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Emulator Issues #13305

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Failed to initialize video backend on Asahi Linux

Added by omerien 10 months ago. Updated 10 months ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
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% Done:

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
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Fixed in:

Description

I compiled Dolphin and tried to make it play games on my Asahi Linux (up-to-date, so according to some blog posts it should support OpenGL 3.0, and I got the error "Failed to initialize video backend" while trying to start some games (see-below)

Game Name?

Tested with System Menu 4.3E and Mario Kart Wii (PAL, patched for Wiimmfi)
I tested the System Menu with a full Dolphin folder I inherited from another Dolphin installation on macOS which worked like a charm.
Mario Kart Wii was tested both with this Dolphin folder and with a clean Dolphin installation.

Game ID? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Info tab)
RMCP for Mario Kart Wii

MD5 Hash? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Verify tab, Verify Integrity button)

ffa2e45ace39d76e9fc2a35dac9de679 for Mario Kart Wii

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

Starting any of the 2 titles previously mentioned will throw the error "Failed to initialize video backend"

What steps will reproduce the problem?

  1. Try to start these games using Asahi Linux -> on an ARM Apple computer

Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.

Yes, this was tested on 5.0-19804

Is the issue present in the latest stable version?
I have no idea but I've checked previous attempts to run Dolphin on Asahi Linux by searching in previous issues and it failed to even compile.

If the issue isn't present in the latest stable version, which is the first broken version?
(Ignored)

If your issue is a graphical issue, please attach screenshots and record a three frame fifolog of the issue if possible. Screenshots showing what it is supposed to look like from either console or older builds of Dolphin will help too. For more information on how to use the fifoplayer, please check here: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=FifoPlayer

Not applicable

What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)

MacBook Pro 14 inches, M1 Pro.

Is there anything else that can help developers narrow down the issue? (e.g. logs, screenshots,
configuration files, savefiles, savestates)

RMCP was tested without savefiles and still didn't work. The logs folder contains an empty dolphin.log

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