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    EmulationStation aborting at startup

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      xerozkeel
      last edited by

      Hello Everyone,

      I have a Retropie on an RPi 3 B running the latest image with the latest updates from Retropie-Setup. All my roms are ran from a 32Gb fat32 USB (usbromservice is enabled).

      Every time I restart my machine, EmulationStation aborts with the following message:

      emulationstation: /home/pi/Retropie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/InputManager;cpp:87: void InputManager::addjoystickByDeviceIndex(int): Assertion `id  > -1 failed.
Aborted

      I tried to look into that location and the only path I see is

      /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/retroarch

      If I type exit from the cli after it aborted, I can always go back in no problem.

      Any suggestions as to what could be happening?

      Thanks in advance.

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        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        The error indicates an issue with the gamepad disconnecting while being configured.
        You haven't provided any other info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, so can you please add the rest of the info (gamepads used, RetroPie version, power source, etc.).

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          xerozkeel @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu that actually lit the lightbulb!

          It turns out that the Xbox controller was the offender. Somehow it was messing with emulationstation when left on while rebooting. If I turn off the controller, everything comes back from restart no problem.

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