EmulationStation crash when pressing x button

simbz23

Hello all,

I have the weirdest bug, wondering if anyone has seen this, couldn't find something. Every time I am in the main home screen of emulationstation, it crashes when pressing the X button

I have reproduced this using a Logitech USB gamepad, and a bluetooth arcade stick, using a Pi4 with the latest retropie image, and most updated emulationstation. No other button causes this crash. However if I go into any other menu, except for the home screen, it doesnt crash when pressing X

I looked at the logs, the last event shown is the Logitech joystick being added. No errors?

mitu

Can't reproduce this. Pressing X should select randomly a system from the list.
How many systems do you have in EmulationStation ? Are you using the Kids/Kiosk mode ?

simbz23

@mitu I have 0 systems, 0 added games. That’s interesting maybe it’s because of that. I’ll try adding a game

simbz23

Just for clarification, it’s an AtLegends Gamer Pro 2 player arcade stick

mitu

@simbz23 said in EmulationStation crash when pressing x button:

@mitu I have 0 systems, 0 added games. That’s interesting maybe it’s because of that. I’ll try adding a game

If you have 0 systems, EmulationStation would not start. On a RetroPie installation, there's at least the RetroPie system - do you it on the 'home' screen ?

simbz23

@mitu oh yah it does start and it does the show the settings and I can access it. That doesn’t count as a system does it?

mitu

@simbz23 said in EmulationStation crash when pressing x button:

That doesn’t count as a system does it?

Yes, it does, otherwise - as I said - it wouldn't start.

I can't reproduce this with only 1 system (retropie) - what's the exact version of EmulationStation you're using ? It should show up in the menu that you open with Start.

EDIT: you can also run EmulationStation with the --debug parameter and it should increase the logging level. You can post the debug log from the moment of the crash here in the topic.

mitu

Actually, I'm able to reproduce this now. I initially had the recent collection enabled and disabling while running doesn't trigger the bug, but a clean start will trigger the crash. Seems like the new 'shuffle' code for randomizing the systems/games doesn't like it when there's no 'game' system available, but the bug may have been there before it.

Thanks for reporting, we'll see how we can sort this out.

mitu

The issue should be solved now, but the fix is not yet in the stable branch. If you wish to test it, you can install the experimental emulationstation-dev package and you'll get the latest version.

If you've already added some games to your system, then you won't be stumbling on this issue, it only happens when there's no game system visible in EmulationStation.

simbz23

@mitu Awesome, glad to hear I could help, thank you!

Davehhf

@mitu I have the same problem. System crashes after I press X button. It´s a clean installation on an SD card, retropie 4.8. How do I install emulationstation-dev?

sleve_mcdichael

@Davehhf said in EmulationStation crash when pressing x button:

How do I install emulationstation-dev?

RetroPie-Setup > manage packages > experimental packages > emulationstation-dev