# What happened to my Retroarch? Pls help **URL:** \ **Category:** Firmware and Apps\ **Tags:** retroarch\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-happened-to-my-retroarch-pls-help/4652 "2019-10-03T04:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![javelinface](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/javelinface/32/3079_2.png) [@javelinface](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/javelinface)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-happened-to-my-retroarch-pls-help/4652/24 "2019-10-09T05:22:23Z")
I’m guessing that you changed the video driver to GL, from SDL2? That seems to be the common culprit. Either that, or following a tutorial/script that tells you to do so. If you’re still having trouble, open your existing Retroarch.cfg with an editor of some sorts, and look for the line that says “video driver”, and replace whatever you have there with “sdl2”. It’s in alphabetical order if that helps. I have a suspicion that the default installation doesn’t have all the correct assets, dependencies and/or permissions set for GL to work. If you want to fiddle, and want a more complete set of variables to tinker with, try installing it from scratch. > [@RetroArch Megathread](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716): > > I’ll keep this thread up-to-date with RetroArch news and changes. For now, I’ll start with a guide to build an up-to-date RetroArch I assume you can SSH into your GS already. Setup First let’s setup the build environment sudo apt-get install git build-essential sudo apt-get build-dep retroarch Then let’s clone the repo git clone https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git retroarch Enter the directory and run the following commands cd retroarch ./configure --disable-vulkan --disable-ffmpeg… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-happened-to-my-retroarch-pls-help/4652)._