Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 09:58:59AM +0100, Pelle wrote: I notice a similar bug in other packages in Debian Sid, such as ChessX. Would it make sense to report a bug with each of those packages, or would this be considered an issue with Sway / wlroots / xdg-shell? Please report a separate bug against each package you have an issue with. The maintainers will merge or reassign them if appropriate.
Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
Are you using sway as compositor? I reproduced the freezing behaviour when running under sway. In a GNOME session on Wayland, retroarch seems to work fine. Yes, I'm using Sway. The message "Failed to create shell" helped me find what I think is the corresponding upstream issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/7064 It's unfortunate that retroarch wasn't updated for bullseye, but I'm not sure trying to backport the xdg-shell feature to this version of retroarch is a good idea now that bullseye is in hard freeze. I notice a similar bug in other packages in Debian Sid, such as ChessX. Would it make sense to report a bug with each of those packages, or would this be considered an issue with Sway / wlroots / xdg-shell? OpenPGP_0x3A57CE276008178F.asc Description: application/pgp-keys OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
Thank you for providing the additional info. Are you using sway as compositor? I reproduced the freezing behaviour when running under sway. In a GNOME session on Wayland, retroarch seems to work fine. If that is correct, I think I will downgrade the severity of this bug, as retroarch is working on X11 and even on some Wayland setups - at least Mutter which (in bullseye) still supports wl-shell. The key part of the log: On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 02:51:24PM +0100, Pelle wrote: [INFO] [Wayland]: Seat name: seat0. [INFO] [Wayland]: Physical width: 380 mm x 210 mm. [INFO] [Wayland]: Video mode: 1600 x 900 @ 60.0830 Hz. [INFO] [Wayland]: Setting buffer scale factor to 1. [ERROR] [Wayland]: Failed to create shell. [INFO] [GLX]: GLX_OML_sync_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control supported, using better swap control method... [INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: x [INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1600x900. [INFO] [GLX]: Window manager is wlroots wm. Running under GNOME, I got this instead: [INFO] [Wayland]: Physical width: 330 mm x 210 mm. [INFO] [Wayland]: Video mode: 1680 x 1050 @ 60.1080 Hz. [INFO] [Wayland]: Setting buffer scale factor to 1. [INFO] [Wayland]: Seat name: seat0. [INFO] [EGL] Found EGL client version >= 1.5, trying eglGetPlatformDisplay [INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4 [INFO] [Wayland]: Loaded keymap. [INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: wayland The message "Failed to create shell" helped me find what I think is the corresponding upstream issue: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/7064 PR#7607 is linked as fixing it but it sounds like there might have been follow-up changes as well. It's unfortunate that retroarch wasn't updated for bullseye, but I'm not sure trying to backport the xdg-shell feature to this version of retroarch is a good idea now that bullseye is in hard freeze. thanks, Ryan
Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
I'm using X11 (not Wayland) The issue happens on Wayland. On X11 the RetroArch menu works (although some of the menu icons are black squares and a few other glitches). If the 1.9.0 you tested was the flatpak, I wonder whether it's possible for you to also to test a flatpak of 1.7.3, in case there is a relevant difference in the build environment or the libraries used? The oldest available version of RetroArch on Flathub is 1.7.6: $ flatpak update --commit=a437b0ef4eb1f1563d84a8ec881b9f19eb9fb84c06b35ecafe4ce85d5aad918a org.libretro.RetroArch That version does have the menu freeze issue under Wayland which I guess means that the issue has been fixed in upstream. Could you please run it as "retroarch --verbose" and post some or all of the output up to the point where it freezes? $ retroarch --verbose [INFO] RetroArch 1.7.3 (Git b2ceb50) [INFO] === Build === Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE1 SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AVX AES Built: Nov 20 2020 [INFO] Version: 1.7.3 [INFO] Git: b2ceb50 [INFO] = [INFO] Environ SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565. [INFO] Version of libretro API: 1 [INFO] Compiled against API: 1 [INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 29970.03 Hz. [INFO] [Video]: Video @ fullscreen [INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ... [INFO] [Wayland]: Seat name: seat0. [INFO] [Wayland]: Physical width: 380 mm x 210 mm. [INFO] [Wayland]: Video mode: 1600 x 900 @ 60.0830 Hz. [INFO] [Wayland]: Setting buffer scale factor to 1. [ERROR] [Wayland]: Failed to create shell. [INFO] [GLX]: GLX_OML_sync_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control supported, using better swap control method... [INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: x [INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1600x900. [INFO] [GLX]: Window manager is wlroots wm. [INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama version: 1.1. [INFO] [XINERAMA]: Xinerama screens: 1. [INFO] [GLX]: Using Xinerama on screen #0. [INFO] [GLX]: X = 0, Y = 0, W = 1600, H = 900. [INFO] [GLX]: Using windowed fullscreen. [INFO] [GLX]: Found swap function: glXSwapIntervalEXT. [INFO] [GLX]: glXSwapIntervalEXT(1) [INFO] [GL]: Vendor: AMD, Renderer: AMD KABINI (DRM 2.50.0, 5.10.0-4-amd64, LLVM 11.0.1). [INFO] [GL]: Version: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.3.4. [INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 1600x900 [INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl. [INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend. [INFO] [GLSL]: Checking GLSL shader support ... [WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader. [INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program. [INFO] Resetting shader to defaults ... [INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures. [INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s). [INFO] [GL]: Using GL_RGB565 for texture uploads. [INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev". [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Video]: Found display server: x11 [INFO] [SDL audio]: Requested 64 ms latency, got 42 ms [WARN] Audio rate control was desired, but driver does not support needed features. [INFO] [LED]: LED driver = 'null' 0x55cac486caa0 [ERROR] Implementation uses threaded audio. Cannot use rewind.. [INFO] SRAM will not be saved. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/pelle/.config/retroarch/content_history.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/pelle/.config/retroarch/content_favorites.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/pelle/.config/retroarch/content_music_history.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/pelle/.config/retroarch/content_video_history.lpl]. [INFO] Loading history file: [/home/pelle/.config/retroarch/content_image_history.lpl]. OpenPGP_0x3A57CE276008178F.asc Description: application/pgp-keys OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
Control: tag -1 moreinfo Hello Pelle and thank you for reporting this retroarch issue. On Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:10:32 +0100 Pelle wrote: When launching RetroArch, the menu freezes up instantly or after a couple of seconds. This isn't happening on my system. I can use the menu normally, launch content, etc. Can you provide some more information about your environment? I'm using X11 (not Wayland) on an Intel GPU. I also don't have any controller connected, only mouse and keyboard. Could you please run it as "retroarch --verbose" and post some or all of the output up to the point where it freezes? There are also some troubleshooting tips on the upstream site: https://docs.libretro.com/guides/generating-retroarch-logs/ Would it be possible for you to install the debug symbols and capture a backtrace when it's frozen? https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace A work-around is to change the settings in .config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg menu_driver = "rgui" video_driver = "sdl2" Just to confirm, I checked my config after starting it for the first time, and I got these defaults: menu_driver = "xmb" video_driver = "gl" and did not experience any freezes. The issue appears to be resolved in v1.9.0 which is the version currently available as flatpak. If the 1.9.0 you tested was the flatpak, I wonder whether it's possible for you to also to test a flatpak of 1.7.3, in case there is a relevant difference in the build environment or the libraries used? Thank you! Ryan
Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start
Package: retroarch Version: 1.7.3+dfsg1-1.1+b2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, When launching RetroArch, the menu freezes up instantly or after a couple of seconds. A work-around is to change the settings in .config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg menu_driver = "rgui" video_driver = "sdl2" The issue appears to be resolved in v1.9.0 which is the version currently available as flatpak. -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages retroarch depends on: ii fonts-dejavu-core 2.37-2 ii libasound21.2.4-1.1 ii libavcodec58 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1 ii libavformat58 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1 ii libavutil56 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1 ii libc6 2.31-9 ii libdrm2 2.4.104-1 ii libegl1 1.3.2-1 ii libfreetype6 2.10.4+dfsg-1 ii libgbm1 20.3.4-1 ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6 ii libgl11.3.2-1 ii libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.125] 1.9.17~dfsg-1 ii libminiupnpc172.2.1-1 ii libopenal11:1.19.1-2 ii libpulse0 14.2-2 ii libqt5core5a 5.15.2+dfsg-5 ii libqt5gui55.15.2+dfsg-5 ii libqt5widgets55.15.2+dfsg-5 ii libretro-core-info1.3.6+git20160816-1 ii libsdl2-2.0-0 2.0.14+dfsg2-3 ii libstdc++610.2.1-6 ii libswresample37:4.3.2-0+deb11u1 ii libswscale5 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1 ii libudev1 247.3-1 ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.24-2 ii libv4l-0 1.20.0-2 ii libwayland-client01.18.0-2~exp1.1 ii libwayland-cursor01.18.0-2~exp1.1 ii libwayland-egl1 1.18.0-2~exp1.1 ii libx11-6 2:1.7.0-2 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1.1 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-2 ii libxkbcommon0 1.0.3-2 ii libxv12:1.0.11-1 ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-1+b2 ii retroarch-assets 1.3.6+git20160731+dfsg1-2 ii zlib1g1:1.2.11.dfsg-2 retroarch recommends no packages. retroarch suggests no packages.
