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    • shavecat
      shavecat @roslof last edited by shavecat

      @roslof
      thanks a lot !
      yes its the same issue driving my nuts i really tried everything...
      will give it a try for all that u write here again :)
      hope for good and will say if worked .
      thank again

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      • shavecat
        shavecat last edited by shavecat

        OKAY
        so nothing really helps :\
        Tried different themes switch off or on the omx player and all that :\

        DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory
        Failed to create scanout resource
        DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory
        Failed to create scanout resource
        
        

        Its just showing that after launch a game non stop on the left top screen crashing all.... :(((

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        • shavecat
          shavecat last edited by shavecat

          So the issue was gone for like 2 weeks (but i didnt really play a lot with the pi )
          and it come back...
          i try everything
          uninstall and install back all emuatlinstaion .
          but nothing really helps
          its just pop on my left side on my screen after playing a few games and quit them .
          non stop untill it crush it self :(

          DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory
          Failed to create scanout resource
          

          im guessing no asnwer for that ... :((

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          • shavecat
            shavecat last edited by shavecat

            So after delete the es_settings.cfg
            its stable for now...
            dont know what caused it really , and hope it will last for now :|)

            Guess not still crushing after quit some games :((

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            • GreenHawk84
              GreenHawk84 @roslof last edited by GreenHawk84

              Hello,

              I ended up getting this error after a long night of configuring bezels and such. Took about 3 hours to appear. I guess delete es_settings? Any adverse effects I should consider? I am on a Pi4 with stock settings.

              error.jpg

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              • shavecat
                shavecat @GreenHawk84 last edited by

                @greenhawk84
                Hey i think i never solved it .
                Tried different themes install the emualtionstaion again....
                nothing really works.
                TRY THAT
                maybe it will help (think it helps , but not sure...)
                Adding this on your boot config.txt at the end -
                gpu_mem=512
                Or just change it the gpu_me to 512 from raspi-config .
                Hope it will help Let me know ;)

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                • GreenHawk84
                  GreenHawk84 @shavecat last edited by

                  @shavecat do you still have this problem?

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                  • shavecat
                    shavecat @GreenHawk84 last edited by

                    @greenhawk84
                    didnt had it for a while now...
                    so cant promise im just afraid to jinx it ;) haha

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                    • GreenHawk84
                      GreenHawk84 @shavecat last edited by GreenHawk84

                      @shavecat looks like it could be screensaver related. I opted to use the other video player for my screen saver because it displays the game titles. I will try to use OMX again to see if I have crashes and will report back.

                      This comes up for me after a very long session with the system on, which could be an issue when I finally set this thing up in my main room for guests to play. I don't want any crashing when I leave the system on ready to go.

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                      • shavecat
                        shavecat @GreenHawk84 last edited by shavecat

                        @greenhawk84
                        Did u try what i wrote ?
                        (Have to say I just played with it a bit,quit and play some games of psp .after it was on kodi for weeks... Runs Great so far ;) )
                        i did try to play with the omx .. read the comments ...
                        Good luck
                        With love to hear if u got it FIX :)

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