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    Unable to proceed on input setup - 8bitdo SN30

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      MikeRL
      last edited by MikeRL

      I'm trying to configure an 8bitdo BT controller after pressing the button on the keyboard to trigger a menu in RetroPie (in my case, SHIFT). I press shift and hold a button down. And I cannot get it to go to OK and proceed. Am I doing something wrong? Should I provide additional details? Here's some info on my config: Raspberry Pi 3B+ with Raspbian Stretch (updated as of today) and official image with official power supply from Canakit. RetroPie script was updated today. I have a Logitech USB and mouse combo attached.

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        MikeRL
        last edited by

        Hard to describe. I tried configuring input with another controller and the menus are glitchy and unusable. Let me know what I can do to provide further detail - I just reformatted and I'm NOT doing it again.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Did you pair the controller via Bluetooth ?

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            MikeRL
            last edited by

            Yes it's paired via BT. I even enabled udev rules for it.

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              MikeRL
              last edited by MikeRL

              Sorry meant to say keyboard and mouse combo via USB. Latest commit was today - Mon Feb 18 02:21:14 2019 +0000 according to git show. That should give an approximation of what version I'm on. I also see blank white boxes in emulationstation when initially entering it. I will grab some pictures.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                OK, so when you get to the Input configuration dialog in ES, if you press a button, the gamepad is not detected ?

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                  MikeRL
                  last edited by MikeRL

                  The gamepad is detected. But the menus bug out and don't respond. I got some strange terminal spam in one of my virtual terminals. I'll link to the images shortly. https://imgur.com/GEzgLf8

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @MikeRL
                    last edited by

                    @MikeRL Did you reserve enough GPU RAM for your installation ? The RetroPie images ads 256Mb of VRAM by default, but if you installed from scratch, it will not be there. Can you post your config.txt ?

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                      MikeRL
                      last edited by MikeRL

                      256MB VRAM you say? I should be able to modify that. I modded it to 260MB of a limit via the menu and it still is glitching out.

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                        MikeRL
                        last edited by MikeRL

                        I have modified the values in RetroPie and in Raspbian. Thank you. It's fixed. I just hope this doesn't have a significant impact on other activities on the Pi sucj as simple web browsing.

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