@sleve_mcdichael You are THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so embarrassingly ignorant. I have spent 2 weeks trying to fix this and it was just the order I plugged the buttons into the controller? AAAAUUUUGGGGGGG!!!! Thankfully I can (and frequently do) laugh at myself;)

Thank you again!!

Rob

actually i think there is a hardware problem with the controller.
as i booted retropie right now.. no controller was found. unless i plug in the other controller.

so i probably think there is a hardware issue with the one controller..

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