Laptop install, cant stop keyboard from being player 1 on PSX

Richyuk

Hi gents,

Looking for some pointers here. Been using Mupen64 as a N64 emulator the last few weeks and love it, no problems at all.

Downloaded some ROMS for PSX and fired it up, and the keyboard is player 1, no matter what I do!!!

I've changed the order in the Retropie menu so connection 0 and connection 1 are my two joypad controllers, no mention of a keyboard in there at all.

I've reset the defaults, when I turn it on and go through the controller setup again it still says '3 controllers detected'. I've tried commenting out the input_player1 section of retroarch.cfg, no luck!

My joypad controllers are showing up in /dev as j0 and j1

# First joypad available is 0.
input_player1_joypad_index = "0"
input_player2_joypad_index = "1"
# input_player3_joypad_index = 2
# input_player4_joypad_index = 3
# input_player5_joypad_index = 4
# input_player6_joypad_index = 5
# input_player7_joypad_index = 6
# input_player8_joypad_index = 7

Any help on this matter would be much appreciated! I've also tried using another PSX emulator too, no change!

Thank you

Rich

mitu

Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
Did you configure your gamepads/joypads in EmulationStation ?

Richyuk

Thanks for the reply;

Pi Model or other hardware: Sony Vaio VPCSB
RetroPie Version Used: 4.5.16 (x86 running on Ubuntu 19.10)
Built From: Onto of existing OS with 'git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git'
USB Devices connected: x2 Acrux Joypads
Controller used:ACRUX PS3 USB
Error messages received: None
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): No logs shown in here other than RAM usage.
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: lr-pcsx-rearmed

Yes, they're configured in EmulationStation at this point; https://i.postimg.cc/zv5gB7Jh/IMG-0566.jpg

3 must be x2 Joypads and x1 Keyboard

mitu

@Richyuk said in Laptop install, cant stop keyboard from being player 1 on PSX:

3 must be x2 Joypads and x1 Keyboard

I'm not sure, but I think it might be something else. Can you run cat /proc/bus/input/devices and post the result ehre, surrounded by code tags (```) so we can see how maby gamepads are detected ?

Richyuk

@mitu said in Laptop install, cant stop keyboard from being player 1 on PSX:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Sure, it definitely is two gamepads and one keyboard. If i press a button on either of the gamepads, it shows the gamepad name. If i press a button on the keyboard it comes up 'keyboard'.

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="Lid Switch"
P: Phys=PNP0C0D/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event0 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=1

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event1 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=10000000000000 0

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event2 leds 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=402000000 3803078f800d001 feffffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=11c0 Product=5503 Version=0111
N: Name="ACRUX USB GAME PAD"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/0003:11C0:5503.0001/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event3 js0 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=1fff000000000000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=30027
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=11c0 Product=5503 Version=0111
N: Name="ACRUX USB GAME PAD"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.3/2-1.3:1.0/0003:11C0:5503.0002/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event4 js1 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=1fff000000000000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=30027
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=0300
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5 
B: PROP=9
B: EV=b
B: KEY=e420 70000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=260800001000003

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=104d Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Sony Vaio Keys"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:00/SNY5001:00/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=rfkill kbd event6 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=13
B: KEY=1fd2030000 c00000000 10010000000000 200000000 600f00102c00 8380000240300400 e108000000000 0
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=104d Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Sony Vaio Jogdial"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:00/SNY5001:00/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event7 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=40000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=100

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0006 Version=0000
N: Name="Video Bus"
P: Phys=LNXVIDEO/video/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:26/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input9
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event8 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=3e000b00000000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0006 Version=0000
N: Name="Video Bus"
P: Phys=LNXVIDEO/video/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:09/input/input10
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event9 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=3e000b00000000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=04f2 Product=b26d Version=3055
N: Name="USB2.0 Camera: USB2.0 Camera"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.3/button
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input11
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event10 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel PCH Headphone"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event11 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=4

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event12 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=140

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input14
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event13 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=140

mitu

Yeah, it seems correct - 2 Joypads and 1 Keyboard. I don't see why it wouldn't work - the keyboard is not counted as a gamepad, so changing the gamepad index does not affect the keyboard behavior.

Do you have problems using the gamepads as P1/P2 or you just want to disable the keyboard ?

Did you reset your RetroArch's configuration by any chance or did you change it from the defaults ?

Richyuk

@mitu Thanks for the reply. No defaults have been changed.

Emulationstation classes my Keyboard as a gamepad it seems.

The problem I have is that when I start a game on PSX it only allows input from the keyboard, the gamepads are totally dead in the water.

mitu

Can you run the game with verbose logging ? Use the Runcommand launch menu to toggle debug logging when starting the game, exit the game and the post the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.log to pastebin.com to take a look.

Richyuk

Sure, done. Please see here; https://pastebin.com/a76jk10B

mitu

It looks like the Sony Vaio is considered as a gamepad 1 and the ACRUX gamepad is 2nd.

...
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: Sony Vaio Keys (4173:0) on port #0.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event4) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: 1 profiles found.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: no profiles found for Sony Vaio Keys (4173/0).
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: ACRUX USB GAME PAD (4544:21763) on port #1.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event12) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: 1 profiles found.
[INFO] [Autoconf]: selected configuration: /home/richard/.config/retroarch/autoconfig/ACRUX USB GAME PAD.cfg
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
...

Try adding to your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroach.cfg:

input_player1_joypad_index = 2
input_player2_joypad_index = 3

and see if it makes a difference.

Richyuk

@mitu No luck, new log output here; https://pastebin.com/cdYGRuQY

:(

mitu

Can you open the RGUI (press F1 on the keyboard) and then go to Settings -> Input -> Port 1 Binds and check the Device Index option ? If it's not one of the gamepads, try to cycle between the available values to set to your gamepad.

Richyuk

Thanks I’ll try! Is there another way to access that menu? My keyboard doesn’t work on retropie, only in the games 😂

mitu

You should press F1 while in-game to open up the RGUI (RetroArch's menu).

Richyuk

@mitu Thanks for your continued support.

So this was configured (keyboard)

https://postimg.cc/tYKv1Wp7

I changed it to this (joypad)

https://postimg.cc/21LB99b8

(I know the config is saving, I enabled save on edit, and because I set another property (Audio mute), and that took fine when I started a game.

However when I start the emulator I see this;

https://postimg.cc/2bSWGkng

And the joypad still doesn't work in game, but the keyboard does.

mitu

@Richyuk said in Laptop install, cant stop keyboard from being player 1 on PSX:

And the joypad still doesn't work in game, but the keyboard does.

Even if you change the Port 1 bindings and assign the gamepad to it ?

Richyuk

@mitu yep!

mitu

Does this happen for PS1 only or for all game systems ? Some PS1 games which have analog pad support will not work when the gamepad is not configured as such - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#the-controller-problem-digital-only-analog.

xboxiso

Was this ever resolved? I have run into a very similar issue with my Sony Vaio SVE1511RFXB laptop.

Clyde

Since it wasn't mentioned here before, the joystick selection script by @meleu may be worth a try. It works very reliably for me.