PSP games doesn't work due to ppsspp and lr-ppsspp crashing on load

sugarfree

@ploinkploink Sorry, I was wrong! I confused it with the .chd file format that was added recently.

I suggest testing the .iso to see if it is running correctly.

ploinkploink

@sugarfree No worries! Too bad hehehe would have been an easy fix :)

ploinkploink

here is what it says in es_log.txt after attempting to run the game:

Jan 31 15:34:18 lvl2:   Attempting to launch game...
Jan 31 15:34:19 lvl2:           /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ psp /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psp/Chili\ Con\ Carnage.cso
Jan 31 15:34:24 lvl2:   Creating window...
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   Created window successfully.
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   GL vendor:   Broadcom
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   GL renderer: V3D 4.2
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   GL version:  2.1 Mesa 19.3.2
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:    ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 1, device index: 0)
Jan 31 15:34:25 lvl2:   Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 1, device index: 0)

mitu

What error do you get with ppsspp ? Just to make sure that the compression is not faulty, can you also try an .iso format game, un-compressed ?

ploinkploink

@mitu
I just tried with the uncompressed (iso) version of the same game with ppsspp. I got the same error as previously when using ppsspp, I put the log from runcommand on pastebin:

https://pastebin.com/UwY2BBcr

mitu

I'll take a look when I get to my Pi4. Strange error, the PPSSPP package hasn't really changed recently and I don't remember this kind of errors when testing 1.13.2 som time back.

ploinkploink

@mitu
Thank you! Much appreciated! <3

ploinkploink

seems like someone else had the same issue with ppsspp running on libreelec with rpi4
but no solution in the thread though

https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/23644-libreelec-rr-brave-spotify-moonlight-emulationstation-retroarch-pegasus/?postID=180228&highlight=ppsspp#post180228

mitu

The error seems similar, but with version 1.14.

I can't reproduce your error using the RetroPie provided binary package for PPSSPP or a source build for lr-ppsspp. I tried your game and another one, though both are in .iso format. I didn't find a pre-built CSO compressor for armhf and I don't have another OS handy right now.

Not sure what to try next - did you do any OS changes that could impact the normal operations, like overclocking ?

ploinkploink

@mitu
No the only changes I did from default install was add emulators and switch roms and gameart to an external hdd

tropicoco

@ploinkploink

On my RetroPie system, this error was due tu a wrong kernel. And the wrong kernel was due to an upgrade to Debian 11 (which I should never have done) and downgrade to Debian 10.

apt install --reinstall raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel
and reboot solved the issue.