[SOLVED] Not all of my roms are uploading onto the SD card

[Richb77]

So when you say they are not copied, i presume you say that because you don’t see the games in your gamelist, do you ?
But did you actually try to list the files within the roms folders to see if they were REALLY on the SD ?
I mean list from the command line just to eliminate the fact that automatic USB rom service do copy everything.

OK. I have not replied instantly as i wanted to try more before waving the white flag again...

Ya Ya your are a hero...But thats not to say its working yet!

I need to list the contents of the SD card but not 100% sure how. I dont know Linux. i will update as soon as i can

The consoles (SNES, NES and Megadrive) DO NOT show up in Emulation Station at all. So its not like they are even recognising the folders with contents.

I have the USB (structure created by retropie) with the ROMS in. I plan to have all games beginning with "A" zipped with *.zip. All "B" games ending with *.Zip and all "C" games ending with *.ZIP.

One issue i am having is that windows 10 (I am new to this too) wont allow me to change the case of the file type defaulting it all to lower case. I am looking into this unless its a simple fix.

Would a fresh install of Retropie and ES work? I cannot believe all the consoles work fine except these three in the build?

[YaYa]

You don’t see the consoles in Emulation Station because Emulation Station doen’t see roms so it thinks that the folders are empty even if they are full !

You need to tell Emulation Station what to look for.
Listen to me and do it step by step... before trying to add systems sorted by A / B / C etc first solve the problem that emulation station shows the roms in bulk !

[YaYa]

why do you want to put upper case to extensions ? Leave them as they are instead tell Emulation Station to look after all types of extensions so you won’t miss roms with different extensions...

Like i told, for Emulation Station, zIp is not the same as Zip or as ziP or as ZIP... linux is case sensitive. Windows is not.

[Richb77]

You don’t see the consoles in Emulation Station because Emulation Station doen’t see roms so it thinks that the folders are empty even if they are full !

You need to tell Emulation Station what to look for.
Listen to me and do it step by step... before trying to add systems sorted by A / B / C etc first solve the problem that emulation station shows the roms in bulk !

That makes sense and what i have been trying to do but i cannot make ES do that. I dont know what i am doing wrong. I followed your instructions to find the cfg file location but get stuck there as i cannot locate the individual config to tell it what to read. Like i say i do no know linux at all so i am fumbling around in the dark here and need step by step points.

[YaYa]

i have already given you all the paths to follow...

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sudo apt-get update

to update packages lists

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sudo apt-get install mlocate

to install a find application

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sudo updatedb

to read the whole system files and save a list of them

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locate es-systems.cfg

to see where is the file

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sudo nano the-path-to-the-file

[Richb77]

Yup. I did that (OK) and got the location of the config file.

Quoted from an earlier post:

I have FINALLY located the file. I see the following.
pi@retropie:~ $ locate es_systems.cfg
/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg.bak

I try to edit the cfg with this command...

"sudo ~/etc/emulation/es_systems.cfg" but thats not working.""

I also tried "sudo nano ~/etc/emulation/es_systems.cfg"...... But that too does nowt.

I have not abrviated a single path or what I am seeing. I am typing EXACTLY what I see.

The path to es_systems.cfg isn't right? "~" normally means "approximately" or used as an abreviation of path???

[YaYa]

the ~ is a replacement for /home/pi/ so if you type ~/test it is equivalent at typing /home/pi/test/

so your paths are wrong !

~/etc/ does not exists !

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sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/es_system.cfg

[fraggle]

Don't mean to be rude or but in but there is no need for locate, or installing anything...

The file is at "/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg"

...but really you should run the command

sudo cp /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

This will place an editable copy of "es_systems.cfg" on the path " /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/"

You can edit this however you wish - no need for sudo.

The reason for doing it this way is the default version, "/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg", is overwritten whenever you make updates to your RetroPie system so any custom changes you make *will be lost*.

See Step 1. Edit es_systems.cfg in "Add a New System in EmulationStation" for a clear step by step guide on editing the es_systems.cfg with all the caveats.

[YaYa]

The reason why i am talking about locate is for teaching him how to find a file. Soon or sooner, he will need to configure another file and this method will gives him a bit of autonomy.

[Richb77]

What your saying does make some sense to me but its just not reading out as i expect after reading your posts.

Thats MY fault not yours!

I type
"sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/es_system.cfg" and hit reurn after entering SSH though PuTty on my laptop connected to the GBZ.

I get this.



Now what?