Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu

mitu

@StonedEdge said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:

This one here? I tried editing and re-installing the binary, but the issue persists for me.

The workaround is not integrated into Retropie-Setup, it's something you have to do manually.

StonedEdge

Sorry what do you mean? I made the changes, and reinstalled the binary from the menu as instructed. The controller works fine to navigate the runcommand menu after launching a game, but does not work when navigating the RetroPie Setup from emulationstation. Indeed, it works fine when running sudo ./retropie_setup.sh from a terminal though. Do you mean I need to compile it manually?

Here’s a video of the issue:

mitu

@StonedEdge said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:

Sorry what do you mean?

Not sure what more to explain ? The issue still exists and it's not fixed in the latest version, you have to work-around it with the modifications posted in this topic.

StonedEdge

@mitu Right, there are about 100 posts from @DjDiabolik in this thread. Can you recall which one worked for him? If not, I'll filter through all the posts and try each one I guess.

StonedEdge

@V0rt3x667 said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:

setESSystem "RetroPie" "retropie" "$rpdir" ".rp .sh" "sudo $scriptdir/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM%" "" "retropie"

I already tried this fix. Ran sudo ./retropie_setup.sh. Re-installed retropiemenu "binary" from the menu. And yeah, after moving my DPAD/joystick, I get kicked back to emulationstation, even after making the change.

I just figured there might have been a simple fix for this already, but I guess either (a) I am not implementing the correct fix or (b) I need to dig deeper into the code.

StonedEdge

@mitu

Nevermind, the </command> within es_systems.cfg under retropiemenu needed to be changed as well. All fixed now.

DjDiabolik

@StonedEdge sorry for late answer... but if i remember all issue it's disappears after the installation/compilation of package 'sdl2' ...

@mitu Is there a way to find out the previous version to date and check if any new version has been released after all this time?
In the meantime, Ubuntu has also undergone a version step forward to 24.04.2 LTS and i have no idea if the previous deb sdl2package installed from retropie setup it's been maintained..--

mitu

@DjDiabolik said in Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu:

@mitu Is there a way to find out the previous version to date and check if any new version has been released after all this time?

Not yet, it's in the proposed-updates queue - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl2/+bug/2085140

mitu

The fixed libsdl2 package in Ubuntu has been released a couple of week ago, after the bug/regression has been reported last year. If you have used the workaround of installing the RetroPie's SDL2 package, you can now un-pin the package and use the distro's package instead.

Changelog at https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/libs/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.30.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1/changelog. Even though the fix was added in Jan 2025, the updated package was added to the updates repositories on 29 Apr 2025.

eXim82

Hello

In Ubuntu 25.04 i had the same issue. Took me a long time to manage to fix like as mentioned because i suspected the sdl2 module first. Thanks to you for helping. Just to summarize:

Change the line is es_systems.cfg to:
<command>sudo /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM%</command>

And in /home/xxx/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropiemenu.sh following line to:

setESSystem "RetroPie" "retropie" "$rpdir" ".rp .sh" "sudo $scriptdir/retropie_packages.sh retropiemenu launch %ROM% " "" "retropie"

Can someone explain why this is not fixed? Or do i missing something?