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    Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation

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      retrodroid @ray3d
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      @ray3d did you ever figure this out?

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        aaronouthier
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        I'm not sure if I should create a new topic here, or respond to this one, but I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm doing this wrong...

        My issue seems to be the same as above Troubles compiling EmulationStation until I compiled and installed sdl2. Then EmulationStation doesn't start with the same message.

        I believe I made it one step further, when I discovered the video driver for Exynos wasn't installed, specifically: xserver-xserver-video-armsoc-exynos . Once I installed that, I get a step further, but still an error.

        Feb 09 20:04:05 lvl0:   Error creating SDL window!
                eglQueryDevicesEXT is missing (EXT_device_enumeration not supported by the drivers?)
        Feb 09 20:04:05 lvl0:   Renderer failed to initialize!
        Feb 09 20:04:05 lvl0:   Window failed to initialize!
        
        

        Platform: Odroid XU4, 16 GB uSD card, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from odroid.in site (official). Official RetroPie install script.

        Possible culprit or catalyst: Early on, setup complained about some missing Python3 packages. I rectified 2 of the 3, however, package Python3-uinput doesn't seem to exist in the usual repos. I'm not sure where to find it.

        Although much of work was done via SSH, tasks requiring xorg were performed, such as running emulationstation, were done from an actual keyboard from the terminal.

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          aaronouthier
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          Additionally, I didn't realize that I was supposed to type the "sudo systemctl stop lightdm" in the instructions, as the text isn't formatted in the same way as other text to be typed.

          I tried it last night, but was basically told that the lightdm service didn't exist. I tried "sudo apt install lightdm", and it installed a bunch of related xorg package dependencies. Still get the same message when running emulationstation. I dd stop lightdm first.

          I'm sure someone will want some more info before they can help, but I don't know exactly what, so I'll await further instructions.

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            aaronouthier
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            So, I started over from scratch. Followed the directions a bit more carefully. Only difference is I started with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS again, rather than 18.04 as listed in the instructions.

            While compiling Emulationstation, I noticed the following:

            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
            Building 'emulationstation' : EmulationStation - Frontend used by RetroPie for launching emulators
            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
            
            Error: unable to open display 
            Error: unable to open display 
            dpkg: error: --compare-versions bad relation
            
            

            Is this anything about which I should be worried?

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              mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
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              @aaronouthier said in Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation:

              Is this anything about which I should be worried?

              The messages are from the GL version detection part, which is going to error out if you're running the installation outside of a desktop environment. I'm not familiar with a XU4, but I don't see the platform declared with the x11 flag in RetroPie, so I don't see why it tries the detection. What system is detected by RetroPie-Setup for your system - it should be displayed on the 1st dialog ?

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                aaronouthier @mitu
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                @mitu I don't know which dialog of which you speak?
                I can tell you that there doesn't seem to be an xorg server running, so no desktop environment to detect. I'm guessing some missing packages? Nothing else is really complaining however.

                How can I tell for sure if pieces are missing? If something is missing, how can I know what?

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                  mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
                  last edited by mitu

                  @aaronouthier said in Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation:

                  @mitu I don't know which dialog of which you speak?

                  When you start the RetroPie-Setup script, it's the first page that shows up, with the RetroPie version, platform, etc. All that interface (and the ones started through the options present) is done using the dialog utility.

                  c93d6e22-0282-40de-ad19-2a292503d63e-image.png

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                    aaronouthier
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                    Screenshot from 2025-02-19 22-10-12.png

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                      mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
                      last edited by

                      @aaronouthier It doesn't seem that your system/board is detected correctly. It should detect odroid-xu4 as a platform. Perhaps a more recent kernel has removed the hardware info from /proc/cpuinfo. Can you post the output of the following commands:

                      cat /proc/cpuinfo
                      cat /proc/device-tree/compatible
                      
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                        aaronouthier
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                        root@odroid:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
                        processor	: 0
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 84.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x0
                        CPU part	: 0xc07
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 1
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 84.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x0
                        CPU part	: 0xc07
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 2
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 84.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x0
                        CPU part	: 0xc07
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 3
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 84.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x0
                        CPU part	: 0xc07
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 4
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 120.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x2
                        CPU part	: 0xc0f
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 5
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 120.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x2
                        CPU part	: 0xc0f
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 6
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 120.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x2
                        CPU part	: 0xc0f
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        processor	: 7
                        model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
                        BogoMIPS	: 120.00
                        Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm 
                        CPU implementer	: 0x41
                        CPU architecture: 7
                        CPU variant	: 0x2
                        CPU part	: 0xc0f
                        CPU revision	: 3
                        
                        Hardware	: Samsung Exynos (Flattened Device Tree)
                        Revision	: 0000
                        Serial		: 0000000000000000
                        
                        root@odroid:~# cat /proc/device-tree/compatible
                        hardkernel,odroid-xu4samsung,exynos5800samsung,exynos5
                        
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                          mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
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                          @aaronouthier Thanks for the information. The RetroPie detection clearly fails to recognize your device as a odroid-xu, we'll need to amend the detection routine to include the info exposed in /proc/device-tree/compatible also.

                          You can bypass the detection by running

                          cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
                          sudo __platform=odroid-xu ./retropie_setup.sh
                          

                          and perform the re-installation of core packages/depenent packages (including SDL2) and the emulators/core you wish installed. This is a workaround until the detection is fixed in RetroPie-Setup.

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                            aaronouthier @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu I will try in the morning. It's now 30 minutes until Midnight. Turning in for the night.

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                              aaronouthier
                              last edited by

                              While attempting to (re)install core packages, I get:
                              Could not install package(s): Python3-urwid, Python3-uinput, Python3-sdl2. I have run into this before, and was able to install via apt install the listed urwid and sdl2 packages, but have never been able to find the uinput package in the default repos.

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                                mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
                                last edited by

                                @aaronouthier That's strange, since this is a standard package in both Debian and Ubuntu. What repositories do you have enabled ?

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                                  aaronouthier @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu Same as was enabled by default when installed fresh, unless something in Retroarch setup modified it. I haven't changed anything in sources.list . I can't check right this second, as it is still compiling Main packages. I suppose I could use another ssh session though.

                                  I'll be back shortly.

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
                                    last edited by

                                    @aaronouthier said in Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation:

                                    I'll be back shortly.

                                    There's no rush. When you get to the system, just look up and check what repositories are enabled/used by your system.

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                                      aaronouthier
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                                      root@odroid:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble main universe restricted
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble main universe restricted
                                      
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-updates main universe restricted
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-updates main universe restricted
                                      
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-backports main restricted
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-backports main restricted
                                      
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security main restricted
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security main restricted
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security universe
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security universe
                                      deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security multiverse
                                      deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security multiverse
                                      
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                                        mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
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                                        @aaronouthier I see - this is 32bit system ? I think the default Ubuntu repos - and the ports system - don't have these packages, although they're available for 64bit (arm64). Isn't the XU4 a 64bit CPU - shouldn't you be using a 64bit system ?

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                                          aaronouthier @mitu
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                                          @mitu No, the xu3 and xu4 are 32 bit CPUs, to the best of my knowledge.

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                                            aaronouthier @aaronouthier
                                            last edited by aaronouthier

                                            @mitu Even if, for some reason, the CPU is 64-bit capable, there is no 64-bit OS available for it.

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