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    Adding a new controller!

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      Padge35 @kage916
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      @kage916 what controller you using? I've had problems allday trying to get it to work and now finally got it working by doing the steps I said

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        kage916 @Padge35
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        @Padge35 it's an iBuffalo SNES controller. It detects it, I can configure it, and once I start up a SNES rom, or any rom for that matter, in yellow in the bottom corner it tells me it is not configured.

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          Padge35 @kage916
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          @kage916 did you put controller back in when u turned it off. All after u powered it back up like I said?

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            Padge35 @kage916
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            @kage916 I'm using ps3 control but if it recognises it like u said it should be ok.

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              kage916 @Padge35
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              @Padge35 The only controller that works is the one that I used when I launched retropie for the very first time, any other controllers do not work

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                kage916 @Padge35
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                @Padge35 Yes I did, I have tried so many different things and none of them ever end up with it staying configured once I launch a rom

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                  Padge35 @kage916
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                  @kage916 sorry bruv I don't know what else to tell you.

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                    meleu @kage916
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                    @kage916 I think you f#$%ed up many of your system's specific config files after enabling config_save_on_exit option and it's making the solutions you're trying useless (if you wanna know why it's a bad practice, check this post).

                    If you are not comfortable with Linux commands to recover the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist files, I suggest a fresh install and start it again.

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                      kage916 @meleu
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                      @meleu Would you be able to send me a step by step to recover it. I would prefer not to do a fresh install and start all over again in fear of screwing things up even further.

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                        kage916 @meleu
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                        @meleu Or a tutorial for doing the fresh install and starting again. Had a friend who did the initial installation for me, watched him step by step and could probably do it again, but just need to know what all I need to do to completely start it all over.

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                          meleu @kage916
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                          @kage916 said in Adding a new controller!:

                          @meleu Or a tutorial for doing the fresh install and starting again.

                          This is the best decision!!! There are nice tutorials on youtube! I specially like those from @herb_fargus , @Floob and @ETAPRIME .

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