Emulation Station / ES won't start / boot

[neo207]

Hello ES won't boot anymore. Haven't added new roms or changed anything. any help?

the ES-log file:
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.875] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] RecalboxConf instance created.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.875] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] NotificationManager instance created.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.876] (INFO ) : [MainRunner] EmulationStation - v 7.2.2-Reloaded, built Jun 17 2021 - 23:26:32
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.877] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/bin/locale/lang/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.877] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/bin/locale/lang/de/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.877] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.877] (INFO ) : [Locale] Using /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.878] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] Board instance created.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.878] (INFO ) : [Hardware] Hardware BCM2711
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.878] (INFO ) : [Hardware] Pi revision c03114
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.878] (INFO ) : [Hardware] Default hardware interface created.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.878] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] AudioController instance created.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.885] (INFO ) : [PulseAudio] Connected to Server.
[2021/07/25 11:24:10.885] (INFO ) : [PulseAudio] Enumerating Cards.

Here it stops while my other rasp4 with same configuration works fine and has more info in the log file.

[Zing]

@neo207 Read This:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/24654/recalbox-splash-screen-freezes/2

[neo207]

@zing First of all - thank you for your reply but you are practically telling me that this is a problem of the SD Card... so i tried to repair etc... no change.

So I bought a new SD Card.

Fresh install of Recalbox. Scraped my movies and TV Series in Kodi. Added some roms and scraped them. Restart worked, so I shut down everything at night and tried the next day.

ES or Kodi doesn't start at all again. I get the splash screen (without sound) and then It stops at the black screen with the pacman ghosts...

So before I throw my raspberri pi 4 against a wall (or switch to retropie or something else)... could you please tell me what is going wrong here (as far as you can)?!

kind regards.

[Zing]

@neo207 Can you start ES from this screen with the procedure I suggested?

2 - Or, check if the problem is not just with the emulationstation:

• Start your Rpi4 until you reach this screen
• on a computer or smartphone, open a browser (could be Chrome or Firefox, etc.)
• in your browser's address bar, type:
  http://recalbox/help
• This will open the Recalbox manager.
• There is a part with Stop and Restart EmulationStation options
• Click on Restart ES, and wait a few seconds

I notice you have a history of KODI issues, isn't that any kodi manipulation that's causing this?

[neo207]

@zing first of all, thank you for your help/time. I appreciate that.
I tried everything you mentioned and ended up trying another OS (don't want to advertise others than Recalbox so no name as long as you don't ask).

I have zero issues with games, although i prefer recalbox in general. I still use recalbox for my arcade machine but will stick to the other OS for the living room, where we mainly use the Pi for KODI.

and a HUGE SURPRISE... the CEC Adapter works fine now with the other OS. I never managed to get my remote working with KODI/Raspberry Pi4/Recalbox. But now, it works out of the box, without any tweaks. just plug and play.

So I am happy with Recalbox in my arcade cabinet and another OS in the living room for KODI.

kind regards.

[Zing]

@neo207

CEC Adapter

The developers are working on it, hopefully when the next version is released (no prediction) it will be resolved and you can get back to using Recalbox.

[MisterB 0]

Hello, i have actually the same problem each time i launch the command "Restart system" from Emulation Station.
From Cold start, ES starts normally, then each time i try to reboot recalbox, the issue occurs.

So i start a new fresh install on a new sd card but problem is still the same

config :

• RecalBox 7.2.2 reloaded
• Raspberry 4b 2Go
• SD Card 16GB / 256 GB
• USB Encoders, Sanwa Joysticks

[Zing]

@misterb-0 Please, don't SPAM:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/24943/es-freeze-dont-start-after-warm-reboot