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[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 ?

[IanDaemon]

A corrupt file? Might line endings be the culprit?

[mitu]

@daddyz said in Scraper:

mitu, tried what you suggested , got " pi@retropie:~$ _ ( flashing cursor ).

So no output ? Are you sure you've typed the commands correcly ? l is lowercase L, make sure you are not typing I (uppercase i).

[Daddyz]

Good afternoon all, last nite turned the system off and just turned it back on and tried again the " ls -l /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml " and made sure that the spelling was right and now I get this .
" -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 0 Oct 31 14:21 /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml... ( and yes both times I used the lowercase l and s )

[mitu]

@daddyz This indicates an empty file (has 0 bytes size), hence the error in the log. I don't understand why the previous rm command would fail with a file not found, since the file clearly exists.

Anyway, even if the file has 0 size, EmulationStation should still be able to write all the scraped/changed information on the games when stopping. If you're sure that you have the 'Save Metadata' configuration option set to 'On Exit', then a possible reason for ES not being able to write to the SD card.
What kind of SD card do you have ? Is it a reliable one - did you use before or just bought it for RetroPie ?