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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
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      @BuZz

      Ouch! I'll load up 'Combat' a little later and see what happens. I'm using top to monitor. Is there a better way?

      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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        @mediamogul top is fine, the process will be killed if you hit the bug as it eats up all available memory very quickly - top will probably not respond until after it's killed.

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul

          I'm running the game now and assuming top is accurate, the memory doesn't seem to be moving past 1.6%. I'll play a few games, then let it sit for a while to see if starts misbehaving.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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            @mediamogul i will build stella without our compiler optimisations - it could be some compiler bug or something.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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              @mediamogul I am getting the crash still even building without optimisations. Very strange. The rom is fine on the older version. Will dig further.

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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                @mediamogul Please can you detail your system specs and the md5sum of the Combat rom you tested with.

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
                  last edited by mediamogul

                  @BuZz

                  Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
                  5.1V 2.5A PSU
                  RetroPie 4.1.14
                  Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
                  8GB SanDisk microSD
                  Memory Split: 400
                  'Combat' md5sum: 4c8832ed387bbafc055320c05205bc08 (From the "Good" ROM set)
                  Run from 128GB External USB Thumb Drive, mounted using the auto-mount feature of RetroPie

                  RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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                    @mediamogul thanks.

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
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                      @BuZz

                      Not a problem. I just shut my test game down, but I checked on it about every twenty minutes or so for the last couple of hours. It seemed to behave itself the whole time, never using more than 1.6% of the memory.

                      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @mediamogul
                        last edited by BuZz

                        @mediamogul Unfortunately I am still unable to get Combat working with 4.7.3 of Stella.

                        Same set-up as you - manually compiling exactly as above. Other games work, but Combat doesn't. Same md5sum too.

                        Are you able to send me perhaps your zipped working "binary" from Stella, so I can compare it. I can't think why we would be having different results currently unfortunately. (my email is viewable on my profile).

                        Are you starting it from the commandline manually to test? Please can you paste me terminal output including the exact commandline you use to launch it etc? (And you are certain you are launching the new stella and not the previously installed one etc? - just to be sure as I can't think why it would behave differently )

                        Cheers.

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
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                          @BuZz said in Stella 4.1.1:

                          Are you able to send me perhaps your zipped working "binary" from Stella

                          Done and done.

                          Are you starting it from the commandline manually to test?

                          I added:

                          default = "stella-4.7.3"
stella-4.7.3 = "/opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/temp-release/stella-release-4.7.3/stella -maxres 320x240 %ROM%"

                          to my /opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/emulators.cfg file.

                          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators @mediamogul
                            last edited by BuZz

                            @mediamogul Aha. mystery sold.

                            I wasn't using the maxres parameter with the new one (I didn't think it should be needed since we are on sdl2 now and I was going to launch with -fullscreen 1 -tia.fsfill 1). Without that it crashes - it's fine with maxres. Interesting.

                            Please can you try without the -maxres 320x240 to confirm it crashes on your system too ?

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                            • mediamogulM
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
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                              @BuZz

                              Please can you try without the -maxres 320x240to confirm it crashes on your system too ?

                              It's strange, but it seems to be holding strong without it as well. Could it have anything to do with the new version not playing nice with the older Stella config files?

                              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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                                @mediamogul You could try removing the configs from /home/pi/.stella as I'm testing with a fresh install.

                                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                • mediamogulM
                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
                                  last edited by mediamogul

                                  @BuZz

                                  I removed the config files from /home/pi/.stella and tried launching it with and without -maxres 320x240 and the memory usage remained constant both times. It did however raise to 1.7% for a short time without the entry, only to return to 1.6% pretty quickly.

                                  RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                  • BuZzB
                                    BuZz administrators @mediamogul
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                                    @mediamogul very odd. Not sure why it's behaving differently - I will try another RPI - perhaps something related to video resolution on my dev machine or some other difference.

                                    Please can you remove the config folder again and launch via runcommand and give me the r/dev/shm/uncommand log - it doesn't output much but perhaps there will be a clue there. Thanks for bearing with me - I'd like to know the cause of this before pushing out an update so I don't end up with bug reports if this issue affects others (although it might be safe with the maxres parameter anyway).

                                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    • mediamogulM
                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
                                      last edited by

                                      @BuZz

                                      Thanks for bearing with me

                                      Not a problem. I hope this all works out. I'd love for a modern version of Stella to be available in RetroPie.

                                      Please can you remove the config folder again and launch via runcommand and give me the r/dev/shm/uncommand log

                                      Here you go. I left it completely unedited. Just FYI, I run a script from runcommand-onend that consolidates screenshots from the various emulators into one location and as you can see, the feedback from when no screenshots are found obviously ends up here as well.

                                      atari2600
stella-4.7.3
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip
/opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/temp-release/stella-release-4.7.3/stella -maxres 320x240 "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip"
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 31: [: too many arguments
Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/temp-release/stella-release-4.7.3/stella -maxres 320x240 "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip"
ERROR: Couldn't load settings file
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/.openMSX/screenshots/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/atari*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/grab*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/image*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/shot*.gif’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2/linapple*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/quake3/full/baseq3/screenshots/shot*.tga’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/scummvm*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/screenshots/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/pc/capture/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/ports/duke3d/duke*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/screen*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/screenshots/*.*’: No such file or directory

                                      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                      • BuZzB
                                        BuZz administrators @mediamogul
                                        last edited by

                                        @mediamogul sorry, I meant without the maxres parameter. (After removing the configs - to simulate a fresh install).

                                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        • mediamogulM
                                          mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
                                          last edited by

                                          @BuZz

                                          My bad...

                                          atari2600
stella-4.7.3
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip
/opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/temp-release/stella-release-4.7.3/stella "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip"
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 31: [: too many arguments
Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/configs/atari2600/temp-release/stella-release-4.7.3/stella "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/Combat (1977) (Atari) [!].zip"
ERROR: Couldn't load settings file
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/.openMSX/screenshots/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/atari*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/grab*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/image*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/shot*.gif’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2/linapple*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/quake3/full/baseq3/screenshots/shot*.tga’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/scummvm*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/screenshots/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/pc/capture/*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/configs/ports/duke3d/duke*.png’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/screen*.bmp’: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/pi/RetroPie/screenshots/*.*’: No such file or directory

                                          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators @mediamogul
                                            last edited by

                                            @mediamogul After some more testing - it looks related to my video resolution on my dev machine.

                                            Please can you set your video mode to 800x600 and try launching combat.

                                            Not sure if this is an SDL2 issue or related to stella, but it crashes here on 800x600 by not if i change res to 1024x768.

                                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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