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[mitu]

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

less $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt

[Daddyz]

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

[mitu]

@daddyz said in Scraper:

"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 ?

[Daddyz]

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

[mitu]

@daddyz Press Q to exit.

[Daddyz]

Thank you .........File system /dev/root size 30G used 4.5G avail 24G
Is this it ?

[Daddyz]

Also , Memory -3563628KB ( free ) 3930860KB ( total )

[mitu]

@daddyz said in Scraper:

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

[Daddyz]

rm cannot remove /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no such file or directory

[Daddyz]

And if I may say , I'm amazed that you guys know all about this Linux stuff !!!!!! thumbs up

[Daddyz]

Also , how can I send a picture to all ?

[mitu]

@daddyz You can drag'n'drop the picture in the post area or use the image link icon above the post area.

[Daddyz]

Trying to send from my Iphone and get this 

[Daddyz]

My thinking is that " a picture tells a thousand words "

[Daddyz]

But , one thing at a time

[sleve_mcdichael]

@daddyz said in Scraper:

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.

[Daddyz]

Thanks , I see and used that button " upload image " straight from my phone but says the file is to big , only accept 1KB size.....something along those lines

[Daddyz]

OK...got it .....take a look

[mitu]

The log shows that every gamelist (which keep the scraped info and referenced artwork) are not correctly read by EmulationStation. This usually happens if the file is corrupt or incorrectly written.

rm cannot remove /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml no such file or directory

That's weird, since the file seems to be there, as indicated by the ES log you posted. If you run

ls -l /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml 

what's the output ? If the file exists, it should be something like

pi@retropie:~$ ls -l /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml
-rw-rw-r-- 1 pi pi 3392 Feb  6  2019 /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml

[Daddyz]

Hope you all had a nice day...
mitu, tried what you suggested , got " pi@retropie:~$ _ ( flashing cursor ).
Not sure if this helps but this are the games that I have .....

• 1 SNES game that everything works ( scrape , change the name , and is saved etc .)
• 2 ARCADE games that everything work
• 3 SEGA MASTER SYSTEM games no work ( what I mean is that they will scrape but cannot be edited or saved same as the 2 below )
• 2 NES games no work
  Not sure but , wouldn't be the games ?