Controller not working in Retropie Setup, Runcommand, etc.
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Hi everybody, I have an issue with my retropie setup.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, RetroPie installed via the script using Basic Install. Everything works fine except for this. Joy2Key correctly installed.
When I launch configuration menus, like RetroPie setup, from Emulation Station the gamepad input doesn't work and same for the keyboard which works sometimes or it sends random input instructions which close the menu.
During runcommand I can use the keyboard but the gamepad still doesn't work.
Interesting that if I launch anything from the gnome terminal the gamepad input works
In games there are no issues. Thanks everybody for the help, if you need logs just ask
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@fede2782 said in Controller not working in Retropie Setup, Runcommand, etc.:
Interesting that if I launch anything from the gnome terminal she'll the gamepad input works
The EmulationStation front-end is supposed to be launched from such a gnome terminal shell and not directly. How exactly are you launching EmulationStation ?
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@mitu i'm using the shortcut which retropie setup as created in the app list. It launches gnome terminal full screen and then executes emulationstation
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@fede2782 OK, then in this case I don't understand the 2nd statement:
Interesting that if I launch anything from the gnome terminal the gamepad input works
I don't see what's different between the 2 launch methods. Is the
gnome-terminalwindow not focused when you enter RetroPie-Setup from EmulationStation ? -
@mitu once i launch emulationstation the keyboard and joypad input doesn't work in every terminal based GUI. Both if i launch ES via the shortcut or manually via a gnome terminal screen.
If I run the RetroPie-Setup script from the terminal the keyboard and joypad input works correctly.
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I still don't fully understand how run the RetroPie-Setup script from the terminal is different than launching from a terminal emulator. When you say terminal, do you mean outside of X11/Wayland/Desktop environment ? So if you launch RetroPie-Setup from gnome-terminal , then the menus cannot controlled with the gamepad ?
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@mitu i wasn't clear maybe.
If I MANUALLY launch RetroPie Setup or other retropie scripts from the terminal (since i use desktop i launch from gnome terminal), the controller/gamepad and keyboard input works correctly.
If I launch Retropie setup or runcommand config FROM EMULATIONSTATION keyboard input and controller/gamepad input don't work. During the games launches there is a runcommand loading screen which is Terminal based and keyboard/gamepad input doesn't work here either.
Ask questions if I am still unclear. Have a good day
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@fede2782 said in Controller not working in Retropie Setup, Runcommand, etc.:
Ask questions if I am still unclear. Have a good day
Yes, it's clear. Can you please answer my previous question:
Is the gnome-terminal window not focused when you enter RetroPie-Setup from EmulationStation ?
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@mitu it remains focussed it seems.
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Then I have no idea - try using an
x11desktop session instead ofwaylandand see if that makes a difference. -
@mitu still present both on xorg and wayland
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@mitu it seems that in Debian (LXQT) this issue is not present. I think i'll just switch to it. I assume that this bug is related to the GNOME desktop environment
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