lr-atari800 failing to start

gpmcty

Took your advice and downloaded a new 4.6 image from retropie.org.uk and basically only connected it to the network to load some roms to the atari800 folder and place the bios files needed for the emulator and it still fails to start. I'm really scratching my head at this point. I installed atari800 and it works fine.

Greg McCartney

mitu

@gpmcty Did you run an update for your packages after install ? Try updating RetroArch and lr-atari800 at least.

jamrom2

Hi... I just started a new thread with the exact same issue. I didn't see this one till just now.

I have the problem with both A5200 and A800 roms that all worked on a previous build. Not sure if anything changed in the core of lr-atari800, but this build seems to be a lot harder to get running than ever before.

Using the same methods to get this core up and running on previous builds, has me broken on the side of the road with this build.

Any hlpe or advice would be great.

gpmcty

I have some new information. Thanks to Clinton Davies on the retropie facebook group where he discovered it has something to do with having a USB controller connected at the time of starting the emulator. If the USB controller is unplugged, the emulator will start without error. The controller can be plugged in at that point and it functions without issue. If you start the emulator and immediately unplug the controller, the emulator will start. If you leave the USB controller plugged in, then it will fail to start and exit out to emulationstation. Using a keyboard to start the emulator does not cause the emulator to fail to start. It doesn't appear to matter what type of USB controller that is connected. I was using a Yok Sony Playstation classic wireless controller and also tried a Retroflag SNES style controller and both caused the issue.

Greg McCartney

jamrom2

Hey... thanks! That worked. But how is that going to be feasible to do every time you want to play a game?

Are they working on a fix? Good to see it's not my files and I can continue with this build.

I have an iBuffalo SNES USB controller.

gpmcty

@mitu yes I have tried it both ways. Without updating and with updating and the problem persisted. Now we have some new info though with it somehow being tied to having a USB controller plugged into the pie at the time the emulator starts.

Greg McCartney

gpmcty

@jamrom2 I am not aware of any fix or anyone working on a fix.

Greg McCartney

BuZz

Also delete /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/lr-atari800.cfg

And see if that helps.

(Making sure you are running the latest binary in RetroPie-Setup).

gpmcty

@BuZz I have tried that and there was no change.

Greg McCartney

gpmcty

@BuZz I will cover my set up again.
I have two raspberry pies, 3b and 3b+
Multiple various micro SD cards.
2.5amp plus power supply. Can't give the exact specs because it is very hard to get to to unplug. It was specifically but I want to say its 3amps out.
Retroflag NESpie case and Super pi case.
I am running a fresh downloaded Sunday 4.6 image from the RetroPie website.
Controllers were Yok Sony Playstation Classic wireless controller and a Retroflag SNES controller. Dell USB wired keyboard

Originally I was following Valerino's alternate RetroPie-Setup script but it appears it had no bearing on the situation as the stock image from the RetroPie website had the same problem.

Greg McCartney

gpmcty

@BuZz also I have tried various updating and not updating of all parts of RetroPie, retroarch, lr-atari800, and emulationstation, retropie-setup script. Updating everything, not updating everything. Nothing seemed to really have an impact except not having a controller plugged in at the time the emulator launches. I am not aware of this affecting other emulators as I have not really tried them. I know that lr-vice does not seem to be impacted but that is the only emulator I have tried besides lr-atari800.

Greg McCartney

jamrom2

I'm going to stick with this thread as I have the exact same issue... and the same results when I unplug my controller. It works.

I also have a Retroflag MegaPi case....another thing we have in common with our units.

My controller is an iBuffalo SNES USB controller.

I'm on the same build.. and I pulled it down Sunday as well. I've updated my Retro-Pie Script to 4.6.7 and updated lr-atari800 via that script update option.

Maybe it's our cases causing an issue? But I don't see how. My last build before the 4.6 image everything worked without an issue, and I even had the 5200 and 800 running side-by-side.

mitu

@gpmcty can you try the same workaround from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27869/issues-with-lr-atari800-setup-on-new-build-worked-on-previous-build/15 ? It looks like a front-end (RetroArch) issue with the new style notifications and the lr-atari core.

gpmcty

Yes this work around worked for me as well. Thank you