I am having all sorts of issues after installing to my Linux machine. I have used Lakka in the past and I’m somewhat-competent in getting games to run successfully. Until Now.
Here is the pastebin to my config file:
I am only using roms I have been playing for a long time. So, I’m 99.9% certain the roms aren’t the issue. Super-paranoid me was worried I might have corrupted some rom files when transferring to my ‘assets’ folder. So, I verified the checksum of a handful of roms with my master copies and they match.
Currently I am only running my N64 Roms. I haven’t imported any of my SNES, NES os PS1 roms in yet.
I know I can always remove / purge and reinstall; but I’m worried if I do that, I’m going to spend another 15 hours frustrated and still having the same issues. Also. That doesn’t help me learn what I’m doing wrong. I would like to know what I screwed up so I can avoid these issues in the future if possible,
I know my roms are good. I’ve used them on several Lakka boxes and they work amazingly well. Problem with Lakka is its JUST Lakka. I can’t run Pandora, Firefox, Kodi on the same hard drive. Which is why I wanted to switch to RA. (Yes, I did change many of my directories; but they all point to the correct folders, I just wanted to consolidate my RA folder so I could easily copy an entire folder when backing up.)
Here’s a list of issues I’ve been having in no particular order.
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I don’t have an option to update Retro Arch. In Lakka, you could update the actual OS from the update menu. (NOT sure this is a bug; but this has fixed issues some in Lakka). There ARE other update options available and working (cores, thumbnails etc).
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Enable Mouse Support is missing from the input menu. It was there when I first installed; but it disappeared after some crashing (detailed below). I have had missing menu issues with Lakka and updating the program itself did fix this; however I do not have the option to update RA in my update settings (as mentioned above).
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The program crashes with certain ‘triggers’ - ALL crashes happens with no warning and give no error on-screen. It behaves as if I run the terminal command sudo killall libretro && sudo killall retroarch - the window simply immediately closes.
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When I try to change 'Unified Menu Controls’ the program crashes when I try to back out of the menu to save config.
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Every time it crashes, it resets my ‘Start Retro Arch in fullscreen mode’ option. I have that option disabled so I can browse youtube, change Pandora stations etc. I usually run in full screen windowed mode; but upon a crash (of any kind) this option gets reset.
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When in-game, anytime I push the ‘B’ button, it RA immediately crashes. When navigating the menu, the ‘B’ button works just fine. I use an OEM 360 Controller made for PC (it is NOT a 360 controller for the console - this is specifically for PC). I have bound this controller to Lakka and RA many times successfully. I just can’t get it to work here.
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RA does not recognize keyboard no matter whet I do. Plug in, unplug, bind keys etc… The keyboard is as effective as a paperweight. It works fine for all other programs. Just not RA.
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Loading roms VERY frequently gives me an error could not load libretro core - I can launch a rom 5 times with the same core and it might fail 4 times. I’ve tried updating my cores SEVERAL times. No luck.
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When I pull up my quick menu (set to L3 + R3), sometimes the whole program freezes when I try to resume or restart the rom. If I hit the ‘B’ button, from the quick menu it crashes. But, if the quick menu is not freezing (like if I go into the cheat menu), the ‘B’ button works just fine.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. If you need more info, screencaps or a beer, hit me up 
EDIT: This is also posted on the RA subreddit. I hope its okay to cross-post between the two