No Games will load

Ken Tipton

this is the latest log after doing what listed above

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus/mame2003_plus_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.zip" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Mar 27 2021
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus/mame2003_plus_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides] no core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003-Plus/MAME 2003-Plus.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003-Plus/arcade.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003-Plus/asteroid.cfg.
[INFO] [Remaps]: remap directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/remaps
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 10.
[INFO] Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Full content path /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.zip
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Git Version fada64e
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content lookup name: asteroid
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Driver index counter: 3300. Matched game driver: asteroid
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as using a vector video display.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as having a service button.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as having a tilt feature.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as using 8-way joystick controls.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified by controls.c as having joysticks on axis with respect to the cabinet.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as supporting 1 players with 1 distinct controls.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified as supporting 3 button controls.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Content identified by controls.c as having mirrored multiplayer control labels.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Check for trailing slash in path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Removed a trailing slash in path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Check for trailing slash in path: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Trailing slash removal was not necessary for path given.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Check for trailing slash in path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Removed a trailing slash in path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] content path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] system path: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] save path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_VARIABLES.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Opening ROM file: 035145.02
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Opening ROM file: 035144.02
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Opening ROM file: 035143.02
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Opening ROM file: 035127.02
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Succesfully loaded ROMs.
[libretro ERROR] cpunum_get_localtime() called for invalid cpu num!
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_ROTATION: 0
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: XRGB8888.
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+]

CONTROLS:

GAMEINFO: Asteroids (rev 2)
1979 Atari

CPU:
M6502 1.500000 MHz

Sound:
Discrete Components

Vector Game
[INFO] Skipping SRAM load..
[INFO] Version of libretro API: 1
[INFO] Compiled against API: 1
[libretro INFO] [MAME 2003+] Sample rate set to 48000
[INFO] [Cheats]: Load game-specific cheatfile: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/cheats/MAME 2003-Plus/asteroid.cht
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 3072x2304
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: videocore
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [EGL]: eglSwapInterval(1)
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: VideoCore IV HW.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.
[INFO] Querying EGL extension: KHR_image => exists
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 1920x1080
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] Setting up menu pipeline shaders for XMB ...
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling ribbon shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling simple ribbon shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling snow shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling modern snow shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling bokeh shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Compiling snowflake shader..
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype.
[INFO] [Video]: Graphics driver did not initialize an input driver. Attempting to pick a suitable driver.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1285: 2016 Segmentation fault /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus/mame2003_plus_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.zip" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

mitu

@ken-tipton said in No Games will load:

/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

Can you post the above file's contents on pastebin.com ?

Ken Tipton

@mitu

mitu

@ken-tipton No, that's the log file. I mean to get the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg file and post it on pastebin.com.

Ken Tipton

@mitu sorry here you go

mitu

@ken-tipton This looks like the file was saved from the RetroArch's menu or you enabled 'Save on Exit' and one of the settings is not correct (input_joypad_driver is set to null ?).
Rename the file and then install one of the arcade emulators (lr-mame2003 or lr-fbneo). This will re-generate the default configuration file that RetroPie sets and it should work.

Ken Tipton

@mitu what file is it that I need to rename? the config file?

Ken Tipton

That seemed to work I will try a few more ROMS.....thank you very much

Ken Tipton

now the games load but

Asteroids is lagging and very slow
Donkey Kong no longer has the audio for mario walking. When game loads it says audio files are missing. where would the audio files go?

Thorr69

@ken-tipton Donkey Kong requires samples. See the docs for more info on that.

Ken Tipton

@thorr69 I have the sample files loaded here

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/samples
and I am using mame2003 to play Donkey Kong
When I open the zip file in the sample folder I can see 8 files in there.
DKStomp and Run 1-3 are present but these are the sounds I am missing

Ken Tipton

Donkey Kong fixed now just asteroids

it is lagging big time never did before.

mitu

Can you post again the runcommand.log when the game lags ? Use pastebin.com again, instead of the forum post, the log is quite large.

Ken Tipton

@mitu said in No Games will load:

Can you post again the runcommand.log when the game lags ? Use pastebin.com again, instead of the forum post, the log is quite large.

where is that file located

mitu

@ken-tipton said in No Games will load:

where is that file located

It's in /dev/shm - the same log file you've posted previously. Make sure you enable verbose logging - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging.

Ken Tipton

@mitu here you go

Ken Tipton

Audio sounds bad as well...didn't before

mitu

@ken-tipton Are you using a Pi4 or a Pi3B+ ?

Ken Tipton

@mitu 3b+

mitu

@ken-tipton That's strange, because the log says the video resolution is 3072x2304, which a Pi3 doesn't support:

[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 3072x2304

Given that the BIOS folder is also not detected

[WARN] SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.zip

I think this is another case of modifying or resetting the RetroArch configuration file and having bad configs. Probably that's why the samples were not working for dkong.

I advise you to change the retroarch.cfg to defaults - rename /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and the re-install retroarch. Don't use the Reset Configuration from RetroArch's GUI, since the RetroArch's defaults will not properly work with the RetroPie setup (or the Pi). If you need something to be changed, then try to use Core/Game/System overrides so that the main configuration is kept intact.