Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library....

Nefariis

Pi Model or other hardware: Odroid XU4
Linux Flavor: Ubuntu Minimal (18.04.5 / 4.14.180-178)
Power Supply used: stock
RetroPie Version Used: 4.7.1
Built From: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/
USB Devices connected: keyboard & odroid wifi adapter
Controller used: N/A
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Odroid-XU3-XU4/

Steps to follow:

Follow the guide to "sudo ./retropie_setup.sh"
Install all core modules (ES, RA, RA Menu, Commandline)
Install single NES emulator (lr-fceumm)
Install a few ES themes
Install RA overlays and assets
Attempt to use the command "emulationstation"

Error messages received:

Error creating SDL window!  
   Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library
Renderer failed to initialize!
Window failed to initialize!

Places Checked Before Posting: FAQ, First Installation, Getting Started, and the general questions Forum

Possibly Related:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18504/retropie-on-odroid-xu4-ubuntu-18-emulationstation-issues/4
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21806/odroid-xu4-sdl-problem-emulationstation/13

I've tried various fixes around the internet in an attempt to fix the error but I've had no luck. This is my third time through the guide and this time I have only done what I've listed above so you know exactly what state my ODroid image is in - hopefully that makes it easier to replicate/troubleshoot.

I'm sure that this is something easy that I'm just not understanding how RP/RA/ES work together, but I spent the whole day with it and I just can't figure this out for the life of me.

Any help in solving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys

Nefariis

Apparently Ubuntu Minimal does not include lightdm - could that be the issue?

mitu

I don't think so, the libSDL2 that RetroPie builds and installs for EmulationStation should enable video working without the X.org or any desktop environment.
What is the output of ldd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation ?

Nefariis

root@odroid:~# ldd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0xbea66000)
        libfreeimage.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreeimage.so.3 (0xb6d2c000)
        libSDL2-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 (0xb6c2d000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6c08000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libasound.so.2 (0xb6b57000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb6adc000)
        libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcurl.so.4 (0xb6a7e000)
        libvlc.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvlc.so.5 (0xb6a56000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1 (0xb69d7000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb68c4000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6 (0xb6843000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb681a000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6722000)
        /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6fcf000)
        libjxrglue.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjxrglue.so.0 (0xb66fe000)
        libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjpeg.so.8 (0xb66c6000)
        libopenjp2.so.7 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libopenjp2.so.7 (0xb667c000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng16.so.16 (0xb664c000)
        libraw.so.16 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libraw.so.16 (0xb6593000)
        libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtiff.so.5 (0xb652c000)
        libwebpmux.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwebpmux.so.3 (0xb6516000)
        libwebp.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwebp.so.6 (0xb64c7000)
        libIlmImf-2_2.so.22 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22 (0xb6246000)
        libHalf.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libHalf.so.12 (0xb61f3000)
        libIex-2_2.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIex-2_2.so.12 (0xb61ce000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so.1 (0xb61a4000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0xb6191000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 (0xb617b000)
        libnghttp2.so.14 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libnghttp2.so.14 (0xb6153000)
        libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libidn2.so.0 (0xb6128000)
        librtmp.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librtmp.so.1 (0xb6104000)
        libpsl.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpsl.so.5 (0xb60e7000)
        libssl.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libssl.so.1.1 (0xb6085000)
        libcrypto.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypto.so.1.1 (0xb5ee0000)
        libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0xb5ea5000)
        libldap_r-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libldap_r-2.4.so.2 (0xb5e62000)
        liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblber-2.4.so.2 (0xb5e49000)
        libvlccore.so.9 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvlccore.so.9 (0xb5d89000)
        libGLX.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLX.so.0 (0xb5d6e000)
        libGLdispatch.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0xb5cf0000)
        libjpegxr.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjpegxr.so.0 (0xb5cbd000)
        liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblcms2.so.2 (0xb5c77000)
        libgomp.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgomp.so.1 (0xb5c48000)
        liblzma.so.5 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblzma.so.5 (0xb5c1e000)
        libjbig.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libjbig.so.0 (0xb5c04000)
        libIlmThread-2_2.so.12 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libIlmThread-2_2.so.12 (0xb5bef000)
        libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libunistring.so.2 (0xb5a84000)
        libgnutls.so.30 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgnutls.so.30 (0xb5984000)
        libhogweed.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhogweed.so.4 (0xb594c000)
        libnettle.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libnettle.so.6 (0xb5911000)
        libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgmp.so.10 (0xb58b9000)
        libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5.so.3 (0xb5821000)
        libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libk5crypto.so.3 (0xb57ec000)
        libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcom_err.so.2 (0xb57d9000)
        libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5support.so.0 (0xb57c2000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libresolv.so.2 (0xb57a2000)
        libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsasl2.so.2 (0xb5781000)
        libgssapi.so.3 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgssapi.so.3 (0xb574c000)
        libidn.so.11 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libidn.so.11 (0xb570c000)
        libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb56cd000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11.so.6 (0xb55dc000)
        libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libp11-kit.so.0 (0xb551a000)
        libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libtasn1.so.6 (0xb54fe000)
        libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkeyutils.so.1 (0xb54eb000)
        libheimntlm.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libheimntlm.so.0 (0xb54d5000)
        libkrb5.so.26 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libkrb5.so.26 (0xb5473000)
        libasn1.so.8 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libasn1.so.8 (0xb540d000)
        libhcrypto.so.4 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhcrypto.so.4 (0xb53d9000)
        libroken.so.18 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libroken.so.18 (0xb53bc000)
        libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsystemd.so.0 (0xb5356000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb.so.1 (0xb532e000)
        libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libffi.so.6 (0xb5318000)
        libwind.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwind.so.0 (0xb52e0000)
        libheimbase.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libheimbase.so.1 (0xb52c7000)
        libhx509.so.5 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libhx509.so.5 (0xb528c000)
        libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb51dd000)
        libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb519e000)
        liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblz4.so.1 (0xb517b000)
        libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcrypt.so.20 (0xb50c9000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXau.so.6 (0xb50b6000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb50a2000)
        libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgpg-error.so.0 (0xb5084000)
        libbsd.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbsd.so.0 (0xb5062000)

mitu

Hm, it doesn't look like it's compiled with GLES. Can you try re-installing emulationstation from source again, then post the latest log from $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs to pastebin.com ? It should have the compilation log, with the options for GL or GLES.

BuZz

I can check/debug this on my Odroid system also @mitu

Nefariis

Alright list of steps..

open retro_setup.sh
update setup script from source
uninstall/reinstall emulationstation
Pull log and upload to Pastebin (https://pastebin.com/gtbJkWpS)

mitu

It looks like it's picking OpenGL over GLES, that's why it's not working correctly.

Nefariis

Have any suggestions on what I might try?

I am waaay out of my element here - but if you point me to a few sites/suggestions I might be able to figure it out.

Thank you again for your help

mitu

@nefariis We're looking into it - it looks like the EmulationStation build options, that have been updated recently, are not correctly picking up the GLES libraries needed.

BuZz

I have a fix for the XU - I'm just verifying on some other boards before committing my changes - I will update here when it's done.

BuZz

@nefariis If you clean EmulationStation build folder (if needed) and try again it should work.

retropi19

@buzz i know im off-topic but im trying to use the script :

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/08d99e4288789c72af6a3a99829d7347402bd925/scriptmodules/admin/image.sh#L281

to generate/build the berryboot images but when i execute the image.sh file with ./image.sh in a command line prompt in raspbian,nothing happens, do i need to run the script different or something else reguired?

Nefariis

Yup that fixed it and everything looks to be running ok

Thank you guys very much

jamesvvic

Hi hopefully someone can help, I tried the troubleshooting steps here and I am still getting that error "Could not initialize OpenGL / GLES library". Just let me know what info. you'll need from me to somehow see what's the problem. I have everything installed from basic install. Reinstalled emulationstation twice already. I'm using a different board Orange Pi PC and Armbian Ubuntu Focal. Except for the problem packages that I was able to fix/got installed, retropie installed without problems. I'm stuck with that error though. I'm no expert but I am able to follow instructions and somehow find solutions on my own but for this one I really need help. I really want this to work.

mitu

RetroPie doesn't support Orange Pi boards, but there's a fork geared at these boards at http://www.retrorangepi.org - you can try it and see if your board is supported.

jamesvvic

@mitu thank you for your reply. I understand it's not supported, but I'm hoping I can make it work. I reinstalled Armbian Buster since Raspberry Pi OS is also the same. I bought this Orange Pi before because it's cheap and if only I known that there'll be a chip shortage I should have bought a raspberry Pi 4 before, I'm trying to buy 1 now but out of stock. I have a raspberry Pi zero w but performance is not very good.

mitu

I understand it's not supported, but I'm hoping I can make it work.

It's that easy, you'll have to know the platform and adapt the RetroPie-Setup script to the packages available in the distribution. Also, a large part of the packages have special compilations and installation instructions geared towards the platform being used (RPI/Odroid/PC), so you'll have to adapt the base install script and packages to your platform.

I reinstalled Armbian Buster since Raspberry Pi OS is also the same

Raspberry Pi OS contains a RPI tailored distribution (kernel/libraries/programs) which is based on Debian stable, but it's not the same. You should start from RetrOrangePi and - if your board is not supported by it - adapt it to your system.

jamesvvic

@mitu Thank you for your responses, Ill try to ask in RetrOrange Pi forum as well.

Found this online, maybe this will help?

sudo __platform=generic-x11 ./retropie_setup.sh

mitu

@jamesvvic said in Could not initialize OpenGL /GLES library....:

Found this online, maybe this will help?

I doubt it.