Retroarch segmentation fault, with "Threaded video"

RetroArch Linux devices
#1

I’m running Ubuntu 18.04 and have installed (and re-installed again and again…) the “snap” version of Retroarch from the “Ubuntu Software” app.

When I enable “threaded video” (to fix my sound popping) - it works fine for that session, it appears to restart its display window, and I can continue playing, and my sound popping goes away.

But the next time I start it, it closes immediately. Running “retroarch” from the command line shows a simple error “Segmentation fault (core dumped)”

And the only way I can get it working again is to uninstall it and re-install it again.

Until this bug is fixed, where can I find the config file, and what setting do I change to fix the problem?

#2

not sure how often snap packages are updated, better use the PPA testing repo (since your on ubuntu anyways) to get latest nightly or better yet manually compile it.

edit:

  • config file is in $HOME/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg, unless this was changed by whoever made the package.
#3

I made the snap package. It’s built from the stable release tarball, so it’s possible that any given issue in the stable build may have been fixed in a nightly, which you can indeed get from the PPA. However, the PPA is missing recipes for a number of cores, so there are pros and cons to each.

The snap’s config file is located at ~/snap/retroarch/current/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg

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#4

Thanks guys. Yeah in Ubuntu there is a non-snap version but the feature for downloading cores from within the interface is non-functional…

Thanks @hunterk, if I manually set video_threaded = “false” I’m able to start Retroach again without re-installing it.

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#5

If you are using Nvidia graphic card, it is a known issue.

#6

Indeed I am. Glad to know it’s flagged!