Weird Controller Problems (yes, again)

hansolo77

@meleu said in Weird Controller Problems (yes, again):

@hansolo77 please, wait a little before going on this trick. I noticed that it doesn't work after some changes that runcommand got recently. I already reported here.

Ah OK. I didn't refresh my page before typing up my latest reply. Since everything works ok using just the Xbox controller and no modified files, I'll just keep it like this until something else comes up to try. I'll probably post back tomorrow/etc to see if there's anything new.

Looking at the changes, all we need to do is change the variable to ALL CAPS and remove the preceeding __ right? But if it was just changed in the file, the changes need made on those other files as well. Maybe I'll still just wait.

hansolo77

@meleu said in Weird Controller Problems (yes, again):

@hansolo77
The __joy2key_dev is used only by the scripts which call joy2key.py. If you are curious, here are links to the exact line in each file:

runcommand.sh

helpers.sh (used by retropie_setup.sh)

jsfuncs.sh (used by RetroPie-joystick-selection tool)

I'm away from my raspi now, but I'll try to find a solution when I get home. And the first thing I'll try is to put that export line at the end of /etc/profile. :-)

Should I try going through my system and replace all __joy2key_dev entries in the above listed files to just JOY2KEY_DEV and then also change the calls in the /etc/environment and sudoers files? Do you think that might work? I'm trying to rescrape my library right now (taking forever for some strange reason) but I'll make an SD card backup before I try it.

meleu

@hansolo77 I think it'll work, but my suggestion is to wait for the "official" solution. The decision made for runcommand.sh and helpers.sh I'll put on the jsfuncs.sh.

hansolo77

Will do! Thanks for all your help.

meleu

@hansolo77 you can update your retropie_setup and then the runcommand.
I think the trick will work now. ;-)

hansolo77

I'm still scraping metadata, so I won't be able to try this till I get home from work tomorrow. But I'd just like to clarify... I don't need to do anything like my suggestion of going through the various scripts and updating them all to JOY2KEY_DEV right? I just need to run the Update RetroPie-Setup Script and it should take care of it all? Obviously I'll need to un-comment out the lines I added to /etc/environment and visudo right?

meleu

@hansolo77

Update RetroPie-Setup Script.
Update runcommand (Manage packages -> core -> runcommand -> Update from binary).
add __joy2key_dev="/dev/input/js2" to /etc/environment file.
add Defaults env_keep += "__joy2key_dev" to your /etc/sudoers (use sudo visudo command to edit this file).
reboot.

I hope I didn't forget any step this time. :-)

hansolo77

Ok so we're going back to the lowercase and the __ bits. I'll try that tomorrow!

hansolo77

IT WORKS!!! haha OMG it works lol. Thank you so much for figuring this out for me. Looks like the functionality was always there, just broken over the course of time. Things like the ALL CAPS, and the loss of system-wide variables (needing to be SU). Now all I have to do is figure out how to make the Joystick-Selector work, but this is a NEXT step, and not related to this thread anymore. Consider this 'bug' smashed!

Thanks so much!

meleu

@hansolo77 said in Weird Controller Problems (yes, again):

Now all I have to do is figure out how to make the Joystick-Selector work

Do you mean it isn't working? I would like to know what is going wrong. Could you open another thread detailing you problem?

hansolo77

No, I just meant I haven't tried to tackle setting it up yet. I will definitely open a new thread if I have issues. :) Thanks again!