Problem with USB controllers after pairing NES30 Pro

clengman

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running retropie 4.

When I first started using the Pi I was using a couple cheapo USB gamepads for multiplayer, but I also had a PS3 controller paired to use when I was playing on my own. Everything worked fine.

I was tired of having to unpair and repair the PS3 controller all the time so I decided to get a NES30 Pro to use with the Pi. I got it working. Everything was fine for single player with the NES30, but I just recently tried to go back to the USB controllers to play a couple games with my daughter. The controllers work fine in emulation station, but when I run a ROM, the controllers don't work at all.

Is there something about the configuration for the NES30 Pro that would make the USB controllers unuseable?

I appreciate any help or advice. Thanks!

BuZz

@clengman follow the instructions here (making sure you have latest firmware, and that hack setting is off before configuring in ES)

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Setting-up-an-8bitdo-Bluetooth-controller

clengman

@BuZz Thanks. I used that guide when I set up the NES30 pro initially. As I wrote above, the NES30 Pro is currently working fine. It's the wired USB gamepads that are no longer working.

BuZz

@clengman Sorry - misunderstood. Did you try reconfiguring the USB controller in Emulation Station ?

clengman

@BuZz I did. I'm not sure what's going on, now. None of the controllers are working anymore. All the controllers work fine in emulation station, but when I try to run a game nothing works.

clengman

Also, thinking I could go back and start fresh, I selected "Factory reset configs" in the retropie menu. Now some of my emulators (specifically SNES, PCengine, and NEO GEO) will not run any games. I had all of them working before this recent episode. I think I might just wipe my sd card and start from a fresh install. I don't know what's going on.

Rion

@clengman You could try first to reset the controller configuration for ES from the RetroPie-Setup menu first. Then reconfigure all your controllers again.

clengman

@Rion Thanks. I did try that. It didn't seem to help.

Did a little more playing around this morning. I can report that if I go into bluetooth configuration and remove my 8bitdo controller from the registered devices, the USB controllers work in game. If I then add and configure the 8bitdo, the NES30 Pro, but the USB controllers stop working. So I can use one or the other but not both and for the wired controllers to work, I have to delete the registration for the 8bitdo controller.

To clarify, when I'm in emulation station, I can configure all the controllers and everything works. It's just when I run a game that the USB controllers stop working.

BuZz

I'm out currently but will debug when I'm next around. I need to confirm a recent mapping change I made hasn't broken it too.

clengman

@BuZz I appreciate your help. Glad this board is here. :)

BuZz

@clengman Please SSH in to the RPI and give me the output of the following (use an external pastebin site or make sure you put it in a code block on the forum)

for js in /dev/input/js*; do echo $js; udevadm info $js; done;

ls -la /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

find /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/ -type f -print -exec cat {} \;

cat ~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg

BuZz

updated my previous post a bit.

clengman

@BuZz I understand the concept of SSH, but I'll have to figure out how to do it. Haven't tried anything like this yet. I'll post when I have it figured out. Thanks!

BuZz

@clengman https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

clengman

@BuZz

This is what I got:

http://pastebin.com/3gMgLXDM

I hope it's helpful and in a form that is easy to work with. I didn't get any output for the command in the third line.

clengman

@BuZz I think I may have figured out what was giving me problems. I had the bluetooth settings such that the 8bitdo was being turned on everytime I turned on the Pi. I was trying to play with the two usb controllers not realizing that the 8bitdo was on and serving as the 1P controller. If I restart retropie keeping the 8bitdo turned off I can use the two usb controllers for 2 player games. Please forgive me for wasting your time. I appreciate that you were willing to help.