Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12

Darksavior

I verified this twice by recovering from a pi3 backup of 4.2.7. I also tried a clean 4.2 image and by updating the script to 4.2.12, it does install some missing packages and then pad buttons stops responding.

Pads used: original snes pad through gpio with gamecon driver. ps3 usb custom chip pad from focusattack (phreakmods). Both pads work perfectly fine in 4.2.12 ES, emulators, and kodi.

What exactly happens:
In retropie-setup, when I update the script itself to .12, my snes pad buttons stops working. The dpad still works. USB pad still works. Nothing else is updated but the script.

If I actually update all packages (except for the kernel):
USB pad still works, but when I reboot and go back to retropie-setup, the usb buttons stops working as well. I also am no longer able to edit launch settings. Keyboard still works for these tasks.

MrPotato

Registered just to respond here -- I, too, am having this issue.

I have a fairly vanilla installation of RetroPie. I did a full clean install with the latest image this week. I use two iBuffalo SNES-style USB controllers.

Upon updating the setup script only, I am no longer able to use the buttons on the controller in retropie "setup menus". The D-Pad works, but the buttons do not. So I can highlight an item, but can't press "A" to select them.
Oddly enough, the "A" button on the second controller will select it!

The buttons work fine in the regular retropie screen to select games, and work fine in games.

I could live with this issue, except, the worst part is that I can no longer press "A" when launching a game to modify the used emulator settings for individual ROMS. AHH!!

The ONLY thing that has changed was an update to the setup script from the included one in the image.

Help!!

Darksavior

@mrpotato @edmaul69 found a workaround for the controller problem by connecting a second controller and using that.

MrPotato

@darksavior said in Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12:

@mrpotato @edmaul69 found a workaround for the controller problem by connecting a second controller and using that.

Yes, there is a similar thread here as well: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11904/updated-retropie-setup-to-4-2-12-suddenly-playstation-controllers-swapped/10

Hopefully it is fixed with an update to the setup script.

BuZz

There have been some changes to the way it maps buttons recently. Could be related to changes from @meleu or a recent commit from someone else. Which controllers do you have connected and in which ports etc?

meleu

@buzz the OP says that his setup was working fine in 4.2.7. My changes in joy2key happened in 4.2.3, as we can see browsing the RetroPie-Setup repo at the point of history where my PR was merged.

I see a commit from @psyke83 in joy2key's history, and the diff shows that he/she changed some buttons related code: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/commit/96e6efca4649d03e93f1ded04539034a9c8d2353

psyke83

It could be caused by my commit but I don't have a second pad to test. Can someone post their controller .cfg (in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/) for the pad that's giving problems?

BuZz

@meleu Yep, that was the other commit I mentioned. Could be that - or could be some kernel related thing to do with joypad order perhaps (although joy2key should handle it).

psyke83

@buzz said in Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12:

@meleu Yep, that was the other commit I mentioned. Could be that - or could be some kernel related thing to do with joypad order perhaps (although joy2key should handle it).

I think it's a problem with my commit, but I need help from someone with one of those pads to share their config file. To be sure it's not the kernel, etc, they could try reverting my commit:
cd RetroPie-Setup
git revert 96e6efca4649d03e93f1ded04539034a9c8d2353

To get back to normal:
cd RetroPie-Setup
git reset --hard origin/master

EvilDindon

Same here.

But i found that pressing "start" instead of "a" during launching works : the launching menu options appear !

psyke83

@evildindon said in Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12:

Same here.

But i found that pressing "start" instead of "a" during launching works : the launching menu options appear !

The runcommand dialog is a bit misleading. I think it means any key ("a" as an article, not the "a" key), so any recognized key might trigger (but I'm not 100% certain). If the problem is my commit, joy2key is not parsing the a/b keys correctly for some reason.

meleu

@psyke83 said in Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12:

I think it means any key ("a" as an article, not the "a" key)

It changed. I posted about it here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10321/looking-for-testers-custom-joystick-mappings-for-runcommand-retropie_setup-menus

lostless

@psyke83 said in Gamepad buttons stop working in retropie-setup 4.2.12:

git revert 96e6efca4649d03e93f1ded04539034a9c8d2353

got this error when trying to revert.

error: Your local changes would be overwritten by revert.
hint: Commit your changes or stash them to proceed.
fatal: revert failed

The joystick that is causing issues has 2 controllers with the same name. The second player works. Just player 1 can't select anything, only move around with the dpad.
heres the config.

input_device = "Twin USB Joystick"
input_driver = "udev"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+2"
input_l3_btn = "10"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-3"
input_l_btn = "6"
input_load_state_btn = "6"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_up_btn = "h0up"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-2"
input_a_btn = "1"
input_b_btn = "2"
input_reset_btn = "2"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "10"
input_down_btn = "h0down"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_r_btn = "7"
input_save_state_btn = "7"
input_r2_btn = "5"
input_r3_btn = "11"
input_right_btn = "h0right"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "h0right"
input_x_btn = "0"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "0"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_left_btn = "h0left"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "h0left"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+3"
input_l2_btn = "4"

BuZz

@meleu Any mapped button should still trigger the menu - it shouldn't mean the "A button", since any keyboard button should also work (or at least any button that outputs something)

BuZz

@lostless Please use a code block for configs as detailed in the sticky topic - http://commonmark.org/help/ (please edit your post and add the ``` characters above and below the config)

lostless

@buzz sorry to derail the thread, but what key is that? can't find it anywhere on my mac. I had to copy and paste.

BuZz

@lostless backtick

lostless

@buzz LOL thanks. found it on my above my tab. never knew it existed in all the years I've been staring at it. I only ever used the shift tilde.

edmaul69

@psyke83 it didnt work.after running the first git it brings up a nano script about the changes. not sure if i was supposed to edit so i just pressed ctrl + X. here is what it said when i ran the two things:

root@retropie:/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup# git revert 96e6efca4649d03e93f1ded04539034a9c8d2353
[master d0d9715] Revert "joy2key: implement key verification & dpad support"
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
root@retropie:/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup# git reset --hard origin/master           
HEAD is now at 8abaf6a usbromservice - remove -ue from bash script - fixes script stopping after copying roms

edmaul69

@psyke83 also, if only updating retropie-setup caused this could it still be a kernel issue as i only updated retropie-setup and not the kernel?