problem with saving Retropie

mitu

@siwobrody You haven't posted the whole log - please post the entire file.

From the log fragment you posted, it looks like RetroArch saves the save states into slot 3 ('alcon.state3'), can you check if the file is present in the arcade ROM folder and has the size indicated in the log ?

Siwobrody

I will check.
So this Save file should be always on USB drive in this location when i have roms? I think i dont remember this Type of flies in roms directory.

mitu

@siwobrody According to the log you posted, this is where the state file is saved.

[INFO] Saving state: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/alcon.state3".
[INFO] State size: 29337 bytes.
[INFO] State size: 29337 bytes.

Siwobrody

@mitu https://pastebin.com/raw/sXGzSrak
this is whole new log file retroarch__2020_11_23__14_18_49
i also checked and i cant find this save states files in Roms directory. But i found my old records there and they work.
For example for Alladin state10 from February and still i can load.
But still i cant make new save games.
everytime when i try to save its like here:

mitu

@siwobrody said in problem with saving Retropie:

this is whole new log file retroarch__2020_11_23__14_18_49

the log is still truncated. I can only see the exit messages from the emulator, but it looks like it tries to write the save state. Looks like a permission issue.

Can you exit EmulationStation and run

ls -ld /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade

and post the output ?

Siwobrody

did you mean that?

mitu

@siwobrody Yes, that's correct. The permissions seem fine - the pi user has write access, so it's not that.

Can you try and reset the RetroArch configuration for one of the systems that has issues with saving (arcade for instance).
Look in \\retropie\configs\arcade and see if you have a retroarch.cfg.rp-dist file. If yes:

rename retroarch.cfg(same folder) to retroarch.cfg.bak
rename retroarch.cfg.rp-dist to retroarch.cfg

Run again an arcade game and see if saving/loading a save state works.

Siwobrody

i have only retroarch.cfg

so i changed to .bak and i have different menu but still same problem 'saving state 0%'

where can I find this retroarch.cfg.rp-dist

mitu

@siwobrody said in problem with saving Retropie:

where can I find this retroarch.cfg.rp-dist

Re-install the arcade emulator - lr-fbneo for instance - and therp-dist file will be created automatically.

Siwobrody

Reinstalled. Now i have this file. Changed. And still same problem.
Maybe should I delete all my old saves and reinstall all emulators and should work ?

mitu

It doesn't look like an emulator issue and you've already re-installed the emulators, since you upgraded to 4.7.1. Can you still try to post the entire log file from RetroArch, instead of the last lines, like you did so far ?
You can copy the file with

cp /dev/shm/runcommand.log /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

and then get the log file from your PC, at \\retropie\roms\runcommand.log.

Siwobrody

https://pastebin.com/raw/GDfhmCDg

ok, now i see more things inside.

mitu

Nothing new in the logs, it looks like RetroArch tries to save the state, but there's no explicit error. You don't see the save state file - 1942.state5 - on disc ? Can you still copy ROMs on the disc, without any errors ?

Try to run a disc check on your hard disc from your PC, just to make sure that the disc is ok and there's no filesystem corruption on it.

Siwobrody

I tried to copy roms and there were no problems. But maybe because of my traveling and taking PI with me maybe something 'broke' and I will have to do everything all over again ... it just hurts the whole library full of everything and hours spent waiting;)

Siwobrody

ifound also sth like that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/6asyif/permanent_0_saving_state_whenever_saving_states/

it could work ? but how to change ?

mitu

@siwobrody said in problem with saving Retropie:

it could work ? but how to change ?

I think it's referring to set

savestate_auto_index = true

in the retroarch.cfg file.

Siwobrody

eh, still nothing :(
i have no more ideas. It looks like retroarch have a problem to save on usb drv. Maybe i have something wrong inside, should i change something? Maybe retroarch try to save on sd card i dont know...how it works.

saccublenda

@siwobrody Try moving your old save states to a different directory

Siwobrody

@saccublenda i deleted all old save states and still same. I have no ideas..

saccublenda

@siwobrody Me neither. As a last check you can try setting the savestate_directory key in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg to something else, for example savestate_directory = "/home/pi".