emulationstation does not start on RPi3b on RB8 using composite

[Wizzard]

Hi, I just upgraded to Recalbox 8.0 yesterday using automated update from 7.2.2.
After update I am unable to start Emulationstation on my CRT connected via composite output.
My config.txt contains:
sdtv_mode=2
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_ignore_hotplug=1

Please, how to configure it for usage with composite out?
I had no problem with that on 7.2.2

Merci

[Zing]

@wizzard

https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/tutorials/video/crt/crt-screen-with-compostite

[Wizzard]

@zing Thank you, but this guide works only for 7.2.2, not for 8, as I previously told in the first post.

[dahauns]

I have the same issue. RPi3, freshly installed Recalbox 8.
Recalbox boots up and I successfully get a video signal via composite.
But it stops at the "ghosts" splash screen, because Emulationstation fails to start up, with es_log.txt showing:

[2021/12/05 02:50:10.015] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] RecalboxConf instance created.
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.015] (INFO ) : [StaticLifeCycleControler] NotificationManager instance created.
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.016] (INFO ) : [MainRunner] EmulationStation - v 8.0-Electron, built Dec  1 2021 - 13:30:17
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.016] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/bin/locale/lang/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.017] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/bin/locale/lang/en/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.017] (WARN!) : [Locale] /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo not found.
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.017] (INFO ) : [Locale] Using /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.mo
[2021/12/05 02:50:10.114] (ERROR) : [SDL2] Fatal error initializing SDL 2

Which seems to be tried repeatedly, since recalbox.log fills up with:

[       32.93] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1707)
[       33.12] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] emulationstation exited code 134
[       33.13] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1715)
[       33.32] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] emulationstation exited code 134
[       33.33] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1723)
[       33.54] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] emulationstation exited code 134
[       33.54] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1731)
[       33.74] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] emulationstation exited code 134
[       33.74] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1739)
[       33.94] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] emulationstation exited code 134
[       33.94] [emulationstation-starter] [ES] started emulationstation (pid=1747)

EDIT: Configured according to the wiki, i.e.

in recalbox-user-config.txt

sdtv_mode=2
hdmi_ignore_hotplug=1
audio_pwm_mode=2

and in recalbox.conf

global.videomode=default

[Wizzard]

Ok, this workaround works, thank you very much for the research! https://gitlab.com/recalbox/recalbox/-/issues/2059