F710 buttons changed after update

[braham]

Hi, my Logitech F710 button setup used to look like this:

input_device = "Logitech Gamepad F710"
input_driver = "udev"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3"
input_down_btn = "h0down"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_right_btn = "h0right"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "h0right"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_left_btn = "h0left"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "h0left"
input_l2_btn = "6"
input_l3_btn = "11"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_up_btn = "h0up"
input_a_btn = "0"
input_b_btn = "1"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "10"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_r2_btn = "7"
input_r3_btn = "12"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"

It has worked for me for ages. However, when I updated to Retropie 4.4, a number of buttons didn't respond anymore. E.g. Select and Start Button.

When used "jstest" to see which button was being triggered when pushed, I noticed that they now have a different number. E.g. Select is now button 6 instead of 8, and Start is now 7 instead of 9 now.

Has anyone else experienced this ?

I also only recently found out that there is also a button configuration file sitting in /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg

Can someone explain to me why there are two ? This is even more confusing to me. Retopie works like a charm, but the button configs give me quite a headache.

Thanks

[mitu]

@braham Re-map your gamepad, using the Input Configuration wizard in Emulationstation. Most likely the driver has changed due to a more recent kernel in 4.4 (Raspbian Stretch). The mapping in ~/.emulationstation` is for Emulationstation, the one you referenced is for RetroArch. Once you configure your controller in Emulationstation, both files will be updated automatically.

[braham]

@mitu: perhaps I should have explained everything a bit more. I used to run RP on a Raspberry 2. I upgraded the hardware to a Pi3 B+. It worked out of the box. I wanted to repurpose the Pi3, so I switched it over to a Pi3 A version. This worked, when I also updated the entire system (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y && sudo rpi-update). But this is also when I noticed that the kay mappings were off.

So I did some testing. I took the 4.4.4 image (found elsewhere on the forum), to boot my Pi 3 A. The stock kernel on that image is 4.14.79-v7+. The key mappings are the same as with the latest RP image for the RP3 Plus. And everything works as expected. But when I then update the entire system as above (to kernel 4.14.86-v7+), the mappings change and everything is messed up.

I can manually (using the config file) change the Select button back to what it was before, and then re-map my Gamepad as you suggested. However, it doesn't fix everything unfortunately. When using mame, controls are rather "slow" all of a sudden. Takes 10 seconds before it accepts a "coin". And also the Exit key combination doesn't work immediately. If at all. When using a GB image, none of the controls work !

So... for me it's back to the latest official RP image using my Pi3+. RhI guess I should refrain from doing the Raspberry Pi kernel upgrades to keep things from working.

[mitu]

@braham said in F710 buttons changed after update:

But when I then update the entire system as above (to kernel 4.14.86-v7+), the mappings change and everything is messed up.

How did you upgrade to this kernel version ? The latest version in the Raspbian repository is 4.14.79-v7+. You can try re-installing the xpad driver and see if that changes anything.

[braham]

@mitu: I used rpi-update

[mitu]

@braham rpi-update is only recommended for trying out new (unreleased) firmware/kernel versions. You should not use it to regularly update your kernel and firmware. From the homepage of this tool (https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update):

Even on Raspbian you should only use this with a good reason.

This gets you the latest bleeding edge kernel/firmware. There is always the possibility of regressions.

Bug fixes and improvements will eventually make their way into new Raspbian releases and apt-get when they are considered sufficiently well tested.

[braham]

@mitu : I know, it's what I normally use to update all my Pi's. But I guess I should have been more careful with my Retropie.

[braham]

I have now reinstalled the official image on the Pi3B+; did an upgrade (no rpi-update), rebooted. The buttons then didn't work anymore. I then updated Retropie to 4.4.4., rebooted and all is working again. Thanks for your help.