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

AssCabbage · 24 Apr 2020, 23:07

xXRiseEmpireXx · 24 Apr 2020, 23:10

what method are you using for roms internal or usb. becasue i recommend if all else fails just use binary only. then update the retropie script to 4.5.20 thats mine right now. then update it should say something like update underlying os kernal say yes then update every emulator. but idk whats going on if your isnt working

AssCabbage · 24 Apr 2020, 23:11

@xXRiseEmpireXx The roms are internal.

xXRiseEmpireXx · 24 Apr 2020, 23:13

what method did you use to install retropie? manual(Raspbain) or img. i always used manual. because so i can download my roms without a need of a pc

xXRiseEmpireXx · 24 Apr 2020, 23:36

@AssCabbage did it work after?

AssCabbage · 24 Apr 2020, 23:38

Nope. Heading to bed now. Hoping in the morning @mitu has the hash to let me downgrade to the base image and see if that fixes it :/

xXRiseEmpireXx · 24 Apr 2020, 23:45

@AssCabbage ok hope everything goes ok. later

mitu · 25 Apr 2020, 04:11

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

has the hash to let me downgrade to the base image and see if that fixes it :/

I've posted in the other topic that. I'd be interested to also see your configuration files:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg
any opt files from /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/PCSX-ReARMed/ for the game that locks up RetroArch.

If the file is too large, use pastebin.com. Thank you.

windg · 25 Apr 2020, 05:04

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

OK, I've discovered something else.
If I manage to change the disc without it hanging, when I go to quit the game, the system hangs and I can't get back to the RetroPie menu.

I took a log from this: https://pastebin.com/KmDL51hM

Has anyone any ideas at all? This is disastrous. Do I just start again and build a fresh image? I only made this card this week.

I have the same problem. When i try to exit from a PS1 game the system hangs. It's something that does not happen all the time.

I am cheking for system updates very often, i start to have the above problem the last 2 weeks. i will try to reproduce it and catch some logs.

mitu · 25 Apr 2020, 06:38

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

i will try to reproduce it and catch some logs.

Can you post your config files - as I asked @AssCabbage in my previous reply ? Use pastebin.com for large files.

windg · 25 Apr 2020, 09:28

@mitu

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 3
Power Supply used: Official psu
RetroPie Version Used : 4.5.19
Usb Controller : Logitech gamepad F310
Sd card : Sandisk Ultra A1 16GB
i am running roms from a usb stick( Sandisk Glide 32gb)

The games that i saw this problem : Final Fantasy VIII(USA), Parasite Eve 1(USA), Driver II(USA).

all/retroarch.cfg

retroarch-core-options.cfg

psx/retroarch.cfg :

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/psx/"

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

AssCabbage · 25 Apr 2020, 12:42

@mitu
Here's the files you requested, this is before I attempted the downgrade.

all/retroarch.cfg

psx/retroarch.cfg

opt file for Metal Gear Solid

Let me know if you see anything. I'm going to attempt the downgrade now.

AssCabbage · 25 Apr 2020, 14:44

@mitu
Gah! b8e2ded403bf01 brings the old disc swap menu back, but it still crashes when I try to leave the game after changing disc or if I try and change back to disc 1 :/

mitu · 25 Apr 2020, 14:51

From what I see, there's nothing out of the ordinary in the @windg's configs (or options).
@AssCabbage you seem to have uses 'Save config' in-game, but the .opt file seems to be ok.

I'll try one of the games mentioned, maybe it's game related - I still cannot reproduce the issue with the multi-disc games I have.

AssCabbage · 25 Apr 2020, 15:12

I've saved config for all the games so I can activate the dual shock controller for games that use it.

mitu · 25 Apr 2020, 15:20

@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 saved config for all the games so I can activate the dual shock controller for games that use it.

You can do that with a game input override, it's a smaller config file.

windg · 25 Apr 2020, 19:40

I find a way to reproduce the problem with the lock up on exit and during disk change. I use Disk1 and Disk 4 from Final Fantasy VIII (USA), no save files are required.

1.) Lock up on exit.

I start the game from disk 4 and choose new game. It will ask for disk 1, from the retroarch menu i switch to disk 1. When the intro from the game starts to play, i press the combination keys to exit. then. the retropie stop responding.

retroarch.log

2.) Lock up during disk swapping

I start the game from disk 4 and choose new game, It will ask for disk 1, from retroarch menu i switch to disk 4(again), after the wrong disk message It will ask for disk 1, then i switch to disk 1 and the retropie stop responding.

retroarch.log

AssCabbage · 25 Apr 2020, 20:24

Pretty much @windg , but I don't need to go into a valid swap situation. Just wait until it's not reading from the disk and change over and back and it crashes.

mitu · 25 Apr 2020, 20:27

1.) Lock up on exit.
I start the game from disk 4 and choose new game. It will ask for disk 1, from the retroarch menu i switch to disk 1. When the intro from the game starts to play, i press the combination keys to exit. then. the retropie stop responding.
retroarch.log

That looks like a different issue - at this point RetroArch doesn't even run.

2.) Lock up during disk swapping
I start the game from disk 4 and choose new game, It will ask for disk 1, from retroarch menu i switch to disk 4(again), after the wrong disk message It will ask for disk 1, then i switch to disk 1 and the retropie stop responding.

I see, so you're not using the new disk swapping feature - you're running the ~~disc~~ game from the disc directly. I always use the m3u file to run multi-disc games and now I just swap the disc, without browsing for the new disc.

I tried also Driver 2, but couldn't get it to lock RetroArch.

AssCabbage · 25 Apr 2020, 20:47

The lock up on exit, what should happen here? From my log it looks like retroarch closed successfully. Also, since downgrading didn't fix it, it looks like it's not actually retroarch that's the problem. Is there anything else we could try downgrading?