Emulation Station crashes after exiting game

uqlel

Hardware: x86 64bit laptop: Acer Extensa 5220 (CPU Celeron 530, GPU Intel Mobile GM965/GL960, 1GB RAM)
RetroPie version:

uqlel@acer-debian:~/RetroPie-Setup$ git show
commit 0bcf01d46926de78609980e8661da5c971189ab8 (grafted, HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Jools Wills <buzz@exotica.org.uk>
Date:   Sun May 21 23:52:27 2023 +0100

    Merge pull request #3720 from joolswills/ags_dependencies
    
    ags - add missing libsdl2-dev and cmake dependencies

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Built from: Source on top of existing OS - Debian 11
USB Devices connected: 2x Xbox One S controller, USB hub
Controllers used: 2x Xbox One S controller
Error messages received: Emulation station crashed!
Runcommand log (without verbose logging):

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x/snes9x_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg "/home/uqlel/RetroPie/roms/snes/Super Mario Kart (USA).zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
Map_HiROMMap

Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/
File: /home/uqlel/RetroPie/roms/snes/Super Mario Kart (USA).zip
Emulator: snes
Other logs:
runcommand.info

snes
lr-snes9x
/home/uqlel/RetroPie/roms/snes/Super Mario Kart (USA).zip
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x/snes9x_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg "/home/uqlel/RetroPie/roms/snes/Super Mario Kart (USA).zip"

es_log.txt: https://pastebin.com/YN3KgS2T
How to replicate the problem:

Install Debian 11 with LXDE
Install retropie from source on Debian 11
Install Linux Kernel 6.1.0.9
Setup autologin and autostart for Retropie
Restart the PC
Play an SNES game for a longer time (for me it was ~15 minutes)
Exit the game with Hotkey+Start+Select

It does not happen if you play a shorter time. I found a solution that says you need to disable vsync by adding --vsync 0 at the end of your command, but it does not fix my problem.

mitu

This usually happens when the input devices get disconnected during initialization in EmulationStation.

Is the USB hub powered from the laptop ? Can you reproduce the issue if only one controller is installed (with or without the USB hub) ?

uqlel

@mitu The USB hub is only powered by the USB port in the laptop. When the controller is connected without the hub, it does not work at all (idk why). I connected only one controller via the hub and it seemed to work normally, but I only played a while. I will now leave it for 30 minutes and then exit game, and then try to exit it.

uqlel

@mitu after ~30 minutes AFK in this game with a single controller connected, exiting worked normally, so it probably happens only when multiple controllers are connected.

uqlel

It does not happen at all with a single controller connected

mitu

So most likely the USB hub is disconnecting at some point and EmulationStation crashes during that moment. Can you try and get a separately powered USB HUB ? Or perhaps a newer PC, since the one you have is more than 10 years old ?