Crash when loading content on linux

[Fermsdx]

What version of melonDS DS are you using?

1.1.1

Does the problem happen in standalone melonDS?

No, it's a bug specific to melonDS DS.

What happened?

Retroarch simply crashes when when i load a ds game, this happens as well with the original melon ds core

Im using linux, specifically lubuntu.

What should've happened instead?

Game to load

Which platforms do you see the problem on?

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• Android
• iOS
• tvOS
• Other (specify below)

Which versions of the OS?

Lubuntu 24.04.1

Which libretro frontend are you using?

retroarch 1.19.1

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[JesseTG]

If it happens with the original melonDS core then it might be an issue with RetroArch itself or your operating system.

I'm not certain that I can help, but I'd at least like to point you in the right direction. Could you please post a log file with debug-logging enabled? You'll want to set the logging options like so:

This will provide information that may help me diagnose this issue. Thank you!

[Fermsdx]

hi! thanks for the reply!
here is the log
retroarch.log

[gouchi]

I can't reproduce this issue.

@Fermsdx According to the log you are using Snap package which might give some "permission" issues not sure if it is fatal or not but you got

[libretro ERROR] [melonDS] Failed to open memory using shm_open! (Permission denied)
[libretro ERROR] [melonDS] Failed to allocate memory using ftruncate! (Bad file descriptor)

So can you make a test with AppImage package ?

To launch it just click on RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage after decompressing the archive.

Thank you.

[Fermsdx]

@gouchi Hi, I tried but appimage doesnt even open

[gouchi]

@Fermsdx I made a quick test on Lubuntu 24.04.1 and you will need some packages which are not installed by default.

apt update && apt install -y libfuse2t64 libjack0

Thank you.

[Fermsdx]

@gouchi I tested it, unlike the snap version the core works here, but i can't either import or run content directly, i just start the core without content.
here's the log
retroarch.log
thanks!

[gouchi]

@Fermsdx It seems you are missing BIOS according to

[libretro ERROR] Failed to open firmware file "/home/fernando/.config/retroarch/system//notfound" for reading

But it is strange path, it should have redirected to your RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home directory.

Anyway, try to add your BIOS to your system directory in your home directory.