Button 6 and 7 not working in ES

[lindsay]

Raspberry Pi 4
Retropie 4.8.2
PS3 wireless controller PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic

Hi All,
I have run JSTest to confirm that all buttons are wired and registering input, but Emulation Station refuses to configure buttons 6 and 7 in Configure Input.

I updated Emulation Station using Retropie Setup.
I also tried editing the PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg file adding the two lines at the bottom:

input_device = "PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic"
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_up_btn = "13"
input_left_btn = "15"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "15"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_right_btn = "16"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "16"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_down_btn = "14"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_b_btn = "0"
input_reset_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "1"

input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r2_btn = "7"

Sadly none of this has helped.

Why would just those buttons not be working in Emulation Station, yet working fine in JS Test?

Thank you for your wonderful work.
Lindsay

[mitu]

Are they registering as buttons or axis ? That might explain why they're not configured in EmulationStation.

[lindsay]

Hey @mitu ,
In JS Test these register as buttons 6 and 7.

[lindsay]

@mitu I looked at it again more closely, and noticed something I hadn't noticed before:

On JS Test, they register as buttons 6 and 7 AND on axes 5 and 2 (the little negative sign changes)

So it seems they are both?

What do I need to do?

Thanks

[mitu]

You can try and add this to your .cfg file:

input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

and see if they're working in RetrArch.

[lindsay]

@mitu thanks - I'll give it a try!

[lindsay]

@mitu said in Button 6 and 7 not working in ES:

input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

Okay so that's interesting! I put those in, restarted Emulation Station and did all the tests again.

Buttons 6 and 7

• do work in JS Test
• don't work in Emulation Station's Configure Input
• do work in RetroArch

So that'll do for me, I can configure the games that need the trigger buttons in RetroArch.

For those interested in this solution, my PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg file located at configs/all/retroarch-joypads/PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg now looks like this where we added the last 4 lines :

input_device = "PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic"
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_up_btn = "13"
input_left_btn = "15"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "15"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_right_btn = "16"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "16"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_down_btn = "14"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_b_btn = "0"
input_reset_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "1"

input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r2_btn = "7"

input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

Then, to set up buttons 6 and 7,

• go into a game

• hit Select+X to get into RetroArch,

• Go to Quick Menu > Controls > Port 1 and you should now see buttons 6 and 7 that can be set to L2 and R2.

• Hit Select +X again to exit Retro Arch and test the buttons in game.

• Hit Select +X again to enter RetroArch and if the buttons work well you can find the option to save as a Game Remap File (to affect the current game only)
  or a Core Remap File (to affect all games on that emulator e.g. all mega drive games or whatever system you are in)

Hope that helps someone.
Thanks @mitu

[Darksavior]

@lindsay I'm not sure if it's related to your problem, but I've had a similar issue with my L2/R2 on my xbox 360 joystick. It usually happens on a kernel update. What fixes it for me is re-installing the xpad driver from source.