Controller setup not persisting into emulators.

Mr. Lumbergh

Pi Model or other hardware: Lenovo M73 Tiny PC X86_64 with Linux Mint 21.1
RetroPie Version Used: 4.8.4
Built From: retropie_setup script from Github
USB Devices connected: Controller only
Controller used: Dragonrise USB arcade
Error messages received: "Dragonrise Controller Not Configured"
Verbose log (if relevant):
Guide used: RetroPie.org guide for Ubuntu installation
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: Any
How to replicate the problem:

I can start Emulation Station without trouble and configure the joystick, navigate through ES using it with no trouble. If I decide I want to play an SNES or PS1 game for example though, I select it and hit A to launch. It'll start zsnes or beetle and launch the game, at which point I get an error in the lower left of the screen saying the particular emulator has detected the controller but that it isn't configured. The game doesn't respond once launched, as if the keybindings aren't being carried through from ES to the specific emulator.

mitu

Seems a similar problem to https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/32997/. Add the vendor_id, product_id to the config file (as explained in the link post) and see this solves your issue.

Mr. Lumbergh

@mitu
In that other post you linked to, the OP said that he got the vendor and prod ID's from "the overlay error message."
In the lower right I'm getting a brief overlay before the game starts that says
"Dragonrise Inc. Generic USB Joystick (121/6) not configured; would 121 and 6 be the vendor and product ID?

EDIT: I see now that this appears to be correct, however adding the lines at the end of the file and as the 2nd & 3rd line after the name did not work. Is there a specific place in the config file this needs to be called out?

EDIT2: As a sanity check I enable BT on this box and paired a licensed Switch Pro controller. It works perfectly without the need to add the vendor/prod id to the config file.

mitu

@Mr-Lumbergh No, the order in the file shouldn't matter. Can you post the contents of your .cfg file ?

Mr. Lumbergh

@mitu Please see below. Note that I still have the vendor and prod ID callouts in the config file.

input_device = "DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick"
input_vendor_id=121
input_product_id=6
input_driver = "udev"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"
input_r_btn = "6"
input_save_state_btn = "6"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_l_btn_label = "LB"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_y_btn = "0"
input_y_btn_label = "Y"
input_x_btn = "1"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "1"
input_b_btn = "2"
input_reset_btn = "2"
input_a_btn = "3"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_select_btn_label = "Back"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_start_btn_label = "Start"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l2_btn = "5"
input_r2_btn = "7"
input_r2_btn_label = "RT"

mitu

The .cfg seems fine. Maybe adding a " around the values is better ?

...
input_vendor_id="121"
input_product_id="6"
...

Can you run cat /proc/bus/input/devices and post the output ?

sleve_mcdichael

@mitu @Mr-Lumbergh and is the spaces around = also important, I think?

input_vendor_id = 121

Vs.

input_vendor_id=121

Mr. Lumbergh

@sleve_mcdichael @mitu
I'm not sure if it was the spaces or the quotes I forgot to include, but after taking both of your suggestions on the config file edits I'm in business.

Thank you both.

Mitu, I didn't post the results of cat on the input devices but I can if you're still interested, otherwise I'll go ahead and tag this as solved.

mitu

@Mr-Lumbergh said in Controller setup not persisting into emulators.:

Mitu, I didn't post the results of cat on the input devices but I can if you're still interested, otherwise I'll go ahead and tag this as solved.

No, it's not necessary - if it worked it means the vendor/produc IDs were correct, this is what the command would have shown in detail.

Mr. Lumbergh

@mitu Thanks again for your time.

Neo-Rio

@mitu Any idea when this issue is going to get perma-fixed?
I gather it's some issue with SDL2...

mitu

@Neo-Rio said in Controller setup not persisting into emulators.:

@mitu Any idea when this issue is going to get perma-fixed?

Should be fixed by https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3702, though you'll need ES-dev installed (for now, until the corresponding ES changes trickle down to the stable branch).

mitu

.. and now the needed EmulationStation changes are available in the stable ES branch. Thanks @BuZz !