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    Almost finished home RasPi 3B, Issue with Controllers, Need fresh minds

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      tjayhawk32 @mitu
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      @mitu said in Almost finished home RasPi 3B, Issue with Controllers, Need fresh minds:

      Do all USB controllers get detected and working all at once ?

      Is there an easy way to do this without installing Ubuntu and RetroPie on my PC?

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        mitu Global Moderator @tjayhawk32
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        @tjayhawk32 said in Almost finished home RasPi 3B, Issue with Controllers, Need fresh minds:

        Is there an easy way to do this without installing Ubuntu and RetroPie on my PC?

        Yes, you can use your Windows installation and install RetroArch to see how it works - it has also a Windows version. You'll have RetroArch standalone, so no Emulationstation or joystick/gamepad configuration dialog - you'll have to do that from RetroArch.

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          mitu Global Moderator
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          Or you could download Lakka, which is a live Linux distro with just RetroArch, just like RetroPie, but based on a different Linux distribution model.

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            tjayhawk32 @mitu
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            @mitu Starting now.

            Also idk if this matters, but all of the controllers are active in the menu.

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              tjayhawk32 @mitu
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              @mitu
              https://imgur.com/qsbEsK2

              I can't get it to log anything, so hopefully this helps. There are a total of 8 ports being used on the hub for this, with a few of those having dual ports like N64, Genesis and DC.

              Curious if the ones that showed up as 'not configured' were the reason those emulators stopped launching, I tried selecting the ones that did configure back on the RetroPie, and even unset, with the same crash result on Genesis.

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                BuZz administrators @tjayhawk32
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                @tjayhawk32 Your email is bouncing due to a full email box. Please disable email notifications or fix this or I may have to remove your account.

                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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                  tjayhawk32 @BuZz
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                  @BuZz I fixed it on my end, but do you mean they're bouncing and you were getting them back?

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                    BuZz administrators @tjayhawk32
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                    @tjayhawk32 yes. When your email box was full the emails bounced. If you have limited email space I would turn off category subscriptions and just check topic notifications on the forum.

                    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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                      tjayhawk32
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                      Understood. Sorry about that.

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                        tjayhawk32 @mitu
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                        @mitu I've done a fresh install. Im going to plug in and configure the controllers one at a time.

                        What scripts/tests should i run and document in between each to see when/if it starts messing up?
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                          mitu Global Moderator @tjayhawk32
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                          @tjayhawk32 There's no scripts to be run, just configure the controllers - one by one - and then start RetroArch, see if all of them are detected and if they work (at least the controllers that's slotted for Player1).
                          See if/when they stop working and try to unplug one and notice if the configuration is stable again. Start with only 1 powered hub (maybe you have a 7 port hub), so that's only 1 USB port on the Pi that's taken.

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                            tjayhawk32 @mitu
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                            @mitu Got it.

                            Do you think it matters where the 2-port adapters go in the sequence? (like before or after one-port adapters for whatever reason)

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                              mitu Global Moderator @tjayhawk32
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                              @tjayhawk32 I don't think the order matters. The Pi has only 1 internal USB hub, any port would go over the same data path.

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