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    Gamepads making involuntary movements in Emulation Station

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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by

      I have the same issue but only with my iBuffalo SNES pad. I read somewhere here in the forum that it can happen with those gamepads. It's like a hit or miss thing. I don't have that issue on my PC though, same controller. Neither with my other 2 arcade sticks. Only the iBuffalo one does that.
      It is not a big deal for me though, normally when you play you move constantly so it doesn't affect my game play.

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk im pretty positive what i posted above actually fixes your problem. There was another user that fixed his issue with his ibuffalo with this fix.

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        • FlyingTomahawkF
          FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
          last edited by

          @edmaul69

          Thanks for the link. I was/am reading through it already. ;)
          Yeah, let's hope it'll fix it but as I said not a biggy for me if it doesn't work.

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          • edmaul69E
            edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
            last edited by

            @FlyingTomahawk i will do this fix for any image i create. I backup my image so i will never have to do this again, but if i had to i would. You never know what controllers you may get and have issues with that too. I like the idea of never having to worry about it. But of course that is just me. It obviously doesnt bother you. But my ocd just wont let me deal with something like that.

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            • dankcushionsD
              dankcushions Global Moderator
              last edited by

              with my ibuffalo pads i "fixed" this issue by connecting them via a powered usb hub. i think for them specifically the issue is caused by electrical inteference or something like that.

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              • FlyingTomahawkF
                FlyingTomahawk
                last edited by

                The iBuffalos are known for this issue but the TC says he has that issue with 4 gamepads, some not iBuffalo.

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                • RionR
                  Rion @dankcushions
                  last edited by

                  @dankcushions said in Gamepads making involuntary movements in Emulation Station:

                  with my ibuffalo pads i "fixed" this issue by connecting them via a powered usb hub. i think for them specifically the issue is caused by electrical inteference or something like that.

                  Have you tried this?

                  /boot/config.txt

                  max_usb_current=1

                  sets the available current over USB to 1.2A (default is 600mA.

                  Would this solve your problem without connecting the iBuffalo controllers to a powered usb hub?

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                  • obsidianspiderO
                    obsidianspider
                    last edited by obsidianspider

                    I just ran the Raphnet Fix on my Genesis Pi and it appears to have fixed my iBuffalo ghost input issues. I'm going to let it sit a while longer on the EmulationStation menu to confirm, but all signs are positive.

                    Edit: Never mind, after a few minutes, it had a ghost input.

                    I updated /boot/config.txt as @Rion suggested. I'll report back about if the ghost input returns.

                    Edit 2: iBuffalo ghost inputs still present after the Raphnet fix and after updating the config.txt file to have up to 1.2A

                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                      Dochartaigh @obsidianspider
                      last edited by

                      I can confirm I've had this issue with no less than 6 brands of controllers. Everything from iNNext/Retrolink/Gtron/no-name from ebay/no-name from AliExpress, to good quality Hyperkin Genesis controllers and iBuffalo SNES. Don't think it's happened on my 7 wireless controllers.

                      It's also EXTREMELY common to get the game list scrolling up or down when switching from one system to another as well (as if a key was stuck, when you haven't even touched it). This seems to be a common complaint with RetroPie/Raspberry Pi's – when all these controllers seem to work just fine on a PC.

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                      • AlexMurphyA
                        AlexMurphy Banned @Dochartaigh
                        last edited by

                        @Dochartaigh Yeah, I have the iBuffalo plugged in while watching YouTube on Kodi and it's giving ghost inputs there too and randomly bringing up the info and seek bar. So it's a Pi thing rather than an Emulation Station or RetroPie thing.

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                        • RionR
                          Rion
                          last edited by

                          Well then it seams like @dankcushions solution using a powered usb hub is the way to go.

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                          • SkittleBrau79S
                            SkittleBrau79
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for the replies everyone. Good to hear I'm not going crazy.

                            I'll try some things when I get home. I'll start by moving it to another TV to see if it's an interference issue.

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                            • SkittleBrau79S
                              SkittleBrau79 @SkittleBrau79
                              last edited by

                              @SkittleBrau79 What has me the most confused is that this only started a few days ago. Since nothing has changed with my controllers I just assumed that a setting or maybe a package/driver installation broke things. It's not that annoying in a game but very annoying in Emulation Station.

                              The only other thing I changed recently was moving my Pi3 to a new case with better cooling.

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                              • RumblinBuffaloR
                                RumblinBuffalo @SkittleBrau79
                                last edited by RumblinBuffalo

                                @SkittleBrau79 said in Gamepads making involuntary movements in Emulation Station:

                                @SkittleBrau79 What has me the most confused is that this only started a few days ago.

                                I found this to be the case with me as well. I had the Pi/Retropie setup (with 2 iBuffalo gamepads) for about 4 months and never "noticed" any problem using Retropie v3.8. It seemed to coincide/start with my switch to 4.1, but from reading alot of the posts it sounds like this is far more common so maybe for me it was just coincidence. It seems that only one of my gamepads has this problem though.

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                                  Ponny
                                  last edited by

                                  Got the same problem with ONE of my iBuffalos. Will try fix on weekend.

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                                    Xyb0t
                                    last edited by Xyb0t

                                    I suddenly had ghost inputs after reinstalling my image and updating it right away. I posted inhere, but was told "your controller is bad", but the funny thing is that both of them got the twitches, and it came about all of a sudden.

                                    These are PS3 wireless bluetooth controllers btw, so i don't think that powering any kind of USB hub will do me any good :D

                                    I see them do it when i install stuff from the retropie config thingie (in the terminal window), where weird chars can appear, just like if i pressed the controller.

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                                      nesanders311
                                      last edited by nesanders311

                                      I am getting crazy amounts of phantom button inputs with 2 Wii U Pro controllers via Bluetooth. 2 fresh installs both the same. Ibuffalos work just fine.

                                      I am very new to this so please be gentle. It is happening often enough for me to take pictures for reference (which I cannot figure out how to post here).

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                                      It does this with either Wii U Pro controller turned on and it happens every 3-5 seconds or so.

                                      Please let me know if there is anything I can try to work this out.

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                                        Dochartaigh @nesanders311
                                        last edited by Dochartaigh

                                        Just want to correct my previous statement - I also get these phantom button movements on BLUETOOTH 8BitDo controllers as well....so it's definitely not something to do with physical USB controller connections or small voltage spikes or anything like that... I'm on 4.1.0 right now.

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                                          filiphdan
                                          last edited by

                                          Anyone solved this issue?
                                          Im also having this problem of ghosts inputs in emulation station, could this be a bug of the last update?

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                                            goodpi31
                                            last edited by goodpi31

                                            I use 2x PS3 controllers over bluetooth. After updating 4.1 a first time (dont remember the build number, maybe two months ago) I started experiencing ghost inputs. This not only happened in emulation station, but also in the retroarch menu (for example when trying to make a savestate it would suddenly move down and load instead or make a screenshot). I fixed it by removing the PS3 drivers from the setup screen, then after restarting the pi, I would reinstall the ps3 drivers and do the bluetooth setup again. This seemed to fix it. A while later I updated the pi again (dont remember the build number, about a month ago) and I had the ghost input problem again.

                                            My solution for PS3 controllers over bluetooth: So now after updating the pi, I make sure the controllers are OFF, I remove the PS3 drivers, restart the PI, reinstall the drivers and then reconnect the controllers to bluetooth. Currently using 4.1.19 and have no problems with ghost input.

                                            Hope this might help someone.

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