PPSSPP freezes retroarch when closing content after changing any core option

[dapetcu21]

systemctl restart retroarch.service un-freezes the console, but otherwise it's non-responsive whenever I try to change any core options (I'm trying to change the internal resolution). Not sure if this is an upstream issue or an issue with the Switch port.

If I resume the game after changing resolution, it freezes again and after a while retroarch crashes with Assertion 'pa_atomic_load(&(s)->_ref) >= 1' failed at /opt/lakka-switch/Lakka-LibreELEC/build.Lakka-L4T.aarch64-2.2-devel/pulseaudio-12.2/src/pulse/stream.c:1683, function pa_stream_writable_size(). Aborting..

Also, I cannot seem to find a way to change the core options, as they don't seem persistent across game loads (maybe because of the crashes?).

[natinusala]

This is know, try to never close or restart content when there's no sound in the game, always do it when there's music or a cutscene, it should reduce the frequency of freezes

[dapetcu21]

I still can't seem to be able to change the options. Changing the resolution, then selecting "Restart content" during a cutscene with sound crashed with Illegal instruction. Oh well...

[natinusala]

Well, the pulseaudio sound driver is to blame. Disable audio, change the core option, save, enable audio back

[dapetcu21]

Thanks! With no sound, the crash on restart content and resume after changing options still happened, but it did close cleanly and I could change the options (and then I discovered retroarch-core-options.cfg 😆 ).

I'm new to retroarch and this Switch hacking thing, so thank you for the patience.

[natinusala]

You're welcome!

I will keep the issue open to remind myself that it exists, and to avoid multiple issues about that