What have you tried in RetroPie?

Does it show up when you type lsusb ?

For example, I get

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04d8:f673 Microchip Technology, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 045e:0719 Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter

Device 1, 2 and 3 are the USB controller on the Pi itself. 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a WiFi adapter. 6 is a custom device similar to how a Teensy should show up.

If you see the Teensy there, you can get further info with sudo lsusb -D /dev/bus/usb/001/006

If it is recognized by raspbian, it will show up under ls /dev/input as js[x]. If you see it there, try jstest /dev/input/js0, do you see the controls recognized?

I’m running all my Playstation games from a 500GB USB HDD

Here’s the simple guide:
http://mardell.me/blog/how-to-load-roms-from-a-usb-drive-on-retropie/

I’ve had no issues with the Asus USB-BT400.
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-USB-Adapter-Bluetooth-USB-BT400/dp/B00DJ83070

Just gonna jump in on that controller question:

I set up my RetroPie about a week ago, and I started using an old wired xbox controller I had. It worked fairly well, and did everything it had to.

However, I also recently purchased some USB N64 controllers to use instead, as I thought that they would be more authentic, and feel more retro.

I HIGHLY reccomend using N64 controllers – they work a treat. I mostly emulate SNES games, so while a SNES controller would seem like an obvious choice, the N64 controller works I think much better.

For starters, the N64 controller has a D-pad and analog stick, but unlike an xbox controller, both work to control the SNES D-pad, even though I’ve configured the analog stick as an analog stick.

The Z trigger I’ve set to select, which works well, and whilst the N64 has no X or Y buttons, 2 of the C buttons are automatically used as x and y when playing SNES games.

There is no better alternative in my mind.

There is a large range of choice of N64 controllers out there, personally I went for some fairly cheap ones, but they work great and I reccomend them:

Sorry for the rant about controllers, just thought I’d let you know how great I think these are xD

Hi thanks a lot for your answer (sorry to answer so late I thought I’de receive a mail as notification of answer…guess I forgot to tick the notification box…)

I’m must admit I’m quite a noob with programmation.

I found somewhere that I’d have to allow writing on the Usb drive using :

sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/usb/

Then I’d be able to do the chmod trick :

sudo chmod 777 /media/usb0

Does this seems correct to you?

I’m using two NES USB controllers and am having the same issue. In emulationstation the second controllers start and select buttons work, but in roms only the first controllers work. I have mapped both controllers and cant find the issue, but its the same problem youre having. Hopefully someone can explain

Personally I am currently using an Xbox 360 controller with a wireless PC receiver, mainly because I already had it and it maps to all buttons of the virtual RetroArch controller. The D-Pad on this controller is very wonky though and if you plan to stick to older systems that don’t rely on analog sticks I would go for an SNES controller (I plan to purchase one soon).

You can either use an original and connect it via a USB converter or the breakout board that is part of the RetroPie project or buy a 3rd party SNES controller with USB built in. These tend to vary in quality though, search the forum for peoples suggestions. I hear the iBuffalos should be a good option.

I’m afraid I can’t help with your solution, but I have a question of my own which you may be able to answer:

I just managed to get the atari800 emulator working and running .atr/.ATR files, the games open and everything but I have no idea how to control anything.

I am currently using 2 USB wired N64 controllers, which I’ve configured through retroarch.cfg and they work great in libretro emulators (NES, SNES, GB, GBC, etc.).

However I can use neither these or the USB keyboard I have plugged in to control these games? The most I’ve managed to get is firing a ball in “Pong 2” but I’ve tried seemingly all controls on the N64 controllers and keyboard and I can’t for the life of me get the paddles to move.
[I also tried asteroids but couldn’t get past what looked like a demo sequence or menu].

Any help or even just pointing me to another forum would be much appreciated.

Hey floob good video. Can I ask what gamepad usb controller you are using ?

Hello bismarckdon,

to hopefully answer some of your questions:

The Pi completely runs off the SD card, which means once you exchange the card and put another one in it is as if the other card never existed. Nothing for you to uninstall.

To use RetroPie you have 2 options:

Either use the RetroPie-Setup script to install all necessary software components inside an existing Raspbian distribution (like you possibly have installed using your NOOBS card), or getting a preinstalled SD card image.

The latter might be the better option if you are looking for a ready to go solution. You just download the SD card image, write the contents to an SD card and you are ready to boot from it.

For this you can either use your existing card (replacing the NOOBS image) or get a new one. If you get a new one the size depends on the number and kind of roms you would like to store on the card. I use a 16GB card and this covers the roms I use on the system very well.

As for storing roms on an external USB device, I think it might be possible, the default rom paths point to a place on the SD card though and you would have to change them. I haven’t done this though, so this should probably be confirmed by someone who has…

Ah, I see. I had the same problem. The rainbow in the top right corner means that the power that reaches the RPi is too weak: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=82373.
When I first encountered that problem myself, I did not think about this, because I did not have this problem without the ControlBlock. However, the power switch functionality of the ControlBlock leads to a tiny voltage drop which seems to just lead to a critical voltage when using certain combinations of power supplies and USB cables.
It took me some time to find that out. When I changed to a better USB cable (usually this means a thicker, bit more expensive one: more copper, less resistance), the problems vanished immediately.
So, before everything else: Change to another USB cable and/or power supply so that the rainbow does not appear in the top right of your screen.

The setup script is in
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/

This playlist will give you a good overview of how controller configs work

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3nvkw_smartretro_retropie-usb-controllers/1#video=x2hudlt

ok, so all
/opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg
contained was

# All settings made here will override the global settings for the current emul$

video_shader = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/snes_phosphor.glslp
video_shader_enable = false
video_smooth = false

and all i found in
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/USB_Gamepad.cfg
was

input_device = "USB Gamepad "
input_driver = "udev"
input_b_btn = "2"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_a_btn = "1"
input_x_btn = "0"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_r_btn = "5"

input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "0"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_save_state_btn = "5"

which, aside from missing some buttons and having different hotkeys mapped doesnt seem to have anything in there that looks like the symptoms I’m expirencing.

None of the other config file names in this directory looked like it would be related to my controller.

where is the retropi-setup script located so I can give it a go?

Also, I thought my controller config and my hotkeys were supposed to be in
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
so if your saying I shouldnt have those settings there, then I should remove them from the file, yes?

Thanks for that vulga. Yes using Xin Mo 2 player.

Everything appeared to be working when I had it connected to my laptop over USB I used a visualiser to test everything on OSX and it appeared to be good all over.

I have not successfully had it working on retropie as the first issue I had was the turbo fire which made the ui navigation in emulationstation pretty much impossible. I did a clean install with latest to no avail and next step was to install the custom firmware which worked really well except the diagonals.

I will run another vanilla install without the kernel update and see if it still plays up and re-wire it to match your setup and see how I get on.

It’s an odd one because I know each switch works individually and I can definitely hear both go down.

I haven’t done anything to the Xin other than connect everything, have you updated your firmware?

Hehe, it’s hard to film and game at the same time! Your system looks pretty professional. Great job.

A short Male-Female HDMI cable would be a nice way to add your HDMI port to the outside of the case. Same with USB.

Looking forward to seeing the next round of tweaks!

There’s a project recently funded on Kickstarter which is a similar concept. Theirs has a screen built in but I believe they claim it can attach to a TV for living room gaming. Maybe you can find out how they did it!

Looks like a “standard” bluetooth gamepad (xbox360 is not bluetooth, sixaxis is not standard). If there is a module in kernel for it (i suppose you could check that by seeing if it is recognized as a gamepad when plugged by usb), following a tutorial for ds4 bluetooth on linux should help : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sony_DualShock

I am saying that anything in here would override other settings – so its often best left blank for simplicity
/opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg

Ideally your controller settings should be in the auto controller detection file of:
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/{controllername}

The filename here will be more like “USBGamepad.cfg” it wont be retroarch.cfg

You can update your retroarch controller file by using the retropi-setup script and registering a retroarch controller.

hi,

i’m really interested in trying setting up my wired standard usb pad using your method, but i can’t find where to get the kodi.ini you’re talking about in the video.

thank you by advance for your help

[quote=91789]Easiest way is to use 1 sd card and 2 usb sticks.. (I use a usb 3.0 for the os, so I will revert to this as the os stick)

Place the bootberry files on the sd card..
Place the img you downloaded on the. Usb 2.0

Plug everything into the raspi. Now bootberry will boot. Close the os choice screen. Now long press on “add os” you will see an option to choose your own source. Look for the img on usb 2.0. And install it on the usb 3.0

To get openelec in bootberry, you will have to download the update zip. Extract the zip folder and look for a folder named target. Take the big system file and rename it to openelec.img. Now do the same as before. Place it on the usb 2.0 and install it in bootberry.

Good luck!
[/quote]

Have I to install OpenElec in USB 3.0 too? Or in SD?

Hey buddy this work like worked like a charm after I translated some of your misconstrued writing.Thanks for that it was great.Got any Idea how to add a another usb for the actual roms or if I usb another device will it kill it?

Looks like these guys solved it:

Retrobit USB Genesis Adapter Driver Install?