Emulationstation cannot launch anything from within it.
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I have been running rpie on my debian PC for 3 days. It worked fine the first day but the second day the problem started:
Emulationstation starts but I am unable to run anything from within it. So when entering a game the ES window disappears for a second but reappears as nothing was started. There is no white window which states a game is being launched and gives option to enter game config. This includes games and items in the configuration menu such as 'retropie setup.' On rare occasion everything runs fine. But then the next time I run ES it is broken.
I do not believe it is due to a change I made to any setting.
If you have any idea of how this issue might be solved. Any help would be appreciated.
Below is a part of the log from when I tried to enter a game and then tried to enter 'bluetooth' from preferences menu -unsuccessfully both.Thanks.
Aug 09 21:05:56 lvl2: req sound [basic.launch] Aug 09 21:05:56 lvl2: (missing) Aug 09 21:05:57 lvl2: Attempting to launch game... Aug 09 21:05:57 lvl2: /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ psx /home/hjalti/RetroPie/roms/psx/Tomb\ Raider\ II\ -\ Starring\ Lara\ Croft\ \(Europe\)/Tomb\ Raider\ II\ -\ Starring\ Lara\ Croft\ \(Europe\).cue Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: Creating window... Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: Created window successfully. Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: GL vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: GL renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: GL version: 3.0 Mesa 18.3.6 Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... Aug 09 21:05:58 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok Aug 09 21:05:59 lvl2: Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 1, device index: 0) Aug 09 21:05:59 lvl2: Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 1, device index: 0) Aug 09 21:06:02 lvl2: req sound [detailed.launch] Aug 09 21:06:02 lvl2: (missing) Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Attempting to launch game... Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: sudo /home/hjalti/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch /home/hjalti/RetroPie/retropiemenu/bluetooth.rp </dev/tty >/dev/tty Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl1: ...launch terminated with nonzero exit code 512! Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Creating window... Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Created window successfully. Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: GL vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: GL renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: GL version: 3.0 Mesa 18.3.6 Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Checking available OpenGL extensions... Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 2, device index: 0) Aug 09 21:06:03 lvl2: Added known joystick Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (instance ID: 2, device index: 0) Aug 09 21:06:07 lvl2: Added/Updated 1 entities in '/home/hjalti/.emulationstation/gamelists/psx/gamelist.xml' Aug 09 21:06:07 lvl2: Saved gamelist.xml for system "psx" in 0 ms Aug 09 21:06:07 lvl2: Added/Updated 1 entities in '/home/hjalti/.emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml' Aug 09 21:06:07 lvl2: Saved gamelist.xml for system "retropie" in 0 ms Aug 09 21:06:07 lvl2: EmulationStation cleanly shutting down. -
@hjalti Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
Please show the runcommand log for a game. If using a libretro emulator enable verbose logging via runcommand. Need more details to debug. Thanks.
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@buzz Thanks you. I had skimmed through this post. But since the problem is that emulators are not actually starting from emulationstation I did not think of running with verbose flag.
However I very stupidly destroyed my system's partition last night. I will make a fresh install of debian today and report whether the issue occurs.
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I did a fresh install of debian 10 and emulationstation V2.9.6RP the problem is still here. All works fine on first try but third time I run the program it will not run any emulators or open items from the retropie configuration menu. Instead the window minimizes and comes back into focus in a second. It is not possible to run with verbose logging as the screen that allows you to enter config before running emulation does not appear. I find it strange that I am the only one with this problem.
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@hjalti How are you starting EmulationStation ? Are you using the RetroPie shortcut/launcher or you created your own shortcut ?
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@mitu That's actually an excellent question.
I have been using my own launcher which only has the command 'emulationstation' -This was the error. If I run the command in a terminal window or use the rpie launcher which does the same; Everything works. So a massive thanks to you!
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