Scraper
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Run EmulationStation from the terminal with
emulationstation --debugthen repeat the previous step (modify a game's name, exit ES, check if name is saved). Get the ES log file from
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Hey BuZz , did what you said , still didn't work.
Did the "$HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt " ...I get "Permission denied " -
What's the output of the 2 commands below:
ls -ld $HOME ls -ld $HOME/.emulationstation -
For ....ls -ld $HOME I get drwr-xr-x 18 pi pi 4096 Feb 14 16:18 /home/pi
For.... ls -ld $HOME/.emulationstation I get lrwxrwxrwx pi pi 42 Feb 5 12:23 /home/pi/.emulationstation- (arrow ) /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
Some of the words are a different color , does it matter ? -
The permissions seem fine. How are you trying to transfer or view the file ? Just typing the file name will not show its contents.
To view the file, type
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Thanks , I'm not sure what you mean about " transfer or view the file " having said that , I entered your last command and a whole bunch of script came on ........anything in particular I have to look for ?
most of the script is about emulators ( GBA, SNES ) etc. that have no games in them and says " ignoring it "
The heading of all this is "EmulationStation - v2.10.1rp. Built Dec 26 - 21.
At the bottom , /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt and the flashing cursor .
While reading the script , I've noticed that , on the NES emulator ( which I have Mario Brothers in ) , it says
"error parsing XML file " /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no document found.
Hope this helps -
"error parsing XML file " /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no document found.
The file where the game list is stored seems empty or corrupted, hence your issue. Do you have enough free disc space on your sdcard ?
When you exit EmulationStation, there's a welcome message that shows the free/available disc space - how much is left on your sdcard ? -
I'll take a look , question , How do I get out of the script page , tried " exit " "ESC" bot nothing .
Bottom says "end " Emulation station cleanly shutting down -
@daddyz Press
Qto exit. -
Thank you .........File system /dev/root size 30G used 4.5G avail 24G
Is this it ? -
Also , Memory -3563628KB ( free ) 3930860KB ( total )
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File system /dev/root size 30G used 4.5G avail 24G
It says 24GB are available, so my hunch was incorrect - you still have enough free space.
Your log showed an error for the NES gamelist file. Can you try removing the file and then test again, scraping the NES system and seeing if the changes stuck past rebooting EmulationStation ?
Remove the file by typing:rm /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml -
rm cannot remove /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no such file or directory
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And if I may say , I'm amazed that you guys know all about this Linux stuff !!!!!! thumbs up
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Also , how can I send a picture to all ?
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@daddyz You can drag'n'drop the picture in the post area or use the image link icon above the post area.
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Trying to send from my Iphone and get this 
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My thinking is that " a picture tells a thousand words "
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But , one thing at a time
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Trying to send from my Iphone and get this 
On your phone (on mine, anyway), grab this toolbar at the top, here:
...and drag it to the left, to expose the image upload button, here:
Use this button to upload an image from your file browser or camera roll. The other button (next to that one) is for linking an image from a URL.
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