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EmulationStation Crashed!

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    StonedEdge
    last edited by StonedEdge 13 Aug 2022, 12:59

    Hi all,

    I was messing around a bit with my Pi 4 and suddenly now I cannot boot into emulationstation - blue screen of death message.

    Does anyone know how to debug this? I've tried checking the /home/pi/.emulation/es_log.txt file but it's entirely blank. I'm wondering if this is fixable or whether I will need to write a new image to the SD card. Any debugging tips would be appreciated before I attempt a reflash!

    Check out my build logs below:
    Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
    https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
    Retro Lite CM4
    https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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      windg
      last edited by 13 Aug 2022, 13:22

      Try to run from terminal :

      /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation --debug
      

      You will get the crash message .

      My English isn't at a good level.

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        StonedEdge @windg
        last edited by StonedEdge 13 Aug 2022, 13:35

        @windg

        Thanks for your help! I tried running this in terminal but it returns "segmentation fault"... any other ideas? I did install mesa-vulkan drivers from piKiss but I don't think that would be causing this issue...

        Aug 13 22:34:55 lvl2:   EmulationStation - v2.10.3rp, built Jul 13 2022 - 15:01:20
        Aug 13 22:34:55 lvl2:   Creating window...
        Segmentation fault
        

        Check out my build logs below:
        Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
        https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
        Retro Lite CM4
        https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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          windg
          last edited by 13 Aug 2022, 13:49

          I don't know what cause this , we need more information's : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

          You can try to reinstall emulationstation but this maybe will delete your Emulationstation settings.

          My English isn't at a good level.

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            StonedEdge @windg
            last edited by StonedEdge 13 Aug 2022, 13:54

            @windg Fair enough! Looks like I may just re-install as I have really no idea what is causing this and looks like the debug commands would not provide me with anything useful.

            Already tried re-installing both the dev and non-dev versions of emulationstation, didn't help. Most likely a corrupt card I would think, usually that's what segmentation fault means...

            Latest log:

            Aug 13 22:53:38 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulations          tation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
            Aug 13 22:53:38 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulations          tation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
            Aug 13 22:53:38 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulations          tation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
            Aug 13 22:53:38 lvl2:   Creating window...
            Segmentation fault
            

            Check out my build logs below:
            Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
            https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
            Retro Lite CM4
            https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by 13 Aug 2022, 16:43

              @StonedEdge said in EmulationStation Crashed!:

              I did install mesa-vulkan drivers from piKiss but I don't think that would be causing this issue...

              Didn't this also update the mesa packages ? Most likely that's the issue - you may want to re-install the distro's packages if you don't wish to reflash the image.

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                StonedEdge @mitu
                last edited by StonedEdge 21 Aug 2022, 16:17

                @mitu

                How would I go about doing that? I think what actually make have killed it was me trying to install 64-bit software with Dolphin (I removed one of the flags rp_module_flags="!all 64bit" in the dolphin.sh script and then executed it) - despite being on 32-bit OS. Is this something that would cause a fatal irreversible problem without reflashing the OS?

                Check out my build logs below:
                Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
                https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
                Retro Lite CM4
                https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by 21 Aug 2022, 17:22

                  @StonedEdge said in EmulationStation Crashed!:

                  How would I go about doing that? I

                  Re-install the mesa packages using apt. If the scripts you used have compiled Mesa from source and installed it over the libraries provided by the system, there might be a chance this work. Otherwise, the safest route would be to restore from backup.

                  I think what actually make have killed it was me trying to install 64-bit software with Dolphin ... (I removed one of the flags rp_module_flags="!all 64bit" in the dolphin.sh script and then executed it)

                  This kind of actions remind me of a quote attributed to Charles Babbage:

                  On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

                  Is this something that would cause a fatal irreversible problem without reflashing the OS?

                  No, installing a package shouldn't warrant an OS re-install, but replacing the mesa libraries with an incompatible/non-working version would.

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                    StonedEdge @mitu
                    last edited by 21 Aug 2022, 17:26

                    @mitu I know, it was dumb! Do you have a command line to run? Is it just sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers?

                    Check out my build logs below:
                    Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
                    https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
                    Retro Lite CM4
                    https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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                      mitu Global Moderator @StonedEdge
                      last edited by 21 Aug 2022, 17:46

                      @StonedEdge said in EmulationStation Crashed!:

                      Is it just sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers?

                      List all packages related to mesa:

                      dpkg -l | grep mesa
                      

                      then reinstall them using apt install --reinstall.

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                        StonedEdge @mitu
                        last edited by 21 Aug 2022, 18:14

                        @mitu Thanks a lot! Unfortunately this didn't fix it after re-installing them all, so time to reflash!

                        Check out my build logs below:
                        Wii SPii (Wii in a GBA SP Shell)
                        https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-wii-spii.3347/
                        Retro Lite CM4
                        https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/retro-lite-cm4-a-stonededge-and-dmcke5-collaboration.3934/

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