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    SDL Initializing errors on RPi3

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      OkTekk
      last edited by

      Like the title says..
      I'm using a RPi3 not overclocked, when trying to execute ES i got a "pretty"

      lvl0: Error creating SDL window!

      lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
      lvl0: Window failed to initialize!

      but w/out the second line, "Could not initialize OpenGL / GLES library".

      Even after trying to downgrade the firmware like sayed there, to install from sources SDL2, ES, and RetroArch it still don't work.

      I buyed this Pi3 solely for retro gaming purpose and to save my Pi2 for prototyping & dev.. so this is a bit frustrating hahah.
      Any ideas to save me ? ^^

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @OkTekk
        last edited by BuZz

        @OkTekk you compiled your own SDL2? Are you not actually using retropie then ?

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          OkTekk
          last edited by OkTekk

          sorry i didn't gave all informations.
          I use Retropie manual installed on top of a raspbian jessie.
          1st i've done the quick install, then added some extras and tried to launch ES with it's own packages of sdl2.
          Afterward i tried to compile them myself but it didn't change the outcome at all

          edit: btw, Kodi don't launch neither, due to the same sdl issue i guess..?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            Sounds like you haven't correctly downgraded the firmware/kernel.

            rpi-update shouldn't generally be used to "upgrade" firmware - instead it's better to wait until they get packaged properly (after testing).

            What is the output of uname -a ?

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              OkTekk
              last edited by OkTekk

              i tried 1st the sudo rpi-update a16f22120d7979dc91e8d2e03fecb611fb0259e0 reported in this forum and in the hexxeh github
              but now returned to the last one (done it today) it is
              Linux RPi3Station 4.4.14-v7+ #896 SMP Sat Jul 2 15:09:43 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
              ..but on all my Pi2's i do the same and have no problems with ES :/

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators
                last edited by

                That kernel is newer than the last packaged one, so I think the downgrade failed. Did you get any errors ?

                Might be useful to paste the log output

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                  OkTekk
                  last edited by

                  It is because i returned back to the latest after seeing it didn't change anything.
                  Rolled back again to this commit --> Linux RPi3Station 4.4.13-v7+ #893 SMP Wed Jun 8 14:39:18 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
                  But still not working and.. which log are you talking about ?

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators
                    last edited by BuZz

                    The rpi-update log I meant as I thought it hadn't downgraded from your kernel version.

                    It could be that your compile of SDL2 is broken (Needs specific configure parameters to work on the RPI framebuffer) - re-install/update retropie perhaps (which will put our known working SDL2 libraries back on)

                    Make sure your SDL2 is removed first also if installed to /usr/local

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                      OkTekk
                      last edited by

                      work in progress for the reinstall but as for my kernel version..i did gone from 4.4.14#896 to 4.4.13#893. wasn't it the point ?

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators
                        last edited by

                        Yes, looks like you downgraded firmware/kernel correctly.

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                          OkTekk
                          last edited by

                          Ok then...complete whipe of retropie, fresh install, full upgrade, reboot then...

                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ emulationstation
                          lvl0: Error initializing SDL!

                          lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
                          lvl0: Window failed to initialize!
                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $

                          HERE the last retropie log.

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                            BuZz administrators @OkTekk
                            last edited by

                            @OkTekk did you remove any Sdl2 you built?

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                              OkTekk
                              last edited by

                              yes i did, like you said earlier

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                                BuZz administrators @OkTekk
                                last edited by BuZz

                                @OkTekk Did you remove your own compile of emulationstation (if it's in /usr/local/bin). In case that's the problem

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                                  OkTekk
                                  last edited by

                                  that too, as well

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                                  • BuZzB
                                    BuZz administrators
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm not at home currently. Will give you some lines to type to verify a few things later. Eg. To check gles libs etc

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                                      OkTekk
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok i stay tuned. Today is a peaceful day~

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                                        BuZz administrators @OkTekk
                                        last edited by BuZz

                                        @OkTekk

                                        Sorry for the delay.

                                        What is the output of these to confirm locations/versions

                                        sudo find / -name "libSDL2*.so"
sudo find / -name "libGL*"
which emulationstation
apt-cache showpkg libsdl2-dev
md5sum /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2.so

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                                          OkTekk
                                          last edited by OkTekk

                                          @BuZz don't mind, my son gave me a shitty night i wouldn't have been able to answer before.
                                          Here we go:

                                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ sudo find / -name "libSDL2*.so"
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2-2.0.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2.so
/usr/local/lib/libSDL2_image.so

                                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ sudo find / -name "libGL*"
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2_static.a
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv1_CM.so.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv2.so.2
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLEW.so.1.10
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLEW.so.1.10.0
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1.2.0
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so.1.3.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.a
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv2.so.2.0.0

                                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ which emulationstation
/usr/bin/emulationstation

                                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ apt-cache showpkg libsdl2-dev
Package: libsdl2-dev
Versions:
2.0.4+4rpi (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/dpkg/status
                  MD5: 7085696df1cfaa119cbfcae5fa57d437

2.0.2+dfsg1-6 (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrordirector.raspbian.org_raspbian_dists_jessie_main_binary-armhf_Packages)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/mirrordirector.raspbian.org_raspbian_dists_jessie_main_binary-armhf_Packages
                  MD5: 9a82f59c5790721baad7ffc5f181d3d6


Reverse Depends:
  libsdl2-ttf-dev,libsdl2-dev 2.0.0
  libsdl2-net-dev,libsdl2-dev 2.0.0
  libsdl2-mixer-dev,libsdl2-dev 2.0.0
  libsdl2-image-dev,libsdl2-dev 2.0.0
  libsdl2-gfx-dev,libsdl2-dev
  games-c++-dev,libsdl2-dev
Dependencies:
2.0.4+4rpi - libsdl2-2.0-0 (5 2.0.4+4rpi) libc6-dev (0 (null)) libx11-dev (0 (null)) libsdl-1.3-dev (0 (null)) libsdl-1.3-dev (0 (null))
2.0.2+dfsg1-6 - libsdl2-2.0-0 (5 2.0.2+dfsg1-6) libasound2-dev (0 (null)) libdbus-1-dev (0 (null)) libegl1-mesa-dev (0 (null)) libgl1-mesa-dev (0 (null)) libgles2-mesa-dev (0 (null)) libglu1-mesa-dev (0 (null)) libpulse-dev (0 (null)) libudev-dev (0 (null)) libwayland-dev (0 (null)) libx11-dev (0 (null)) libxcursor-dev (0 (null)) libxext-dev (0 (null)) libxi-dev (0 (null)) libxinerama-dev (0 (null)) libxkbcommon-dev (0 (null)) libxrandr-dev (0 (null)) libxss-dev (0 (null)) libxt-dev (0 (null)) libxv-dev (0 (null)) libxxf86vm-dev (0 (null)) libsdl-1.3-dev (0 (null)) libsdl-1.3-dev (0 (null))
Provides:
2.0.4+4rpi -
2.0.2+dfsg1-6 -
Reverse Provides:

                                          pi@RPi3Station:~ $ md5sum /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2.so
2e199a2a94f5d55ba3472a069eac9187  /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2.so
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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators
                                            last edited by BuZz

                                            I'm afraid I am not sure what the problem is.

                                            you can try reinstalling the stable firmware/kernel by doing sudo apt-get install --reinstall raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel libraspberrypi-bin

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