[SOLVED] EmulationStation crash after turning off DS4/PS4 controller

mitu

@Panja Do you have any custom repositories added ? Run an apt-get update before trying the re-install.

Panja

@mitu
I have the following repo's added:
ubuntu-x-swat
ubuntu Universe

Apt update has been run of course.

mitu

@Panja Then there's a problem with one of your extra repositories - leave just the Ubuntu ones, update and re-try.

Panja

@mitu

I have disabled both the repo's but still cannot re-install SDL.

mitu

@Panja Can you install any other package ? What's the output of:

 apt-cache policy libsdl2-2.0-0

Panja

@mitu

Yes, installing other packages is no problem.

libsdl2-2.0-0:
  Installed: 2.0.9+1
  Candidate: 2.0.9+1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.9+1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages

mitu

@Panja Try

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libsdl2-2.0-0=2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.3

or download the package directly and install it with dpkg -i <pkg.deb>.

Panja

@mitu

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libsdl2-dev : Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (= 2.0.9+1) but 2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.3 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

mitu

@Panja Remove the -dev package, you can install it later on from the repository.

Panja

@mitu

sudo apt remove libsdl2-dev
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libsdl2-2.0-0=2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.3
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev

I now have:

ii  libsdl2-2.0-0:amd64                   2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.3                amd64        Simple DirectMedia Layer

Gonna have a try with the controllers later on, when I'm actually at the machine itself.
Will report back!

Panja

@mitu

I can confirm: downgrading SDL to v2.0.8 solved my problem!
Thanks for the help, as always. :-)