No problem dude, glad to help.

Ok thanks I will do that

See here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7620/ipac-controller-not-configured-error-message-on-loading-roms/6

You can turn off the message, but this will turn off all OSD messages...

@Furluge yeah i was the reason that raphael learned about the issue which affected a crap ton of controllers. Then he so awesomely found the bug in linux and created the fix for it. But yeah its been fixed for a long ole time. 😊

@Lineman69
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Is the a way to default the MAME controls back to start so i can reconfigure this properly?

There are 6 versions.

Just edit the joypad configuration file.

Please let me know if this is enough information -- as mentioned, super new to this...

Pi Model: v 3
RetroPie Version Used: v4.1
Built From: downloaded file from retropie site and followed instructions to extract with 7-zip and used Win32DiskImager
USB Devices connected: tried once with just the USB SNES style controller RetroLink and once with both Controller and Keyboard (logitech k400)
Controller used: same as above
Error messages received: no error messages, it just loses controller mapping and essentially requires a reboot
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
Guide used: many different online guides tried / youtube videos / this forum /
File:
Emulator: Tried with NES / SNES / Genesis
Attachment of config files: how do i copy these out of the device?

Thank you again!

any chance of an update to work with the new kernel?

@kassult said in RPi B doesn't boot into controller setup:

If I remember correctly the B only needs 0.5A so I figured I was fine.

It needs more than twice that - 1.2 A
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#powerReqs

No probs mate. Glad we got it sorted for you.

@dips52
EDIT: I'm assuming you're using lr-fbalpha (aka lr-fba-next).

my suggestion: undo the changes you've made on that file and then configure the mappings the way you like using the core input remapping method.

@JHamz
Hmmm...check to see if your using "udev" & if not set to "udev"

RetroPie -> Configuration Editor -> Advanced Configuration -> Configure Libretro options -> all/retroarch.cfg -> input_joypad_driver (udev)

Here is what my EmulationStation mapping for my wireless X360 controller looks like:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg

<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)"> <input name="pageup" type="button" id="4" value="1"/> <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1"/> <input name="up" type="button" id="15" value="1"/> <input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1"/> <input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1"/> <input name="down" type="button" id="16" value="1"/> <input name="pagedown" type="button" id="5" value="1"/> <input name="right" type="button" id="14" value="1"/> <input name="x" type="button" id="2" value="1"/> <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1"/> <input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1"/> <input name="left" type="button" id="13" value="1"/> </inputConfig>

Something else I read is to add a "sleep" command in the EmulationStation start script in /usr/bin/emulationstation
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/EmulationStation#es-doesnt-detect-my-controller-when-started-at-boot

Another thing I read was it can be an issue/bug in the SDL and here was the "hotfix":
http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/problems-getting-ps3-controller-to-work-properly/#post-119984

auto configure controller was not on. One problem down , 2 to go