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    Controller no longer detected after each Game/Menu

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      terr0rgasm
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      Raspberry Pi 4 - 8GB
      Vilros USB controllers (full set of all the OG console styles)

      I built my RetroPie a few years ago, and never had many issues til recently.... Controllers were tricky to set up but I got it working, with the help of YouTube tutorials.

      All of a sudden, EVERY time I reboot, it recognizes the controller as if its the first time, and makes me set it up fresh, (which it never used to do) and as soon as I enter a game or the RetroPie Menu, it stops recognizing and no button presses are recognized.

      I am forced to reboot, and start the process over....

      While in the game, and no button presses work, I can unplug and plug in the controller, and it states, "Controller in Port 1 not configured" or something to that effect. This tells me it is NOT a hardware issue, and my controllers work fine themselves.

      I must have clobbered something in the settings, and I cannot undo it.

      I dont want to start from scratch if I dont have to....

      Is there anything I can do by taking the SD card to my computer and modifying/purging a settings file or something?

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        mitu Global Moderator @terr0rgasm
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        ...
        All of a sudden, EVERY time I reboot, it recognizes the controller as if its the first time, and makes me set it up fresh, (which it never used to do) and as soon as I enter a game or the RetroPie Menu, it stops recognizing and no button presses are recognized.
        ...

        This means the gamepad/input configuration for EmulationStation is not saved and also it's not generating the RetroArch auto-configuration profile.
        Did you delete the EmulationStation es_input.cfg file in order to re-configure your gamepad ? To reset your input configuration use the steps from https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_inputcfg-edits, don't delete any files.

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          terr0rgasm @mitu
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          @mitu Thanks, I will check out that page!

          I have not deleted anything. And I am not sure what I did in the config to make this happen.

          I will update here with any updates.

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            mitu Global Moderator @terr0rgasm
            last edited by mitu

            @terr0rgasm said in Controller no longer detected after each Game/Menu:

            I have not deleted anything. And I am not sure what I did in the config to make this happen.

            Did you disable the auto-configuration of inputs for EmulationStation, from the configuration section in RetroPie-Setup ? Do you still have enough free space on your sd-card ?

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              terr0rgasm @mitu
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              @mitu I checked and the auto config is still enabled. Is that how it should be, or SHOULD it be disabled?

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                mitu Global Moderator @terr0rgasm
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                @terr0rgasm Enabled is the default, otherwise RetroArch's controller profile would not be created.

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