Added a samba share but its not giving me full rights to the folder..??

spannernick1

I put this in and I can go into the folder but can't edit or copy a file to it..?

[emulationstation]
comment = emulationstation
path = "/etc/emulationstation"
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = pi

BuZz

That folder is owned by root, and is not world writable, so it won't be writable by the pi user - but there is nothing in that folder that you should need to change really. you can chown -R pi:pi /etc/emulationstation but it is not designed to be manually managed, and you could run into issues.

if you want to use own themes or customise es_systems.cfg you can do it via /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

spannernick1

I want access to that folder cos thats where the system svgs are and I want to change them.Saga cd to mega cd and sega 32x to mega drive 32x,I made some png,I would use LXDE but can't instill it cos it messes up retropie and stops emulation station working.

How can I add the user pi to that folder from terminal so I can have access to it,opt must have the user pi so you can edit the files in that folder..?

I need to change the permisions of the folder but don't know how from terminal..?

BuZz

you should copy the theme to the folder I mentioned above and edit it from there.

BuZz

See the documentation - https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/emulationstation#my-es_sytemscfg-is-being-overwritten-on-updates (the folder it mentions symlinks to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation)

spannernick1

es_systems.cfg is not in that folder,its in the folder i want access to,its in etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and the themes are too..??

BuZz

You need to copy them.

spannernick1

Figgered it out edited theme.xml with nano and pointed the logo part of the code to home roms folder with the png file is and it worked..;Thanks.

</image>
<image name="logo">
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/segacdlogo.png</path>
</image>

spannernick1

opps

BuZz

If you didn't copy the theme, your changes will be overwritten with an update.

spannernick1

I can't use update ,the image I am using is not a retropie image but a attraction mode image,so If I update it will remove all the attraction mode stuff.