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    Drastic unable to launch games

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      locDAMN @mitu
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      @mitu Didnt have the desktop installed unfortunately

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        locDAMN @mitu
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        @mitu

        Pi Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Modèle B 4 Go
        Power Supply used: USB-C 3A
        RetroPie Version: 4.6
        Built From: retropie-buster-4.6-rpi4
        USB Devices connected: Keyboard
        Controller used: Self made arcade stick
        Guide used: Retropie docs

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          mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
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          @locdamn said in Drastic unable to launch games:

          @mitu Didnt have the desktop installed unfortunately

          The desktop is not a requirement for DraStic, but installing it also installs the PulseAudio service, which might cause issues with it.

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            locDAMN @mitu
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            @mitu Just did it, nothing change but i noticed a failed to find mixer elements

            i'll follow the instruction here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11256/failed-to-find-mixer-elements/12 and we will see :)

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              locDAMN
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              @locdamn Well changes nothing..

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                locDAMN @mitu
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                @mitu @mitu only the log changing

                Parameters: 
Executing: xinit /dev/shm/retropie_xinitrc -- vt1 -keeptty


X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 5.4.0-54-generic armv8l Raspbian
Current Operating System: Linux retropie 5.10.11-v7l+ #1399 SMP Thu Jan 28 12:09:48 GMT 2021 armv7l
Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60,margin_left=48,margin_right=48,margin_top=48,margin_bottom=48 smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:AA:0E:30 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000  console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 plymouth.enable=0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
Build Date: 15 January 2021  02:03:57PM
xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1+rpt2+deb10u3 (https://www.debian.org/support) 
Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/home/pi/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Feb 24 00:31:28 2021
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.
Set mode 1920x1080@60Hz on HDMI-1

Executing (via xinit): /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic.sh /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds kms

xinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
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                  mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
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                  @locdamn Can you start the desktop and then run manually DraStic from a terminal (xterm) ?

                  cd /opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic
/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds"

                  See if any errors are reported in the terminal.

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                    locDAMN @mitu
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                    @mitu said in Drastic unable to launch games:

                    /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds"

                    Am i missing something ?

                    When i did the cd then i am doing

                    /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds"

                    got is a directory then i did

                    /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds"

                    and literraly nothing happened

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                      mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
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                      @locdamn said in Drastic unable to launch games:

                      /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nds/Pokemon SoulSilver.nds"

                      That's the correct command - isn't anything shown on the terminal ? Is the command finishing immediately ?

                      What's the output of

                      file /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic
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                        locDAMN @mitu
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                        @mitu Well got empty and as you can see

                        219fa431-a63e-4433-aa93-afdd4d68ef90-image.png

                        it is empty yes.. Do i need to remove and re-install from binary ?

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                          mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
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                          Do you have enough free space on your disc/sdcard ? I see every installed file from DraStic is an empty file.

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                            locDAMN @mitu
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                            @mitu Yup still 10Gb remaining

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                              mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
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                              @locdamn Then re-install and see if the correct files are created. If not, then provide the installation log from $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs - it should be the last log file created.

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                                locDAMN @mitu
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                                @mitu ended up a bit fast

                                Log started at: Wed 24 Feb 10:44:30 GMT 2021

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.7.9 (ab88a0b6)
System: rpi4 (armv7l) - Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) - Linux retropie 5.10.11-v7l+ #1399 SMP Thu Jan 28 12:09:48 GMT 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'drastic' : NDS emu - DraStic
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Installing (binary) 'drastic' : NDS emu - DraStic
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Downloading https://files.retropie.org.uk/archives/drastic-2.5.0.4.tar.gz to /tmp/tmp.d1JCn0zEl5/drastic-2.5.0.4.tar.gz ...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

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drastic/system/
drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm7.bin
drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm9.bin
drastic/game_database.xml
drastic/drastic_logo_0.raw
drastic/drastic
drastic/drastic_readme.txt
drastic/usrcheat.dat
drastic/drastic_logo_1.raw
/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic /home/pi

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Configuring 'drastic' : NDS emu - DraStic
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'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/game_database.xml' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/game_database.xml'
'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm7.bin' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm7.bin'
'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm9.bin' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/system/drastic_bios_arm9.bin'
'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/usrcheat.dat' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/usrcheat.dat'
'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/drastic_logo_0.raw' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic_logo_0.raw'
'/opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic/drastic_logo_1.raw' -> '/opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/drastic_logo_1.raw'
/home/pi

Log ended at: Wed 24 Feb 10:44:33 GMT 2021
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 3 secs
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                                  mitu Global Moderator @locDAMN
                                  last edited by

                                  @locdamn said in Drastic unable to launch games:

                                  https://files.retropie.org.uk/archives/drastic-2.5.0.4.tar.gz to /tmp/tmp.d1JCn0zEl5/drastic-2.5.0.4.tar.gz

                                  Looks ok, the file is correct and the unpacking works. Are the emulator files still empty ?

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                                    locDAMN @mitu
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                                    @mitu I did a clean remove / reboot then install / remove and now packages are here i'm gonna launch from xterm again

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                                      locDAMN @mitu
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                                      @mitu OK, ffs this is finally working !!!!

                                      Maybe it was cache when i uninstall/install without rebooting but now files are here and not empty.

                                      games are launching too

                                      Big thanks to the time you gave to me

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