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    Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library....

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Nefariis
      last edited by

      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 ?

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        Nefariis
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        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)
        
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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @Nefariis
          last edited by 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.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

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

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              Nefariis
              last edited by

              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)
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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Nefariis
                last edited by

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

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                  Nefariis
                  last edited by

                  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

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Nefariis
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

                      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.

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @Nefariis
                        last edited by

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

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          retropi19 @BuZz
                          last edited by

                          @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?

                          Rpi3B+ USB 2.0 Boot HDD Hitachi 40GB 5400rpm

                          Rpi4 4GB rev1.4 USB 3.0 Boot HDD Hitachi 160GB 7200rpm

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                            Nefariis
                            last edited by

                            Yup that fixed it and everything looks to be running ok

                            Thank you guys very much

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                              jamesvvic
                              last edited by 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.

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                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.

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                                  jamesvvic @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @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.

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator @jamesvvic
                                    last edited by 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.

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                                      jamesvvic @mitu
                                      last edited by 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
                                      
                                      
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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @jamesvvic
                                        last edited by

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

                                        Found this online, maybe this will help?

                                        I doubt it.

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