no writing permission for retroarch.cfg

[Thomas]

es 2.2

i want so save my changes in retroarch / pocketsnes…

couldnt do it! i dont can save changes the retroarch.cfg in /opt/…

whats wrong?

i have no writing permission for /opt/ in WinSCP…

[InsecureSpike]

the answers to your question is in the previous topic before this one, mate

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[tafazzi87]

from terminal you’ve to use sudo command

[smatticus]

In ES Hit f4 to exit to command prompt. Use the command
sudo passwd
and choose a password. Then when you go to connect via winscp, enter root as the username and your new password as the password

[Thomas]

no

i want to save from retroarch…

start the game… open the config menu… do my changes and so i want to save…

“cant save to …”

i cant copy or change files in /opt/

[Thomas]

Then when you go to connect via winscp, enter root as the username and your new password as the password

worked for winscp, but not in the emulator..

[InsecureSpike]

look here…

2.1 permissions?

and here…

RetroPie 2.0 help

both the same, both will help with what your asking

[Thomas]

i want to do my changes in the retroarch menu of the running rom…

but if i activate save on exit —>> nothing

and if i want to save to a new config, it shows ” cant save to /opt/

how can i get always root rights in the running retropie

if I use the retroarch menu to edit settings within a rom and I go to “save new retroarch” or whatever it says, I get the error “cannot save to retropie/configs/a…”

[jakko36]

Same happend to me with Mame4all-pi, i did not have permission to save the config to opt/retropie…… etc etc.
What i found was to do this in terminal: sudo chmod 777 (the map you need permission for) then go back mame4all-pi and you can map your buttons and save the config.
The same thing works with retroarch.
you will need root acces to cfg the most emulators.

[nemo93]

Hi Guys,

I was a bit reluctant to propose this workaround as I haven’t tested it thoroughly but given the increasing number of posts about it here we go!

Launch a command line and issue the following command:

 $ sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/

You should end up with:

$ ls -la /opt/retropie/
total 24
drwxr-xr-x  6 pi   pi   4096 Jul  1 22:40 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Jul  1 21:34 ..
drwxr-xr-x 17 pi   pi   4096 Jul  1 21:47 configs
drwxr-xr-x 13 pi   pi   4096 Jul  1 21:42 emulatorcores
drwxr-xr-x 24 pi   pi   4096 Jul  1 22:30 emulators
drwxr-xr-x  5 pi   pi   4096 Jul  1 22:31 supplementary

Let me know if this does improve your situation.
cheers,

[zSprawl]

May want to only do the configs subfolder?

This is certainly better than using the root user though imho.

[ribenickel]

As a windows user and linux starter i like to change my retroarch files inside a gui. To do that i type “sudo su” in shell to get root acces and afterwards “startx” to enter rasbian gui then i can open the file via leaf and save changes. After I’m done i just reboot to loose root acess again…

[mccarthy]

Hi guys,
I have a big problem. The ps3 controller doesn’t work for me, too, but there is no “minimal.CPP”. The whole src-folder isn’t there.
Thanks for help.
Cheers

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