Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library....

[Nefariis]

Pi Model or other hardware: Odroid XU4
Linux Flavor: Ubuntu Minimal (18.04.5 / 4.14.180-178)
Power Supply used: stock
RetroPie Version Used: 4.7.1
Built From: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/
USB Devices connected: keyboard & odroid wifi adapter
Controller used: N/A
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Odroid-XU3-XU4/

Steps to follow:

1. Follow the guide to "sudo ./retropie_setup.sh"
2. Install all core modules (ES, RA, RA Menu, Commandline)
3. Install single NES emulator (lr-fceumm)
4. Install a few ES themes
5. Install RA overlays and assets
6. Attempt to use the command "emulationstation"

Error messages received:

Error creating SDL window!  
   Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library
Renderer failed to initialize!
Window failed to initialize!

Places Checked Before Posting: FAQ, First Installation, Getting Started, and the general questions Forum

Possibly Related:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18504/retropie-on-odroid-xu4-ubuntu-18-emulationstation-issues/4
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21806/odroid-xu4-sdl-problem-emulationstation/13

I've tried various fixes around the internet in an attempt to fix the error but I've had no luck. This is my third time through the guide and this time I have only done what I've listed above so you know exactly what state my ODroid image is in - hopefully that makes it easier to replicate/troubleshoot.

I'm sure that this is something easy that I'm just not understanding how RP/RA/ES work together, but I spent the whole day with it and I just can't figure this out for the life of me.

Any help in solving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys

[Nefariis]

Apparently Ubuntu Minimal does not include lightdm - could that be the issue?

[mitu]

I don't think so, the libSDL2 that RetroPie builds and installs for EmulationStation should enable video working without the X.org or any desktop environment.
What is the output of ldd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation ?

[Nefariis]

root@odroid:~# ldd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0xbea66000)
        libfreeimage.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreeimage.so.3 (0xb6d2c000)
        libSDL2-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c2d000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6c08000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libasound.so.2 (0xb6b57000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb6adc000)
        libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcurl.so.4 (0xb6a7e000)
        libvlc.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvlc.so.5 (0xb6a56000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1 (0xb69d7000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb68c4000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6 (0xb6843000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb681a000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6722000)
        /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6fcf000)
        libjxrglue.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjxrglue.so.0 (0xb66fe000)
        libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjpeg.so.8 (0xb66c6000)
        libopenjp2.so.7 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libopenjp2.so.7 (0xb667c000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng16.so.16 (0xb664c000)
        libraw.so.16 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libraw.so.16 (0xb6593000)
        libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtiff.so.5 (0xb652c000)
        libwebpmux.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwebpmux.so.3 (0xb6516000)
        libwebp.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwebp.so.6 (0xb64c7000)
        libIlmImf-2_2.so.22 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22 (0xb6246000)
        libHalf.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libHalf.so.12 (0xb61f3000)
        libIex-2_2.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIex-2_2.so.12 (0xb61ce000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so.1 (0xb61a4000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0xb6191000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 (0xb617b000)
        libnghttp2.so.14 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libnghttp2.so.14 (0xb6153000)
        libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libidn2.so.0 (0xb6128000)
        librtmp.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librtmp.so.1 (0xb6104000)
        libpsl.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpsl.so.5 (0xb60e7000)
        libssl.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libssl.so.1.1 (0xb6085000)
        libcrypto.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypto.so.1.1 (0xb5ee0000)
        libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0xb5ea5000)
        libldap_r-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libldap_r-2.4.so.2 (0xb5e62000)
        liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblber-2.4.so.2 (0xb5e49000)
        libvlccore.so.9 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvlccore.so.9 (0xb5d89000)
        libGLX.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLX.so.0 (0xb5d6e000)
        libGLdispatch.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0xb5cf0000)
        libjpegxr.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjpegxr.so.0 (0xb5cbd000)
        liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblcms2.so.2 (0xb5c77000)
        libgomp.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgomp.so.1 (0xb5c48000)
        liblzma.so.5 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblzma.so.5 (0xb5c1e000)
        libjbig.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjbig.so.0 (0xb5c04000)
        libIlmThread-2_2.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIlmThread-2_2.so.12 (0xb5bef000)
        libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libunistring.so.2 (0xb5a84000)
        libgnutls.so.30 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgnutls.so.30 (0xb5984000)
        libhogweed.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhogweed.so.4 (0xb594c000)
        libnettle.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libnettle.so.6 (0xb5911000)
        libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgmp.so.10 (0xb58b9000)
        libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5.so.3 (0xb5821000)
        libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libk5crypto.so.3 (0xb57ec000)
        libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcom_err.so.2 (0xb57d9000)
        libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5support.so.0 (0xb57c2000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libresolv.so.2 (0xb57a2000)
        libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsasl2.so.2 (0xb5781000)
        libgssapi.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgssapi.so.3 (0xb574c000)
        libidn.so.11 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libidn.so.11 (0xb570c000)
        libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb56cd000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11.so.6 (0xb55dc000)
        libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libp11-kit.so.0 (0xb551a000)
        libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtasn1.so.6 (0xb54fe000)
        libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkeyutils.so.1 (0xb54eb000)
        libheimntlm.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libheimntlm.so.0 (0xb54d5000)
        libkrb5.so.26 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5.so.26 (0xb5473000)
        libasn1.so.8 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libasn1.so.8 (0xb540d000)
        libhcrypto.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhcrypto.so.4 (0xb53d9000)
        libroken.so.18 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libroken.so.18 (0xb53bc000)
        libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsystemd.so.0 (0xb5356000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb.so.1 (0xb532e000)
        libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libffi.so.6 (0xb5318000)
        libwind.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwind.so.0 (0xb52e0000)
        libheimbase.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libheimbase.so.1 (0xb52c7000)
        libhx509.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhx509.so.5 (0xb528c000)
        libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb51dd000)
        libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb519e000)
        liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblz4.so.1 (0xb517b000)
        libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcrypt.so.20 (0xb50c9000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXau.so.6 (0xb50b6000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb50a2000)
        libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgpg-error.so.0 (0xb5084000)
        libbsd.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbsd.so.0 (0xb5062000)

[mitu]

Hm, it doesn't look like it's compiled with GLES. Can you try re-installing emulationstation from source again, then post the latest log from $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs to pastebin.com ? It should have the compilation log, with the options for GL or GLES.

[BuZz]

I can check/debug this on my Odroid system also @mitu

[Nefariis]

Alright list of steps..

1. open retro_setup.sh
2. update setup script from source
3. uninstall/reinstall emulationstation
4. Pull log and upload to Pastebin (https://pastebin.com/gtbJkWpS)

[mitu]

It looks like it's picking OpenGL over GLES, that's why it's not working correctly.

[Nefariis]

Have any suggestions on what I might try?

I am waaay out of my element here - but if you point me to a few sites/suggestions I might be able to figure it out.

Thank you again for your help

[mitu]

@nefariis We're looking into it - it looks like the EmulationStation build options, that have been updated recently, are not correctly picking up the GLES libraries needed.

[BuZz]

I have a fix for the XU - I'm just verifying on some other boards before committing my changes - I will update here when it's done.

[BuZz]

@nefariis If you clean EmulationStation build folder (if needed) and try again it should work.

[retropi19]

@buzz i know im off-topic but im trying to use the script :

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/08d99e4288789c72af6a3a99829d7347402bd925/scriptmodules/admin/image.sh#L281

to generate/build the berryboot images but when i execute the image.sh file with ./image.sh in a command line prompt in raspbian,nothing happens, do i need to run the script different or something else reguired?

[Nefariis]

Yup that fixed it and everything looks to be running ok

Thank you guys very much

[jamesvvic]

Hi hopefully someone can help, I tried the troubleshooting steps here and I am still getting that error "Could not initialize OpenGL / GLES library". Just let me know what info. you'll need from me to somehow see what's the problem. I have everything installed from basic install. Reinstalled emulationstation twice already. I'm using a different board Orange Pi PC and Armbian Ubuntu Focal. Except for the problem packages that I was able to fix/got installed, retropie installed without problems. I'm stuck with that error though. I'm no expert but I am able to follow instructions and somehow find solutions on my own but for this one I really need help. I really want this to work.

[mitu]

RetroPie doesn't support Orange Pi boards, but there's a fork geared at these boards at http://www.retrorangepi.org - you can try it and see if your board is supported.

[jamesvvic]

@mitu thank you for your reply. I understand it's not supported, but I'm hoping I can make it work. I reinstalled Armbian Buster since Raspberry Pi OS is also the same. I bought this Orange Pi before because it's cheap and if only I known that there'll be a chip shortage I should have bought a raspberry Pi 4 before, I'm trying to buy 1 now but out of stock. I have a raspberry Pi zero w but performance is not very good.

[mitu]

I understand it's not supported, but I'm hoping I can make it work.

It's that easy, you'll have to know the platform and adapt the RetroPie-Setup script to the packages available in the distribution. Also, a large part of the packages have special compilations and installation instructions geared towards the platform being used (RPI/Odroid/PC), so you'll have to adapt the base install script and packages to your platform.

I reinstalled Armbian Buster since Raspberry Pi OS is also the same

Raspberry Pi OS contains a RPI tailored distribution (kernel/libraries/programs) which is based on Debian stable, but it's not the same. You should start from RetrOrangePi and - if your board is not supported by it - adapt it to your system.

[jamesvvic]

@mitu Thank you for your responses, Ill try to ask in RetrOrange Pi forum as well.

Found this online, maybe this will help?

sudo __platform=generic-x11 ./retropie_setup.sh

[mitu]

@jamesvvic said in Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library....:

Found this online, maybe this will help?

I doubt it.