Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.

quicksilver

I am on retroarch 1.8.4 still, lr-pcsxrearmed build (r22 8fda5dd) and cannot reproduce the issue, disc swapping works correctly for me. I'll try updating retroarch and lr-pcsxrearmed and test again.

Edit:
I updated to retroarch 1.8.5 and updated lr-pcsxrearmed to the same version you are on and I cannot replicate your issue. Disc swapping works fine for me.

Zering

@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

@Zering Is your issue similar to what I'm seeing here? Could you give your system details?

I've got a Pi 3, no overclock, running off a SanDisk 64 GB SD Card Class 10. My ROMs, however, I am running from a 1 TB Elements external drive, that is connected to a powered USB hub. I've got the official Raspberry Pi 2.5 V power supply, a fan and heat sinks for cooling. I'm pretty sure the issue has nothing to do with my physical setup as PS1 disc switching worked fine long before I set up my ROMS on a drive. As a matter of fact, all I played on lr-psxe-rearmed until about a month ago were multidisk games.
The problem started after I updated my RetroPie-Script and modules. It used to be switching PS1 discs was simple, you went into the Retroarch, appended your image and done. Never had an issue. Ever since I updated, the process is slightly different, and it froze on every single occasion since I updated. I can eject my disk and pick another one, but then it just hangs. I first started noticing it on Legend of Dragoon, Policenauts then Parasite Eve.

Since that started, when playing a multi-disk game, if possible, I quit after saving at the end of a disk, then I duplicate my .srm file, and rename it to fit Disc 2. It works, but it's a pain in the ass when it used to be possible to do it all from within Retroarch.

Having said that, I also have a fresh install on another card. I could try and reproduce the issue on that card if anybody thinks that will help? I was hoping a fresh install would solve it.

mitu

@Zering this looks like the same issue in the current topic. The new Disk control changes are part of the new RetroArch version (i.e. no more disc append, if you have a .m3u then you can cycle between discs, etc.).

I wonder if it's the PI version that matters here.

AssCabbage

@Zering said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

Pi 3

Which one?

Zering

I honestly don't know for sure. I bought mine second hand. How do I find out?

AssCabbage

@Zering

Does it look like this:

Or this:

Zering

It looks more like the second one.

quicksilver

@Zering that's a pi 4. Note the blue USB 3.0 ports and the two micro HDMI ports instead of the one standard HDMI port.

AssCabbage

@Zering OK. I wanted to see if it was just an issue with the smaller board for some reason.
I used a pi 4 image by accident quicksilver, but I think it's safe to assume Zering has the 3 B+.

Confirmed the official PSU didn't help.
Trying rewriting the image to the card now to see if it's a file system issue, then I'm going to try the old retroarch build with the command helpfully given to me by @mitu

EDIT: Kinda regret trying this rewriting idea, between reading, writing and validating the image it's taking nearly three hours -_-

AssCabbage

Confirmed the exact same behavior in 1.8.4 ;_;

What on earth is going on? Anyone any other suggestions?

Zering

My board doesn't look like either of those pictures. It's got two other smaller boards attached to it, if that makes sense? But structurally it looks more like the second one.

Also, today I actually managed to swap discs successfully, on Alone in the Dark : The New Nightmare. But if I try to exit the game, the system hangs. The only way I can work around it is to swap disks, save state once I'm on Disc 2, turn off the RPi, then turn it back on again. If I reset, the save data is gone and reverts back to whatever was there when I first turned it on. (Not that I'm complaining as that gave me an excuse to stop playing this bloody game)

Also, there's something I forgot to mention : my version of the RetroPie-Script is out of date I think. I didn't update for two years. When I updated last month, as I described, it failed to install some dependencies. I assumed it was related to the message I get, every time I start the file manager, that says my version of the script is no longer supported. Maybe that ties into the issue somehow?

AssCabbage

@Zering said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
Yes, you're experiencing the same as me alright. It does work the odd time and I could probably get past this with some sort of save. However I'm putting this together for a friend who's stuck in quarantine and I'd like it to work properly :/

I've signed up to the retroarch forums to make a post there, but it seems like I can't....

mitu

@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

I've signed up to the retroarch forums to make a post there, but it seems like I can't....

It's a restriction in the Libretro forums - you can't post immediately after you register, you need to get certain number of points by participating/reading the forums. It's explained in one of their pinned topics.

mitu

@Zering said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

Also, there's something I forgot to mention : my version of the RetroPie-Script is out of date I think. I didn't update for two years. When I updated last month, as I described, it failed to install some dependencies. I assumed it was related to the message I get, every time I start the file manager, that says my version of the script is no longer supported. Maybe that ties into the issue somehow?

Could be, but looks like you're running an unsupported/old version, based on Raspbian Jessie.

Zering

@mitu said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

@Zering said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

Also, there's something I forgot to mention : my version of the RetroPie-Script is out of date I think. I didn't update for two years. When I updated last month, as I described, it failed to install some dependencies. I assumed it was related to the message I get, every time I start the file manager, that says my version of the script is no longer supported. Maybe that ties into the issue somehow?

Could be, but looks like you're running an unsupported/old version, based on Raspbian Jessie.

Yes, that's it, on one of my two cards anyway. I haven't tried on my second one to see if the issue persists.

AssCabbage

Right next up. Completely fresh install?

I'm hesitent to do this as I've spent a few days configuring everything...

Can I do a fresh install and migrate everything across?

quicksilver

@AssCabbage do you have a spare SD card you can image with the stock image just for testing?

mitu

@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:

Can I do a fresh install and migrate everything across?

You can back up your ROMs and gamelists via file shares and then restore them on the new system.

AssCabbage

@quicksilver No spare SD card unfortunately.

I already have the card imaged from when I rewrote the image, so everything's backed up.

What's the plan here.

download stock image.
Install six axis drivers
install sky scanner.
move across config files.
see if it's still broke

Or should I do this differently?

AssCabbage

OK, this is working! However this is NOT the 1.8.4 version. The version being reported in the bottom of the quick menu is "1.7.6 - PCSX ReARMed R22 cadb995"
The disc swap notification is completely different as well!

@mitu can you give me commands for downgrading to this version and I'll move back to my original image and see if this version work? Cheers for your help.