@mitu Thank you, that helped.

@mitu ok thanks! I'll take a look at this...

@mitu said in joy2key does not start in RetroPie dialog menus:

Isn't Java supposed to run on any system with a JVM available ? Which is the source of the package ?

Yes, but I tested it and it was not working. And I read it too, for example here.

I am going to test it on the newest Bookworm version tomorrow.

Thanks!

@mitu it seems that in Debian (LXQT) this issue is not present. I think i'll just switch to it. I assume that this bug is related to the GNOME desktop environment

OK, the crash should be fixed in https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3861.

It doesn't matter how many un-configured devices are detected, one is enough to trigger the bug whenever its input is procesed by joy2key (a button needs to be pressed to trigger the bug).

@skankieflank said in Can we use Pad2Key?:

Pad2key is really simple to use and great for mapping games which were for keyboard use only to joypad.

Sure, but it seems something specific to Batocera and not a standalone app than one can take and integrate into an existing setup.

@StonedEdge said in joy2key not working - Orange Pi 5 (Ubuntu Jammy 22.04):

Hmm, this might be why. I am having trouble installing RetroArch at the moment (didnt realise that was a dependency of joy2key).

It's not a direct dependency, but joy2key reads the RetroArch's configuration profile for the gamepad and the default configuration - if you have neither it will not work anyway.

At the moment when I try to install Retroarch from the setup script, I am encountering this log:

Can you post the complete log ?

In order to execute EmulationStation from terminal I need to use malirun which is basically X11 packaged blob drivers. Using Wayland drivers results in a crash: [...]

I have briefly tested Wayland on the OrangePi5 since my installation was nuked by an Armbian update. You should try to get a working system, which doesn't require this sort of fiddling with the drivers - have you tried https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip ?

The major issue I have is that RetroArch input mapping works great, but it doesn't work well with Dolphin or OpenBor or Ports or ScummVm which is the bulk of my gaming. So, that's why I have a hodgepodge of RetroArch, gamecontrollerdb.txt and other stuff going on here.

Not sure why you think RetroArch's configuration is relevant for the standalone emulators - they're entirely separate. Or maybe I'm mistaken ?

I've managed to get joy2key_sdl going. I have 2 8Bit Do Pro2 controllers. Interestingly, when they are by Bluetooth they are called "8BitDo Pro 2" and when plugged in by USB they're called "8BitDo 8BitDo Pro 2".

Yes, that's not un-common for gamepads, having different names and/or input mappings depending on the connection type. 8BitDo are even more eggregious in their behavior since they have also different connection modes (Xbox/PC vs. Switch vs. Android vs. etc.)

When plugged in I get "configured device" despite having a separate "8BitDo 8BitDo Pro 2" config file in /retroarchjoypayds
[...]

and I have this config I sourced from 8BitDo which might be a better bet?

How can I get the USB and Bluetooth connected controller to behave similarly?

Just configure the controller separately for USB and Bluetooth. The input codes may not be identical between the connection types and you can't rely on a firmware update to now change them.

Also, the mapping is rather strange, despite my mapping in the 8Bit Do Pro2 config, it is coming out wonky and despite it working ok in Retroarch and some other configs. Why the pageup and pagedown stuff?

Not sure what you mean here.

Run the script with the debug options from the terminal and post the output:

/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key_sdl.py kcub1 kcuf1 kcuu1 kcud1 0x0a 0x20 0x1b 0x00 kpp knp -d

What's the exact version of RetroPie that are you using ? What Ubuntu version are you using ?

@mitu, also a BIG thanks. I recently installed two systems with Xubuntu 22.04.1 and RetroPie. Same issue as described. First time it took me about an hour to locate this post which solved the problem. The last system I had this posting ready and after the first error message (exactly stating the parameters I needed) I fixed it.

@retropieuser555 Hear, hear!

@a1eg said in Unable to install joy2key after update Retro-Pie Setup script:

I only want to upgrade my Atari800 emulator from version 4.0.0 to current version 4.2.0

Is there any way to do it without doing an update of Retro-Pie Setup script?

The 4.2.0 version is related to the the setup script version - the 4.2.0 version for the Atari800 emulator was added in version 4.6 so you'll need to update to at least that version to be able to install 4.2.0 using the RetroPie-Setup script.

You can manually change the scriptmodule and modify the version, then install the emulator from source, but as I said, there's no guarantee it would work.

@sleve_mcdichael i did believe you i just wanted to know other opinions if anybody else could find another way of fixing it without having to start a new image, since theres no way other way around im giving up on this, thank you guys for the help!

@mitu Thanks again for your help.
It appears to be every Emulator, nothing is working now. Will start again and hope it works.

I'm going to try with rejoystick (http://rejoystick.sourceforge.net/)

Do we know it?

@keith-f-kelly said in Enhancements for Dialog Navigation/Controls:

I don't see why any button needs to be mapped to the TAB key. TAB doesn't appear to be used anywhere in the menus. Am I missing something?

The physical key Tab is by default mapped to traverse the button selection (in the bottom area) in retropie's dialogs. More generally it is mapped to traverse the input fields/controls of the different widgets available in a dialog.

For 0x0a / 0x0d: I do not stick to 0x0a I just took what was there, maybe it is the cleanest to sent the terminfo's cr instead of 0x0a or 0x0d.

@ronbo85. Apologies. I haven't been on the forum in a long while. If you need any help with the ButtonMap work I did, post again. Agreed. I stopped at buttons, and never directly used controllers.xml...

Regarding FBI:
Take a look at the Python file: simpleServer.py on my github area.
These are the args I'm using to show the image.

sudo fbi -vt 1 -a --noverbose </path/to/image>

Hopefully one of these switches will help your scripting.
Cheers

maybe there is a more pratical solution.

is possible to set a combo of joystick buttons for opening the RGUI?

I was trying putting this:
input_menu_toggle = "L2+R2+L1+R1"

but apparently is not working

Awesome news! Thank you!

@mediamogul
Thank you! I will give it a try.