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

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    mitu Global Moderator @windg
    last edited by 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.

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      windg @mitu
      last edited by 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"
      
      

      My English isn't at a good level.

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        AssCabbage @mitu
        last edited by 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.

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          AssCabbage @mitu
          last edited by 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 :/

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            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by 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.

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              AssCabbage
              last edited by 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.

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                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by 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.

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                  windg
                  last edited by 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

                  My English isn't at a good level.

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                    AssCabbage
                    last edited by 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.

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                      mitu Global Moderator @windg
                      last edited by 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.

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                        AssCabbage
                        last edited by 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?

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                          AssCabbage @mitu
                          last edited by 25 Apr 2020, 20:50

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

                          I see, so you're not using the new disk swapping feature - you're running the disc 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.

                          This happens for me with all methods. I moved to the m3u as nothing else was working.

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                            mitu Global Moderator @AssCabbage
                            last edited by 25 Apr 2020, 21:20

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

                            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?

                            Well, did you upgrade anything else besides RetroArch ? The other part of the emulator is lr-pcsx-rearmed, which does the actual emulation - but if you started with a clean 4.5.1 image and only upgraded RetroArch, there's no downgrade to do.

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                              AssCabbage @mitu
                              last edited by 25 Apr 2020, 22:04

                              @mitu

                              To clarify, on the test image, I just installed sixaxis and put Metal Gear Solid on it and showed that it worked.

                              On the actual problem image, I updated everything immediately after installation (as a guide I was following said to do this). This has never worked correctly. I'm doing a kernel update to see if that helps, but when that's done, could we try putting PCSX rearmed back to the version that comes with the default image?

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                                AssCabbage @mitu
                                last edited by 25 Apr 2020, 23:38

                                @mitu Still the same after the kernal update.

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @AssCabbage
                                  last edited by 26 Apr 2020, 02:57

                                  @AssCabbage Is your new test system working fine with the new RetroArch and the old lr-pcsx-rearmed ? I got the impression that downgrading RetroArch didn't help, after starting from the stock RetroPie image (4.5.1) and downgrading to 1.7.9.2 or 1.7.6.

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                                    windg
                                    last edited by 26 Apr 2020, 06:46

                                    i replace the ir-pcsx- rearmed core with the one i download from here and no more lock-ups . Maybe the new version of pscx-rearmed core have some issues.

                                    My English isn't at a good level.

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                                      mitu Global Moderator @windg
                                      last edited by 26 Apr 2020, 07:25

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

                                      Maybe the new version of pscx-rearmed core have some issues.

                                      It might be, but the disc control changes have been added before 1 Feb to the core. How did you pick up that build date ?

                                      I tested using the method you've used to change discs and didn't get a crash - I'm using the latest version of the core.

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                                        windg @mitu
                                        last edited by 26 Apr 2020, 07:37

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

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

                                        Maybe the new version of pscx-rearmed core have some issues.

                                        It might be, but the disc control changes have been added before 1 Feb to the core. How did you pick up that build date ?

                                        I tested using the method you've used to change discs and didn't get a crash - I'm using the latest version of the core.

                                        i don't know, i am updating system from setup script only. I will try a clean install today just in case something went wrong.

                                        My English isn't at a good level.

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                                          mitu Global Moderator @windg
                                          last edited by mitu 26 Apr 2020, 07:38

                                          @windg Just update from source lr-pcsx-rearmed, no need to re-install from scratch. If you already did that, then there's no need to, it means that a possible bug/regression occured during 1st of Feb and today.

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