IPEGA PG-SW002 Dual joystick on Retropie

[lebonhomme]

Hello everyone,

I bought an IPEGA PG-SW002 "Dual joystick of N.S." (official product page here: http://ipega.hk/switchseries/75-385.html) to use with my Retropie Raspberry Pi Zero W. I followed the guide here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-Switch-Controllers/ but after all steps passed succesfull the joystick is not recognized when plugged in, emulationstation keep saying that "no gamepad detected". Is it a driver problem?

Thanks for your help!

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi Zero W
Power Supply used: default
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): RetroPie v4.8 for Raspberry Pi 1/Zero
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used): Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: IPEGA PG-SW002 "Dual joystick of N.S."
Controller used: IPEGA PG-SW002 "Dual joystick of N.S."
Error messages received: none
Verbose log (if relevant): none
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-Switch-Controllers/
How to replicate the problem: Buy an IPEGA PG-SW002 "Dual joystick of N.S.", follow the guide at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-Switch-Controllers/ and see how it not works!

[mitu]

@lebonhomme said in IPEGA PG-SW002 Dual joystick on Retropie:

Is it a driver problem?

Most likely yes, you bought a gamepad that only supports a Nintendo Switch, so a separate driver is needed on Linux (which is what RetroPie is built on). If the hid_nintendo driver is not working with it, then it's probably not compatible.

Do you have a Nintendo Switch ? Any reason to choose this controller for RetroPie instead of a PC compatible controller ?