Controller configuration got mixed up after starting an arcade game

ToK

Hi everybody,

I have a raspberry pi 3 (see below) running the retropi version 4.8 which was installed by retropie imager. I have two identical arcade controller (see below). If I set up both controllers, everything is fine at the beginning. But after playing an arcade game (ls-mame2003) the controller which I set up at first got mixed up, i. e. if I press joystick up, the cursor / figure moves down and so on. This happens in the games and in the retropi frontend. This happens on a fresh installed setup at any arcade game (didn't tried any other). I already tried other controller boards with the same result.

Does anybody have an idea to solve the mixed up controls?

kind regards

ToK

Hardware Info shown by cat /proc/cpuinfo (last lines):

Hardware        : BCM2835
Revision        : a52082
Serial          : 0000000072ffdedd
Model           : Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2

Hardware shown by lsusb -v

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0079:0006 DragonRise Inc. PC TWIN SHOCK Gamepad
Device Descriptor:
bLength                18
bDescriptorType         1
bcdUSB               1.00
bDeviceClass            0
bDeviceSubClass         0
bDeviceProtocol         0
bMaxPacketSize0         8
idVendor           0x0079 DragonRise Inc.
idProduct          0x0006 PC TWIN SHOCK Gamepad
bcdDevice            1.07
iManufacturer           1 DragonRise Inc.
iProduct                2 Generic   USB  Joystick
iSerial                 0
bNumConfigurations      1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength                 9
bDescriptorType         2
wTotalLength       0x0029
bNumInterfaces          1
bConfigurationValue     1
iConfiguration          0
bmAttributes         0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower              500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength                 9
bDescriptorType         4
bInterfaceNumber        0
bAlternateSetting       0
bNumEndpoints           2
bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass      0
bInterfaceProtocol      0
iInterface              0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength                 9
bDescriptorType        33
bcdHID               1.10
bCountryCode           33 US
bNumDescriptors         1
bDescriptorType        34 Report
wDescriptorLength     101
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength                 7
bDescriptorType         5
bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
bmAttributes            3
Transfer Type            Interrupt
Synch Type               None
Usage Type               Data
wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
bInterval              10
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength                 7
bDescriptorType         5
bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes            3
Transfer Type            Interrupt
Synch Type               None
Usage Type               Data
wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
bInterval              10
can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable
Device Status:     0x0000
(Bus Powered)

sleve_mcdichael

@ToK one of your joysticks is installed upside-down. Spin it 180.

ToK

Yes, you are right. I solved the problem by turning one joystick.
Thanks for your help.
The remaining question is: why do both controller as wanted before the first start?