Retroarch Crashing on Startup

RetroArch Linux devices
#25

i built again using directions from this site- http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Building_RetroArch. And on step three this happens sh libretro-build.sh libretro-build.sh: 86: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-config.sh: [[: not found PLATFORM: Linux ARCHITECTURE: x86_64 TARGET: unix CC = gcc CXX = g++ CXX11 = g++ STRIP = libretro-build.sh: 81: /home/peaches/libretro-super/script-modules/log.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 81: /home/peaches/libretro-super/script-modules/log.sh: -t: not found Compiler: CC=“gcc” CXX=“g++” libretro-build.sh: 31: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 32: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 33: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 34: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 35: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 36: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 37: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found libretro-build.sh: 38: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: [[: not found unix unix libretro-build.sh: 287: /home/peaches/libretro-super/libretro-build-common.sh: Syntax error: redirection unexpected peaches@cb:~/libretro-super$

Also if I keep going, ./configure works but make doesnt. terminal gives this-cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.c:25:34: fatal error: libavdevice/avdevice.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. Makefile:150: recipe for target ‘obj-unix/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.o’ failed make: *** [obj-unix/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.o] Error 1

#26

you seem to be following the guide for msys2 and this guide is old… official guides is here.

http://buildbot.libretro.com/docs/compilation/ubuntu/

if you are using Ubuntu or similar variant, it should not be a problem to compile. if you are on other distro, then youll have to find a way to find the correct dependencies and commands.

#27

i tried it again but when doing I get sudo apt-get build-dep retroarch Reading package lists… Done E: Unable to find a source package for retroarch and when i went on i got the same error as before when making it.

#28

read the guide I linked. everything is there. “unable to find source packaged” then clearly you are missing steps.

#29

it said to uncomment something in the repisitories. I tried that but it didnt change anything. more specifically what does this mean-Depending on your configuration you may need to uncomment the deb-src repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libretro-ubuntu-testing-$version.list and then run apt-get update before running apt-get build-dep

#30

I looked it up and did three different ways and all of them gave me unable to find source packaged.

#31

also i tried installing it via flat pack and it also frizzed.

#32

If the flatpak is crashing, something must be wrong with your environment. You can try launching it from a command line with --menu --verbose --log-file ~/log.txt and it will dump a log into your user directory.

#33

i tried that but I can seem to find the log

#34

where should it be in usr specifically

#35

not in usr, in your user directory. Using the command I gave you, it’ll be in /home/[username], but you can change ~/log.txt in that command to whatever path you want.

#36

ok thanks here you go [INFO] RetroArch 1.6.3 (Git adae065) [INFO] === Build ======================================= [INFO] Version: 1.6.3 [INFO] Git: adae065 [INFO] ================================================= [INFO] [Config]: Loading default config. [INFO] [Config]: loading config from: (null). [INFO] Looking for config in: “/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg”. [INFO] Looking for config in: “/home/peaches/.retroarch.cfg”. [WARN] Config: using skeleton config “/app/etc/retroarch.cfg” as base for a new config file. [WARN] Config: Created new config file in: “/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg”. [INFO] Environ SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565. [INFO] Version of libretro API: 1 [INFO] Compiled against API: 1 [INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 29970.03 Hz. [INFO] [Video]: Video @ 960x720 [ERROR] [Wayland]: Failed to connect to Wayland server. [INFO] [GLX]: GLX_OML_sync_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control supported, using better swap control method… [INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: x [INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080. [INFO] [GLX]: X = 0, Y = 0, W = 960, H = 720. [INFO] [GLX]: Found swap function: glXSwapIntervalEXT. [INFO] [GLX]: glXSwapIntervalEXT(1) [INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center, Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) . [INFO] [GL]: Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.5. [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] [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] [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] [GL]: Using GL_RGB565 for texture uploads. [INFO] [SDL]: Device #0 (045e:02d1) connected: XInput Controller. [INFO] [SDL]: Device #0 supports game controller api. [INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: “sdl2”. [INFO] [Autoconf]: 6 profiles found. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: bitmap. [INFO] [Autoconf]: selected configuration: /app/share/libretro/autoconfig/sdl2/X360 Controller.cfg [INFO] [PulseAudio]: Requested 24576 bytes buffer, got 18432. [INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: “menu_display_gl”. [INFO] [Config]: Saved new config to “/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg”. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] SRAM will not be saved. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_history.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_music_history.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/peaches/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/content_image_history.lpl]. [INFO] [GL]: VSync => on [INFO] [GLX]: glXSwapIntervalEXT(1) [INFO] [PulseAudio]: Unpausing. [INFO] [GL]: VSync => on [INFO] [GLX]: glXSwapIntervalEXT(1) [INFO] [PulseAudio]: Pausing. [INFO] [SDL]: Device #0 (045e:02d1) connected: XInput Controller. [INFO] [SDL]: Device #0 supports game controller api. [INFO] [Autoconf]: 6 profiles found. [INFO] [Autoconf]: selected configuration: /app/share/libretro/autoconfig/sdl2/X360 Controller.cfg

#37

There are no errors in that log. Did you make it crash?

#38

i used my software manager to do it after it become unresponsive. also when minimizing it it turned black.

#39

Use gdb, retroarch from PPA has a debug package:

gdb retroarch

Then type ‘run’, it’ll give you an useful backtrace

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#40

Starting program: /usr/local/bin/retroarch [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library “/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1”. [New Thread 0x7fffebcd5700 (LWP 13121)] [New Thread 0x7fffe8b36700 (LWP 13154)] [Thread 0x7fffebcd5700 (LWP 13121) exited] [Thread 0x7ffff7e08900 (LWP 13117) exited]

Program terminated with signal SIGKILL, Killed. The program no longer exists.

#42

what should i do now

#43

is there anything i can do

#44

is all hope lost. I seriously do not know what to do.

#45

Something’s gotta be up with your environment. Can you try a Lakka live USB and see if it loads correctly?