Cannot build EmulationStation on odroid-c2 ubuntu x64 16.04LTS minimal

BuZz

@Bust4_Rhymes your compiler crashed - your system is not stable - too hot ? is it all up to date ? Possibly out of memory - did you make sure you quit the desktop etc when building ?

BuZz

@Bust4_Rhymes probably was out of memory actually so make sure you dont have a desktop environment running etc.

PET2001

@Bust4_Rhymes

I succeeded in compiling Emulationstation on my Odroid C0 by using MAKEFLAGS="-j1" in cobination with a swapfile and shutting down the GUI (swapfile on SD-card, Ubuntu and RetroPie installed on eMMc). Without a swapfile gcc stalled at about 26% of the process.

Bust4_Rhymes

Well i did not kill the GUI so this must be the main cause. My C1 has the oem heatsink with fan and i'm running on 8gb emmc. I read the instruction but i'm having a hard time trying to understand past section where it says"sudo MAKEFLAGS="-j1" ./retropie_setup.sh". So i bet i need to go ctrl+alt+f1 then do "sudo service lightdm stop" then "sudo MAKEFLAGS="-j1" ./retropie_setup.sh" then after i choose the options to install Retropie Basic right?
I made my present attempt like that and i made it to 87% in 15 minutes but now its taking a very long while (+45 minutes)

PET2001

@Bust4_Rhymes

In my opinion, the most important thing to build Emulationstation successfully on the Odroid is to add a swap file/swap partition. You can use an USB stick, create a partition of the type "linux swap" and enable it from the commandline with "swapon". After using a swap partition on my Odroid C0 Emulationstation compiled on the first attempt (showing slow, but constant progress without bringing the whole system to a grinding halt as before).

Bust4_Rhymes

@PET2001 i made a swapfile ont a 2g sd card tho it appears to worked but still took a whole lot of time seeing the log file:
Total running time: -16 hours, -35 mins, -41 secs

Now i've been able to roceed further into the procedure but now i'm facing the issue that the GUI is always starting instead of Retropie. I did choose "Option 3: Autostart EmulationStation" but it dont do anything and now i'm not sure what to do next.

BuZz

@Bust4_Rhymes You need to provide more information about your set-up

Which version of Ubuntu for example ?

(Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first) - please start new topic as this issue is actually marked as "solved"

the autostart stuff won't work on Ubuntu 14.04 currently - should be ok on 16.04 though (retropie is best installed on the minimal 16.04 image for odroid c1/c2)

Bust4_Rhymes

@Buzz Version is 16.04. Finally there is still problem with the installation.: Emulationstation tries to start but i got Error in Mali drivers.
So i'll start over a new topic for that but now i'm a bit tired and frustrated having spend 2 days on something i tought would be a walk in the park but appears to be rocket science...
thanks

BuZz

@Bust4_Rhymes if you want the simplest set up you should just get a RPI. It's better supported. Or look at other options like Lakka.

Bust4_Rhymes

@BuZz I already own a Rpi3 but as C1 is more powerfull i wanted to give it a try. I Already tried Lakka once but it misses the emulationstation front end and there lot of tool missing compared to RetroPie

I only wished there was an already build image for C1 like the one for RPI but it appears to be in my dreams.
So i'll stop posting here and open a new thread with the proper information.

Thanks for helping me it been beyond my expectation so far :)