Retropie Not starting on ubuntu 16.04 and linux mint 18

thepbv

Hello,

I'm trying to install retropie on ubuntu.
but it`s not starting.
The loadscreen form emulationstations popsup and close after 2 seconds.
I have reinstall ubuntu more then ones
nothing works

My pc specs are
i7 6700k
12Gb ram
Rx r9 290

I did everything on this page
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroPie-Ubuntu-16.04-LTS-x86-Flavor
I even try it on the x64 version.

How can help me?

gioelem3

I have the same problem. The loadscreen pops up and close after 2 seconds.
I didn't find any log from emulationstation.

My specs are (I'm on a laptop):
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x64
i5 450M
8Gb Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Now I'm trying the 32bit version of ubuntu. I will reply with news

herb_fargus

@thepbv what is your monitor's resolution?

thepbv

@herb_fargus 1080p i use my TV

But i have installed a older version 4.02 and that version runs
the newest version wont work.

And emulated games are slow

thepbv

@gioelem3 i`m now running version 4.02 and thats works.
but its slow now. so i try to fix that

You can find the older version on github
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases

Just download the scource code (Zip)
Then delete the retropie setup folder in your HOME directory and the Retropie folder
And replace it with the Retropie setup folder from the 4.02 zip file.
Rename it to Retropie-setup.

Now start the setup again.
cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

jagerz6

@thepbv I was having the same issue. This seems to have resolved it.
Thanks.

BuZz

To help me debug it please post the output of cat $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt (formatting it in a code block) after ES fails to load.

croob

@BuZz I have this problem as well.. the log isn't all that helpful:

tv@bombadil:/etc/emulationstation$ cat ~/.emulationstation/es_log.txt 
lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.0.1a, built Nov 25 2016 - 10:35:11
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
lvl2: 	Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
lvl1: 	System "ngp" has no games! Ignoring it.
tv@bombadil:/etc/emulationstation$

BuZz

anything more if you run /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh --debug ? - Please format the output in a code block as requested - http://commonmark.org/help/

I fixed up your previous post styling.

BuZz

Also please make sure you update all installed packages first from retropie-setup.

croob

@BuZz A bit more interesting:

tv@bombadil:~$ /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh --debug
lvl2: 	EmulationStation - v2.0.1a, built Nov 25 2016 - 10:35:11
lvl2: 	Creating surface...
lvl2: 	Created window successfully.
lvl2: 	Checking available OpenGL extensions...
lvl2: 	 ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
lvl2: 	Loading system config file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
lvl1: 	System "amstradcpc" has no games! Ignoring it.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::filesystem::filesystem_error'
  what():  boost::filesystem::create_directory: Permission denied: "/home/tv/.emulationstation/gamelists/amstradcpc"
Aborted (core dumped)
tv@bombadil:~$

croob

@croob That directory is owned by root:

tv@bombadil:~/.emulationstation$ ls -l
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 tv   tv    194 Nov 25 09:54 es_input.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tv   tv    343 Nov 25 18:38 es_log.txt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 25 07:18 gamelists
tv@bombadil:~/.emulationstation$

croob

@croob I changed the ownership of that directory to my username and it appears to work. Now it brought me to the controller setup screen.

BuZz

@croob it was a bug introduced recently with some retropie menu changes. should be fixed for fresh installs.

gioelem3

@croob This is with retropie 4.1 or 4.0.2?

EDIT: I have installed the 4.0.2 and then the 4.1. Now emulationstation don't crashes.

gioelem3

@thepbv Everything works with the 4.0.2

croob

@gioelem3 It was the newest version. 4.1 I think.