Crash when load Rom

[Minespy22]

Hello, I have a problem.
I'm on Mac OSX and on RetroArch 1.3.3 and when I load a PSP Rom, RetroArch crashes.
What shall I do ?

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[gouchi]

I assume you already have asset files in system/PPSSPP folder ?

[Minespy22]

I'm using PPSSPP with RetroArch. How can find the PPSSPP files ?

[gouchi]

Did you read the link I sent you ?

PPSSPP requires the asset files from https://github.com/libretro/libretro-ppsspp/tree/master/assets to be placed in the system\PPSSPP folder for operation.

You can get the archive of the repository which contains the asset folder.

[arthurmv]

I assume you already have asset files in system/PPSSPP folder ?

I did that and Retroarch still crashing every time I attempt to load a CSO in Windows 10.

[gouchi]

@Minespy22 do you reproduce the issue with RA 1.7.1 and latest ppsspp core ?

@arthurmv please open another issue this one is related to Mac. Thank you.

[dm00z]

The issue still remains on RA 1.7.3 and lastest PPSSPP core. I am on macOS 10.13.4.
I found this searching around: https://forums.libretro.com/t/psp-games-launch-only-if-i-launch-the-ppsspp-core-first/15541

So, to summarize:

• RA crashes if I try to load an ISO directly.
• RA crashes if I load PPSSPP first by selecting "Load Core" in the menu, then try to load an ISO.
• RA won't crash if I load PPSSPP first by selecting "Load Core" in the menu, select "Quick Menu" -> "Resume", then back to the menu to load an ISO.

[RobLoach]

Logs? Can usually tell you what's wrong... Have the BIOS installed okay?

[dm00z]

The log: https://hastebin.com/eguzetedim.txt
There is also "Segmentation fault: 11" output in the terminal.
The BIOS should be correctly installed. I can play if I follow the third method (the "Quick Menu" -> "Resume").
It worked as expected when I tried on an iMac though. It is a 2015 iMac and has a GPU. The other machine is a 2014 Mac Mini.

[RobLoach]

Thanks for posting this. What was the output before the Segmentation fault?

[dm00z]

There was nothing before the Segmentation fault. I ran
./RetroArch --menu --verbose >> ~/retroarch.log 2>&1
and loaded an ISO to get the above log. There was nothing beside one Segmentation fault line in the terminal.

[nimishgautam]

I'm also seeing this issue (i'm on MacOSX, but the given workaround, using the Quick Launch menu, doesn't work either). I see this for any ISO I try. The asset files appear to be working because when I launch the core without content, it gives me a blank screen, but doesn't crash.

When running with the -v flag, I get the following last few lines before a crash (note, I was trying with lumines):

[libretro INFO] [LOADER] Exporting ent 0 named lumines, 1 funcs, 1 vars, resident 08874d60
[libretro INFO] [LOADER] Module entry: 0880432c
[INFO] [LED]: Led driver = 'null' 0x100282138
Segmentation fault: 11

[gouchi]

I could make a test on MacBook Air (2015) running beta 10.14 and I can't reproduce the issue.

1. Download RA 1.7.3.
2. Change core directory settings to /Users/johndoe/Documents/RetroArch/cores (you need to create the cores directory).
3. Download latest PPSSPP core from Online Updater.
4. Copy the assets to /Users/johndoe/Documents/RetroArch/system/PPSSPP
5. Launch your game.

[dm00z]

I couldn't reproduce on two others MacBook Pro either (both is on 10.13). One was the 2015 version and the other was the 2017 version. I did not even install the assets folder, but they can run the ISO anyway.

[skid9000]

Have the same issue on Lakka 2.1.1 :/

lakka-ra-log.txt

[orbea]

@skid9000 Your crash is because of the context reset which is a core bug, see hrydgard/ppsspp#10784.

I suspect the osx issues are also core bugs, but there are not enough details to make progress on this for a long time now so I am going to close this. If someone can still reproduce this please reply with a backtrace including debugging symbols.