I've had the same issue on Pop!-os linux. Same thing where when selecting either yes or no at option of using HDMI on initial setup it just crashes and then freezes when trying to close it. Tried re-setting it and redoing, and deleting and downloading fresh the latest AppImage but still it still crashes at that stage on set-up.

This issue appears to now be occurring under Windows as well.

This issue appears to now be occurring under Windows as well.

wtf

The initial set up process is what's broken, however if you've already set it up before it broke recently, you won't experience this issue.

I managed to get it working it seems, at least to the point of installing the playstation software and getting to the main menu. I rolled back to an older version that I thought might be old enough to potentially not have the bug, and chose version 34-17220. This time the PS3 interface came up in the game list, so I reset the cache and tried again at running the PS3 software installer, and this time it worked, and managed to complete the set-up. Yet to try any actual games but it seems at least rolling back to an older version should get it to run in the mean time until a proper fix is sorted.

this issue is also happening for me on windows 11 using firmware 4.91

regardless of selecting yes or no to the HDMI prompt, the program crashes

This issue appears to now be occurring under Windows as well.

Same for me,Windows 10, i just didn't care for xmb considering it's not really useful right now

I have the same issue.

My system specs:

Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58
Intel i5 12500H
RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU / Intel UHD Graphics
8 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM

Windows 10
RPCS3 1 January 2025 build

happening to me on Windows 11 23H2, im on the latest version of RPCS3

no matter what i choose it never works

I rolled back to an older version that I thought might be old enough to potentially not have the bug, and chose version 34-17220.

BTW Is there a way you can roll back/install older versions of RPCS3 for Windows (other than build/cmake)? Looking up the homepage & download only has the latest version available.

I rolled back to an older version that I thought might be old enough to potentially not have the bug, and chose version 34-17220.

BTW Is there a way you can roll back/install older versions of RPCS3 for Windows (other than build/cmake)? Looking up the homepage & download only has the latest version available.

https://rpcs3.net/compatibility?b

Found the version that broke the Initial Setup which is the main issue everyone here is facing, that being 17230.
Downgrading to 17229 is the last working build, so alongside #16472, this is a regression.

Log for reference from 17230: RPCS3.log
Please test and report this is the case.

Found the version that broke the Initial Setup which is the main issue everyone here is facing, that being 17230.

Downgrading to 17229 is the last working build, so alongside #16472, this is a regression.

Log for reference from 17230: RPCS3.log

Please test and report this is the case.

You're a lifesaver to those who are confused on which version to downgrade to. Guess you're here on GitHub for a reason other than school. 😆

Jokes aside, this info could be really useful. Maybe one of the changes in 17230 should be reverted back?

Still wonder, why was the issue closed when we are still awaiting a fix. Do they not want people to know about this💀💀