@mitu
Yeah, still no luck. So strange, as I had been able to use my gamepads in Xinput mode for at least a couple years from maybe 2019 onward till I updated my whole RetroPie OS and packages just a couple weeks ago. However, in going through the comments in github for xpad, it does seem like others are having issues with connecting their wired controllers through Xinput mode. Either way, thanks for your help up to this point and I'll keep digging around.