Batocera 38 Permission Denied when trying to backup
TeamLinux01 opened this issue · comments
Ludusavi version
v0.22.0
Operating system
Linux
Installation method
Flatpak
Description
Running installed flatpak on Batocera 38. Created a custom game of _Batocera that backs up /userdata/saves/ and /userdata/screenshots.
Trying to backup to /userdata/ludusavi-backup/_Batocera, /userdata/ludusavi-backup/ exists, but _Batocera does not.
Ran the command flatpak override --filesystem=host com.github.mtkennerly.ludusavi.
It detects the files to backup, but has a permission denied error when trying to write the backup.
Backup exclusions include:
/etc/, /run/ and /usr/
Logs
No response
Hi! I'm not familiar with the Batocera distro, but to start:
- Does this also happen with the non-Flatpak version of Ludusavi?
- Could you upload your Ludusavi log file (if there is one)?
- Was Ludusable able to create
/userdata/ludusavi-backup, or did you manually create that folder?
I was able to copy the non-flatpak version to the system and execute it, no errors and works as intended.
ludusavi_rCURRENT.log
I manually copied the /userdata/ludusavi-backup from my other systems.
It seems Batocera runs as the root user/group. Not sure if it is running flatpaks as a different user and maybe the reason it gets a permission denied.
I didn't even think about running the binary, as it doesn't have a normal package manager. Thanks for asking.
Nice, so it's definitely something with Flatpak permissions. I found a couple of tickets that might be relevant:
If those don't help and you can't fix the permissions in Flatseal, then this may need a new bug report to Batocera.
I found a better way to run it on Batocera.
After downloading ludusavi from github, I put it in the /userdata/roms/ports folder and added:
/userdata/roms/ports/ludusavi.sh
/userdata/roms/ports/ludusavi
Configuration file is stored in /userdata/system/.config/ludusavi/config.yaml
Then it will show up under ports to be launched via EmulationStation.
The only down side is that I only know how to close the app via Alt+F1, as the exit button does not appear under the Other tab.
If Ludusavi sees /home/deck, then the exit button will show up, so that would be a hacky solution for now. I should probably add a proper config option for it (or just make it always present).
Thanks for the info. I don't think people would mind if it just always shows the exit button, but that is my personal opinion.
In case anyone is wondering, the home for the user on Batocera is /userdata/system, so I moved my backup to /userdata/system/ludusavi-backup.