Retroarch PSX using a PS3 Controller L1,L2,R1 and R2 buttons dont work

[ruxton_bruce]

I am trying to use a wired USB PS3 controller running PSX games. Everything seems to be fine except I cannot get the L1,L2,R1 and R2 buttons working at all. They do nothing. I have configured the controller in Emulation Station and it recognised all the buttons. I can configure all the buttons in mame4all without any problems. I just cannot get them to work on the PSX emulator.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[edmaul69]

nm what i said previously. look in your /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg and see if there are any configs in there. then look in your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/SonyPLAYSTATION(R)3Controller.cfg and see if your l1-2, r1-2 buttons looks like this:

input_device = "Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
input_driver = "udev"
input_start_btn = "3"
input_select_btn = "0"
input_up_btn = "4"
input_down_btn = "6"
input_left_btn = "7"
input_right_btn = "5"
input_a_btn = "13"
input_b_btn = "14"
input_x_btn = "12"
input_y_btn = "15"
input_l_btn = "8"
input_r_btn = "9"
input_l2_btn = "10"
input_r2_btn = "11"
input_l3_btn = "1"
input_r3_btn = "2"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "12"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "0"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "3"
input_disk_eject_toggle_btn = "12"
input_disk_next_btn = "11"
input_disk_prev_btn = "10"

you will notice at the bottom i actually added the hotkey functions to eject and change discs. i actually added this option to all my controllers that are capable of playing ps1 games on it. technically i did it to all my remotes because if you do emulationstation cannot overwrite these files

[ruxton_bruce]

Thanks so much edmaul you are a champion. I searched all over for this. This worked perfectly for me.

Thanks again.

[edmaul69]

@ruxton_bruce no problem. Glad i could help