Bug#983873: retroarch: Menu freezes shortly after start

[Ryan Tandy]

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Hello Pelle and thank you for reporting this retroarch issue.

On Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:10:32 +0100 Pelle <pelle at riseup.net> 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