[SOLVED] RetroPie 4.3 Emulationstation Keeps Crashing
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@gamerdad09 said in RetroPie 4.3 Emulationstation Keeps Crashing:
@mitu I don't think so. Any way to check? I keep everything pretty much stock.
If you didn't explicitely install it, then you must have updated from source. Try updating ES from binary and see if you still get the crash. It might be related to the recent additions in ES.
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@mitu that is the latest binary. Can't reproduce this issue myself currently though.
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@buzz OK, I updated this week at some point and I still got 2.6.5 RP, I thought it was installed from source.
@GamerDad09 disregard my last comment, it seems updating was ok. -
I tried it anyways and updated ES from binary and still get the crash and Font error.
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I updated from source now as well and the issue is still there.
Any other suggestions or help is much appreciated. If there is anything I can send you @BuZz that could help locate a possible bug or another issue please let me know.
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@gamerdad09 when you say "crashes within 1 min" or so it suggests that you actually do something in it prior to the crashing? If you stay put I imagine it won't crash.
Would you be able to record a small phone video showing what you do prior to the crash?
We've seen - and I think we addressed - quite a few font.cpp related errors recently, though I don't quite remember what they were about. They may also be completely unrelated, so the video may help.
Thanks.
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This sounds like the issue I fixed a couple days ago. Both the cause of the broken utf8, but also rewrote the parser to silently ignore any broken utf8 in the future.
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Should be fixed 2.7.2 which should be out now, if not I'll go back again and see what might be wrong.
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@pjft If I leave RetroPie on the system selection that first apears up when ES loads, there is no crashing. I can scroll between the system/console types normally. The issue occurs when I chose any system and scroll the games listed.
Sometimes it crashes back to the command line after just moving between 2-3 games, other times I can scroll 15 or 20 before it crashes. I will be doing nothing except pressing down or up on the controller to see the next game. It will usually crash rather quickly after I select a system.
I have tried multiple themes and it still crashes. I was originally using the default theme before I did the complete update to RetroPie, ES, all Emulators. I am not using video previews. Just basic XML info + a screenshot image preview or game box art.
I will try to record a video this week and post a link to it.
@tomaz said in RetroPie 4.3 Emulationstation Keeps Crashing:
Should be fixed 2.7.2 which should be out now, if not I'll go back again and see what might be wrong.
I did the full update on Saturday 11/11/2017 at 2pm CST. I noticed the crashing around 9pm CST so I did the full update for everything again and let it run over night. The next morning the crashing from the game selection was still present. I then attempted to update only Emulation Station from Binary and it would still crash with the exact same error in the first post. I then tried one more time to update Emulation Station, this time from Source, but unfortunately the same crash still occurs from the game selection screen.
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@gamerdad09 The video may help us, then, at least to start asking for more info.
You mention that it didn't happen before, is that correct? I have a binary from back in the 2.6.5 days here.
If you want to download it in your Pi, make it executable (
chmod +x emulationstation), exit your ES version and then run this (./emulationstation), you can compare those versions.It might be that it's happening in spite, or because of any recent changes.
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@gamerdad09 2.7.2 came out last night, and should have your issue fixed.
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@tomaz said in RetroPie 4.3 Emulationstation Keeps Crashing:
@gamerdad09 2.7.2 came out last night, and should have your issue fixed.
Is it ready to update from binary, or will I need to update from source? I'll try it either tonight or tomorrow.
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@gamerdad09 binary.
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@tomaz I ran the ES update from binary last night. I didn't have a ton of time to mess with it, but I scrolled through several system gamelists and it did not crash.
There was a delay where everything froze for a 3 or 4 seconds and I thought it was going to crash, but then it started moving along again. It could have been something loading in the background or a gamelist.xml being scanned perhaps?
I'll spend more time with it this weekend. Thank you everyone for all your work and help. I was dreading that I might have to start over again.
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