EmulationStation White Screen

[tweirtx]

Pi Model or other hardware: X86 PC
RetroPie Version Used: 4.6
Built From: Source (x86 guide)
USB Devices connected: Dell keyboard, generic Bluetooth adapter
Controller used: WiiMote
Error messages received: N/A
Guide used: Official x86 install guide
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
How to replicate the problem: Launch emulationstation

[mitu]

@tweirtx said in EmulationStation White Screen:

How to replicate the problem: Launch emulationstation

Sorry, but I can't replicate the problem. Can you give some details about what distribution/version/hardware you're using ? EmulationStation has also a log file in $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt, can you post it here ?

[tweirtx]

Sure. I'm using Ubuntu Server 18.04.4 (had it on here from an old project and I have no ability to install something different) on a Dell Dimension B110. It worked when I initially set up RetroPie about a month ago, but after updating last night it no longer works correctly.
Log file: https://hastebin.com/budodedeha

[mitu]

I think we had a similar a week ago and the symptoms are similar - the GPU doesn't support OpenGL 2:

Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:   Created window successfully.
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:   GL vendor:   
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:   GL renderer: 
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:   GL version:  
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:   Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl2:    ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
Apr 28 13:22:06 lvl1:   Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current)

[tweirtx]

So....is my computer just unable to work with it now? Is there at least an option to revert?

[mitu]

To revert, you'll need to modify the install script for EmulationStation in $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh and in the sources_emulationstation (around here) replace

    gitPullOrClone "$md_build" "$repo" "$branch"

with

    gitPullOrClone "$md_build" "$repo" "v2.9.0"

After that, re-install the EmulationStation package from source and see if it works.
Note that modifying the file will make the update script not work, so if you want to update the RetroPie-Setup script again, you'll have to revert the change.

[tweirtx]

Alright thanks! I'm not worried about updating again if future updates won't work on this thing

[silver]

I’ve raised an issue for it on GitHub. I would provide a patch but I’m not entirely sure what the best way is to check for OpenGL 2 support and my cursory Google searches aren’t making things any clearer.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/3160

[Tomaz]

https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/662 adds back a GL 1.4 renderer.

[MrPacMan17]

Thank you very much! I had the same problem (installed RetroPie on top of Xubuntu 18.04 LTS 32 bit on top of an old Asus EEE PC. Took me some time but finally RP installed fine.

However, ES gave me the white screen. Based on your advice I found out it was caused by the same issue, the GPU not supporting OpenGL 2.

After following up your advice, ES starts just fine. As such this EEE system has a new life: a retro gaming station! Awesome!!!!