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    Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation

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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
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          @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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            mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
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            @aaronouthier That explains the lack of Ubuntu packages in recent versions. Maybe use the armhf packages from the previous LTS (22.04) - https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/python3-uinput ?

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              aaronouthier @mitu
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              @mitu Would it be worth the trouble, you suppose, to rework the install from scratch with 22.04 LTS as the OS? If the packages are present, it may be worth a shot. I will try your suggestion 1st however, just for fun and learning.

              FWIW, I just checked to verify: XU4 uses an Samsung Exynos 5422 CPU, which is definitely 32-bit hardware.

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                aaronouthier
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                Just installed python3-urwid. The SDL2 packages were installed from source. Do I still need python3-sdl2, or is that taken care of by the main sdl2 source package? I don't want to mess-up/overwrite anything that was installed manually.

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                  aaronouthier
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                  FWIW, speaking of sources, I was able to download the sources with 'apt source python3-uinput' from current repos. Not too sure how I can incorporate that into the existing build.

                  I've compiled stuff before, but never via apt-source.

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

                    Do I still need python3-sdl2, ...

                    Yes, only the SDL library is compiled into a package, the rest are expected to be provided by the distribution's repostories.

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                      aaronouthier @mitu
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                      @mitu I was pretty sure this was the case, but wanted to be certain.

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                        aaronouthier
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                        Dang it!

                        running build
                        running build_py
                        running build_ext
                        building '_libsuinput' extension
                        arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -I/usr/include/python3.12 -c libsuinput/src/suinput.c -o build/temp.linux-armv7l-cpython-312/libsuinput/src/suinput.o
                        libsuinput/src/suinput.c: In function ‘suinput_emit’:
                        libsuinput/src/suinput.c:48:28: error: ‘struct input_event’ has no member named ‘time’
                           48 |         gettimeofday(&event.time, 0);
                              |                            ^
                        error: command '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc' failed with exit code 1
                        

                        Trying to build the source package.

                        Was logged-in as root. I don't think that would make a difference though.

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                          aaronouthier @mitu
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                          @mitu Not able to install the 22.04 version either. Depends on Python3.10 or below, but Python3.12 is installed.

                          At this point, I think I'm going to wipe the SD card and try again with 22.04 .

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                            aaronouthier
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                            Currently compiling the system for xu4 under Ubuntu 22.04 Operating System. No problems yet. (Need to go knock some wood now...)

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                              aaronouthier
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                              Well, about 1.5 hours later, compilation finished. No errors reported during compile process that I could see, however, emulationstation crashes when run.

                              I tried with --debug flag, however the screen is cleared by the crash dialog that comes up, so I can't read. I'll try tee'ing it to a text file.

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                                aaronouthier @aaronouthier
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                                @aaronouthier I watched a bit closer. Nothing out of the ordinary displayed when running with --debug flag. Just shows loading some xml files.

                                On a related note, however, Xserver does NOT seem to be running. I am attaching a tar.gz file with all of the build logs, a log of installed packages, and a log of running processes.

                                Hmm. Can't seem to upload it directly.
                                Link to files on my Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ro_ZYzHFcI6TfbSUjzsLksvwf6rc9vMy/view?usp=sharing

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @aaronouthier
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @aaronouthier said in Odroid XU4 SDL Problem Emulationstation:

                                  I tried with --debug flag, however the screen is cleared by the crash dialog that comes up, so I can't read. I'll try tee'ing it to a text file.

                                  That would have been useful to look, the other logs not so much. You can find the same log file in $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt, there's no need to tee it.
                                  Does detection works better on 22.04 - is the SBC detected as odroid-xu ?

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                                    aaronouthier @mitu
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                                    @mitu

                                    I checked those logs. 3 lines about mame-related .xml files.

                                    No, still detects as "Armv7l". I used your workaround when I ran RetroPie-Setup.

                                    I mentioned twice now that XWindows doesn't seem to be running. Very few X-related packages installed as well. This might be normal, but I don't have a frame of reference here. This was the case in 24.04 also.

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

                                      I checked those logs. 3 lines about mame-related .xml files.

                                      Even when running with --debug ? There should be more information printed when debug is enabled.

                                      No, still detects as "Armv7l". I used your workaround when I ran RetroPie-Setup.

                                      I added some detection here, but it may not be enough (?) or you're using an earlier commit.

                                      I mentioned twice now that XWindows doesn't seem to be running.

                                      I think that's ok.

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                                        aaronouthier @mitu
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                                        @mitu

                                        Even when running with --debug ? There should be more information printed when debug is enabled.

                                        There might have been another line or two. I'm not in front of the system right now. Yes, with --debug. My point was that no errors were displayed.

                                        I added some detection here, but it may not be enough (?) or you're using an earlier commit.

                                        Probably hadn't pulled the latest commit then. This was 2 days ago.

                                        I created an image file from the SD card, then tried to install Lakka just to test that out. That one doesn't boot at all, but hey, I tried. I haven't taken the time to restore the RetroPie Disk image just yet.

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                                          aaronouthier @aaronouthier
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                                          @aaronouthier
                                          Re-wrote the disk-image. Originally, when I cat'd the file mentioned, it showed the exact same contents listed in post 19 in this thread.

                                          I then checked for package updates. After updating them, I again ran 'emulationstation --debug'. There was no output, but it still crashed. The es_log.txt is now empty.

                                          I'm now recompiling everything. Also, your new commit to retropie_setup.sh still shows arm7l, with no mention of Odroid XU or XU4, unless I run your workaround.

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                                            aaronouthier
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                                            So I did some more digging. Realized that /usr/bin/emulationstation is a shell script. Found the actual executable, and ran it:

                                            Feb 26 19:43:02 lvl2:   EmulationStation - v2.11.2rp, built Feb 20 2025 - 11:49:42
                                            Feb 26 19:43:02 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
                                            Feb 26 19:43:03 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
                                            Feb 26 19:43:03 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
                                            Feb 26 19:43:03 lvl2:   Creating window...
                                            Segmentation fault (core dumped)
                                            

                                            Where are core dumps stored? I'm willing to send it to you for investigation.

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