No HW Acceleration Manual Installation RPi 4 (v4.6)
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Hi,
I am unable to run the latest RetroPie v4.6 on a Raspberry Pi 4 with a decent performance. I've flashed a fresh Raspbian Lite image followed by the basic manual installation steps (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/).
After rebooting I simply launch "emulationstation" from the command line. Everything seems to be well setup, except that all 4 CPUs are running at 90-100% and everything is super slow (even on the first static screen to setup the controller).
This issue does not manifest when I flash the SD Card with a prebuilt image, nor when I follow the manual installation steps on a Raspberry Pi 3.
Can anyone help me overcome this issue?
Thanks in advance
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Can you post the contents of EmulationStation's log file from
$HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt
?Is there a reason you don't use the RetroPie provided image ? It's basically Raspbian Lite with RetroPie pre-installed.
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I plan to run RetroPie on a RPi4, which is already configured with different services (e.g. nextcloud, plex, homeassistant, etc.), hence the reason why I am avoiding the pre-built image.
Judging by the contents of the "es_log.txt" (which you can see bellow), it seems that the slowish manual installation is using the "VMWare llvmpipe" software GL renderer, as opposed to the "Broadcom V3D 4.2" hardware as in the pre-built image, nonetheless feel free to refer to the logs bellow.
I also posted the instruction to reproduce the issue:
Manual Instalation
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt May 03 09:50:12 lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built Apr 20 2020 - 22:28:12 May 03 09:50:12 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"... May 03 09:50:12 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"... May 03 09:50:12 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"... May 03 09:50:12 lvl2: Creating window... May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: Created window successfully. May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: GL vendor: VMware, Inc. May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: GL renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.1, 128 bits) May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: GL version: 3.1 Mesa 19.3.2 May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... May 03 09:50:14 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok May 03 09:50:15 lvl2: Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg... May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "atari2600" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "atari5200" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "atari7800" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "atari800" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "atarilynx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco" is not a directory! May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/colecovision/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/colecovision/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "coleco" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "fba" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "fds" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "gamegear" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "gb" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "gba" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "gbc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "mame-libretro" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "mastersystem" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "megadrive" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx" is not a directory! May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "msx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "n64" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "neogeo" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "nes" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "ngpc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "pcengine" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "psx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"... May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "sega32x" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "sg-1000" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "snes" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 09:50:15 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" pi@raspberrypi:~ $
RetroPie Pre-Built Image
pi@retropie:~ $ cat $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: EmulationStation - v2.9.1rp, built Apr 20 2020 - 22:28:12 May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"... May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"... May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"... May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Creating window... May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Created window successfully. May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: GL vendor: Broadcom May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: GL renderer: V3D 4.2 May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: GL version: 2.1 Mesa 19.3.2 May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... May 03 08:29:28 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok May 03 08:29:29 lvl2: Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg... May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/amstradcpc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/arcade/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "arcade" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari2600/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "atari2600" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari5200/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "atari5200" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari7800/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "atari7800" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atari800/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "atari800" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/atarilynx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "atarilynx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco" is not a directory! May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/colecovision/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/colecovision/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "coleco" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fba/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "fba" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/fds/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "fds" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gamegear/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "gamegear" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gb/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "gb" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gba/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "gba" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/gbc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "gbc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mame/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "mame-libretro" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/mastersystem/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "mastersystem" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/megadrive/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "megadrive" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Error - folder with path "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx" is not a directory! May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/msx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "msx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/n64/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "n64" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/neogeo/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "neogeo" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/nes/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "nes" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngp/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ngpc/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "ngpc" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/pcengine/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "pcengine" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/psx/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "psx" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml"... May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/retropie/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sega32x/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "sega32x" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/segacd/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "segacd" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/sg-1000/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "sg-1000" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/snes/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "snes" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/vectrex/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "vectrex" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/zxspectrum/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: System "zxspectrum" has no games! Ignoring it. May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-allgames/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-favorites/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/auto-lastplayed/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" May 03 08:29:29 lvl1: Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/theme.xml" (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/custom-collections/../carbon.xml") could not find file "" pi@retropie:~ $
Steps to Reproduce Issue
This is based on a fresh Raspbian Lite installation.
# Set Locale sudo update-locale LANGUAGE="en_GB:en" LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" reboot # Update Packages sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # Set Memory Split 256 sudo raspi-config # Install RetroPie sudo apt-get install git lsb-release cd git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git cd RetroPie-Setup chmod +x retropie_setup.sh sudo ./retropie_setup.sh # Basic Install reboot # Launch Emulationstation emulationstation
At this stage the issue manifests, so I try some additional steps:
# Enable FKMS sudo raspi-config reboot # Launch Emulationstation emulationstation
The issue still manifests.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
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@jrmfreitas said in No HW Acceleration Manual Installation RPi 4 (v4.6):
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Are you running something else on boot, in addition to EmulationStation ? What's the output of
sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/state
(use pastebin.com to post the info).Usually the GL software driver is used when there's another KMS/DRM enabled application that has become 'master' and EmulationStation (SDL2) cannot properly get access for HW accelerated graphics.
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I managed to collect some interesting findings, as well as identify a workaround.
It seems that the problem only manifests when emulationstation is NOT set to run at boot, which was the case.
The moment I configured "Boot to text console" using the configuration/tools on
retropie_setup.sh
, I managed to reproduce the issue even on the pre-built image.Setting autostart on my manual setup (or reverting it back on the pre-built image), fixed the issue even when stoping the process
pkill -f emulationstation
and starting it manually again with theemulationstation
command.@mitu here's the output from
sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/state
:
Raspbian Manual Setup
RetroPie Pre-built ImageNote: I am not running anything at boot (not even emulationstation), apart from the default raspbian services. These logs were collected from a fresh setup using the steps provided in my previous post.
Any ideas, on how to overcome this issue without setting emulationstation to run at boot? I would like to setup a silent boot, in order to avoid turning on the TV in case of reboot, or simply avoid consuming unnecessary resources when not in use.
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@jrmfreitas said in No HW Acceleration Manual Installation RPi 4 (v4.6):
@mitu here's the output from sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/state:
Raspbian Manual Setup
RetroPie Pre-built ImageThese are identical, are you sure you've
Note: I am not running anything at boot (not even emulationstation), apart from the default raspbian services. These logs were collected from a fresh setup using the steps provided in my previous post.
Then I don't know what could be the cause. As I said, the RetroPie image is basically a mint Raspbian Lite over which a RetroPie installation is performed.
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@mitu said in No HW Acceleration Manual Installation RPi 4 (v4.6):
are you sure you've
I know that it feels strange, but I am sure. You can tell by the prompt "pi@raspberrypi" (Raspbian Image + Manual Installation) vs. "pi@retropie" (Pre-built).
Then I don't know what could be the cause. As I said, the RetroPie image is basically a mint Raspbian Lite over which a RetroPie installation is performed.
You still helped me find a workaround, which I am very grateful for that. Thanks again for your time and support :)
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