I started to update various contents, now RA crashes at every run

febs · 31 July 2023 19:57

I wanted to check if there were any new shaders so I started to dowload the new package, and while I was at it I started to update cores and fetch playlist thumbs in parallel.

During all this I was happily playing a game, when RA crashed.

I restarted it, and now RA crashes every time I try to run a game.

Here’s the log.

(sidenote: you might want to put in the documentation how to build logs on Linux if you use flatpak since the command is quite different. Here is what I used:

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=retroarch org.libretro.RetroArch -v --log-file ~/orchiddio.log

The log is:

[INFO] [Config]: Looking for config in: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.15.0 (Git 6616b80)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2
[INFO] Built: May 16 2023
[INFO] Version: 1.15.0
[INFO] Git: 6616b80
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: 960x720.
[ERROR] [Wayland]: Failed to connect to Wayland server.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Vulkan dynamic library loaded.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found vulkan context: "vk_x".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Detecting screen resolution: 1920x1080.
[INFO] [X/Vulkan]: X = 0, Y = 0, W = 960, H = 720.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 0: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 1: "llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU index 0.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using semaphores for WSI acquire.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Queue family 0 supports 1 sub-queues.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using resolution 636x1052.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using RGB565 format.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader.
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #0: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #1: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "sdl2".
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[ERROR] [DBus]: Failed to suspend screensaver via DBus.
[INFO] [X11]: Suspending screensaver (X11, xdg-screensaver).
[WARN] Could not suspend screen saver.
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "x11".
[INFO] [PulseAudio]: Requested 24576 bytes buffer, got 18432.
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "vulkan".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "/home/fabio/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_favorites.lpl".
[INFO] [PulseAudio]: Pausing.
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #0: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #1: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad disconnected from port 1.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad disconnected from port 2.
[INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama version: 1.1.
[INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama screens: 1.
[INFO] [XINERAMA]: Saved monitor #0.
[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: fullscreen.
[ERROR] [Wayland]: Failed to connect to Wayland server.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Vulkan dynamic library loaded.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found vulkan context: "vk_x".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Detecting screen resolution: 1920x1080.
[INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama version: 1.1.
[INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama screens: 1.
[INFO] [X/Vulkan]: Using Xinerama on screen #0.
[INFO] [X/Vulkan]: X = 0, Y = 0, W = 1920, H = 1080.
[INFO] [X/Vulkan]: Using windowed fullscreen.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 0: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 1: "llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU index 0.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using semaphores for WSI acquire.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Queue family 0 supports 1 sub-queues.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using RGB565 format.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader.
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #0: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[WARN] [SDL]: Couldn't open haptic device of the joypad #1: Haptic: There are 0 haptic devices available
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "sdl2".
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: PS3/PC Gamepad (6080/1761) not configured, using fallback.
[ERROR] [DBus]: Failed to suspend screensaver via DBus.
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "x11".
[INFO] [PulseAudio]: Requested 24576 bytes buffer, got 18432.
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "vulkan".
[INFO] [Input]: Game Focus => OFF
[INFO] [X/Vulkan]: Resized fullscreen resolution to 1920x1080.

Please help. I can’t find anything crucial by browsing them.

Thanks,

febs · 31 July 2023 20:06

Nevermind, I found it.

Final Burn Neo (which is currently the only core I use) wasn’t updated correctly because RA crashed when it was installing. Re-installing it solved the issue.

Please consider updating the documentation though, as there are several ways to install RA on Linux and the way to generate the logs isn’t consistent among them! Love,

gouchi · 2 August 2023 11:57

Thank you for your feedback.

For information, it is possible to edit the documentation from

Especially, this page

github.com

libretro/docs/blob/master/docs/guides/generating-retroarch-logs.md#generating-logs-in-linux

## What are logs? Why are they so important?

RetroArch and its underlying libretro technology is designed to run on many different combinations of hardware, operating system, libretro core, and content. It is not possible for a volunteer-based open source project to test all possible combinations.

The answer to this dilemma involves "logs", which RetroArch and other libretro software use to record essential information about your system and its function that other users and volunteers need in order to help troubleshoot problems and improve compatibility with new systems.

--------------------------

## Generating Logs

### Generating Logs via Menu
1. Go to "Settings"
2. Enter "Logging"
3. Activate "Logging Verbosity"
4. Activate "Log to File"
5. (optional) Adjust "Frontend / Core Logging Level" to get more or less detailed information
6. (optional) Activate "Timestamp Log Files" if you don't want to overwrite the log at each startup

### Generating Logs in Lakka
[Please see the Troubleshooting Lakka doc](http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Troubleshooting-Lakka/).

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febs · 4 August 2023 07:50

Done. Thanks.

Now the instructions for the snap install are still missing but considering how big that controller unplug/replug bug is, I don’t expect much people to actually use it admittedly.