Hi all. I’m currently trying to play Sorcery Plus for the Amstrad but aren’t having any luck setting up emulation for the joystick. Has anyone had any success with getting it working? I’m running:
Pi Model: B
RetroPie Version Used: 3.5
Built From: SD Image
USB Devices connected: CSL gamepad and USB keyboard
Thank you in advance.
Here are my settings. I commented out extra “gpu_mem” entries that I found.
Seems to be stable, and PSP is certainly faster now!
Using with basic heat sinks.
EDIT: Unstable, reverted back to 1000Mhz. Need advice.
# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on
#gpu_mem_256=128
#gpu_mem_512=256
#gpu_mem_1024=256
#overscan_scale=1
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=384
overscan_scale=1
arm_freq=1067
core_freq=533
sdram_freq=466
over_voltage=4
max_usb_current=1
have you tested with unplugging all the other usb things? may be low power?
That’s the one. Now my next problem is getting an additional fan in my casing. I’m looking at 25mm fans on Ebay which go for a couple bucks, and should fit nicely inside my Playstation 1 case. My only concern is whether or not it will be enough.
This will be my second Pistation, with it, I want to also rig up a compact USB hub that runs off it’s own power, that will connect with the Pi’s power pack, at the back of the Playstations power connector inside the casing.
I have plugged in a wifi dongle and one Gasia PS3 Controller,
tried with only the keyboard receiver, and in all USB ports and nothing.
[quote=118226]I haven’t pulled the new retropie package, since I compiled from source a couple weeks back, but if anyone’s interested, I’ve added support to drive an external LED scoreboard over USB.
Windows daphne builds control the scoreboard over the parallel port (and I started making repro scoreboards with DB25s for daphne about 15 years ago), but since newer PCs generally lack parallel ports, I developed a little USB dongle to interface to both original and repro scoreboards.
The only added dependency is libftdi1, which compiles cleanly on the pi.
Since there’s no ‘official’ source repository anymore, it’d be good to get my new code into the retropi git at least 
I’ll drop a video on youtube.
Daphne / Pi with USB scoreboard
It’d be nice to do a build that uses the Pi’s hardware mpeg decoder instead of libmpeg as well.
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Very cool!
C..
I haven’t pulled the new retropie package, since I compiled from source a couple weeks back, but if anyone’s interested, I’ve added support to drive an external LED scoreboard over USB.
Windows daphne builds control the scoreboard over the parallel port (and I started making repro scoreboards with DB25s for daphne about 15 years ago), but since newer PCs generally lack parallel ports, I developed a little USB dongle to interface to both original and repro scoreboards.
The only added dependency is libftdi1, which compiles cleanly on the pi.
Since there’s no ‘official’ source repository anymore, it’d be good to get my new code into the retropi git at least :)
I’ll drop a video on youtube.
Daphne / Pi with USB scoreboard
It’d be nice to do a build that uses the Pi’s hardware mpeg decoder instead of libmpeg as well.
Spec’s
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Model of pi : Rps2
Version of Retro Pi V3.5
Issue
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Cant get 2 USB PS3 [DS3] Controllers working.
What i have tried
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> Following countless Guides
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWO-F4zuaY
Problem that I am having with these guides is they are for older versions of Retro Pi
I am running “Retro Pi 3.5” Which does not seem to be helpful as the config of it completely changed in the set up of controllers in retropi_setup.
Any help would be great.
Thanks Team
RetroPie 3.5 and SFC30 issue:
Details:
-Raspberry Pie 2 running RetroPie 3.5 (Fresh Install, not updated)
-Controller = SFC30 with most current firmware from website
-Using START+R to connect each time to pie
-rules file was created for SFC30 @ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
-Kinivo Btd-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter
I am able to connect and use the SFC30 within ES without issues, all buttons seem to work. When I enter any game only the directional pad works correctly. The A button works, but is mapped to the start button. No other button appears to work.
To correct I go into the joystick configuration and change the button layout for the 8Bitdo. I save the changes, then am able to enter Retroarch without issues and play all roms.
On Reboot however, the mappings change back to the mess they were before. I believe it is falling back to the .BAK but have not been able to test.
I thought about these solutions:
1. Delete .BAK file for joystick configuration and see if this works
2. Lock file so file cannot be altered or deleted by system
What are the thoughts of users on this thread about this? Am I on the right track? Anyone else having these issues?
Thank you,
Steve
[quote=118075]but I still get an errormessage when leaving ES, saying something like
“lvl0: …init: failed to load Mixer-elements”…is that normal?[/quote]
Are you using a USB sound card? I am, and I get this error. It works in some situations, but scripts that try to use simple channel named “PCM” for example will fail. That usually means any “Save state” scripts probably designed to save volume settings fail, even though an emulator might work fine using default audio. I have search high and low for a COMPLETE solution for USB audio. I am still looking.
I have downloaded the latest firmware.
The newest retropie software.
I can see the controllers when i type “lsusb” (l=L)
but in Retropi_Setup in the blue screen does not have the same screen as previous versions of Retro PI
for example in this guide.
> Multiple Controllers walk Through
The options in there on the blue screen do not appear in my version of Retro pi.
I tried to just plug and play but with having a second controller plugged in using usb both controllers dont work, not sure if it is a powering problem but yeah they just dont want to register any button presses at all.
I will be endevoring to get this working that way i can play 2 player games.
Any help would be appreciated thank you
Okay thank you guys
Found out that you have to have 2 usbs
1 with a “retropie” folder
Thus will auto copy games from usb to sd card and then unmount itself
And the 2nd to play ur roms from
After config of the rom diectory you can set it to the appropriate directory for the roms you want.
You will still want to save the “roms” folder to this usb but u just need to have it edited in “es_emulator.csg”(dont quote me on that file it sounded like to righr file).
– Does it behave the same when no other USB device is connected?
Yes. I have tried it with everything removed.
– Does the installation of the ControlBlock driver run through with any errors?
No errors
– Which OS are you using so that I could test it out on my site?
Raspian Jesse 4.1
– Which driver are you using? The ones for ControlBlock rev. 1.x or 2.x?
I have tried both. Currently 2.x (clean reimage in between).
– Are you using a toggle or a momentary switch? The ControlBlock needs a toggle switch.
I am using a push toggle switch – not a momentary.
I had the same issue. While it can be done (I did it for my SNES case), I had to solder a couple of pins to the powerblock (see this post: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/snes-gpio-config-with-power-block/)
Using a different power controller would probably be your best best if you don’t want to solder or do anything like that (and if you live in the US will be cheaper and arrive faster than from overseas).
That said, I have a Mausberry power controller in my N64 conversion console. While it works, it seems a bit more no-frills vs the powerblock. It works, but it’s basic. no LED indication of what’s going on (power up or down), have to solder a pin in for the LED, not a service that runs, just an endless loop script that polls for the switch to send the shutdown command. I like the powerblock better (and it supports the project). The ATXRaspi is another power controller I have in my C64 conversion (yeah, I know) and I like it, but it only works with momentary switches so not a good fit for the SNES/N64 case.
You only need to use the micro USB plug on the ControlBlock. You should have a USB adapter with at least 2 A.
Reminds me of an issue with a cable of mine. I was surprised to see that one of my USB cables also leads to this effect. Changing to a high-quality cable (=thicker cable, less resistance) solved such an issue for me.
Some thoughts:
– Does it behave the same when no other USB device is connected?
– Does the installation of the ControlBlock driver run through with any errors?
– Which OS are you using so that I could test it out on my site?
– Which driver are you using? The ones for ControlBlock rev. 1.x or 2.x?
– Are you using a toggle or a momentary switch? The ControlBlock needs a toggle switch.
Maybe we can make a step forward with these thoughts …
When trying to get my Game pad adaptor (http://skunx7.wix.com/bliss-box) to work with RetroPie I on the 3.5 SD image with a Pi 2. The controller is not reconsided by the EmulationStation application, but my PS4 controller is. When I exit I was presented with the text that said: INFO The key you just pressed was not recognized by SDL. To help get this fixed, please report this to the SLD mailing list…..KeyCode 308, 309,304 and 305 were listed (I only had a NES pad attached so I didn’t have that many to press) I have mailed the SDL lib address.
Attached is the output from a jstest from the command that see the devices fine. So I know that the device is working and seen by the Raspberry Pi ok. I’ve also made sure the Blissbox controller adaptor is flashed the the firmware that has a few bug fixes for Linux.
Can anyone advise what I need to do in order to get it working? Retropie is great with a PS4 controller but using original pads for each system would be awesome. I’ve also attached the main part of a dmesg where the USB device is loaded (note I have 2 plugged in)
There is a simple way to fix this bug.
1) Open the boot folder shared in the network (or in Retropie Terminal) use an editor and open cmdlne.txt
2) add this code: usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x05e1:0x040 as first command
3) Save the file and close the editor
5) Reboot and, now, your controller work fine. No kernel needed, nothing to install.
This is an easy way…
Can you add this fix on the cmdline.txt by default?
usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x05e1:0x040
Thanks
Ok, so here’s the deal leading to my question;
I set up Retropie on my Pi 2. Did the whole USB rom tranfer thing. Everything works beautifully! I did some custom controller configurations for 2 button systems since I use an Xbox 360 controller.
I set up another Retropie for a friend. Since there was an SD card size difference I couldn’t make a 1:1 copy so I decided to do everything the long way, no big deal. Although now I notice that I’d have to redo all the custom controller configs.
I noticed this;
On the USB stick that I used to transfer roms which I also used on my friend’s Pi has a config folder containing “from_retropie” and “to_retropie” folders. I noticed that the custom configurations that I made were in the from, so I moved them to the to, inserted it into my friend’s Pi, and go figure all the custom configs moved over as I thought they would which is saving me a ton of time.
My question is;
There is no documentation or discussion on these folders that are made on the USB stick. What is the function and how does it work. More so what triggers the config folder to copy onto the USB stick? Does the OS detect a change in size for the individual console retroarch.cfg and automatically copy them into the from folder? I’m just curious how to trigger the copying from Retropie so that I don’t accidentally copy default configs over my custom ones.
I’ve already bought a Pine64 and I would like to know if this distro works with this micro computer.
The technical details below.
64bit Quad Core ARM A53 1.2GHz CPU
Dual Core Mali 400-MP2 GPU
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
MicroSD Slot Supports up to 256GB
10/100/1000 MB Ethernet port
2 x USB 2.0 host
4K x 2K HDMI port
3.5mm Stereo Output mini-jack with Microphone Support
Muti-Channel Audio output through HDMI
Real-Time Clock capability built in
Built in 3.7V Lithium battery charging circuit
5 Megapixel Camera Port
4 lanes MIPI video Port
Touch Panel Port Included
Thanks a lot guys!!
Hi,
yesterday I installed the new 3.5 version from a scratch on my Pi V2
and surprisingly found that my wireless Logitech K400 keyboard is not working anymore.
The keyboard is working on my laptop, and worked out of the box on the previous retropie versions since 2.6.
I tried using a wired usb keyboard and that works so the ports are not the problem,
with the wired keyboard and the wireless receiver plugged I found that it’s recognized by the “lsusb” command.
Also flashed the sd image 2 times and the keyboard doesn’t work
has anyone got the same problem with the new version ?
AnonymousInactive
I need a USB keyboard for this, correct?
I just have SNES USB controllers.
AnonymousInactive
Thanks!
Can I edit this file on the USB stick with my computer and the change will automatically be transferred over when connecting it to my Pi 2?
G:/retropie/configs/from_retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
Or do I need to edit that file and place it somewhere in:
G:/retropie/configs/to_retropie/
hi guy’s, please could someone help me setup my new controller.
here is what lsusb -v returns
http://pastebin.com/4SfJi24x
it’s detected with jstest, with
jstest /dev/input/js0
http://pastebin.com/qWLh3NTa
and all buttons are recognised
and I’ve tried everything here, but still nothing
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-the-XBox360-controller
does anyone have any suggestions?
thanks
Hi guys, I bought a bluetooth dongle and when I try to use, in the first time I can find devices, but when I try more late, I can’t find, I don’t know what’s happening. I delete the RetroPie and install again, but the problem still there.
I did the updates, Im try to change the USB port, I did a test on a computer and was working, and everything.
the screen freeze when I select to search devices.
New to this site, just registered hoping to find an answer as I’m having the same issue.
Browsed various sites/forums online and can’t seem to find a solution, any help would be appreciated. New to working with Raspberry, love the device and possibilities but Raspberry’s audio out quality is not good.
Using:
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
RetroPie/Emulation Station
USB Adapter: Syba SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter, C-Media Chipset, RoHS
Cheers
Hi rosichella! Have you tried a powered USB-hub so the Xin-mo get extra power? It sounds strange that it worked at first, you can do a backup and try a clean install just to rule out any problems with RetroPie.
Hi hijinksensue! Yes, I’ve just installed a button on the backside that cuts the power to the Xin-mo, I don’t have to reboot. (I soldered a switch to a USB-cable) If I wan’t to play four players I just plug in the USB-controllers along with the Xin-mo.
once you’ve formatted the USBdrive drive, shut down raspbian safely.
take the SD card out and put into your pc, and flash retropie on to it.
don’t worry I started out from knowing nothing about Linux too
I found the image I used as a loose guide. The main exception I used a USB audio off of a Pi zero to a headphone jack I wired to the volume control
ok, unzip it and it needs to be placed in the emulationstation folder, as that file will point to your new roms folders that are going to be on your USBdrive. putting it here will prevent it from being over written when you do updates.
the other line will make the folder writeable so you can add your folders of roms you “find” Google for an app called FileZilla, this will transfer files from your computer to the USBdrive in your pi
Okay i was reading through the instructions and understand everything up until this
after that you can use this es_settings.cfg I’ve zipped below
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
next you’ll need to get write privileges
sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/USBdrive
and then create a folder called roms and in here add your rom folders
What do I do with the zipped file? Where do I store it? If you can give me a detailed instructions of what do starting from here then I think I can do the rest.
ok, good news!!
i had a play around, and i can tell you the guide work!
but your drive must be formatted to ext4.
this can be done by flashing an sd card with Raspbian wheezy or jessie.
when its booted, open the terminal and you’ll want to download and install parted
sudo apt-get install gparted
once all is done, it’ll be somewhere in the menu, open and log into it password is raspberry
and then format the usb drive that will need to be selected from the dropdown menu on the right of the app window,
then follow the guide, use
sudo blkid
to find your UUID & the drive number “sd??” (probably sda1)
then when you get to
sudo nano /etc/fstab
replace your new UUID
it seams a lot of things to do, but by using the UUID, you can safely add other USB drives, without them getting swapped around
after that you can use this es_settings.cfg I’ve zipped below
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
next you’ll need to get write privileges
sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/USBdrive
and then create a folder called roms and in here add your rom folders
