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    Buttons not recognized on Bluetooth controllers

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      brightentayle
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      Good day!

      So I've started using Retropie about a year ago and was surprised to find out that yes, my Ipega PG-9025 Bluetooth controller works with most of the games supported. That wasn't the case with the Jessie builds, however, since using a Bluetooth gamepad (not a keyboard, mind you, which works fine) with these doesn't work at all. Well, yeah, it does recognize the gamepad itself, but the input is not registered by ES or the emulatiors! Previously, I thought it was just the case with my Ipega controller, but (despite me having to deal with ds4drv and reinstall Retropie two times to fix autologin's disappearance) it's all the same with Dualshock 4: it's recognized, but pressing buttons does nothing.

      The input failed to register on both RPi2 and 3, with or without the onboard Bluetooth.

      Am I missing any drivers? Or is there anything specific I need to know about?

      Thank you in advance.

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        meleu @brightentayle
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        @brightentayle See if your problem can be solved with this trick here:
        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/15643

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          brightentayle
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          Okay, my mistake: tried out the Ipega controller again and ES (and, apparently, Retroarch) doesn't consider it to be a gamepad at all. DS4 is recognized, however.

          Also, I don't have a working wired controller now, unfortunately.

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