Retropie setup menu/Runcommand crashing in ES on Ubuntu

V0rt3x667

@rom11617 Just to clarify did you launch EmulationStation directly from kitty? If you use the RetroPie shortcut it will still launch via gnome-terminal. Thanks.

rom11617

@V0rt3x667 I did launch through retropie shortcut. Duh...I'll try and report back.

V0rt3x667

@rom11617 Hi did you have any luck getting the launch menu working with a controller? Thanks

DjDiabolik

And i have just now found i have problably the same issue......... problably also a very similar issue explained here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/35461/controller-not-working-in-retropie-setup-runcommand-etc/12
And here on this thread.

I have updated my Mini PC Intel to UBUNTU 24.04.1 LTS..... Emulationstation working.... but if i try to open Retropie Setup or for example the Runcommands setup it's not accept anythigs command!
No moviment at all if i use my Controller....... and if i press one button on KEYBOARD all it's crash and it's bring back emulationstation.

For example if i open Retropie_setup it's be launch.. but when i touch a button on keyboard all crash and emulationstation bring back on the screen.

Apparently if i open retropie_setup script from terminal joy2key works and i can move inside all menù.... retropie_setup for example crash only if i launch it from emulationstation.

EDIT
@mitu the strange things it's every it's be need to run on terminal by Emulationstation goes in crash after a lot seconds.
I have also tryed to open ESThemes.... RunCommand option... Show IP... Config Editor..

Every Terminal operation it's opened apparently it's not accept any pressed button from keyboard and from Joystick (so it's joy2key not work??) and the terminal windows crash whitout any apparently error.

When you launch a game if you use a keyboard you can change options from runcommand but runcommand not show if i press one button on joystick....

DjDiabolik

hi @mitu about 1 minutes ago i have obtain this errors on my PC... look:

When i try to open a games i have tryed to open the runcommand menù.... and this errors it's appears.

Open the details apparently i can't use copy/paste... need other screenshot:

Or full image:

Scroll down:

Also here can provide full screen image:

among the many lines one says:
This package does not appear to be installed correctly

But it's related to phyton... joy2key himself or again the current kernel ?
Onestly i don't have the necessary knowledge to understand that.

The strange issue you can't reproduce the issue.. really ?

DjDiabolik

it's some news as been explored about this issue ?

DjDiabolik

@mitu
For a purpose test i have tryed this from a terminal:

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d 
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-18 17:36:04,786 DEBUG  Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16
2024-09-18 17:36:04,838 DEBUG  Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added
2024-09-18 17:36:04,838 DEBUG  Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]}
2024-09-18 17:36:12,101 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 557, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 549, in main
    event_loop(configs, joy_map, tty_fd)
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 409, in event_loop
    fcntl.ioctl(tty_fd, termios.TIOCSTI, c)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

or also in this mode:

It's the crash appears on runcommand windows....

We can confirm it's joy2key create all issue here ?

mitu

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

We can confirm it's joy2key create all issue here ?

Could be that, or the SDL2 library present on Ubuntu. Can you post the RetroArch auto-configuration profile for the Dragonrise joystick ?

EDIT: actually, this may not be related to the configuration of the joystick. Can you run, from a terminal:

sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1

and - if you don't get an error - repeat the test ?

DjDiabolik

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

Can you post the RetroArch auto-configuration profile for the Dragonrise joystick ?

yes it's not a problems... can you can you remind me the correct path where these files are located?
In theory I should have 2 profiles with a similar name because sometime i use two similar arcade kit on this retropie setup to play with friends on retrogaming evenings :)

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

sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1

I have to do this after getting the crash above indicated or also the obtain the input/output error ?
After maded this... is this a permanent change or is it only applied temporarily? How do I get back to the default Ubuntu settings?

mitu

Can you post the RetroArch auto-configuration profile for the Dragonrise joystick ?

yes it's not a problems... can you can you remind me the correct path where these files are located?

They're in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads, but I think the test below should be enough.

sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1

I have to do this after getting the crash above indicated or also the obtain the input/output error ?

Just run it anytime, but repeat the test and see if the crash occurs again, with the new configuration.

After maded this... is this a permanent change or is it only applied temporarily? How do I get back to the default Ubuntu settings?

No, it's temporary until the next restart.

DjDiabolik

@mitu ok... In the afternoon or evening I turn on my Intel NUC and do this test.

About retroarch configs:
If you thinks it's usefull, I can also try to recreate the configuration files of my various joypads or arcade kit sticks (I think I should do this directly from emulationstation by deleting or moving all current .cfg files including those for the keyboard) :)
I brought these files with me with the system update.... I wouldn't want some system ID or interrupt to be changed and then the mess comes out :)

DjDiabolik

@mitu

/opt/retropie/configs/all

'retroarch-joypad' it's a simlink to

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

It actually contains only one file related to 'dragonrise'.... a file called

DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick.cfg

It's contain this:

input_device = "DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick"
input_driver = "udev"
input_vendor_id = "121"
input_product_id = "6"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"
input_r_btn = "6"
input_save_state_btn = "6"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_l_btn_label = "LB"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_y_btn = "0"
input_y_btn_label = "Y"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_b_btn = "1"
input_b_btn_label = "B"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_a_btn = "3"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_select_btn_label = "Back"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_start_btn_label = "Start"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l2_btn = "5"
input_r2_btn = "7"
input_r2_btn_label = "RT"

Now try to open terminal and see if joy2key_sdl.py goes in crash....

DjDiabolik

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$

After on same terminal windows tryed this:

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-19 16:13:18,613 DEBUG  Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16
2024-09-19 16:13:18,666 DEBUG  Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added
2024-09-19 16:13:18,666 DEBUG  Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]}
2024-09-19 16:13:24,321 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:26,439 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:27,396 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['down']
2024-09-19 16:13:27,800 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['up']
/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d2024-09-19 16:13:28,356 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:31,180 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
 2024-09-19 16:13:31,936 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['down']
                       2024-09-19 16:13:32,845 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:33,853 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:34,610 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['up']
/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d2024-09-19 16:13:35,216 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['down']
                       2024-09-19 16:13:35,771 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:36,376 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:36,982 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['up']
/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d2024-09-19 16:13:37,537 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['down']
                       2024-09-19 16:13:38,041 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:38,546 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:41,572 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['b']
 2024-09-19 16:13:42,178 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['a']

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-19 16:13:50,575 DEBUG  Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16
2024-09-19 16:13:50,576 DEBUG  Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added
2024-09-19 16:13:50,576 DEBUG  Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]}
2024-09-19 16:13:52,443 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:52,468 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:53,453 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:53,478 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:54,008 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:54,032 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['right']
2024-09-19 16:13:54,586 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:54,613 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:55,092 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['up']
/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d2024-09-19 16:13:55,117 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['up']
                       sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=12024-09-19 16:13:57,843 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
2024-09-19 16:13:57,867 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
^C
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$

No more input/output error but i need to terminate the command whit CTRL + C.

For a purpose test now i want to try to open emulationstation and launch retropie setup script and it's continue to crash immediatelly after press a keyboard button.
All moviment on arcade stick it's simply ignored and do not cause any effect on the window of retropie setup script.
I have also tryed to launch a games.... runcommand appears if i press a button on keyboard apparently runcommand option it's be open. Every button or moviment on joypad do nothings.

Strange.

EDIT
OMG Wait a moment... now the RUNCOMMAND works!! Apparently right now i can access to runcommand option menù and i can move on all option whit arcade stick.
Anyway the retropie setup script instead continue to crash after first pression on a keyboard button.

DjDiabolik

@mitu
just another purpose test... open new terminal and:

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0
dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 0
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-19 18:25:40,148 DEBUG  Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16
2024-09-19 18:25:40,201 DEBUG  Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added
2024-09-19 18:25:40,201 DEBUG  Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]}
2024-09-19 18:25:42,926 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 557, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 549, in main
    event_loop(configs, joy_map, tty_fd)
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 409, in event_loop
    fcntl.ioctl(tty_fd, termios.TIOCSTI, c)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

just to understand... what sets that value that we set to 1?

mitu

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

No more input/output error but i need to terminate the command whit CTRL + C.

Yes, that's normal.
I don't understand whether this works for you after the command I posted. I seems that the joystick works to command runcommand, but not the keyboard ? Confusing.

Lolonois

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

what sets that value that we set to 1?

It forces the Linux kernel to allow a potential unsafe system call which mimics tty inputs. It can be a security vulnerability when crafted input is processed as the input is not sanitized. This long standing security loophole was fixed with kernel 6.2 onwards, hence the IOError respective crash. With the setting dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 the pre 6.2 kernel behaviour is restored.

About the system call and the TIOCSTI value see man 2 ioctl and man 2 ioctl_tty (FWIW section 2 of man is for system calls).

The security implications are explained here: https://ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking

HTH

DjDiabolik

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

It forces the Linux kernel to allow a potential unsafe system call which mimics tty inputs. It can be a security vulnerability when crafted input is processed as the input is not sanitized. This long standing security loophole was fixed with kernel 6.2 onwards, hence the IOError respective crash. With the setting dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 the pre 6.2 kernel behaviour is restored.

About the system call and the TIOCSTI value see man 2 ioctl and man 2 ioctl_tty (FWIW section 2 of man is for system calls).

The security implications are explained here: https://ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking

HTH

Very great explanation.... I'm not an expert, in fact it was just a trivial curiosity of the case :)

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

I don't understand whether this works for you after the command I posted. I seems that the joystick works to command runcommand, but not the keyboard ? Confusing.

It seems that the "retropie setup script" terminal crash issue and the problem of the "runcommand" options being inaccessible (every button pressed on the arcade stick seemed to be ignored) they are two distinct and in any case unconnected problems.
Try to explain better:

With dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 :

Choose and open a game. The "runcommand" window appear. I can reach the "runcommand" option also if i press a button on my "arcade stick" and i can navigate all voices in the terminal windows.

With dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 :

Choose and open a game. "Runcommand" window appear. Every button i press on my "arcade stick" it's like they're being ignored. Sometime, after two or three buttons pressed, the system crash report windows appear and i can send system report (I still haven't figured out who, what and where he sends this information to).
For open the "Runcommand" option i need to press any button on the keyboard. All "runcommand" voices can be navigate only by keyboard using the arrow keys. Apparently joy2key not work.

whatever the value of "dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti" is instead It has no effect on the "retropie setup script" issue crash. Every other terminal windows launched from ES continue to crash like "EsThemes" "Show Ip" "RunCommand Option" etc etc.

If I explain it and write it in my language in Italian then you can translate it into English do you think it's better? Maybe that way I can explain the situation better.

DjDiabolik

@mitu and all other user partecipated here :)

For made runcommand works look what did i do..It's a rude method but at the moment I don't see any alternatives:

create an "alternative" retropie.desktop on .local/share/application . This alternative .desktop point a file .sh :

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/retropie.sh
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[de_DE]=RetroPie
Name=RetroPie
Comment[de_DE]=RetroPie
Comment=retropie
Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/retropie.svg
Categories=Game

retropie.sh it's contain:

#!/bin/bash

file=/tmp/file.$PPID
 
if ! [ -f $file ]; 
then 
    echo 1 >$file && sleep 1 && rm $file
else
    sleep 10 && exit 0
fi

_isRunning() {
    ps -o comm= -C "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -x "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
}

if ! _isRunning emulationstatio; then
    sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
    gnome-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar -- emulationstation
    sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0

fi

exit 0

In this mode i'm "vurnerable" only when emulationstation it's running... and during that i can obtain the runcommand option work.

DjDiabolik

@mitu and @Lolonois

And have some news... from Today also whit dev.tty.tiocsti=1 joy2key start to crash anyway.

Look here:

diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d
diabolik@NUC-Ubuntu:~$ 2024-09-23 17:30:31,527 DEBUG  Using SDL Version 2.30.0, PySDL2 version 0.9.16
2024-09-23 17:30:31,580 DEBUG  Joystick #0 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick added
2024-09-23 17:30:31,580 DEBUG  Added configuration for known device DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick, hats: {}, buttons: {6: 'pagedown', 4: 'pageup', 0: 'y', 2: 'x', 1: 'b', 3: 'a'}, axis: {0: [(-1, 'left'), (1, 'right')], 1: [(1, 'down'), (-1, 'up')]}
2024-09-23 17:30:35,213 DEBUG  Events emitted: ['left']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 557, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 549, in main
    event_loop(configs, joy_map, tty_fd)
  File "/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py", line 409, in event_loop
    fcntl.ioctl(tty_fd, termios.TIOCSTI, c)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

From right now Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS it's not more capable to use runcommand and retropie ecosystem.

mitu

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

And have some news... from Today also whit dev.tty.tiocsti=1 joy2key start to crash anyway.

I don't see why the workaround wouldn't work anymore - I suggest you re-check that the sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 is run before your tests.
I'm working on a solution to eliminate the workaround and the cause of the crash, but it's not yet fully tested.