RetroArch Cant Find OpenGL Driver Ubuntu 12.04

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#1

Hello,

I am getting the following error trying to run 9xsnes

============================================== RetroArch [WARN] :: system_directory is not set in config. Assuming system directory is same folder as game: “/home/joe/JServer/Games/SNES/”. Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB1555. Sound buffer size: 2048 (512 samples) No ROM file header found. Map_LoROMMap PPU.RenderSub = 1 PPU.FullClipping = 1 Settings.Transparency = 1 Settings.SpeedhackGameID = 0 PPU.SFXSpeedupHack = 0 coldata_update_screen = 1 “EXTRA INNINGS” [checksum ok] LoROM, 8Mbits, ROM+RAM+BAT, NTSC, SRAM:64Kbits, ID:____, CRC32:440A4250 value: disabled RetroArch [ERROR] :: Cannot open video driver … Exiting … RetroArch [ERROR] :: Fatal error received in: “init_video_input()”

EmulationStation cleanly shutting down…

I have video_driver = “gl”

in my config and nothing further as far as which context.

I made sure I installed:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev

but I still get the error.

Can anybody give me any direction?

Thank you very much

BTW I’m running Intel integrated graphics: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)

#2

I’m having the exact same issue on 12.04 LTS. Only difference is I’m using the latest AMD APU Proprietary Drivers. Your post is the first I’ve found referencing the issue so I’m hoping it’s something simple I’m missing.

Thanks

#3

Are you guys compiling from source or using the packages from my PPA?

Either way, I’ll try to get 12.04 in a VM today and see if I can reproduce the issue.

#4

I’m compiling for source. I fixed the issue by installing a different xorg driver (I have intel 4000 HD Integrated graphics). However, it also cause my computer to show a black screen upon the next boot. I didn’t have a whole lot of time to mess with it but I’m going to try to experiment with the xorg drivers sometime later this week. Hopefully I can get something that satisfies RetroArch and Ubuntu 12.04. Otherwise I’ll contemplate upgrading. As you can probably tell, I’m not the most experienced linux user, but I know enough to break things.

#5

Well, an update (after all this time, I know.). I originally upgraded to 13.10, and was able to install retroarch flawlessly. However, I had some other software (MythTV, Mythweb specifically) that didn’t play so nice with 13.10 (yet). So I’ve downgraded to 12.04 again, and voila… same issues. However, this time I found a solution that worked for me. download the tarball found on this page https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/ … -1.0-linux, it contains a bash script. I ran the script, it corrected some driver packages. I recompiled RetroArch and voila! Hope this helps anybody facing the same issue.