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    SDL Initializing errors on RPi3

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by

      Yes, looks like you downgraded firmware/kernel correctly.

      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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        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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        • BuZzB
          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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            • BuZzB
              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

                  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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                    OkTekk
                    last edited by

                    Ok i stay tuned. Today is a peaceful day~

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                    • BuZzB
                      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

                          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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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by BuZz

                            You might want to remove your locally installed libDL2_image also (and just use the system packaged one).

                            I suspect this is an issue relating to the new firmware and the GLES libs as this is how it looks on mine

                            $ sudo find / -name "libGL*"
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2_static.a
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so
/opt/vc/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1.2.0
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLEW.so.1.10
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLEW.so.1.10.0
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so.1.3.1
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.a
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLU.so

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                              OkTekk
                              last edited by

                              back to the stable firmware..but ES still don't work .. i'm doomed and will need to continue using my Pi2's instead of this one..
                              btw i already tried to do some raspbian fresh install followed right after by EM (without any other applications adds or modifications)

                              pi@RPi3Station:~ $ uname -a
Linux RPi3Station 4.4.13-v7+ #894 SMP Mon Jun 13 13:13:27 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

                              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
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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by BuZz

                                What do you mean by

                                install followed right after by EM (without any other applications adds or modifications) ?

                                do you mean you compiled your own ES or used retropie-setup ?

                                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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                                  OkTekk
                                  last edited by

                                  sorry..i meant with retropie-setup

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                                  • BuZzB
                                    BuZz administrators
                                    last edited by

                                    You are saying a fresh Raspbian image downloaded and with retropie-setup installed ES is not working still ? If so I will need to test that.

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                                    • BuZzB
                                      BuZz administrators
                                      last edited by

                                      Was that a Raspbian Lite image or ?

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                                        OkTekk
                                        last edited by

                                        raspbian jessie full, apt upgrade, retropie-setup, that's it.

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                                        • BuZzB
                                          BuZz administrators
                                          last edited by BuZz

                                          Please can you be more specific as I am unable to reproduce it this end. Please compare what you did with this:

                                          I downloaded Full Raspbian from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

                                          Wrote it to a Micro SD, and booted it on the Raspberry Pi 3.

                                          I then ssh'd in from another machine and did

                                          sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
cd 
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git
cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

                                          Once the menu had come up, I went to Packages, and chose "Quick Install".

                                          Then once that was complete, I went back to the main menu, and went to "Setup /Tools" and "Autostart", choosing the first option "Start Emulation Station at boot".

                                          I then rebooted and it booted into Emulation Station.

                                          I can only think you have changed something your end you have not mentioned. eg switched on the experimental Desktop GL driver (Which isn't compatible with RetroPie)

                                          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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                                            OkTekk
                                            last edited by OkTekk

                                            Oh oh :x

                                            Sweet Jesus ... i am a big fool and have made you waste your time...
                                            I often install/reinstall rpi's therefore my config.txt is backed up and used everytime ^^ you can guess what's following : experimental drv IS set because (before retropie) it didn't cause any harm.

                                            ... ahem. truly sorry having been this dumb !
                                            ES launch as it should be. Thanks for your time !!

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