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    Can't open Retropie after installing a theme

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @jas51384
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      @jas51384 This is not the full log, but if those are the last lines, indeed, there is nothing logged here.

      is there a way to view the pop os crash report? it disappears so fast I can't read it

      Not sure how that works, but you can run EmulationStation via gdb to catch the error.

      gdb -q /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation
      > run
      # crash happens
      > backtrace
      # error message shown
      > kill
      > quit
      
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        jas51384 @mitu
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        @mitu Thank you, I will give this a try. I should be able to report back Tuesday or Wednesday. Work has been getting in the way.

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          jas51384 @mitu
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          @mitu well it just says no stack when I try to run backtrace after the crash.

          output from gdb

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @jas51384
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            @jas51384 it says no stack because there's no process running - ES exits normally.
            Can you run again EmulationStation with the --debug flag and post the entire es_log.txt file from $HOME/.emulationstation ?

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              jas51384 @mitu
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              @mitu it only exits normally because I have to force it closed from a gray screen. ES shows in a second screen that I can go to and it will run normally but on initial startup I get a crash window and that gray screen. I would have to manually go to the es screen everytime. I will post the log file shortly.

              Edit: when I say screen, I mean window.

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                jas51384 @mitu
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                @mitu
                es_log.txt

                This is the whole log file. It looks like that gray screen is a Terminal window and ES is in another window. When the crash happens at startup, it forces that gray window to the front and hides the ES window. ES is running while that gray window is up and when I can get it to switch to the ES window it seems to work fine but I haven't really pushed it.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
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                  What's your window manager / Desktop environment ?

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                    jas51384 @mitu
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                    @mitu my OS? It's Pop! OS 22.04 LTS

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @jas51384
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                      @jas51384 Not the OS, your desktop environment - XFCE/Gnome/Mate/etc.

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                        jas51384 @mitu
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                        @mitu OH sorry it's the default Gnome

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