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    MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken

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    • johnodonJ
      johnodon @BuZz
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      @BuZz said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

      @johnodon you ran out of memory. Increase your system swap maybe or build with

      sudo MAKEFLAGS=-j1 ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

      Or -j2 maybe. (Number of threads).

      I didn't even have a swapfile. :-\

      Created one and retrying.

      Thanks @BuZz. Sorry for hijacking.

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        johnodon
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          bluestang
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          So the Libretro team updated lr-mame to v222 and I tried installing from binary and v220 was installed...and then I compiled from source and it was v222 but it errors out when trying to play a rom.

          So what is the binary source for lr-mame?

          And the compile time for the latest v222 source was somewhere about 3 hours.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
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            @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

            So what is the binary source for lr-mame?

            On the PI systems, probably the source when it was last compiled - 21 May, lr-mame using 0.220 upstream.

            And the compile time for the latest v222 source was somewhere about 3 hours.

            On a Pi ? I highly doubt it.

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              bluestang @mitu
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              @mitu said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

              @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

              So what is the binary source for lr-mame?

              On the PI systems, probably the source when it was last compiled - 21 May, lr-mame using 0.220 upstream.

              And the compile time for the latest v222 source was somewhere about 3 hours.

              On a Pi ? I highly doubt it.

              My point is something is broken again with the lr-mame because I know that compiling from source for lr-mame and/or mamedev is about 6-8 hrs on a Pi4

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @bluestang
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                @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                My point is something is broken again with the lr-mame because I know that compiling from source for lr-mame and/or mamedev is about 6-8 hrs on a Pi4

                lr-mame should be fine - when did you try to install it from source ?

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                  bluestang @mitu
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                  @mitu last night - Here is the install log - https://pastebin.com/h8mxUE7n

                  132/132 projects (line 1942) seems rather low compared to previous compiles I've done in the past.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @bluestang
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                    @bluestang I don't see an error in the log, I'm not sure what's the error ?

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                      bluestang @mitu
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                      @mitu let me clarify my issue:

                      compiling lr-mame is fine - no issues as you can see from the install log, albeit the number of projects seems lower than usual.

                      However, when I try to start a rom with lr-mame it errors out. Unfortunately, I do not have the log for the exact error. I got carried away with trying to clean out old files and the log file with error accidentally got deleted.

                      The only way to reproduce the error on my end will be to re-compile lr-mame again. I'll post that log if I can later today.

                      So that is why I also asked the question about the latest compiled binary earlier, because I was under the impression that the binary would have been recompiled with the new v222 mame source files. (i.e. - like the librtro nighty builds)

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @bluestang
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                        @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                        However, when I try to start a rom with lr-mame it errors out. Unfortunately, I do not have the log for the exact error. I got carried away with trying to clean out old files and the log file with error accidentally got deleted.

                        You don't need a build log for that (the one you posted is fine), get a verbose log from running the game and post it on pastebin.com.

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
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                          @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                          So that is why I also asked the question about the latest compiled binary earlier, because I was under the impression that the binary would have been recompiled with the new v222 mame source files. (i.e. - like the librtro nighty builds)

                          The binaries are not automatically updated each time the upstream changes/releases a new version.

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                            bluestang @mitu
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                            @mitu I will get the verbose log for you later today. As for the binaries, are the ones the LibeRetro folks compile not the same? - http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armhf/latest/

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
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                              @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                              As for the binaries, are the ones the LibeRetro folks compile not the same? - http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armhf/latest/

                              No, we don't use the Libretro buildbot binaries.

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                                bluestang @mitu
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                                @mitu almost 4 hours later - here is the error - https://pastebin.com/zMQtmSTK

                                This seems pretty important:

                                line 192 [libretro ERROR] System not found: arcade
                                line 193 [libretro WARN] Driver arcade not found -1

                                I updated the source compile log as well - https://pastebin.com/h8mxUE7n

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator
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                                  @bluestang said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                                  line 192 [libretro ERROR] System not found: arcade
                                  line 193 [libretro WARN] Driver arcade not found -1

                                  I think that's a red-herring. I get the same error even when a game is correctly booted, for instance 1942:

                                  [libretro INFO] Starting game:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/1942.zip
[libretro INFO] Game name: 1942, Game description: 1942 (Revision B)
[libretro ERROR] System not found: arcade
[libretro WARN] Driver arcade not found -1
[libretro INFO] Creating frontend for game: 1942
[libretro INFO] Softlists: 1
Error opening translation file English
Adding monitor screen0 (640 x 480) a:1.333333
[libretro INFO] SOURCE FILE: ../../../../../src/mame/drivers/1942.cpp
[libretro INFO] PARENT: 0
[libretro INFO] NAME: 1942
[libretro INFO] DESCRIPTION: 1942 (Revision B)
[libretro INFO] YEAR: 1984
[libretro INFO] MANUFACTURER: Capcom
[libretro INFO] RES:1
[libretro INFO] MAIN FIRST
[INFO] SET_GEOMETRY: 224x256, aspect: 0.750.
w:224 h:256 a:0.750000
[INFO] [KMS]: New FB: 1600x1200 (stride: 6400).
[INFO] [KMS]: New FB: 1600x1200 (stride: 6400).

                                  I'm using the currenty binary, not a source update - if something is not working that was previously working, then it might be from the update.
                                  As always with Arcade emulation, I'd double check if your romset is correct for the MAME version you're trying to use.

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                                    bluestang @mitu
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                                    @mitu there is an issue for this opened up in the lr-mame Github - https://github.com/libretro/mame/issues/163

                                    Romset is the correct version.

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator
                                      last edited by mitu

                                      Then it might be something with the latest update. I tried to test the libretro builbot version, but for some reason, the armv7-neon-hf build for the lr-mame core is build for aarch64 and it can't be used on RetroPie.

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                                        bluestang @mitu
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                                        @mitu said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                                        Then it might be something with the latest update. I tried to test the libretro builbot version, but for some reason, the armv7-neon-hf build for the lr-mame core is build for aarch64 and it can't be used on RetroPie.

                                        Hmmm...I installed RA on 64bit Raspian but I couldn’t get it to work.

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                                          bluestang @mitu
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                                          @mitu said in MAMEdev MAME Installation Script Broken:

                                          Then it might be something with the latest update. I tried to test the libretro builbot version, but for some reason, the armv7-neon-hf build for the lr-mame core is build for aarch64 and it can't be used on RetroPie.

                                          The issue is being looked at upstream - https://github.com/libretro/mame/issues/163

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