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    PSX rearmed doesn't change settings

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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      @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

      The audio is a problem because there is no audio.

      Can you get the log file, right after running the emulator, to see if any errors pop-out ? The file is /dev/shm/runcommand.log.

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        persita23 @mitu
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        @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

        @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

        The audio is a problem because there is no audio.

        Can you get the log file, right after running the emulator, to see if any errors pop-out ? The file is /dev/shm/runcommand.log.

        Here it is:

        Parameters: 
Executing: SDL1_VIDEODRIVER=dispmanx pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed; ./pcsx -cdfile "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue"; popd
/opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed ~
warning: video overlay is not hardware accelerated, not going to use it.
plat_sdl: using 720x576 as fullscreen resolution
plat_sdl: overlay: fmt 59565955, planes: 1, pitch: 1280, hw: 0
input: new device #0 "sdl:keys"
input: new device #1 "sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
input: async-only devices detected..
# drv probed binds name
0   0      y     y sdl:keys
1   0      y     y sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/font.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/selector.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /home/pi/.picodrive/skin/background.png
me_id2offset: id 28 not found
Starting PCSX-ReARMed 
Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Dec 15 2020).
warning: failed to do hugetlb mmap (0x80000000, 2162688): 22
Init new dynarec
testing if we can run recompiled code..
test passed.
Mapped (RAM/scrp/ROM/LUTs/TC):
80000000/1f800000/1fc00000/08000000/004a4000
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card1.mcd
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card2.mcd
plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu
plugin: plugins/builtin_spu
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
Plugins loaded.
Loaded CD Image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue[+cue].
Track 01 (DATA) - Start 00:02:00, Length 60:12:20
alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
selected sound output driver: none
CD-ROM Label: WILDARMS                        
CD-ROM ID: EXESCES01
CD-ROM EXE Name: EXE\SCES_011.73;1
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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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          @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

          alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
          selected sound output driver: none

          Looks like you installed PulseAudio and the emulator (or ALSA) doesn't approve. How did you install RetroPie - did you use the Pi 0/1 image from retropie.org.uk/download ?

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            persita23 @mitu
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            @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

            @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

            alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
            selected sound output driver: none

            Looks like you installed PulseAudio and the emulator (or ALSA) doesn't approve. How did you install RetroPie - did you use the Pi 0/1 image from retropie.org.uk/download ?

            Thanks for reply. I installed it manually following this guide: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/

            Basically I installed it after installing Raspbian

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
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              If you update your RetroPie-Setup script, then open the Audio settings in RetroPie, you'll have an option to disable PulseAudio. Use that and see if pcsx-rearmed works.

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                persita23 @mitu
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                @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                If you update your RetroPie-Setup script, then open the Audio settings in RetroPie, you'll have an option to disable PulseAudio. Use that and see if pcsx-rearmed works.

                Thanks for reply. It looks like I already have ALSA active. 59E01F1B-30C4-4395-95D6-FE37990BF7C9.jpeg

                I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.

                I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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                  @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                  I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.
                  I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

                  If PulseAudio is disabled, then the error is from somewhere else. You can check if PulseAudio is enabled by running

                  systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.service
systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.socket
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                    persita23 @mitu
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                    @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                    @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                    I tried to play the game and there is no audio. I tried to play with enable/disable the PulseAudio but it doesn’t change: even if I set it to enable, it’s look like is disable.
                    I think there is a problem in writing on the file, maybe it’s corrupted. Do you know in which file are these settings written? Maybe I can change them manually. Or maybe there is another solution. Thanks

                    If PulseAudio is disabled, then the error is from somewhere else. You can check if PulseAudio is enabled by running

                    systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.service
systemctl is-enabled --user pulseaudio.socket

                    Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled
                    Do you think I have to perform a clean installation of retropie?

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @persita23
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                      @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                      Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled

                      If it's disabled, then it's another issue. Is the log from the emulator saying the same thing - regarding audio and PulseAudio ?

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                        persita23 @mitu
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                        @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                        @persita23 said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                        Ok, if I run those command it says that it is disabled

                        If it's disabled, then it's another issue. Is the log from the emulator saying the same thing - regarding audio and PulseAudio ?

                        It looks the same:

                        Parameters: 
Executing: SDL1_VIDEODRIVER=dispmanx pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed; ./pcsx -cdfile "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue"; popd
/opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed ~
warning: video overlay is not hardware accelerated, not going to use it.
plat_sdl: using 720x576 as fullscreen resolution
plat_sdl: overlay: fmt 59565955, planes: 1, pitch: 1280, hw: 0
input: new device #0 "sdl:keys"
input: new device #1 "sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
input: async-only devices detected..
# drv probed binds name
0   0      y     y sdl:keys
1   0      y     y sdl:Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/font.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /opt/retropie/emulators/pcsx-rearmed/skin/selector.png
frontend/libpicofe/readpng.c: failed to open: /home/pi/.picodrive/skin/background.png
me_id2offset: id 28 not found
Starting PCSX-ReARMed 
Running PCSX Version 1.9 (Dec 15 2020).
warning: failed to do hugetlb mmap (0x80000000, 2162688): 22
Init new dynarec
testing if we can run recompiled code..
test passed.
Mapped (RAM/scrp/ROM/LUTs/TC):
80000000/1f800000/1fc00000/08000000/004a4000
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card1.mcd
Loading memory card ./.pcsx/memcards/card2.mcd
plugin: plugins/builtin_gpu
plugin: plugins/builtin_spu
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
plugin: plugins/builtin_pad
Plugins loaded.
Loaded CD Image: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Wild Arms (Italy).cue[+cue].
Track 01 (DATA) - Start 00:02:00, Length 60:12:20
alsa: refusing to run under PulseAudio's emulation
selected sound output driver: none
CD-ROM Label: WILDARMS                        
CD-ROM ID: EXESCES01
CD-ROM EXE Name: EXE\SCES_011.73;1
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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by mitu

                          Somehow, pcsx_rearmed thinks PulseAudio is still running. What's the output of

                          aplay -L | grep -i pulse
ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                          should be empty when PulseAudio is disabled.

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                            persita23 @mitu
                            last edited by persita23

                            @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                            ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                            Here it is. I am sorry if I can’t do anything to help you but now we are far from my understanding of things :D
                            E0567E10-0C99-4EE5-9357-F9BEC2B2DF5C.jpeg

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @persita23
                              last edited by

                              Looks like PulseAudio is still running.
                              Did you reboot after changing the PulseAudio audio settings ? Try rebooting and checking again with commands I posted earlier. If it's not working, try manually disabling PulseAudio by running

                              systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                              and rebooting.

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                                persita23 @mitu
                                last edited by persita23

                                @mitu said in PSX rearmed doesn't change settings:

                                Looks like PulseAudio is still running.
                                Did you reboot after changing the PulseAudio audio settings ? Try rebooting and checking again with commands I posted earlier. If it's not working, try manually disabling PulseAudio by running

                                systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                                and rebooting.

                                I have done this:

                                1-From setup script I tried to disable pulse audio (it was already disable)
                                2-I tried to enable it—>rebooting—>Still disabled (so from setup script it is disabled and there is no way to enable it)
                                3-Reboot and ran the game-> no audio
                                3- I ran this

                                aplay -L | grep -i pulse
ps -ef | grep pulseaudio

                                And still got the same output
                                4-reboot
                                5-I ran this

                                systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket

                                6-I ran the game and...IT WORKS WITH AUDIO! :D :D
                                7- Rebooted and run the game again, it keeps the settings. Tried also with other emulators (NES) and the games have audio.

                                Thanks a lot!

                                I will try to figure out the analog thing by myself! I try! :D

                                UPDATE: playing around I made the analog work. I change some setting in the configuration of the emulator. Now everything works fine

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