Lubuntu 19.10/Retropie Font error

Jumpa

Hi, I'm trying to install Retropie on Lubuntu 19.10.
I'm on a fresh Lubuntu installation. I've followed the official guide: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/

After basic installation from the setup script, I receive the following error:

RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:398: void Font::renderTextCache(TextCache*): Assertion `*it->textureIdPtr != 0' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

I've read something about "resources" folder missing, but the folder is there and I've no clue what to do...could you please help me? Many thanks in advance.

mitu

@Jumpa said in Lubuntu 19.10/Retropie Font error:

I've read something about "resources" folder missing, but the folder is there and I've no clue what to do...could you please help me? Many thanks in advance.

Where exactly are you looking for the resources folder ? It should be one in /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation.

Jumpa

Yeah, the folder is in that path...any other idea? Should I downgrade to 19.04?

Retropie-Setup Script 4.5.19 (commit d037c7f)

mitu

Can you check if the folder is empty or not ? Can you try re-installing EmulationStation from RetroPie Setup and then post the log file ? It should be in $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs.

Jumpa

The folder is not empty...wow it took me more than 1 hour to complete the basic install (it's an old pc), is there another way?

mitu

@Jumpa Re-installing just one package will not take that long.

Jumpa

Ok, I removed and then reinstalled the core package emulationstation. Here the: log (same error BTW).

mitu

It looks like your RetroPie-Setup installation path is non standard - it should be /home/user/RetroPie-Setup, but you've cloned the repository to /home/user/Desktop/RetroPie-Setup.
Try again the - full - installation from /home/user/RetroPie-Setup.

Jumpa

Started from scratch (reinstalled even lubuntu). Setup installation in standard path (/home/user/Retropie-Setup), the resources folder is in place. Same error. Give up? This is the output of "emulationstation --debug":

Apr 21 13:47:47 lvl2:   EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built Apr 21 2020 - 11:04:53
Apr 21 13:47:47 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   Creating window...
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   Created window successfully.
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   GL vendor:  
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   GL renderer:
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   GL version:  
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:   Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2:    ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl1:   Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current)
emulationstation: /home/user/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:398: void Font::renderTextCache(TextCache*): Assertion `*it->textureIdPtr != 0' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

OpenGL version:

OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 19.2.8

mitu

It looks like your old PC doesn't support OpenGL 2, which is required by EmulationStation to work. What GPU do you have in the system ?

Jumpa

It has an Intel Atom D525 with integrated graphics...GMA 3150 I think.

mitu

According to this page, it does indeed limited to OpenGL 1.5. Even if EmulationStation would run, you'll most likely hit the same limitation when running emulators.

Get a more recent system, with a GPU capable of at least OpenGL 2.1.

Jumpa

Well, I managed to enable OpenGL 2.1 with this tutorial:

OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.8

But i keep receiving the font error...so my doubt remains.

mitu

@Jumpa Can you post a debug log ?

TheRavensGuild

@mitu I'm struggling with the same issue. I have open GL 2.0, so I don't think that's the problem.

Please help!

mitu

@TheRavensGuild Post your es_log.txt file to see if you have the same error or not.

TheRavensGuild

@mitu I'm still pretty new with this. where would I find said file?

mitu

@TheRavensGuild In $HOME/.emulationstation. Or you could take the advice above and run emulationstation --debug from an xterm/gnome-terminal windows and post the output.

TheRavensGuild

@mitu I got this

May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built May 11 2020 - 14:32:55
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Creating window...
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	GL vendor:   
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	GL renderer: 
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	GL version:  
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
May 12 22:17:49 lvl1: 	Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current)
emulationstation: /home/name/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:398: void Font::renderTextCache(TextCache*): Assertion `*it->textureIdPtr != 0' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

mitu

Sure enough, looks identical to the original poster's error, which makes me believe you don't have accelerated OpenGL 2.0. Can you post the output of glxinfo to pastebin.com ? What hardware/GPU do you have ?