RetroArch crashes when

abs075 · 26 March 2022 00:19

Hello, I am new to RetroArch and I have tried several cores and roms for different platforms, whatever I try the program always crashes when starting up the games. I believe I have the correct bios files in the system folder. I tried switching the video driver around to different settings as well, with the same result. If you know what I am doing wrong please tell me. Thank you in advance for your time and kindness!

This is the log file I get:

[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.2 (Git b2ef25e)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
[INFO] Capabilities:  MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2
[INFO] Built: Mar 24 2022
[INFO] Version: 1.10.2
[INFO] Git: b2ef25e
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "dinput".
[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.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: "wgl".
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution: 1920x1080.
[INFO] [WGL]: Extensions: WGL_ARB_extensions_string WGL_ARB_pixel_format WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float WGL_ARB_multisample WGL_EXT_swap_control WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear WGL_ARB_pbuffer WGL_ARB_render_texture WGL_ARB_make_current_read WGL[INFO] [WGL]: Adaptive VSync supported.
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc., Renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: 4.6.14802 Compatibility Profile Context 22.2.3 30.0.14029.5006.
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 960x720.
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Checking GLSL shader support ...
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [XInput]: Found XInput v1.4.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "xinput".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "freetype".
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "win32".
[INFO] [XAudio2]: Requesting 64 ms latency, using 64 ms latency.
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [SRAM]: SRAM will not be saved.
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "C:\RetroArch-Win64\content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "C:\RetroArch-Win64\content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "C:\RetroArch-Win64\content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "C:\RetroArch-Win64\content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "C:\RetroArch-Win64\content_favorites.lpl".
[INFO] [Core]: Using content: "H:\Super Mario Collection (Japan) (Rev 1).sfc".
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

hunterk · 26 March 2022 00:22

thanks for the log! Unfortunately, I don’t actually see a core loading in it.

which cores have you tried?

abs075 · 26 March 2022 15:36

Thanks for your reply! This is what I have been trying to do, load the snes9x core or some other core first, select a game, choose run, retroarch crashes and the log above is all that is in the file for that session.

hunterk · 26 March 2022 15:44

Hmm, very strange. That core+game works fine here.

I take it nothing changes if you move your retroarch.cfg somewhere else temporarily to return everything to default settings?

abs075 · 26 March 2022 15:55

Tried your suggestion, same result.

hunterk · 26 March 2022 16:36

Hmm, I’m kinda stumped. The defaults are chosen for being very compatible/safe, so if it’s not working with default settings, there’s likely something external that’s causing the problem.

abs075 · 26 March 2022 22:54

Thanks for your help, if I find a solution I will post it here. What is really strange is that some of the emulators that I can download as a core seem to work as stand-alone applications on my computer (SNES9X for example). I also tried RetroArch 1.9.0 and 1.10.1 with similar results so the chance is high that it is an external problem.