Player 2 controller not working

mitu

@jp said in Player 2 controller not working:

Can I see a log of the output of the driver installation from the retropie-menu?

You should find the log files under ~/RetroPie-Setup/logs, they're timestamped with the date when the action was run. If in doubt, clear the folder and re-try your setup action (installing the driver) again.

jp

@mitu thank you once again! I have found the log:

Log started at: Tue 18 Dec 08:39:46 UTC 2018

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.4.4 (87773ed)
System: Linux retropie 4.14.87-v7+ #1178 SMP Tue Dec 11 14:47:38 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mkarcadejoystick /home/pi

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Getting sources for 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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git clone --recursive --depth 1 "https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi" "/opt/retropie/supplementary/mkarcadejoystick"
Cloning into '/opt/retropie/supplementary/mkarcadejoystick'...
/home/pi

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Building 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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Error! There are no instances of module: mk_arcade_joystick_rpi
0.1.5 located in the DKMS tree.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi/0.1.5/source ->
                 /usr/src/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi-0.1.5

DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 4.14.87-v7+ cannot be found at
/lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/build or /lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/source.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/mkarcadejoystick /home/pi

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Configuring 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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modprobe: FATAL: Module mk_arcade_joystick_rpi not found.
/home/pi

Log ended at: Tue 18 Dec 08:39:51 UTC 2018
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 5 secs

So there are two errors:

Error! There are no instances of module: mk_arcade_joystick_rpi 0.1.5 located in the DKMS tree
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 4.14.87-v7+ cannot be found at
/lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/build or /lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/source.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/mkarcadejoystick /home/pi

and therefor the final error:

FATAL: Module mk_arcade_joystick_rpi not found.
/home/pi

I tried to update it from retropie-setup and got this log. It does not give the instance module error anymore. But does not solve the kernel header issue and also not the module problem:

Log started at: Wed 19 Dec 11:55:48 UTC 2018

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.4.4 (87773ed)
System: Linux retropie 4.14.87-v7+ #1178 SMP Tue Dec 11 14:47:38 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mkarcadejoystick /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs

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Getting sources for 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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Already on 'master'
M       dkms.conf
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Already up-to-date.
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs

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Building 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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Deleting module version: 0.1.5
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi/0.1.5/source ->
                 /usr/src/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi-0.1.5

DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 4.14.87-v7+ cannot be found at
/lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/build or /lib/modules/4.14.87-v7+/source.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/mkarcadejoystick /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs

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Configuring 'mkarcadejoystick' : Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick Driver
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modprobe: FATAL: Module mk_arcade_joystick_rpi not found.
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs

Log ended at: Wed 19 Dec 11:55:52 UTC 2018
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 4 secs

mitu

The problem is that in order to compile the module, you need the Linux kernel headers for the kernel version you're running. You don't have that installed because you probably run rpi-update which updates your kernel + firmware to the testing version distributed by Raspbian, but it doesn't install any kernel headers.
rpi-update is not recommended for regular updates, you should restore the kernel version which is distributed via apt - from the Raspbian repositories - and retry.

jp

@mitu said in Player 2 controller not working:

restore the kernel version

Can't remember running rpi-update but I did apt-get update upgrade etc. some stuff to begin with.
Can I run sudo apt-get install --reinstall raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel safely? And will it find the headers then? Sorry to bother you again, but I am a kernel(header)-noob.

mitu

I think it should be fine - see also this post on the Raspberry Pi forums.

jp

IT'S ALIVE! Thank you @mitu! After running the mentioned command and rebooting I ran the retropie-setup again and updated the driver, which worked. Had to do some keymapping in the menu then and it's fixed now!

Next step: make a good retropie backup image of this working setup, because there is no soft shutdown...

mitu

@jp So now both controllers work ?

jp

@mitu yes. since I configured the usb first, the hardware joystick is seen as player 2. But that's okay!

mitu

@jp You can re-order them using the Configuration Editor or the Retropie Joystick selection tool.
Glad you got them working in the end.

jp

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Thanks, I will upvote your posts! Don't know if it helps or not. Happy retro gaming!