {
349     while true; do
350         local cmd=(dialog --backtitle "$__backtitle" --menu "Which platform do you want to adjust" 22 76 16)
351         local configs=()
352         local options=()
353         local config
354         local dir
355         local desc
356         local i=0
357         while read config; do
358             configs+=("$config")
359             dir=${config%/*}
360             dir=${dir//$configdir\//}
361             if [[ "$dir" == "all" ]]; then
362                 desc="Configure default options for all libretro emulators"
363             else
364                 desc="Configure additional options for $dir"
365             fi
366             options+=("$i" "$desc")
367             ((i++))
368         done < <(find "$configdir" -type f -regex ".*/retroarch.cfg" | sort)
369         local choice=$("${cmd[@]}" "${options[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
370         if [[ -n "$choice" ]]; then
371             basic_configedit "${configs[choice]}"
372         else
373             break
374         fi
375     done
376 }

I couldn't find any reference to this error on this forum or on Google. Can any one help me to figure out what is wrong with my installation?

mitu

Can't reproduce the error on a similar Ubuntu install, looks like there might be an issue with the /opt/retropie/configs/ folder (and the sub-folders).
Can your run the following command:

find "/opt/retropie/configs" -type f -regex ".*/retroarch.cfg" -exec ls -ld {} \;

and post the output here ?

akiles

Hello mitu, thank you for the replay.

This is the output of the find command:

find "/opt/retropie/configs/" -type f -regex ".*/retroarch.cfg" -exec ls -ld {} \;
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 220 Dec  8 00:48 /opt/retropie/configs/gb/retroarch.cfg
 -rw-rw-r-- 1 akiles akiles 101946 Jan 24 21:16 /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 30231 Jan 24 21:16 /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 228 Dec  8 00:47 /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 225 Dec  8 01:28 /opt/retropie/configs/sega32x/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 359 Feb  2 20:33 /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 222 Dec  8 00:06 /opt/retropie/configs/ngpc/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 227 Dec  8 00:06 /opt/retropie/configs/atari5200/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 341 Feb  2 20:23 /opt/retropie/configs/pcengine/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 224 Dec  8 00:44 /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 228 Dec  8 00:11 /opt/retropie/configs/amstradcpc/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 348 Jan 12 00:57 /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 339 Jan 11 22:40 /opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 221 Dec  8 00:44 /opt/retropie/configs/fds/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 227 Dec  8 00:51 /opt/retropie/configs/atarilynx/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 344 Jan 12 01:18 /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 221 Dec  8 00:48 /opt/retropie/configs/gbc/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 339 Feb  2 20:39 /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 225 Dec  8 00:50 /opt/retropie/configs/sg-1000/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 350 Jan 12 00:59 /opt/retropie/configs/mastersystem/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 226 Dec  8 00:06 /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 231 Dec  8 00:59 /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 338 Feb  2 20:21 /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 226 Dec  8 00:50 /opt/retropie/configs/gamegear/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 0 Jan 12 01:25 /opt/retropie/configs/n64/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 348 Feb  2 20:21 /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 439 Feb  2 20:00 /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 224 Dec  8 00:50 /opt/retropie/configs/segacd/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 221 Dec  8 00:06 /opt/retropie/configs/ngp/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 225 Dec  8 01:33 /opt/retropie/configs/vectrex/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 339 Jan 11 22:41 /opt/retropie/configs/atari7800/retroarch.cfg
 -rw------- 1 akiles akiles 341 Feb  2 20:21 /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

One extra information that my be useful. Before installing RetroPie from git, I installed RetroArch from Ubuntu repository using apt-get. Later I uninstalled the Ubuntu RetroArch.

akiles

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mitu

@akiles Try to clear out the ~/.config/retroarch folder (delete it), then re-install the retroarch package from the RetroPie-Setup script. See if this has any impact on the error you're receiving.

akiles

@mitu Reinstall RetroArch didn't solve the problem. I am starting to consider reinstall RetroPie from scratch.