Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.
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I'm using a 5v 3A supply and getting no power errors. It isn't an official raspberry one, but I do have one and I'll swap to it and see, but it seems unlikely.
No overclocks.
The system is built from an official image and all I've done is updated everything and then installed and used SkyScraper.
The card is a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10.
The board is a Raspberry Motherboard PI 3 Model A+
I'm using an official Sony PS3 controller to control the system. EDIT: I've obviously also installed sixaxis support.
I don't think there's any other details I can give? What would you do in this situation @mitu ?
@Zering Is your issue similar to what I'm seeing here? Could you give your system details?
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@AssCabbage been a while since a played a multi-disc game on my pi 4. I'll see if I can replicate the issue you are having. Does this happen with any multi-disc game or specific ones?
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@quicksilver The only ones I have are Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid and Syphon filter. I've confirmed it with RE2 and MGS.
I've moved RE2 into seperate images and I can use the shared memory card feature to work around it. MGS is the main one I want to fix this for. I could live without Syphon Filter 2.
I'm wondering is this a specific issue with this model of Pi and the low RAM.
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I don't think there's any other details I can give? What would you do in this situation @mitu ?
Try out the original power supply, then check the sd card. If that doesn't work, try one of the weekly builds.
I'll see if I can replicate the issue you are having
I tried this also, but couldn't get any crash or other error. Since RetroArch got recently been updated to 1.8.5, there's always the possibility of a regression.
Still, give it a try, a second pair of eyes doesn't hurt. -
@mitu said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
RetroArch got recently been updated to 1.8.5
Is there a way to load an older version of RetroArch?
Does anyone know: If I use Etcher to image the card, and then write the image back, will this fix any errors on the card or will they be carried across?
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@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
Is there a way to load an older version of RetroArch?
You can load the 4.5.1 image and don't update.
Does anyone know: If I use Etcher to image the card, and then write the image back, will this fix any errors on the card or will they be carried across?
If the sdcard has errors, no. If the filesystem is corrupt, then copying back the game files should be enough.
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@mitu said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
If the filesystem is corrupt, then copying back the game files should be enough.
This is the question I should have asked, cheers. It did get some unintended shutdowns and I've seen this corrupt cards on my Kodi setup before.
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I am on retroarch 1.8.4 still, lr-pcsxrearmed build (r22 8fda5dd) and cannot reproduce the issue, disc swapping works correctly for me. I'll try updating retroarch and lr-pcsxrearmed and test again.
Edit:
I updated to retroarch 1.8.5 and updated lr-pcsxrearmed to the same version you are on and I cannot replicate your issue. Disc swapping works fine for me. -
@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
@Zering Is your issue similar to what I'm seeing here? Could you give your system details?
I've got a Pi 3, no overclock, running off a SanDisk 64 GB SD Card Class 10. My ROMs, however, I am running from a 1 TB Elements external drive, that is connected to a powered USB hub. I've got the official Raspberry Pi 2.5 V power supply, a fan and heat sinks for cooling. I'm pretty sure the issue has nothing to do with my physical setup as PS1 disc switching worked fine long before I set up my ROMS on a drive. As a matter of fact, all I played on lr-psxe-rearmed until about a month ago were multidisk games.
The problem started after I updated my RetroPie-Script and modules. It used to be switching PS1 discs was simple, you went into the Retroarch, appended your image and done. Never had an issue. Ever since I updated, the process is slightly different, and it froze on every single occasion since I updated. I can eject my disk and pick another one, but then it just hangs. I first started noticing it on Legend of Dragoon, Policenauts then Parasite Eve.Since that started, when playing a multi-disk game, if possible, I quit after saving at the end of a disk, then I duplicate my .srm file, and rename it to fit Disc 2. It works, but it's a pain in the ass when it used to be possible to do it all from within Retroarch.
Having said that, I also have a fresh install on another card. I could try and reproduce the issue on that card if anybody thinks that will help? I was hoping a fresh install would solve it.
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@Zering this looks like the same issue in the current topic. The new Disk control changes are part of the new RetroArch version (i.e. no more disc append, if you have a
.m3uthen you can cycle between discs, etc.).I wonder if it's the PI version that matters here.
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I honestly don't know for sure. I bought mine second hand. How do I find out?
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It looks more like the second one.
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@Zering that's a pi 4. Note the blue USB 3.0 ports and the two micro HDMI ports instead of the one standard HDMI port.
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@Zering OK. I wanted to see if it was just an issue with the smaller board for some reason.
I used a pi 4 image by accident quicksilver, but I think it's safe to assume Zering has the 3 B+.Confirmed the official PSU didn't help.
Trying rewriting the image to the card now to see if it's a file system issue, then I'm going to try the old retroarch build with the command helpfully given to me by @mituEDIT: Kinda regret trying this rewriting idea, between reading, writing and validating the image it's taking nearly three hours -_-
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Confirmed the exact same behavior in 1.8.4 ;_;
What on earth is going on? Anyone any other suggestions?
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My board doesn't look like either of those pictures. It's got two other smaller boards attached to it, if that makes sense? But structurally it looks more like the second one.
Also, today I actually managed to swap discs successfully, on Alone in the Dark : The New Nightmare. But if I try to exit the game, the system hangs. The only way I can work around it is to swap disks, save state once I'm on Disc 2, turn off the RPi, then turn it back on again. If I reset, the save data is gone and reverts back to whatever was there when I first turned it on. (Not that I'm complaining as that gave me an excuse to stop playing this bloody game)
Also, there's something I forgot to mention : my version of the RetroPie-Script is out of date I think. I didn't update for two years. When I updated last month, as I described, it failed to install some dependencies. I assumed it was related to the message I get, every time I start the file manager, that says my version of the script is no longer supported. Maybe that ties into the issue somehow?
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@Zering said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
Yes, you're experiencing the same as me alright. It does work the odd time and I could probably get past this with some sort of save. However I'm putting this together for a friend who's stuck in quarantine and I'd like it to work properly :/I've signed up to the retroarch forums to make a post there, but it seems like I can't....
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@AssCabbage said in Retropie completely locking up (requiring hard reboot) when attempting to switch from disk 2 to disk 1 in multidisk games.:
I've signed up to the retroarch forums to make a post there, but it seems like I can't....
It's a restriction in the Libretro forums - you can't post immediately after you register, you need to get certain number of points by participating/reading the forums. It's explained in one of their pinned topics.
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