Platforms Vanished. Errors on Load.

Agrajag

While doing some more file management and scraping I suddenly noticed two problems:

I lost a couple platforms: atari2600 and nes. Their gamelist.xml is still there as are their roms, but they just don't show up as a platform once loaded.
When I launch ANY game I see a slew of errors flash by in the background before the runcommand box pops up, but it flashes by too quick to read.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. pi4 with 8GB RAM...

mitu

Check if your sdcard is not full, if EmulationStation cannot write files you might get a corrupted gamelist file.
Post the log file form $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt.

Agrajag

@mitu This is a snippet as I don't see a way to attach a file to a reply. The file is pretty huge going on for over 7,000 lines, mainly the same errors for atari2600 roms and nes roms. See bottom where I paste the end of the file after the redundant info.

Mar 10 06:34:36 lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.9.6rp, built Nov 4 2020 - 15:12:32
Mar 10 06:34:36 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
Mar 10 06:34:37 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
Mar 10 06:34:37 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
Mar 10 06:34:37 lvl2: Creating window...
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: Created window successfully.
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: GL vendor: Broadcom
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: GL renderer: V3D 4.2
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: GL version: 2.1 Mesa 19.3.2
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: Added known joystick Generic X-Box pad (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
Mar 10 06:34:38 lvl2: Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amstradcpc" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/amstradcpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/arcade/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/atari2600/gamelist.xml"...
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/32 in 1 Game Cartridge (Europe).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/32 in 1 Game Cartridge (Europe).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Hunt & Score - Memory Match (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Hunt & Score - Memory Match (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Mysterious Thief, A (USA) (Proto).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Mysterious Thief, A (USA) (Proto).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Acid Drop (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Acid Drop (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Activision Decathlon, The (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Activision Decathlon, The (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Adventure (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Adventure (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Adventures of TRON (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Adventures of TRON (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air Raid (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air Raid (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air Raiders (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air Raiders (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air-Sea Battle ~ Target Fun (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Air-Sea Battle ~ Target Fun (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Airlock (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Airlock (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alien (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alien (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alligator People (USA) (Proto).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alligator People (USA) (Proto).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alpha Beam with Ernie (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Alpha Beam with Ernie (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Amidar (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Amidar (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Aquaventure (USA) (Proto).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Aquaventure (USA) (Proto).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Armor Ambush (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Armor Ambush (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Artillery Duel (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Artillery Duel (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Assault (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Assault (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Asteroids (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Asteroids (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Time Warp (Europe).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Time Warp (Europe).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Time Warp (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Time Warp (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Astroblast (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Astroblast (USA).7z", skipping.
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Astrowar (Europe).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"
Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: Error finding/creating FileData for "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Astrowar (Europe).7z", skipping.

And this is where it stops with rom complaints.

Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/nes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: System "nes" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ngp" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngp/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ngpc" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/ngpc/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: System "ngpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Unknown platform for system "pcengine" (platform "tg16" from list "tg16")
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/pcengine/gamelist.xml"...
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v2.1).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] Games Express CD Card (Japan) (Alt).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] Games Express CD Card (Japan).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] Super CD-ROM System (Japan) (v3.0).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] TurboGrafx CD Super System Card (USA) (v3.0).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] TurboGrafx CD System Card (USA) (v2.0).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v2.0).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine/Firmware/[BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v1.0).7z" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:19 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/tg16/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/psx/gamelist.xml"...
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Standard/USA/Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - 3rd Edition (USA).chd" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Standard/USA/Wing Commander IV - The Price of Freedom (USA) (Disc 1).chd" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Standard/USA/WipEout (USA).chd" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: File "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Standard/USA/Air Hockey (USA).chd" does not exist! Ignoring.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/psx/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"...
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/retropie/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/sega32x" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sega32x/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: System "sega32x" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/segacd/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/sg-1000/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: System "sg-1000" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/snes/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/vectrex" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/../theme.xml")
could not find file ""
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/vectrex/../theme.xml")
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum" is not a directory!
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/zxspectrum/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/zxspectrum/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/zxspectrum/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it.
Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-favorites/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-favorites/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-favorites/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/custom-collections/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/custom-collections/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:20 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/custom-collections/theme.xml"
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Mar 10 06:36:21 lvl1: requested mismatched theme type for [video.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"
Mar 10 06:36:21 lvl1: requested mismatched theme type for [video.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"
Mar 10 06:36:21 lvl1: requested mismatched theme type for [detailed.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"
Mar 10 06:36:37 lvl2: req sound [basic.launch]
Mar 10 06:36:37 lvl2: (missing)
Mar 10 06:36:38 lvl2: Attempting to launch game...
Mar 10 06:36:39 lvl2: /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS megadrive /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive/007\ Shitou\ -\ The\ Duel\ (Japan).7z
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: Creating window...
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: Created window successfully.
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: GL vendor: Broadcom
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: GL renderer: V3D 4.2
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: GL version: 2.1 Mesa 19.3.2
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
Mar 10 06:36:51 lvl2: Added known joystick Generic X-Box pad (instance ID: 1, device index: 0)
Mar 10 06:36:52 lvl1: requested mismatched theme type for [video.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"
Mar 10 06:36:52 lvl1: requested mismatched theme type for [video.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"
Mar 10 06:36:52 lvl2: Added/Updated 1 entities in '/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/megadrive/gamelist.xml'
Mar 10 06:36:52 lvl2: Saved gamelist.xml for system "megadrive" in 0 ms
Mar 10 06:36:52 lvl2: Added known joystick Generic X-Box pad (instance ID: 1, device index: 0)

Agrajag

@mitu the roms are there in roms/atari2600 and were working fine just yesterday (I played Adventure). To be clear, they're all symlinks to the files on the SAMBA share.

mitu

@agrajag said in Platforms Vanished. Errors on Load.:

Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl0: File path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Time Warp (USA).7z" is outside system path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)"

This seems relevant. Did you change the rom folder paths in es_systems.cfg ?

Agrajag

@mitu Didn't touch them. The only change made was due to my other thread where we got rid of the extraneous es_systems.cfg to get tg16 and genesis to appear. The "outside" one is the actual path on the NAS.

mitu

@agrajag said in Platforms Vanished. Errors on Load.:

@mitu Didn't touch them. The only change made was due to my other thread where we got rid of the extraneous es_systems.cfg to get tg16 and genesis to appear.

The default path for atari2600 is definitely not /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977), as EmulationStation seems to think.

I see there's also an error at the beginning of the log file:

 Mar 10 06:34:39 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Consoles/2nd Gen (1976-1983)/[Atari] Atari 2600 (09-11-1977)" is not a directory!

Are you sure the remote folders are working ? Are they mounted before EmulationStation starts ?

Agrajag

@mitu They were working as all my platforms use the symlinks to the NAS. However, only these two have this NAS-physical formatting. Genesis, TG16, snes, all have the short, default forms "/roms/<platform>".

I've done a quick change to es_systems.cfg to make atari2600 and nes set back to /roms/atari2600 and /roms/nes.

Suspect that might fix it. I'm wondering if the es_systems.cfg that I killed off for the theme issue somehow was impacting this and after killing it, it went back to this (which I definitely did EARLIER, but thought I changed, before using symlinks).

YEP. That fixed it. I absolutely did not touch this file at all for the entire day and it was working prior to the theme issue you helped me with (tg16/genesis).

Now I can at least get to sleep with a clear head. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction again. So much to take in. Tomorrow the handheld shows up so that should help learn quite a bit faster.

mitu

@agrajag Did you modify the /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file ?
That file is maintained by RetroPie-Setup, so I advise it to leave it with the defaults - one of the reasons why it's better to use symlinks and not replace the system path in that file.

Agrajag

@mitu I likely did when I first got the pi (last week) and forgot that was in there. Still confused on how it worked all this time until today, but at least it's fixed now. And yeah, all the connections are now symlinks to the defaults.