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    What does this error mean? (lr-mess)

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    • J
      JimmyFromTheBay
      last edited by

      I've installed lr-mess-x1-cass via @Folly's excellent addon, and I'm trying to run a .TAP file in it. I know the file is good because it runs on a Windows emu. But it crashes straight out saying this:

      Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so 'x1  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap"'
[WARN] --libretro argument "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so" is neither a file nor directory. Ignoring.
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Nov  2 2020
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[ERROR] Frontend is built for dynamic libretro cores, but path is not set. Cannot continue.
[ERROR] Fatal error received in: "init_libretro_symbols()"

      The commandline in EMULATORS.CFG is:

      lr-mess-x1-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so 'x1  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass %ROM%'"

      Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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      • J
        JimmyFromTheBay
        last edited by JimmyFromTheBay

        I've installed lr-mess-x1-cass via @Folly's excellent addon, and I'm trying to run a .TAP file in it. I know the file is good because it runs on a Windows emu. But it crashes straight out saying this:

        Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so 'x1  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap"'
[WARN] --libretro argument "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so" is neither a file nor directory. Ignoring.
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Nov  2 2020
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[ERROR] Frontend is built for dynamic libretro cores, but path is not set. Cannot continue.
[ERROR] Fatal error received in: "init_libretro_symbols()"

        The commandline in EMULATORS.CFG is:

        lr-mess-x1-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so 'x1  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass %ROM%'"

        What does it mean by "set path"?

        Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by mitu

          (duplicate posts merged)

          It means that the MESS core is not present -/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so is not found. Starting with Aug 2022, the name of the core has changed to mamemess_libretro.so instead of mess_libretro.so. If you haven't updated the lr-mess package, you're using the old version, with the previous name, while @Folly's add-on learned about the new name a while ago.

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          • J
            JimmyFromTheBay @mitu
            last edited by JimmyFromTheBay

            @mitu said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

            (duplicate posts merged)

            It means that the MESS core is not present -/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so is not found. Starting with Aug 2022, the name of the core has changed to mamemess_libretro.so instead of mess_libretro.so. If you haven't updated the lr-mess package, you're using the old version, with the previous name, while @Folly's add-on learned about the new name a while ago.

            Ah, that makes sense, thanks - I am still using the old version because I couldn't face manually changing literally hundreds of CFG files.

            (I installed the system using the old version of Folly's addon so I thought it'd still be using mess_libretro.)

            I've now changed the line in EMULATORS.CFG from mamemess_libretro to mess_libretro, but now it crashes with a segmentation fault (see below). Is there no longer any way of running the files without installing the new lr-mess and spending all next week manually editing configs?

            If I install the new renamed "mamemess" version of lr-mess will it leave the old version alone, or will it overwrite it?

            Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'x1  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap"' --verbose
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Nov  2 2020
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides] core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/MAME.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/x1.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.cfg.
[INFO] Config: appending config "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/MAME.cfg"
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_VARIABLES.
[INFO] [Remaps]: remap directory: /opt/retropie/configs/x1/
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[libretro INFO] SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
[INFO] [Environ]: CORE_ASSETS_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/downloads".
[libretro INFO] CONTENT_DIRECTORY: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/downloads
[libretro INFO] SAVE_DIRECTORY: x1 -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: XRGB8888.
[INFO] Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: 4way
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] Skipping SRAM load..
[INFO] Version of libretro API: 1
[INFO] Compiled against API: 1
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: 4way
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: width=640 height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: max_width=640 max_height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: aspect_ratio = 1.333333
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: fps = 60.000000 sample_rate = 48000.000000
[INFO] [Cheats]: Load game-specific cheatfile: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/cheats/MAME/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.cht
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 1920x1080
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [DRM]: Found 1 connectors.
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 connected: yes
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 has 30 modes.
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 assigned to monitor index: #1.
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 0: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 1: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 2: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 3: (1680x1050) 1680 x 1050, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 4: (1600x900) 1600 x 900, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 5: (1280x1024) 1280 x 1024, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 6: (1280x1024) 1280 x 1024, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 7: (1440x900) 1440 x 900, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 8: (1280x800) 1280 x 800, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 9: (1152x864) 1152 x 864, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 10: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 11: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 12: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 13: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 14: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 70 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 15: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 16: (832x624) 832 x 624, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 17: (800x600) 800 x 600, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 18: (800x600) 800 x 600, 72 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 19: (800x600) 800 x 600, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 20: (800x600) 800 x 600, 56 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 21: (720x576) 720 x 576, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 22: (720x480) 720 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 23: (720x480) 720 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 24: (640x480) 640 x 480, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 25: (640x480) 640 x 480, 73 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 26: (640x480) 640 x 480, 67 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 27: (640x480) 640 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 28: (640x480) 640 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 29: (720x400) 720 x 400, 70 Hz
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: kms
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [EGL] Found EGL client version >= 1.5, trying eglGetPlatformDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0xa3539bf0.
[INFO] [KMS]: New FB: 1920x1080 (stride: 7680).
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: V3D 4.2.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 19.3.2.
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 1920x1080
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /opt/retropie/configs/x1/
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/presets
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #0 (/dev/input/event0).
[INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #1 (/dev/input/event3).
[INFO] [udev]: Mouse #0 (/dev/input/event7).
[INFO] [udev]: Mouse #1 (/dev/input/mouse0).
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: USB Gamepad  (121:17) on port #0.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event8) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: USB Gamepad  (121:17) on port #1.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event9) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: null
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xsal-level2-crt.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xsal.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xScaleHQ.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_lanczos4.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_snes.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/Brighter-with_Contrast.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/bsnes_gamma_ramp.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-curvature-vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-curvature.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy-screen-grid.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gba-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x&lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2xwaterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2xwaterpaintscanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq4x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq4x_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/kawase_glow.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nds-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nds.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nedi.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/palm-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/psp-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/retroarch.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-2x-prescale.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-scanlines.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-simple.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpainthicontrast.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpaintscanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_scanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_waterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/stock.glsl"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/super-2xsai.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/super-eagle.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/vba-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/xbr-lv1-noblend.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_curve.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_curve_vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_standard.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_standard_vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_lcd_standard.glslp"
[INFO] [ALSA]: Using signed 16-bit format.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Period size: 768 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Buffer size: 3072 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Can pause: no.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [LED]: LED driver = 'null' 0x4b477c
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initializing ...
[INFO] [MIDI]: Input disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Output disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initialized "alsa" driver.
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/x1/content_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/x1/content_music_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/x1/content_video_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/x1/content_image_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading favorites file: [/opt/retropie/configs/x1/content_favorites.lpl].
[libretro INFO] Starting game:x1 -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap"
[libretro WARN] Driver Bousou Tokkyuu SOS not found -1
[libretro ERROR] Driver not found Bousou Tokkyuu SOS
[libretro INFO] Game name: x1, Game description: X1 (CZ-800C)
[libretro ERROR] System not found: x1
[libretro INFO] Game name: x1, Game description: X1 (CZ-800C)
[libretro INFO] Creating frontend for game: Bousou Tokkyuu SOS
[libretro INFO] Softlists: 0
Unknown system 'Bousou Tokkyuu SOS'

"Bousou Tokkyuu SOS" approximately matches the following
supported machines (best match first):

st                ST (USA)                                           (Atari, 1985)
husky             Husky                                              (DVW Microelectronics, 1981)
vboy              Virtual Boy                                        (Nintendo, 1995)
kbucky            Bucky O'Hare (handheld)                            (Konami, 1991)
nano              OSCOM Nano                                         (OSCOM Oy, 1980)
osc1000b          OSCOM 1000B                                        (OSCOM Oy, 1977)
dvk_ksm           DVK KSM                                            (USSR, 1986)
zito4dps          Tomato board 4DPS                                  (ZIDA, 199?)
vd56sp            Speedcom VD56SP                                    (Pro-Nets Technology, 199?)
hunter            Husky Hunter                                       (Husky Computers Ltd, 1983)
bup               Mephisto Blitz- und Problemlösungs-Modul (set 1)  (Hegener + Glaser, 1985)
sk1               SK-1                                               (Casio, 1985)
sk2               SK-2                                               (Casio, 1988)
ste               STE (USA)                                          (Atari, 1989)
sh4robot          Robot                                              (<unknown>, 20??)
thook             Hook (handheld)                                    (Tiger Electronics, 1991)
[libretro INFO] RES:5
[libretro INFO] MAIN FIRST
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: 4way
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: width=640 height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: max_width=640 max_height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: aspect_ratio = 1.333333
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: fps = 60.000000 sample_rate = 48000.000000
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SYSTEM_AV_INFO.
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Using signed 16-bit format.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Period size: 768 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Buffer size: 3072 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Can pause: no.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [LED]: LED driver = 'null' 0x4b477c
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initializing ...
[INFO] [MIDI]: Input disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Output disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initialized "alsa" driver.
[INFO] Game focus is: : off.
[WARN] [udev]: Mouse grab/ungrab feature unavailable.
[libretro INFO] ChangeAV: w:640 h:480 ra:1.333333.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1285:   589 Segmentation fault      /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/x1/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'x1 -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/x1/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x1/Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap"' --verbose

            Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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              Folly @JimmyFromTheBay
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              @JimmyFromTheBay said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

              Ah, that makes sense, thanks - I am still using the old version because I couldn't face manually changing literally hundreds of CFG files.

              Why would you need to change these .cfg files ?
              As far as I know nothing has been changed, lr-mess/mame still uses .cfg files the same way.

              I would make a backup of your .cfg files, if they are really important.
              That way you can always restore them if you need to.

              (I installed the system using the old version of Folly's addon so I thought it'd still be using mess_libretro.)

              Seems you somehow have a miss-match.
              I would recommend using the latest version of my script and also the latest lr-mess and mame.

              I've now changed the line in EMULATORS.CFG from mamemess_libretro to mess_libretro, but now it crashes with a segmentation fault (see below). Is there no longer any way of running the files without installing the new lr-mess and spending all next week manually editing configs?

              Not really sure why it doesn't work for you.
              I also got the same game "Bousou Tokkyuu SOS.tap".
              I works for me if I use : lr-mess-x1-cass
              But it doesn't work if I use : lr-mess-x1-game-specific-cass (in my Virtual Machine)
              With lr-mess-x1-game-specific-cass it does work if I rename the file to : "Bousou.tap".
              Somehow there seems to be an issue with spaces or strange chars.
              I will need to check too on my pi.

              Check your retroach.add file in /opt/retropie/configs/x1.
              I should load custom-core-options.cfg.
              In custom-core-options.cfg this needs to be in there :
              mame_softlists_auto_media = "disabled"
              mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

              If I install the new renamed "mamemess" version of lr-mess will it leave the old version alone, or will it overwrite it?

              Yes, it will be overwritten.
              If you really want to keep it then you have to make a backup of the .so file.

              All in all, why don't you make a new image it's really quite old now.
              Keep the old SD as backup and if you really need then get the files from your old SD card.

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                JimmyFromTheBay @Folly
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                @Folly said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

                @JimmyFromTheBay said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

                Ah, that makes sense, thanks - I am still using the old version because I couldn't face manually changing literally hundreds of CFG files.

                Why would you need to change these .cfg files ?
                As far as I know nothing has been changed, lr-mess/mame still uses .cfg files the same way.

                Because all the EMULATORS.CFG files that currently call mess_libretro won't work any more because it'll have been replaced by mamemess_libretro.

                I tried renaming the file to bousou.tap but it made no difference, still came up as an unknown system.

                Check your retroach.add file in /opt/retropie/configs/x1.

                I should load custom-core-options.cfg.

                In custom-core-options.cfg this needs to be in there :

                mame_softlists_auto_media = "disabled"

                mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

                Yep, those lines are already present and set to disabled.

                I'm quite happy to have a copy of mess_libretro and mamemess_libretro in /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/ at the same time, if I can work out how to set permissions to let me do stuff in that folder.

                Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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                  Folly @JimmyFromTheBay
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                  @JimmyFromTheBay

                  I assume you now have this libretro-core installed :
                  /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so
                  Do this command for me and let me know what the output is :

                  ls /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess

                  Read this post.
                  This could be a solution, let me know if that makes any sense to you before you try it !
                  With the commands mentioned in the post you can backup all your configs together with your emulators.cfg then change all emulators.cfg to use mamemess_libretro.so.

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                    JimmyFromTheBay @Folly
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                    @Folly said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

                    @JimmyFromTheBay

                    I assume you now have this libretro-core installed :
                    /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mamemess_libretro.so

                    No, I don't, because I don't want to break dozens and dozens of MESS-based emulators for the sake of one game.

                    If I can run them both at the same time that'd be great, but if not then it's not worth the hassle and risk.

                    Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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                      Folly @JimmyFromTheBay
                      last edited by Folly

                      @JimmyFromTheBay said in What does this error mean? (lr-mess):

                      If I can run them both at the same time that'd be great, but if not then it's not worth the hassle and risk.

                      Technically it's possible but I think, for you, it's indeed not worth the hassle and the risk.

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