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Errors installing Touch Screen on Pi 4 w/Retropie

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I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB Model). I installed a new copy of Retropie software on the device and it booted perfectly to EmulationStation. I also bought a 3.5 inch touchscreen + case to use with the Pi (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WQW6H9S/). 

 

After following the steps outlined by the touchscreen manufacturer for it to work specifically with the retropie software, I was able to get the touchscreen to work (This touchscreen requires a driver to work through the GPIO pins rather than the HDMI out). However, retropie is boots to the terminal and gives the following message:

 

lvl0: Error creating SDL window!
Could not initialize OpenGL / GLES library
lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
lvl0: Window failed to initialize!

 

I did a complete wipe of the microSD card, reinstalled retropie, reinstalled the driver for the touchscreen to work, and the problem appeared again. Retropie does not seem to be playing along with the driver I installed for the touchscreen and I do not understand why. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2016 Build

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz

Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 CL14 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING 

Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB, Crucial MX500 500GB

PSU: EVGA G1 650 W 80+ Gold (It's Not Great)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full-ATX

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