@magnetaphan try without it just to be sure. Also try on a different TV if possible.

Well i can F4 out of it, and outside of RetroPie it works fine, same with the controller, but if i try to configure any kind of device as a controller in RetroPie it has that problem.

I got a USB Hat on the pi and thats how i connect USB and ethernet to it. it got power LEDs for each of the inputs and nothing seems out of the ordinary with it when entering into EmulationStation, so i doubt that the Hat is the cause of the issue.

@aerolito welcome to the forum. You've given almost no information about your problem, please add some more information as outlined here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Also, when do you get this message? What are you trying to do?