Lubuntu 19.10/Retropie Font error
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It looks like your RetroPie-Setup installation path is non standard - it should be
/home/user/RetroPie-Setup, but you've cloned the repository to/home/user/Desktop/RetroPie-Setup.
Try again the - full - installation from/home/user/RetroPie-Setup. -
Started from scratch (reinstalled even lubuntu). Setup installation in standard path (/home/user/Retropie-Setup), the resources folder is in place. Same error. Give up? This is the output of "emulationstation --debug":
Apr 21 13:47:47 lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built Apr 21 2020 - 11:04:53 Apr 21 13:47:47 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"... Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"... Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"... Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: Creating window... Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: Created window successfully. Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: GL vendor: Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: GL renderer: Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: GL version: Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING Apr 21 13:47:48 lvl1: Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current) emulationstation: /home/user/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:398: void Font::renderTextCache(TextCache*): Assertion `*it->textureIdPtr != 0' failed. Aborted (core dumped)OpenGL version:
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 19.2.8 -
It looks like your old PC doesn't support OpenGL 2, which is required by EmulationStation to work. What GPU do you have in the system ?
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It has an Intel Atom D525 with integrated graphics...GMA 3150 I think.
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According to this page, it does indeed limited to OpenGL 1.5. Even if EmulationStation would run, you'll most likely hit the same limitation when running emulators.
Get a more recent system, with a GPU capable of at least OpenGL 2.1.
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Well, I managed to enable OpenGL 2.1 with this tutorial:
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.8But i keep receiving the font error...so my doubt remains.
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@Jumpa Can you post a debug log ?
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@mitu I'm struggling with the same issue. I have open GL 2.0, so I don't think that's the problem.
Please help!
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@TheRavensGuild Post your
es_log.txtfile to see if you have the same error or not. -
@mitu I'm still pretty new with this. where would I find said file?
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@TheRavensGuild In
$HOME/.emulationstation. Or you could take the advice above and runemulationstation --debugfrom anxterm/gnome-terminalwindows and post the output. -
@mitu I got this
May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built May 11 2020 - 14:32:55 May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"... May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"... May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"... May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Creating window... May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Created window successfully. May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: GL vendor: May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: GL renderer: May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: GL version: May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... May 12 22:17:49 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: MISSING May 12 22:17:49 lvl1: Tried to enable vsync, but failed! (No OpenGL context has been made current) emulationstation: /home/name/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/emulationstation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:398: void Font::renderTextCache(TextCache*): Assertion `*it->textureIdPtr != 0' failed. Aborted (core dumped) -
Sure enough, looks identical to the original poster's error, which makes me believe you don't have accelerated OpenGL 2.0. Can you post the output of
glxinfoto pastebin.com ? What hardware/GPU do you have ? -
@mitu https://pastebin.com/w4bDw33C
Im running an Intel Atom N455, and integrated graphics
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@TheRavensGuild Your card doesn't support OpenGL 2:
.. OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 20.0.4 -
@mitu Oh. Is there any way around this?
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You can try an older EmulationStation version, by modifying the scriptmodule for EmulationStation to use
2.9.0instead of thestablebranch. After that, re-install from source theemulationstationpackage. Note that modifying the script locally will break the RetroPie-Setup script updates, so you'll have to revert your changes before doing an update. -
On an interesting side note, i managed to boot EmulationStation while using ChromeRemoteDesktop, which is weird
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@mitu i'm gonna be honest, that made like zero sense to me. I'm still extremely new to this. If it's not too much of a bother, may you please make a step by step guide for the process.
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If editing files around is not something you're familiar, then my suggestion is to find a system with a bit more performance and has the righ GPU. Even if you'd manage to get EmulationStation working, other programs/emulators might have similar requirements and you'd be struggling to make it work.
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