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    PS1 not seeing any controllers

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      epicrean
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      Thanks you for the help, sadly it didn't work, I did try both of your suggestions. the game still loads and gives the no bios error and none of the buttons on the controller work. Any other suggestions?

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        epicrean @epicrean
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        UPDATE

        I figured the BIOS out, I just downloaded a new one. But I still can't get any of the buttons to work. When the emulator starts it sees the control but nothing works. I feel like I am making baby steps, but have no clue on the controller. FYI the controls work for all other systems.

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          epicrean
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          UPDATE 2

          I managed to get the game to recognize the keyboard, but it won't let me remap to a standard controller. It is almost as if I have no controller setup. I have removed the package entirely and reinstalled it to no avail. Someone has to have a solution to this

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            epicrean
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            Anyone??

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              xpz
              last edited by

              I have the same problem. BIOS not found and controller not working. :/

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                CascaCure
                last edited by

                Count me in, same issues as you guys. On latest retropie version, 4.0. No Bios detected, no controllers detected. Both bios and controllers previously were detected / fine on 3.8.1 / 4.0RC1. Problems seem to be isolated to this new 4.0 official release. Fingers crossed for progress.

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                  bengus
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                  I am having the same issue as well, after updating to 4.0

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                    xpz
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                    @BuZz We need your help. :)

                    This seem to be a problem in Retropie 4.0 since the exact same config works in 3.8.2. The BIOS is not detected and the controllers are ignored in lr-pcsx-rearmed.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

                      Please don't tag me unless you are replying to me.

                      I was using that emulator earlier on an updated system and it was fine. I will need more information to debug any problem.

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      • DLCD
                        DLC
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                        Did you update all installed packages as indicated.

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                          epicrean @DLC
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                          @DLC yes I have updates a couple of times

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                          • dankcushionsD
                            dankcushions Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            hmm, can someone with the issue please post the contents of this file?
                            /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg

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                              xpz @dankcushions
                              last edited by xpz

                              @dankcushions

                              This is my retroarch-core-options.cfg from Retropie 4.0 RC2.

                              http://pastebin.com/FFGZrKwW

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                                bengus
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                                @dankcushions

                                Thanks for looking into this, much appreciated. here are the contents of my retroarch-core-options.cfg

                                http://pastebin.com/VK8vftDe

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                                  sebacote
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                                  Count me in with that bug, I was playing PSX with 4.0 fine, until I exited a game with Start+Select, now it doesn't work for any game, it's weird!

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                                    sebacote
                                    last edited by

                                    Also adding my comment I left in a separate thread I just deleted to merge my comment with this thread :

                                    Hi

                                    My actual setting is a RPi2 with 4.0.1 (updated from 3.X to 4.0 RC1 to 4.0.1), with 2 DS3 wired controlers.

                                    I mostly play PSX games with lr-pcsx-rearmed, and everything works perfectly, with my last setting in 3.X and now with 4.0.1. I love my Pi a lot! (Yeah, I have the right BIOS since day one)

                                    Today, I was playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and I saved my game and exited the emulator to jump to THPS 3 (with start+select as always). I started THPS 3 and I got the message "No BIOS found ,expect bugs" and "Controller SONY PLAYSTATION 3 ... not configured". This is not my usual messages, normally I get "SONY PLAYSTATION 3 Controller configured #0" or something like that.

                                    I tried to restart my Pi, tried again THPS2, retried THPS3 (this wasn't the first time I played THPS3 by the way), always the same message. I tried other emulators for other consoles and everything still works.

                                    I tried updating the script and updating all emulators without success. I tried uninstalling lr-pcsx-rearmed then reinstall it (from binary and I also tried from source) without more success. So for now, all my emulators works well, but not lr-pcsx-rearmed.

                                    Someone have any advice to solve this issue?

                                    Thanks a lot for the great community!

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                                      sebacote @dankcushions
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                                      @dankcushions
                                      here is mine, everything was working fine until I reset the game and trying starting another one (4.0.1, updated today at EST 17h)
                                      http://pastebin.com/WJ1FXq6a

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                                        edmaul69 @sebacote
                                        last edited by

                                        @sebacote @dankcushions i found a fix. it isnt a problem with the emulator in my uneducated opinion.

                                        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3483/i-found-a-cause-and-a-fix-bandaid-for-psx-no-bios-no-controller-issue

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                                        • suprjamiS
                                          suprjami
                                          last edited by suprjami

                                          A user on Reddit reports the same thing also happening to FBA and Neo-Geo configs. It seems the emulator overwites /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg and /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg

                                          I wonder if this is because older versions have the input mapping parameter unquoted:

                                          input_remapping_directory = /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/
                                          

                                          but latest version seems to have it quoted:

                                          input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/"
                                          

                                          Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/4yz4h5/retroarch_keeps_overwriting_my_controller_config/

                                          I tried a dozen launches of lr-fba-next with and without quotes but could not reproduce this.

                                          Anyone hitting this issue, please try adding quotes to the system-specific config as above and see if this solves it for you.

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                                          • FloobF
                                            Floob @suprjami
                                            last edited by Floob

                                            @suprjami I can confirm that on game exit the system based retroarch.cfg is being updated (or at least the timestamp is).
                                            But I cant get it to break yet. This is on a clean RetroPie 4 final.

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