Updated emulationstation (v.2.4.0RP) and random select is now crashing to terminal.

MapleStory

@pjft No need to apologize, I totally understand that these things can happen. Thanks so much for the quick fix, by the way! It worked like a charm. Spammed the X button under Tools and various systems and no issues whatsoever.

pjft

@MapleStory Not a bother, glad it's sorted there.

As a separate fact, even though it wasn't crashing on the system view, there were systems that were never chosen (meaning, the same indexing problem was happening there - your first system would never be chosen, but when it randomly selected a system number that was larger than the total list, it just didn't crash).

So I now tested and confirmed that both first and last systems are randomly selectable, and same for all games in a list.

Thanks!

theWinterDojer

@pjft Will this update when choosing "Update all installed packages" or do I need to run the commands above?

pjft

Not yet. When it's approved, you will be able to update it by:

Updating RetroPie-Setup script
Manage Core Packages > EmulationStation > Update from source

No need to update all packages.

I'll let you know when it's approved, though.

theWinterDojer

@pjft Excellent, thank you and great work!

pjft

@theWinterDojer This has now been merged.

If you exit ES, open RetroPie-Setup, and then proceed by:

Updating RetroPie-Setup script
Manage Core Packages > EmulationStation > Updating from source

It should be good.

theWinterDojer

@pjft Perfect, will update when I get home. Thanks again.

BuZz

@thewinterdojer Binaries for RPI are now updated.

theWinterDojer

@buzz Well this just keeps getting better. Thank you.

MapleStory

@pjft One more thing I forgot to ask/mention. In my es_log.txt, there are a lot of these instances:

lvl2: 	Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: 	Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE

It seems to mainly appear under systems that have no roms in them. Any reason for concern or can it be ignored safely?

pjft

@maplestory they're safe to ignore, though they ideally wouldn't be there. I should remove those or make them less scary: they're just stating that they're trying to remove an entry from the filter index (for filtering the gamelist), but they can't find a corresponding entry.

Do they show up on empty systems, is that it?

That can help me chase those down. I see them every now and then but can't consistently track them.

MapleStory

@pjft Mostly in empty systems, although there were 9 instances under Game Boy Color (which does indeed have roms). Here's the log itself, if it helps. This is after a fresh reboot using the up-to-date Carbon theme:

lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.4.1rp, built Jul 11 2017 - 14:19:37
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl2: Created window successfully.
lvl2: Added known joystick 8Bitdo FC30 Pro (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions...
lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING
lvl2: Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/atari2600/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/atari7800/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/atarilynx/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/fba/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/fds/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/gamegear/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/gb/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/gba/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/gbc/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "mame-mame4all" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/mastersystem/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/megadrive/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/msx/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/n64/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/nes/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/ngpc/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/pcengine/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "psx" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/sega32x/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/sg-1000/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/snes/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/virtualboy/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/virtualboy/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/virtualboy/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/wonderswan/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/wonderswan/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/wonderswan/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/wonderswancolor/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/wonderswancolor/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/wonderswancolor/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/theme.xml"
(from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/../carbon.xml")
could not find file ""
lvl1: System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! 1
lvl2: Couldn't find entry in index! FALSE
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-allgames.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-favorites.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file ""
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/logo/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/logo/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file "./art/controller/${system.theme}.svg" (which resolved to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/art/controller/auto-lastplayed.svg")
lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/theme.xml"
could not find file ""

pjft

@maplestory I see. What mame systems do you have set up as well? Advance mame? MAME libretro?

pjft

Nevermind.

These are completely safe. I'll handle these properly in a future update.

If you're interested in the technical details:

Short version:

These are a result of the initial loading process, scraping for folders where ROMs may be, and if they end up being empty, deleting them.

Long version:

I recently forced the deletion of "FileData" instances to remove themselves from the index of the respective systems, as there was an edge case of the users potentially deleting a file and the index not being updated. Alas, empty folders aren't added to the index (as intended), but we were attempting to remove them anyway. It was handling it correctly, but it was letting us know that it couldn't find one such entry.

Thanks for flagging this. It's harmless, but I can see how it can look scary!

MapleStory

@pjft Thanks for clearing everything up, totally makes sense. I thought it was a bit alarming when I saw the filesize of the log compared to how it was before having updated emulationstation...thought maybe I had cluttered up some gamelists somehow! lol

Also, I'm sure it probably doesn't matter now but I only had 4 roms in mame-libretro.

pjft

@maplestory Correct. It doesn't matter. Those lines relate to the extra folders - nvram, etc.

Thanks for reporting! Hope you're having fun.