Retropie on Ubuntu: Controller working in emulationstation but not retroarch

WhiteT982

@mitu
I just redid my Ubuntu installation in June and still had problems with the ids. Had they been added since then or should I look into updating my retropie-setup?

Not a big deal for me since mine is working fine just wondered if maybe I was missing something.

mitu

@WhiteT982 said in Retropie on Ubuntu: Controller working in emulationstation but not retroarch:

I just redid my Ubuntu installation in June and still had problems with the ids. Had they been added since then or should I look into updating my retropie-setup?

The code for EmulationStation was added back in April and RetroPie-Setup was modified about the same time.

submarine

Hi @mitu ,

I certainly didn't do that intentionally... How can I check? I can't see such a menu in RetroPie-Setup...

Cheers!

mitu

@submarine said in Retropie on Ubuntu: Controller working in emulationstation but not retroarch:

How can I check? I can't see such a menu in RetroPie-Setup...

Go into 'Configuration -> Emulationstation' from RetroPie-Setup. Check if 'Auto Configuration' is enabled.

submarine

All right, thanks @mitu . Yes, it is enabled.

mitu

@submarine Then I don't understand why the configuration profile is not correctly created. Can run emulationstation from a terminal with

emulationstation --debug

then try again to configure your input. If the .cfg file is not created in the aforementioned folder (/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads), then post the contents of $HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt on pastebin.com and provide the link.

Can you also post the output of the following command:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

directly in this topic ?

submarine

Hi @mitu,

I started emulationstation in debug mode and reconfigured the joypad. No new file is created in the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads directory.

Here are the logs from emulationstation: https://pastebin.com/tkzHrZES

Here is the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices: https://pastebin.com/9WwU8ade

The last entry is the USB joypad.

Any idea?

mitu

@submarine Can you also post the contents of the $HOME/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg file ?

submarine

Hi @mitu ,

Sure:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
	<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Twin USB Joystick" vendorId="2064" productId="1" deviceGUID="03000000100800000100000010010000">
		<input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
		<input name="b" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
		<input name="down" type="axis" id="1" value="1" />
		<input name="hotkeyenable" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
		<input name="left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" />
		<input name="leftshoulder" type="button" id="6" value="1" />
		<input name="lefttrigger" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
		<input name="right" type="axis" id="0" value="1" />
		<input name="rightshoulder" type="button" id="7" value="1" />
		<input name="righttrigger" type="button" id="5" value="1" />
		<input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
		<input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
		<input name="up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" />
		<input name="x" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
		<input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
	</inputConfig>
	<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="USB Gamepad" vendorId="121" productId="17" deviceGUID="03000000790000001100000010010000">
		<input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
		<input name="b" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
		<input name="down" type="axis" id="1" value="1" />
		<input name="hotkeyenable" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
		<input name="left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" />
		<input name="leftshoulder" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
		<input name="right" type="axis" id="0" value="1" />
		<input name="rightshoulder" type="button" id="5" value="1" />
		<input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
		<input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
		<input name="up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" />
		<input name="x" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
		<input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
	</inputConfig>
</inputList>

The last entry is my joypad.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Fabrice

mitu

It looks to me you've deleted the previous es_input.cfg while trying to remove the previous joystick entry ? The configuration file installed by RetroPie contains an additional set of lines, which is used by EmulationStation to run the utility that configures the joystick for other various emulators - including RetroArch. Since those lines are missing, the configuration for RetroArch is not created/generated.

Add the this file, at the beginning, before the 1st joystick inputConfig entry the lines below:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <inputAction type="onfinish">
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/scripts/inputconfiguration.sh</command>
  </inputAction>
	<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Twin USB Joystick" vendorId="2064" productId="1" deviceGUID="03000000100800000100000010010000">
...

and then re-configure your joystick again, this time the .cfg for RetroArch should be generated properly.

submarine

Hi @mitu ,

Yes, that worked! Thank you so much! I remember I renamed this file, I didn't realise those lines were needed.

Thanks a lot!