Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.

Pennywisekrueger

I like others have just found this thread seconds before tearing my last strands of hair out.

For the complete raspberry pi noob like me - what do I do?

Connect to wifi / lan
Boot to command line and
Type the commands in exactly as shown below;

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne clean
sudo git clone https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/ tmp/build/daphne
cd tmp/build/daphne
sudo git checkout retropie
cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne build
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne install
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne configure

After this do you need to amend the daphne config file still?

Thanks for your help (anyone who sees this) 😣

pjft

@pennywisekrueger Good question about step 4, I don't have an answer as I had already set up my buttons - this just adds the joystick support.

I imagine you might have to edit the file, as your button configuration will be different to others' (at least fine-tuning) but worth launching Daphne before changing the file and seeing how it goes.

Pennywisekrueger

@pjft but I got the rest right!!? 🙏🏼

pjft

@pennywisekrueger As far as I remember, yes.

Pennywisekrueger

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Pennywisekrueger

@pjft I’m getting stuck at this line

sudo git clone https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/ tmp/build/daphne

Should this be one line or two?

pjft

@pennywisekrueger one, but you haven't given me any error message or even what RetroPie version you're running and on what pi, etc.

Please share more details about what you're running to.

Pennywisekrueger

@pjft sorry - I’m on a pi 3b+

I’ve now got to the line

sudo./retropie_packages.sh daphne build

And it says no such file or directory

pjft

@pennywisekrueger There's a space between sudo and ".". Are you on /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup ?

Pennywisekrueger

@pjft I am now! My initial post missed some vital parts !! I’m there now everything seems to have worked - how do I boot back into emulation station to see if it’s worked 😬😬

Current command line flashing says

Pi@retropie:~/RetroPie-setup $

pjft

@pennywisekrueger sudo reboot now will restart the machine

Pennywisekrueger

@pjft it works!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!

Dragons Lair 2 tested 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Any idea why it uses player 2 controls (not that I’m that bothered)

GreenGriffon

I've used the modified build done by grant(?) that was posted here to fix the joystick issue.
However, I found that the next time I updated RetroPie, Daphne wrote over the changes and I was back to square one.
Are you able to update and still keep these changes in place?
I really wish we could get the official build of Daphne fixed once and for all for this issue.

tafaz73

@pjft Ok, Updated Setup script but still fails.
Anyway I see that the issue starting when compiling this

cc  -mcpu=cortex-a72 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -O2  -fPIC `sdl-config --cflags` -I./include -fsigned-char  -c libmpeg2/cpu_accel.c -o libmpeg2/cpu_accel.o
libmpeg2/cpu_accel.c:24:10: fatal error: config.h: File or directory not existing
 #include "config.h"
          ^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

I see that in include directory there is only a config.h.in and not config.h.
Could you past me build function from your Daphne.sh? Thanks

tafaz73

@pjft
Ok I checked in log and I found a previous error....

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Building 'daphne' : Daphne - Laserdisc Emulator
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... autotools/config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2002-09-03, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/

If the version you run (autotools/config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2002-09-03

uname -m = aarch64
uname -r = 5.4.72-v8+
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1356 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 22 13:58:52 BST 2020

/usr/bin/uname -p = 
/bin/uname -X     = 

hostinfo               = 
/bin/universe          = 
/usr/bin/arch -k       = 
/bin/arch              = 
/usr/bin/oslevel       = 
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = 

UNAME_MACHINE = aarch64
UNAME_RELEASE = 5.4.72-v8+
UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #1356 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 22 13:58:52 BST 2020
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

I guess that without the right 'guess' of the build type, compile will fail....

Looks that config.guess timestamp is pretty old (2002-09-03) .... but my question is... where is it looking for this file?
I found an updated one in /usr/share/misc (TimeStamp ='2018-02-24')
How can I use this one?

Thanks

pjft

@tafaz73 I am at a loss here, apologies. What image are you running, in what device?

I don't know why you'd be getting those messages whatsoever, and I wouldn't know where to start, apologies.

tafaz73

@pjft the image is based on RetroPie 4.7.1. My raspberry is a PI4 4GB. I'm becoming crazy trying to figure out why is failing...
Anyway I found autotools in your source files. I will try to substitute with a more recent Version and see what will happen. Finger crossed

tafaz73

@pjft YEEEEESSS!! Finally!!!
I have replaced config.guess in daphne/src/vldp2/autotools and the error while building has disappeared !!!
... and now, most important thing, left/right are working!!!!

Thank you!!!

SaturnX

@tafaz73 Hey! Saw your success with this - when you say you replaced the config.guess / config.sub file - where did you get it from? Did you simply get the latest from the 'config' project? (savannah.gnu.org)

I'm running on a pi4 / 4.7.1 and wanted to update Daphne for better compatibility and joystick fixes.

@pjft Since config.guess / config.sub are required to identify platform specific parameters, I'm going to assume this has to do the the pi4 being newer and the config.guess is timestamped from 2002 (even in the official RetroPie repo) and out of date for the pi4 architecture.

I'm wondering if it'd be beneficial to update both in your repo to assist other users on the pi4 / 4.7.1+ combo?

Some more info on config.guess and config.sub:
GNU - config.guess / config.sub

config @ Savannah

pjft

@saturnx Thank you.

I would consider it, but given that - as you noted - my repo is exactly the same as the official RetroPie one here, I genuinely am stumped as to why would compilation fail from my repo, but work from RetroPie's source install.

If you and others do confirm that compiling Daphne from source fails on RetroPie, then we'll fix it in both, but that not being the case I'd rather try to really understand what might be missing here before embarking in fixing the symptom rather than the cause.

I'd like to get some clarity on the context before jumping to a tactical fix.