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    Fails to start on Linux Mint 19.3 xfce 32 bit

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    • GnyavG
      Gnyav
      last edited by

      So I have this old notebook EeePC 901, intel Atom N270. nothing much, but it's ok for retro gaming.
      I used to have RetroPie installed over lubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-i386, and it worked fine. but since lubuntu stopped the 32 bit support on newer versions (and this cpu is 32bit only), i decided to switch to mint xfce, which is nicer overall, plus a lot prettier, although slightly less snappy.
      the thing is now retropie don't launch properly. when i run it, it just freezes the screen and nothing happens. so i launched it with debug and this is what shows:

      kirov@kirov-EeePC:~/Games/SmallSSD/RetroPie-Setup$ /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh --debug
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built May  1 2020 - 14:15:11
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Creating window...
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	GL vendor:   
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	GL renderer: 
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	GL version:  
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
May 01 22:28:23 lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
May 01 22:28:23 lvl1: 	Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current)
May 01 22:28:24 lvl2: 	Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
May 01 22:28:24 lvl2: 	Parsing XML file "/home/kirov/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"...
May 01 22:28:24 lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
May 01 22:28:24 lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
May 01 22:28:24 lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
May 01 22:28:24 lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
May 01 22:28:24 lvl1: 	  Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/../carbon.xml")
    could not find file "" 
May 01 22:28:25 lvl3: 	SystemView::getViewElements()
May 01 22:28:31 lvl2: 	EmulationStation cleanly shutting down.

      So any idea what happens? I went to the setup script uninstalled and installed the carbon theme, tried updating it, but nothing changes. i see the GL vendor and stuff is empty, is that the issue? not sure what should show there.

      P.S. at first i did the basic install, but uninstalled it to try installing it again (to check if this helps), and the second time i did only the core packages (plus the carbon theme), since it's way faster. but it behaves the same both times

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        @Gnyav said in Fails to start on Linux Mint 19.3 xfce 32 bit:

        So any idea what happens? I went to the setup script uninstalled and installed the carbon theme, tried updating it, but nothing changes. i see the GL vendor and stuff is empty, is that the issue? not sure what should show there.

        Yes, EmulationStation needs now an OpenGL 2 capable GPU, yours seems to not support this version. See https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25720/ for a workaround to install an older version.

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        • GnyavG
          Gnyav
          last edited by Gnyav

          I see, i guess this is a recent change, since i installed it about a month or two ago in the same machine and it worked fine. Thanks!
          i will do the change.
          Also sorry for duplicating the topic, i didn't find this before searching, i guess i searched for different parts.

          it worked btw. i'm sure you knew that, but wanted to confirm i did it :D how do i mark this as solved?

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