Raspbian Buster - retropi install on os - retropi crashes when turn controller off.

psytron

Hi,
I am a new user to retro pi, but a long time PI tinkerer.

I have installed retropi on a RPI3-b+ onto raspbian buster.

I have a sony dual shock 4 controller paired via bluetooth.
When the controller is turned off retro pi crashes and i am dropped out to the ASCII crash screen and ultimately to the console.

may be related to this issue

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dpkg -l | grep libsdl2-2.0.0
ii  libsdl2-2.0-0:armhf                   2.0.9+dfsg1-1+rpt1                  armhf        Simple DirectMedia Layer

I have been unable to downgrade the libsdl2 library ( i have tried both listed versions)

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt list -a libsdl2-dev
Listing... Done
libsdl2-dev/testing,now 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+rpt1 armhf [installed]
libsdl2-dev/stable 2.0.9+dfsg1-1 armhf

mitu

I don't know how you installed it, but the installer should have added the RetroPie patched libsdl2, which includes a fix for this bug:

pi@pie4:~/RetroPie-Setup $ [master] dpkg -l | grep libsdl2
ii  libsdl2-2.0-0:armhf                    2.0.10+1rpi                         armhf        Simple DirectMedia Layer
hi  libsdl2-dev:armhf                      2.0.10+1rpi                         armhf        Simple DirectMedia Layer development files
ii  libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0:armhf              2.0.4+dfsg1-1                       armhf        Mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 2, libraries
ii  libsdl2-mixer-dev:armhf                2.0.4+dfsg1-1                       armhf        Mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 2, development files

Did you follow the instructions from https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/ ?

psytron

Hi Mitu,
Thanks for your reply.
I did follow the instructions as per the link.

I am interested as to where the 2.0.10 version has been retrieved from. Debian Buster has 2.0.9 as the latest. https://packages.debian.org/buster/libsdl2-2.0-0

I have not added any extra repo's, have you?

mitu

@psytron said in Raspbian Buster - retropi install on os - retropi crashes when turn controller off.:

I did follow the instructions as per the link.

Something didn't install then, because it should have installed the new (2.0.10) SDL2 version. There's no repository to add, but if you run

cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh sdl2

the script will build and install the 2.0.10 fixed version.

psytron

Hi Mitu,
I followed your instructions and it looks like just built and installed 2.0.9 again...

Getting sources for 'sdl2' : SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) v2.x
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git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch rpi-2.0.9 "https://github.com/RetroPie/SDL-mirror.git" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.9+1rpi"
Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.9+1rpi'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1606, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1606/1606), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1431/1431), done.
remote: Total 1606 (delta 373), reused 526 (delta 65), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (1606/1606), 5.52 MiB | 1.15 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (373/373), done.
Checking out files: 100% (1348/1348), done.
HEAD is now in branch 'rpi-2.0.9' at commit '98c8792cd4785439f48beaac1b11906edb498161'
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2 /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup

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Building 'sdl2' : SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) v2.x
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dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package libsdl2
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2.0.9+1rpi
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution UNRELEASED
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Jools Wills <buzz@exotica.org.uk>
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture armhf
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules clean
dh clean --parallel
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.9+1rpi'
dh_auto_clean -Bbuilddir/all
rm -f debian/examples.tar.gz
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.9+1rpi'
   dh_clean -O--parallel
 dpkg-source -b .
dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (native)'
dpkg-source: info: building libsdl2 in libsdl2_2.0.9+1rpi.tar.xz

git show-branch


pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git show-branch --all
* [master] helpers - added an adminRsync function for use with admin modules for uploading data to our server
 ! [origin/HEAD] helpers - added an adminRsync function for use with admin modules for uploading data to our server
  ! [origin/master] helpers - added an adminRsync function for use with admin modules for uploading data to our server
---
*++ [master] helpers - added an adminRsync function for use with admin modules for uploading data to our server

git log

pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git log
commit 07b681c41d0f4db753fd30b5c803b3441f421ef0 (grafted, HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Jools Wills <buzz@exotica.org.uk>
Date:   Fri Dec 20 18:00:50 2019 +0000

    helpers - added an adminRsync function for use with admin modules for uploading data to our server

mitu

Update your Retropie-Setup script, then re-try again the basic install.

psytron

Hi Mitu,
That looks like it is building the correct one. :)

Thank you for your time and effort, I should have pulled the latest before running the script - silly me. :)

You are a champ. :)

mitu

@psytron said in Raspbian Buster - retropi install on os - retropi crashes when turn controller off.:

I should have pulled the latest before running the script

Support for Buster (and the Pi4) has been slowly been tested on the development branch, which recently was merged to the main repository. There still might be some quirks, but you should be able to install from binaries (without re-compiling).