Pi zero segmentation error

mitu

Please add more info about your system, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

awoodacre

Using pi zero 1.3
Using official image with no roms at moment
Using sandisk micro sd but also tried Kingston
Powered of usb socket on DVD player but also tried from a plug.
Only other device added is a usb SNES type controller

mitu

@awoodacre If you run emulationstation --debug from the command line, do you get any errrors in the log that's printed on console ? Make sure you use the right image (Pi 0/1) from the RetroPie site and have a good power supply.

awoodacre

@mitu
Thanks I’ll give it a go. Using usb and usb power plug but still same

awoodacre

@mitu

ran it and got this:
lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.7.5rp, built Feb 27 2018 - 18:01:33
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl2: Created window successfully.
lvl2: Added unconfigured joystick usb gamepad (GUID: 03000000100800 0001e5000010010000, 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...
lvl3: SystemView::getViewElements()
lvl2: EmulationStation cleanly shutting down.

started going through game checks then hung and pings to it stopped too

awoodacre

also just been putty'd on and it just hung doing nothing.
seems like it might be after so long it falls over

Efriim

@awoodacre
From the RetroPie website, did you download the image "Raspberry Pi 2/3" or "Raspberry Pi 0/1"?

awoodacre

@Efriim 0/1

Efriim

@awoodacre
The output ratings of a usb on dvd player could very likely be inadequate.

A program suffering a segfault, can cause some memory addresses in the ram to become erroneous causing system abnormalities. If possible, a good reset should first be done before issuing any commands in ssh. To disable emulationstation temporarily you could try sudo raspi-config boot >> desktop-autologin. In the advanced settings you could check to make sure the memory split is at least 192.

cd
sudo RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
then try reinstalling the emulationstation package.

awoodacre

@Efriim thanks, used a usb wall plug too as part of the testing

Efriim

@awoodacre
The wall charger too could have inadequate ratings. It would be prudent to make sure it is 5V and at least 1A output.
Had the situation youre in arisen out of a previously working installation? And to make clearer, you tried a new image write on a different memory card and came up with this same error?

awoodacre

@Efriim yeah I did.
Use this exact power on other pi’s too