emulation station crashed

mitu

Do you get the crash if the arcade controller is not connected/plugged in ?
Usually this happens when the controller's connection is unstable and it keeps connecting and disconnecting. EmulationStation tries to configure the controller, but it crashes because it has disconnected before it has a chance to do so.

wolfing277

@mitu I tried boot up without any controller and then when it turn on I put the controller in and try to start an emulator

mitu

@wolfing277 Not sure I understand your last update. My question was - does EmulationStation still crashes without the arcade controller connected ?

wolfing277

@mitu yes, it still crash I tried without the arcade controller, instead I tried using logitech controller

mitu

Just to make sure, what is your RetroPie version ?
Run an update for RetroPie and the included packages by typing at the terminal:

cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

followed by an update from the setup script menus.
If you still get a crash from EmulationStation, then start it from the terminal with

emulationstation --debug

and then post again the log file - it should have more info included.

wolfing277

@mitu I'm current using retropie 4.8 version, I do what you tell me, but after I did that if I press ''x'' to start emulationstation it doesn't do nothing.
Anyway here is my new log https://pastebin.com/raw/uXUqtx6m

wolfing277

@wolfing277 I saw the log and I think that retropie try to start an emulator but there isn't any game so it hasn't got someting to launch and then he crash

mitu

@wolfing277 Looking at the detailed log I'm still not convinced it's not a connection issue (even with the Logitech controller).

Are the USB devices connected directly to the Pi ? Or is there an USB hub in-between ?

Can you test the controller, from the command line, by running:

jstest /dev/input/js0

and see if there are any inputs/disconnects present ? Normally the test should show the inputs on the controller and change the values shown only when you press something on the controller. If the output changes - or the controller is disconnected - without any interaction, then it's a connection problem.

windg

I have the same controller, it's a wireless controller, so far i don't have disconnect issues.

wolfing277

@mitu In my rapsberry there isn't any usb device or something else between it and the controller. The controller is connected directly to the raspberry. When I did the command to test the controller input it works just fine and it didn't disconnect

mitu

@wolfing277 Then it means the issue is somewhere else and it's not related to the input handling in EmulationStation.
Can you get a system log, after the ES crash ?
Run

dmesg > $HOME/RetroPie/roms/dmesg.log

and the browse to \\retropie\roms\dmesg.log and post the file's contents on pastebin.com.

wolfing277

@mitu I fixed retropie by adding some roms