PS2 controller not working

agour

Hi all!

New to the world of retropie. I've been trying to get a ps2 controller working with a 2-way USB splitter.

It works fine in emulationstation, and I can assign all the buttons.

However in retroarch it won't work. No buttons are recognised and I can't bind any keys.

Any ideas? I'm using a pi 3 with a clean install of retropie.

Cheers!
agour

agour

bump! Any ideas? I'm at my wits end...

meleu

@agour
Try to delete the .cfg files in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/ and configure the joystick again in emulationstation.

If it doesn't work, I suggest this reading:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration

agour

@meleu Tried both, and read up on that page.

I also copied the commands from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/ to /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

When I launch the game it says "twin usb joypad configured on Port #0".

But none of the buttons work ingame still..

Any more ideas? This is driving me mad..

Cheers!

meleu

@agour said in PS2 controller not working:

I also copied the commands from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/ to /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

I think it isn't a good idea.

There are two settings in your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg that are used to autoconfigure your controller: input_autodetect_enable and joypad_autoconfig_dir.

If you have not messed up your retroarch.cfg these settings are like the snippets below

# Enable input auto-detection. Will attempt to autoconfigure
# joypads, Plug-and-Play style.
input_autodetect_enable = "true"

# Directory for joypad autoconfigs.
# If a joypad is plugged in, that joypad will be autoconfigured if a config file
# corresponding to that joypad is present in joypad_autoconfig_dir.
# Input binds which are made explicit (input_playerN_*_btn/axis) will take priority over autoconfigs.
# Autoconfigs can be created with retroarch-joyconfig, manually, or with a frontend.
# Requires input_autodetect_enable to be enabled.
joypad_autoconfig_dir = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/"

Check if these settings are OK for you.

If don't... To help you I need to take a look at your config files. Please paste the content of these files in ghostbin.com (or something similar):

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

agour

Yup, both settings are as you mentioned...

here are the two configs:
https://ghostbin.com/paste/nom5t

https://ghostbin.com/paste/c5knt

Thanks for the help so far :)

agour

Bump.. any ideas?

markyh444

@agour Have you ruled out the adapter at all? Does it work fine on a PC? Also, are you using a Libretro based emulator, as the retroarch configs only apply to them.