fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/RetroPie/==various git files==': gnutls_handshake() failed: Error in the pull function.

jjrhodes

Replying to myself to add this.
Here is a log of trying to install zdoom:
https://pastebin.com/3C0urGYc

mitu

@jjrhodes Are you using a proxy server for web access ? I can't reproduce the error with a direct connection and searching for this error seems to indicate some connection via proxy problems.

jjrhodes

Hi mitu,
No, I am not using a proxy - but I do have horribly slow DSL service.
I tried installing zdoom again (install from source) and got the same error as yesterday:

Log started at: Thu Jun 14 08:14:29 CDT 2018

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.4 (cda9ffcb)
System: Linux retropie 4.14.30-v7+ #1102 SMP Mon Mar 26 16:45:49 BST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'zdoom' : ZDoom - Enhanced port of the official DOOM source
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/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/zdoom /home/pi

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Getting sources for 'zdoom' : ZDoom - Enhanced port of the official DOOM source
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git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch retropie "https://github.com/RetroPie/zdoom.git" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/zdoom"
Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/zdoom'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/RetroPie/zdoom.git/': gnutls_handshake() failed: Error in the pull function.
/home/pi
Error running 'git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch retropie https://github.com/RetroPie/zdoom.git /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/zdoom' - returned 128

Log ended at: Thu Jun 14 08:16:51 CDT 2018
Total running time: 0 hours, 2 mins, 22 secs

But weirdly, when I was returned to the setup screen, a new choice of "Install from binary" appeared and I tried it with the following results (note SSL error):

Log started at: Thu Jun 14 08:18:05 CDT 2018

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.4 (cda9ffcb)
System: Linux retropie 4.14.30-v7+ #1102 SMP Mon Mar 26 16:45:49 BST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'zdoom' : ZDoom - Enhanced port of the official DOOM source
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Installing 'zdoom' : ZDoom - Enhanced port of the official DOOM source
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zdoom/
zdoom/zdoom.pk3
zdoom/zdoom
/opt/retropie/ports/zdoom /home/pi

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Configuring 'zdoom' : ZDoom - Enhanced port of the official DOOM source
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GnuTLS: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
Unable to establish SSL connection.
/home/pi

Log ended at: Thu Jun 14 08:19:27 CDT 2018
Total running time: 0 hours, 1 mins, 22 secs

Do you think the issue is due to a slow internet connection ?

thanks,
jj

mitu

@jjrhodes More likely a bad quality connection, slow or not.

jjrhodes

Ok, I set up the Pi to connect over WiFi to my cell phone hotspot and was able to install a couple of packages, so it seems the problem is my bad DSL connection.
Thanks for your help.

ByteThis

@jjrhodes DSL has moderately good speeds downloading. Maybe you have an older modem / router that needs updating ? Or maybe your ISP provider has set bandwidth throttles for uploading / downloading ? Sometimes when you have cellphones, other pcs etc running at the same time it slows the bandwidth down. Cellphones hog a lot of bandwidth speed.

jjrhodes

@ByteThis Thanks for responding. My DSL is provided by Frontier, plus I am somewhat far from the CO. Download speed is 1.5 Mbps, upload is 0.90 Mbps. Some days are worse than others. Router is the newest one offered. I do have a lot of devices connected - most Wifi.
I am thinking about hardwiring the Pi to the router to see if that improves things.
This probably won't happen soon as I am busy with other things now.
What I really need is a migration tool to copy my 4.2 Retropie setup to the 4.4 version without having to download and re-install everything again.

ByteThis

@jjrhodes This may be what your looking for as far as upgrading : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16145/retropie-upgrading-raspbian-jessie-to-stretch/39

jjrhodes

@ByteThis Thanks for the link - I had looked over that. The main problem I have (and why I started this whole upgrade thing) is that my current 4.2 setup is flaky - Emulation Station and the games work fine, but I can't drop down to a command prompt or SSH in so its a matter of time before the thing dies. I though upgrading would be the way to go, but re-installing all the sources/binaries is causing problems on my end.
After reading about the PS4/PS3 controller problems (which I use) here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17650/dualshock-controllers-on-4-4-with-3b ,I think I'll wait to upgrade for awhile.
I do have an fairly recent image of the 4.2 setup and I was pretty good about backing up the Retropie directories, so some copying and rsync'ing should do the trick.
Thanks again to everyone who helped
-jj

mitu

@jjrhodes said :

After reading about the PS4/PS3 controller problems (which I use) here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17650/dualshock-controllers-on-4-4-with-3b ,I think I'll wait to upgrade for awhile.

The topic you mentioned describes the changes in controller support in the new Linux kernel, but it doesn't mean they won't work. The button mappings have been changed, but since you'll be starting from scratch (new installation) you'll have to configure them anyway on the 1st boot. The trouble it seems to be when you have more than 1 such controllers and you're using one of the non-Libretro emulators (Mupen64, advmame).
Note that the changes in the controller behavior are triggered by the new Linux kernel driver (sony-hid), so there's not much that the project can do about it in the future.
IMHO, you should give it a try - backing up your existing image with Win32DiskImager or Ether, so you can restore it if you don't like the new version - and get the 4.4 RetroPie image, update it (OS included) and see for yourself.