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    PS1 not seeing any controllers

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      epicrean
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      Anyone??

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        xpz
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        I have the same problem. BIOS not found and controller not working. :/

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          CascaCure
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          Count me in, same issues as you guys. On latest retropie version, 4.0. No Bios detected, no controllers detected. Both bios and controllers previously were detected / fine on 3.8.1 / 4.0RC1. Problems seem to be isolated to this new 4.0 official release. Fingers crossed for progress.

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            bengus
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            I am having the same issue as well, after updating to 4.0

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              xpz
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              @BuZz We need your help. :)

              This seem to be a problem in Retropie 4.0 since the exact same config works in 3.8.2. The BIOS is not detected and the controllers are ignored in lr-pcsx-rearmed.

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators
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                Please don't tag me unless you are replying to me.

                I was using that emulator earlier on an updated system and it was fine. I will need more information to debug any problem.

                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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                • DLCD
                  DLC
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                  Did you update all installed packages as indicated.

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                    epicrean @DLC
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                    @DLC yes I have updates a couple of times

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                    • dankcushionsD
                      dankcushions Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      hmm, can someone with the issue please post the contents of this file?
                      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg

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                        xpz @dankcushions
                        last edited by xpz

                        @dankcushions

                        This is my retroarch-core-options.cfg from Retropie 4.0 RC2.

                        http://pastebin.com/FFGZrKwW

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                          bengus
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                          @dankcushions

                          Thanks for looking into this, much appreciated. here are the contents of my retroarch-core-options.cfg

                          http://pastebin.com/VK8vftDe

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                            sebacote
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                            Count me in with that bug, I was playing PSX with 4.0 fine, until I exited a game with Start+Select, now it doesn't work for any game, it's weird!

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                              sebacote
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                              Also adding my comment I left in a separate thread I just deleted to merge my comment with this thread :

                              Hi

                              My actual setting is a RPi2 with 4.0.1 (updated from 3.X to 4.0 RC1 to 4.0.1), with 2 DS3 wired controlers.

                              I mostly play PSX games with lr-pcsx-rearmed, and everything works perfectly, with my last setting in 3.X and now with 4.0.1. I love my Pi a lot! (Yeah, I have the right BIOS since day one)

                              Today, I was playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and I saved my game and exited the emulator to jump to THPS 3 (with start+select as always). I started THPS 3 and I got the message "No BIOS found ,expect bugs" and "Controller SONY PLAYSTATION 3 ... not configured". This is not my usual messages, normally I get "SONY PLAYSTATION 3 Controller configured #0" or something like that.

                              I tried to restart my Pi, tried again THPS2, retried THPS3 (this wasn't the first time I played THPS3 by the way), always the same message. I tried other emulators for other consoles and everything still works.

                              I tried updating the script and updating all emulators without success. I tried uninstalling lr-pcsx-rearmed then reinstall it (from binary and I also tried from source) without more success. So for now, all my emulators works well, but not lr-pcsx-rearmed.

                              Someone have any advice to solve this issue?

                              Thanks a lot for the great community!

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                                sebacote @dankcushions
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                                @dankcushions
                                here is mine, everything was working fine until I reset the game and trying starting another one (4.0.1, updated today at EST 17h)
                                http://pastebin.com/WJ1FXq6a

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @sebacote
                                  last edited by

                                  @sebacote @dankcushions i found a fix. it isnt a problem with the emulator in my uneducated opinion.

                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3483/i-found-a-cause-and-a-fix-bandaid-for-psx-no-bios-no-controller-issue

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                                  • suprjamiS
                                    suprjami
                                    last edited by suprjami

                                    A user on Reddit reports the same thing also happening to FBA and Neo-Geo configs. It seems the emulator overwites /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg and /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg

                                    I wonder if this is because older versions have the input mapping parameter unquoted:

                                    input_remapping_directory = /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/
                                    

                                    but latest version seems to have it quoted:

                                    input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/"
                                    

                                    Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/4yz4h5/retroarch_keeps_overwriting_my_controller_config/

                                    I tried a dozen launches of lr-fba-next with and without quotes but could not reproduce this.

                                    Anyone hitting this issue, please try adding quotes to the system-specific config as above and see if this solves it for you.

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                                    • FloobF
                                      Floob @suprjami
                                      last edited by Floob

                                      @suprjami I can confirm that on game exit the system based retroarch.cfg is being updated (or at least the timestamp is).
                                      But I cant get it to break yet. This is on a clean RetroPie 4 final.

                                      Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
                                      RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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                                      • FloobF
                                        Floob
                                        last edited by Floob

                                        Ok, maybe this is related? When it saves the file it moves some of the lines, which could result in some overrides kicking in?

                                        Before game starts

                                        # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line
                                        
                                        
                                        # Test 1
                                        
                                        input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/psx/"
                                        
                                        # Test 2
                                        
                                        #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
                                        
                                        # Test 3
                                        

                                        After quitting game

                                        # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line
                                        
                                        
                                        # Test 1
                                        
                                        input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/psx/"
                                        
                                        # Test 2
                                        
                                        
                                        # Test 3
                                        #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
                                        

                                        Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
                                        RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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                                        • BuZzB
                                          BuZz administrators @Floob
                                          last edited by

                                          @Floob it moves the include to the end on exit in case the file was saved from rgui which breaks the order. Can't see a case where anyone would want configs after the include though.

                                          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

                                            I don't think the quoting would make a differenc btw. I need to see a broken config to debug this

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