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    Retropie switches to console if USB gamepad is connected

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      santiagozky
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      Hello,

      I set up a retro pie installation a couple of days ago. I was using a steam controller with the xbox mappings and it was working fine.

      The steam controller worked fine but I wanted something more 'classic' so I bougth a couple of 'SNES' usb gamepads from amazon (manufactured by CSL, reviews claimed they worked fine with retropie), but the moment I connect them to the pi and try to configure it, I am switched to the console instead of the GUI. If the gamepad is connected when I boot it, it just shows the console.

      Any ideas of what the issue might be?

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        santiagozky @santiagozky
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        @santiagozky It seems the issue is not with the USB controllers but with the steam controller. Problems only appear if I unplug the controller's dongle from the PI. I disabled the driver from the setup script and everything is fine now.

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