System directory is not defined

RetroArch General
#1

Hi, ^^

I recently compiled RetroArch and libretro-Genesis-Plus-GX, but I can’t get it to start. This is the terminal’s output:

RetroArch [WARN] :: XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined. Will look for config in $HOME/.retroarch.cfg … System directory is not defined. Cannot continue … RetroArch [ERROR] :: Failed to load game.

I guess there’s just a environment variable missing that I could put on top of the command I use to run it (’/home/dm/Arbeitsfläche/retroarch-0.9.6/retroarch’ ‘/home/dm/Arbeitsfläche/retroarch-0.9.6/FifaSoccer95.F371.bin’ -L ‘/home/dm/Arbeitsfläche/retroarch-0.9.6/libretro.so’), but the output doesn’t tell for what it’s looking for.

#2

It’s looking for a directory called ‘system’ where it expects to find BIOS images and whatnot. I think you can currently just create a directory called ‘system’ and add a line to the cfg that says something to the effect of system = [path to directory].

I believe a fallback is in the works, which will be quite welcome :slight_smile: