Retropie recognizes only one controller with the "USB Twin pad" adapter

bethory

Hello dear community, I hope you can help me with this:

I have a PS1 to USB controller adapter (USB TWIN PAD) that works perfectly in windows showing me the two controllers independently, however in Retropie it only recognizes one controller.
Searching in the forum I found that Xin-Mo could be the solution however this did not work, I would like to know if there is another solution or should I keep insisting on the Xin-Mo method?

Here is the information of my system:

Pi Model or other hardware: raspberry pi model b+ v1.2
Power Supply used: Canakit 5V ~2.5A
RetroPie Version: v4.8
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie
USB Devices connected: USB TWIN PAD, logitech unifying receiver
Controller used: Simmilar to this adapter with two PS1 controllers
Error messages received: None
Verbose log: N/A
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xin-Mo-Controller/
File: N/A
Emulator: all of them
How to replicate the problem: It seems that the error happens with all USB to two controllers adapters

Thanks in advance for your help!

mitu

Searching in the forum I found that Xin-Mo could be the solution however this did not work...

What exactly have you tried ? Did you apply the same quirks or did you add the VID/PID for your device to the quirks command ?

How to replicate the problem: It seems that the error happens with all USB to two controllers adapters

No, that's not it.
I have a few 'classic-to-USB' adapters (none for PS1 though) and they don't behave like that. Do you have a vendor page for the adapter or does the vendor has Linux support specified on their site/documentation ?

bethory

Hello @mitu, thanks for your response.

I created the file rp-usbhid-quirks.conf using the command sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/rp-usbhid-quirks.conf and inside I wrote only the following information:
usbhid.quirks=0x05e3:0x1065:0x040
(I checked that the information was saved by re-running sudo nano...)

Internally I put the VendorID and ProductID obtained with lsusb (I know it's correct because it's the only one that appears when plugging the USB adapter).

Finally I restarted the Rpi but when entering the controllers configuration menu it still shows only one detected controller.

No I don't have the vendor page, or any more information. I think it is a very generic product.

mitu

@bethory said in Retropie recognizes only one controller with the "USB Twin pad" adapter:

I created the file rp-usbhid-quirks.conf using the command sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/rp-usbhid-quirks.conf and inside I wrote only the following information:
usbhid.quirks=0x05e3:0x1065:0x040

That's not what the file should contain. You use the usbid.quirks=... syntax if you add the info to cmdline.txt, for the modprobe configuration file the syntax is different (as explain the doc page):

options usbhid quirks=0x05e3:0x1065:0x040

bethory

Hello @mitu

Sorry I made a mistake in writing this article, I assure you that the .conf file was set to options usbhid quirks=0x05e3:0x1065:0x040.

and as I indicated, it still does not work

Thanks in advance for your help

mitu

@bethory I don't have any other ideas - the quirks are the only thing that sprung to mind when having this issue.

bethory

Hello @mitu, thank you for your help

I will try modifing /boot/cmdline.txt as soon as i can, I'll let you know.

bethory

Hello @mitu

As i promised, I modify the /boot/cmdline.txt file from windows and it worked!

Thank you for your support