@raspberry79 If you mean the ram memory, then you will not have an issue even with 1 gb of ram.

@ExarKunIv Much appreciated! Thanks!

@mitu said in "No Gamepads Detected" upon start, even though there are definitely gamepads:

Does the controller have an additional D-Input mode ? Try switching to it and see if it's detected.

Problem solved, my man. I don't know if it was D-Input mode thing, but I found the controller's literature which mentioned you must power on the RP, and then plug the controller in, while holding the B-button down. Once I did this, the RP recognized the controller and we are in business.

I appreciate your help, man. Y'all are the best.

Please add some info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Mame 2010 hasn't been updated in the last 2 years, so it's unlikely the binary is 'old'. If you look at the package version information option in the package details (RetroPie-Setup), you'll see when it was built and from which upstream commit. Compiling from source will get you the same version as the binary installation.

Are you using a proper power supply for the Pi4 ? Is this a new Pi4 board ? What devices did you connect to the Pi - mouse, keyboard, gamepad, etc. ?

If the cards are new and - seemingly - ok, then the problem may be with the power supply or the board. You can use the Imager to write the latest RaspiOS Lite image and see if with that image the system completes the 1st boot.

@mitu xrandr doesn't do anything if I put it there; it only does anything if I use a modified runcommand script

@PittStone
Are you running plex as a server or media player?

If you just want it to run as a server you don't need a desktop environment for that.

Update the RetroPie-Setup script and then all installed packages (more details on how to do that are in the docs). Since you're just starting, you don't need a backup.
After the update, restart your RetroPie system and re-configure again the controller, then see if you encounter the same issue and same 'not configured' message.

@sleve_mcdichael Well, it took awhile. But I did as you suggtested and wrote it using the retropie buster that you linked, reinstalled everything as before. The stephen selph wont install anymore, keeps popping an error. But I was able to use the built in one (Not the one in the main interface but the one through the alternate packages section) and it worked this time!
Thank you!

Yup, you guys were right. 7zip did the trick. Thank you SO MUCH, I was going crazy trying to figure it out.

@sleve_mcdichael said in Quick Install missing:

Thats correct. Debian 11 (Bullseye) is not yet suppprted. Use this one instead (legacy Debian 10 (Buster) version.) Only Debian 10 (Buster) is supported at this time.

Thanks, I'll build them form source code and I'll report the results here

FWIW, in short: it instructs the kernel to relax the USB protocol for devices that do not implement the USB HID spec by the letter, either because of poorly engineered/implemented firmware or the vendor did not foresee/test a specific setup (in this case connecting four devices of the same kind).

The hexadecimal numbers relate to <vendorid>:<deviceid>:<applicable quirk> (Links to kernel source code tree).

@d3r3kdrumm0nd please mark your initial post title with [solved] as a courtesy for other users who might face the same issue.

@mitu I apologize. I had a feeling that would get me smacked. I have created a new post with a similar request for assistance. Thank you!!

@shark

Wow, on a hunch I changed the following line in /boot/config.txt and it has corrected the issue.

overscan_scale=0

From what I read this is supposed to be the default setting, but it was set to 1 in my config file. Sometimes all it takes to figure out an issue is to write out a lengthy forum post LOL!

@dankcushions Thank you, I'll use that guide

Berryboot hasn't been supported for quite some time by RetroPie and there haven't been any compatible images released for a few years. How did you actually install RetroPie and which version it's installed ?

Third party OS are not supported. Better install the RetroPie from official sources and test the controllers here.