Keyboard and control panel

bob1961

bob1961 less than a minute ago
Pi Model: 4b
Power Supply used: LabistsModel XSD-
RetroPie Version Used : 4.8
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: keyboard, trackball, spinner and pinout board
Controller used: pinout momentary contact buttons , spinner, trackball & joystick
Guide used: Followed instructions from Retropie site
Emulator: Emulation station, Mame2003

I use a keyboard to setup my control buttons. After I do that I disconnect the keyboard because I don't need it anymore.
However, now when I do that set up, after I disconnect the keyboard none of the buttons work.
When I plug the keyboard back in they work again.
I don't really want he keyboard hanging around. Any idea why this is now happening?

mitu

What kind of 'pinout board' are you using ?
Did you setup MAME controls from within the MAME menu (pressing Tab on the keyboard to bring up the menu) or using the EmulationStation input configuration ?

bob1961

@mitu i don't know the brand but it does the same thing with other pinout boards.
Using ES to assign initial keys

mitu

Is the board detected as a keyboard or as a gamepad ?
If it's detected as a keyboard, then the configuration is saved in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg, if it's a gamepad/joypad there should be a configuration file in /opt/retropie/configs/retroarch-joypads (with a similar name as the gamepad) - you can check the folder to see if there's a .cfg file there.

bob1961

@mitu in emulation station it detects 2 keypads but i only program the buttons & joystick, no the keyboard.
both of the above files exist.
Not sure what to do though to rid of the keyboard and keep my buttons?
When i disconnect the keyboard the buttons no longer work

mitu

@bob1961 said in Keyboard and control panel:

When i disconnect the keyboard the buttons no longer work

Is this just in-game or also in EmulationStation - can you navigate the front-end and select/launch games ? What happens if you reset the input configuration , restart your Pi and then configure the gamepad without the keyboard attached ?

Can you post the EmulationStation's configuration file ($HOME/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg) and the RetroArch configuration profile from /opt/retropie/configs/retroarch-joypads ?

bob1961

@mitu
joystick & buttons work fine fine until I launch game from ES.

$HOME/.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="DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  " deviceGUID="03000000790000000600000010010000">
    <input name="pageup" type="button" id="6" value="1"/>
    <input name="up" type="axis" id="1" value="1"/>
    <input name="left" type="axis" id="0" value="1"/>
    <input name="select" type="button" id="7" value="1"/>
    <input name="right" type="axis" id="0" value="-1"/>
    <input name="pagedown" type="button" id="4" value="1"/>
    <input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1"/>
    <input name="x" type="button" id="2" value="1"/>
    <input name="down" type="axis" id="1" value="-1"/>
    <input name="start" type="button" id="11" value="1"/>
    <input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1"/>
    <input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1"/>
  </inputConfig>
</inputList>

/opt/retropie/configs/retroarch-joypads

input_device = "DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  "
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "7"
input_l_btn = "6"
input_load_state_btn = "6"
input_up_axis = "+1"
input_left_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "+0"
input_select_btn = "7"
input_r2_btn = "10"
input_right_axis = "-0"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "-0"
input_l2_btn = "5"
input_r_btn = "4"
input_save_state_btn = "4"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_y_btn_label = "Y"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_down_axis = "-1"
input_start_btn = "11"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "11"
input_b_btn = "1"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_a_btn = "0"

mitu

The gamepad configuration is fine, there must be something in the configuration for RetroArch that's not correct.
Can you run a game with verbose logging post the resulting log file (/dev/shm/runcommand.log) on pastebin.com ?