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    • RiverstormR
      Riverstorm @BuZz
      last edited by Riverstorm

      @BuZz said in 4.0-beta2 images are available for testing.:

      thanks - and with the rmmod xpad; sleep 2 but the original xboxdrv line also ? Any difference ?

      also please can you post the output of lsmod after putting the xboxdrv line back as it was (but keeping the rmmod)

      Modified lines in /etc/rc.local:

      rmmod xpad; sleep 2

      "/opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv" --daemon --detach --dbus disabled --detach-kernel-driver --id 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --silent --trigger-as-button --next-controller --id 1 --led 3 --deadzone 4000 --silent --trigger-as-button --next-controller --id 2 --led 4 --deadzone 4000 --silent --trigger-as-button --next-controller --id 3 --led 5 --deadzone 4000 --silent --trigger-as-button

      It's different but not good. I was able to get a stick configured via Configure Input but they all just have the flashing green circles. I could navigate with controller one. Entering a game controllers 2-4 didn't work. After a disconnect and reconnect of controller one I lost connection to all of them.

      lsmod output:

      pi@retropie:~ $ lsmod
      Module                  Size  Used by
      bnep                   10340  2
      hci_uart               17943  1
      btbcm                   5929  1 hci_uart
      bluetooth             326105  22 bnep,btbcm,hci_uart
      brcmfmac              186343  0
      brcmutil                5661  1 brcmfmac
      cfg80211              427855  1 brcmfmac
      rfkill                 16037  4 cfg80211,bluetooth
      snd_bcm2835            20511  0
      evdev                  11396  5
      snd_pcm                75698  1 snd_bcm2835
      joydev                  9024  0
      snd_timer              19160  1 snd_pcm
      snd                    51844  3 snd_bcm2835,snd_timer,snd_pcm
      bcm2835_gpiomem         3040  0
      bcm2835_wdt             3225  0
      ff_memless              4750  0
      uio_pdrv_genirq         3164  0
      uio                     8000  1 uio_pdrv_genirq
      uinput                  7454  4
      fuse                   83461  1
      ipv6                  347530  34
      
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      • RiverstormR
        Riverstorm
        last edited by

        @Buzz I need to go back and recheck this testing (xboxdrv with rmmod xpad). I need about an hour to finish something and will post back for sure on this.

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        • RiverstormR
          Riverstorm
          last edited by

          I just wanted to verify I was in lr-mame2003 as it has joysticks pre-configured (Gauntlet is my 4 player test). With this configuration arrangement all the joysticks flash even the working one when connected so to test them I play a game. That is unless the other sticks should all be able to scroll through the options in ES. Joystick one works and I was able to fully use it to select & play. Joysticks 2-4 flash green with no response.

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            4.0-rc1 is released - see first post in thread.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators
              last edited by

              @Riverstorm thanks for the feedback.

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                cooky069
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                Not sure if this is a bug or not but I tried 4.0-rc1 last nite and noticed that when I tried setting up overlys none were available . The only option was unset . I looked in to the file system and it appears the entire overlays directory is missing. Decided to try beta2 and the same thing happened but 3.8.1 is fine

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators @cooky069
                  last edited by BuZz

                  @cooky069 you need to install them from packages -core - retroarch - configure or setup/tools - retroarch. You can now keep them updated separately from retroarch

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    cooky069
                    last edited by

                    Thanks I'll have a look when I get chance . I was in configuration then all retroarch cfg , was able to set overlays on but when I clicked on the next option down to select an overly is when I encountered the problem . But if they need installing first then I must have missed something, so hopefully that's it

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                    • RiverstormR
                      Riverstorm @BuZz
                      last edited by

                      @BuZz said in 4.0-rc1 images are available for testing.:

                      4.0-rc1 is released - see first post in thread.

                      Is there any additional tweaks to the xboxdrv that need testing or will we need to use the xpad driver steps for the coming GA?

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators
                        last edited by BuZz

                        @Riverstorm you may well need to use the xpad driver if xboxdrv isn't working. the built in kernel xpad driver should work with 360 controllers, although the led flashes (upstream kernel config change fixes it in the next raspberry pi kernel update)

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • RiverstormR
                          Riverstorm @BuZz
                          last edited by

                          @BuZz said in 4.0-rc1 images are available for testing.:

                          @Riverstorm you may well need to use the xpad driver if xboxdrv isn't working. the built in kernel xpad driver should work with 360 controllers, although the led flashes (upstream kernel config change fixes it in the next raspberry pi kernel update)

                          Ok that sounds good. Would the kernel update be announced here on the forums anywhere or is there a good link to watch for that enhancement?

                          What I really liked about the xboxdrv is the values are consistent on both wired and wireless. If I remember correctly switching back to the xpad driver several inputs in MAME need tweaked as the values are all different and most of the emulators weren't setup to support joysticks out of the box. Except lr-mame2003 I think Dank added joystick support by default.

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by

                            https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
                            https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux

                            updates hit the firmware repo first, and gets packaged later.

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            • RiverstormR
                              Riverstorm @BuZz
                              last edited by

                              @BuZz said in 4.0-rc1 images are available for testing.:

                              https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
                              https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux

                              updates hit the firmware repo first, and gets packaged later.

                              Thanks Buzz, I will keep an eye out. Sorry one last question will the xboxdrv be phased out in favor of the xpad driver on future releases?

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by

                                I don't know - depends on xboxdrv development vs kernel xpad features

                                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                • RiverstormR
                                  Riverstorm @BuZz
                                  last edited by

                                  @BuZz said in 4.0-rc1 images are available for testing.:

                                  I don't know - depends on xboxdrv development vs kernel xpad features

                                  Ok, that sounds good. If you need a tester for any additional changes to the xboxdrv just let me know as I do use them regularly and willing to troubleshoot whatever I can. :)

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                                    BennyProfane
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                                    @BuZz thanks for all your hard work - just tried 4.0-rc1, really happy with this version and just have 1 note/1 minor issue (which I don't think should stop the release of 4.0 in any way):

                                    1- I'm trying to get all 3 ES+ kodi + lxde/desktop running. When the RetroPie script has installed lxde, even after rebooting, many commands fail to run. This is because the startx command needs to be called for the desktop to finish setting up its thing -- and this took me a while to figure out: could this be documented clearly within the script (e.g. popup asking you to make the call), or just get the script to force the command after the installation process?

                                    2- The new ability to autostart kodi is something I've wanted for a while, so thanks for that, however the exit option fails to return to emulationstation (just kills kodi and turns my tv off!). I've seen this thread but it looks like the autostart does call kodi rather than kodi-standalone, so am stuck on this one...

                                    I'm also using a PS3 bluetooth controller and that all worked fine.

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                                    • BuZzB
                                      BuZz administrators
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                                      1 - LXDE - when you install lxde it installs an entry in Ports for launching it (Did you install it from the raspbian tools menu?).startx is mentioned on the wiki in the FAQ.

                                      2 - are you using CEC ? that may be set to turn off screen on exit - you can change that in Kodi. I launch Kodi before ES on my setups and they exit fine to ES.

                                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        BennyProfane @BuZz
                                        last edited by

                                        @BuZz thanks for the quick reply!!

                                        2- bingo, it was due to the CEC adaptor settings! Feel sheepish after realising that it was a kodi rather than retropie issue and seeing similar mentions in kodi forums, so really thanks a lot for answering anyway!

                                        All as good as it has ever been on my pi now with 4rc1 :)

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                                          PetroRie
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                                          There are some glitches with the PS4 controller in RC1. The hotkeys don't work anymore after updating it. I checked the config files and they are like how I configurated them.

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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators
                                            last edited by

                                            Nothing has changed in RetroPie regarding PS4 controllers. Are you using ds4drv or were you using the kernel driver (assuming it works out of the box with the kernel). The only thing that may have changed is the Kernel version in the image (which we do not maintain - it is Raspbian Lite with RetroPie installed on top).

                                            You could try installed ds4drv if you haven't already - https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv

                                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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