lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64)

[johnodon]

@barbudreadmon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

@johnodon i answered in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/157269 .

Thanks @barbudreadmon. I saw your answer in the other thread and will manually create the /dc/data folder in the rom path. However, I think @mitu is right and this is a core issue.

I re-installed 18.04 and pulled RA/cores from the testing/nightly PPA which gave me a different version of the lr-reicast core (0.1-r201808021716-31c1caf-7~ubuntu18.04.1) and all worked as expected.

If I compile from git (lr-reicast commit 4a44ef4), I get the crashes. Diegoviola, who opened the original issue for when compiling shaders, has opened a second issue:
https://github.com/libretro/reicast-emulator/issues/203

@mitu thinks this may be the culprit.

John

[mitu]

@johnodon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

@mitu thinks this may be the culprit.

I said what you're experiencing might be a similar issue, not the same (since the issue I mentioned was already solved). The issue you posted though seems like the one you're experiencing.
If the PPA works, then there might be a problem with the build options in the RetroPie-Setup script. The setup script will pull the latest version from github, so maybe the PPA was created from a previous commit. You can open the RGUI and the core version should be at the bottom, so you can compare both versions.

EDIT: rephrasing.

[barbudreadmon]

@johnodon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

I saw your answer in the other thread and will manually create the /dc/data folder in the rom path

Then you misread my answer, the issue lies in your config, and that's 100% sure from the output you posted. While creating this folder could work, this is not the root issue. Anyway i'm 100% sure your issue is unrelated to rendering stuff, as explained your system directory is not properly handled by your configuration (because of one of the 2 parameters i mentioned), so :

• it won't locate your bios
• it will try to create a folder it shouldn't and can't.

[johnodon]

UPDATE: @barbudreadmon I deleted the data folder at /home/pi/Retropie/BIOS/dc and the script was able to create it at that location without error so this indeed looks like that was a configuration issue.

@barbudreadmon as far as the path issue, I performed a fresh RP install on a new a clean build of Ubuntu Server x64 18.04.1 and manually created the paths. The path errors have disappeared. These are the only things I did...

• I manually created /home/pi/Retropie/roms/dreamcast/dc/data/. The 'dc' folder has the relevant bios files.
• I also copied the bios files to /home/pi/Retropie/BIOS/dc/
• As far as RP install, the ONLY things I did that are 'non-standard' are:
  • Install the lr-reicast core
• I did not make any other configuration changes

I launched the game with verbose logging.

pi@ubuntu:/dev/shm$ cat runcommand.info
dreamcast
lr-reicast
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/dreamcast/Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (USA)/Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (USA).gdi
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-reicast/reicast_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/dreamcast/Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (USA)/Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (USA).gdi"

runcommand.log is here: https://pastebin.com/xt2CCzP4

Line 213 is where we start to see the compile failures:

[libretro INFO] Using Recompiler
Sh4 Reset
recSh4 Init
Freeing fpcb
Shader: failed to compile 
0:1(10): error: GLSL 1.40 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, 1.30, 1.00 ES, and 3.00 ES

Shader: failed to compile 
0:1(10): error: GLSL 1.40 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, 1.30, 1.00 ES, and 3.00 ES

@mitu I listed the core versions I was getting with nightly PPA vs GIT here (31c1caf vs. 4a44ef4 respectively): https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/157385

This was verified by looking at the core version in RA itself. FYI...this last install put me at commit bbcc720c with the same result.

[barbudreadmon]

@johnodon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

I manually created /home/pi/Retropie/roms/dreamcast/dc/data/. The 'dc' folder has the relevant bios files.

Again, that's not something you have to do if the 2 parameters i mentioned (system_directory and systemfiles_in_content_dir) have the proper values.

It seems you indeed have a renderer issue besides the path issue, those happen a lot depending on hardware/commit, try opening an issue on github, and don't forget to mention your hardware.

[johnodon]

@barbudreadmon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

@johnodon said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

I manually created /home/pi/Retropie/roms/dreamcast/dc/data/. The 'dc' folder has the relevant bios files.

Again, that's not something you have to do if the 2 parameters i mentioned (system_directory and systemfiles_in_content_dir) have the proper values.

It seems you indeed have a renderer issue besides the path issue, those happen a lot depending on hardware/commit, try opening an issue on github, and don't forget to mention your hardware.

Sounds good. I just wanted to confirm that this wasn't a retropie script issue before I go posting an issue on the libretro github.

Thanks for the help guys!

John

[BuZz]

we had one problem with the script and docs which I have fixed in that it said to put the BIOS in the ~/RetroPie/BIOS folder instead of the ~/RetroPie/BIOS/dc folder. I assume the location must have changed at some point. However this issue shouldn't have caused your problem and it's working fine on my system.

[johnodon]

@buzz said in lr-reicast fails to launch (x86/x64):

we had one problem with the script and docs which I have fixed in that it said to put the BIOS in the ~/RetroPie/BIOS folder instead of the ~/RetroPie/BIOS/dc folder. I assume the location must have changed at some point. However this issue shouldn't have caused your problem and it's working fine on my system.

@BuZz What version of the lr-reicast core are you using? The thought is that it may have been broken in a recent commit (at least maybe for some specific HW).

[BuZz]

@johnodon I built it from source an hour ago. Not in front of pc so can't say what version.

[johnodon]

Updated the core this morning and I am now able to launch games.

[mitu]

Great, thanks for testing this !