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    DualShock 4 leaving "ghost" controller even if unplugged

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    • JonnywaldJ
      Jonnywald
      last edited by

      Good evening everyone! Boa noite a todos!

      I'm having some troubles with my retropie, i've started using it with my dualshock 4 controller, and worked fine (with the dualshock 4 limitations), but since i bought a ipega 9076 controller (and i recommend it) ive stopped using the dualshock wired and started using the ipega 2,4ghz dongle to play wirelessly.
      but a "ghost" controller shows up and "bamboozle" my inputs (it keeps pressing "up), i've erased all my inputs and just reconfigured my ipega controller, but it now shows up as "Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller (not configured)"

      ive runned this commant to see whats going on:

      cat /proc/bus/input/devices                                     I: Bus=0003 Vendor=2563 Product=0575 Version=0110
      N: Name="SHANWAN PS3/PC Gamepad"
      P: Phys=usb-0000:01:00.0-1.4/input0
      S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/scb/fd500000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:2563:0575.0002/input/input1
      U: Uniq=
      H: Handlers=event0 js0
      B: PROP=0
      B: EV=1b
      B: KEY=1fff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      B: ABS=30027
      B: MSC=10
      
      I: Bus=0003 Vendor=054c Product=05c4 Version=0111
      N: Name="Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller"
      P: Phys=py-evdev-uinput
      S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input2
      U: Uniq=
      H: Handlers=event1 js1
      B: PROP=0
      B: EV=20000b
      B: KEY=3fff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      B: ABS=e0301ff
      B: FF=0
      

      the second controller should not be showing up, it does not show up in the es_input.cfg

      cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg                     <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <inputList>
        <inputAction type="onfinish">
          <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/scripts/inputconfiguration.sh</command>
        </inputAction>
        <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="SHANWAN PS3/PC Gamepad" deviceGUID="03000000632500007505000010010000">
          <input name="rightanalogup" type="axis" id="3" value="-1"/>
          <input name="pageup" type="button" id="4" value="1"/>
          <input name="rightanalogdown" type="axis" id="3" value="1"/>
          <input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1"/>
          <input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8"/>
          <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1"/>
          <input name="rightanalogleft" type="axis" id="2" value="-1"/>
          <input name="leftanalogdown" type="axis" id="1" value="1"/>
          <input name="leftanalogright" type="axis" id="0" value="1"/>
          <input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2"/>
          <input name="leftanalogleft" type="axis" id="0" value="-1"/>
          <input name="rightanalogright" type="axis" id="2" value="1"/>
          <input name="pagedown" type="button" id="5" value="1"/>
          <input name="leftanalogup" type="axis" id="1" value="-1"/>
          <input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1"/>
          <input name="x" type="button" id="0" value="1"/>
          <input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4"/>
          <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1"/>
          <input name="b" type="button" id="2" value="1"/>
          <input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1"/>
        </inputConfig>
      </inputList>
      
      

      i cant play any games, can't even exit games because the games uses this second controller as the input
      examples:
      super mario 64 makes mario look up
      silent hill 1 scrolls trough the menu
      retroarch menu just does not move

      important note: if i connect a dualshock wired it shows up as controller 3 and i can then use it, on retroarch menu then i cant disable other controllers and force my ipega controller to be controller 1 and save it, then i can play, but as soon as i shutdown it stops working.

      can anyone help me fix it?

      thank you very much!

      Be Well! Fiquem bem!

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Please add some info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

        I: Bus=0003 Vendor=054c Product=05c4 Version=0111
        N: Name="Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller"
        P: Phys=py-evdev-uinput
        S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input2

        This looks like a 'virtual' controller, added by a python (?) script. Did you install any additional input/gamepad related scripts on your system ?

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        • JonnywaldJ
          Jonnywald @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu
          my setup is:
          a raspberry pi 4 - 1gb ram
          with a 16gb sd card
          original Pi PSU
          running retropie 4.7.1

          Thank you very much, yes i've added the dualshock 4 driver (ds4drv) trough pip3, maybe it is it? how do i remove it? i can see the process with ps -e

          https://pastebin.com/p4QuQAb5

           734 ?        00:00:00 ds4drv
          

          i can then kill the process leaving me with just the ipega device

          cat /proc/bus/input/devices
          I: Bus=0003 Vendor=2563 Product=0575 Version=0110
          N: Name="SHANWAN PS3/PC Gamepad"
          P: Phys=usb-0000:01:00.0-1.4/input0
          S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/scb/fd500000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:2563:0575.0002/input/input1
          U: Uniq=
          H: Handlers=event0 js0
          B: PROP=0
          B: EV=1b
          B: KEY=1fff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
          B: ABS=30027
          B: MSC=10
          
          

          but as soon as i reboot the pi it comes back up.

          Be Well! Fiquem bem!

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Jonnywald
            last edited by

            I'm not familiar with ds4drv (it's not needed anyway since the DS4 has a native driver in the Linux kernel now), but maybe you added a service or a start-up program (in /etc/rc.local) as part of the installation ? Uninstall the service or remove the start of the driver in /etc/rc.local.

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            • JonnywaldJ
              Jonnywald @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu
              Thank you, removing the call for the ds4drv on /etc/rc.local solved it!

              Be Well! Fiquem bem!

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