Autofire on the axis

[ehyiah]

Hello,
I just register to say thanks for this !!
it totally solved my problems.

[same]

Hello feederchain,

Thank you for the custom kernel, it solves my problem of the missing axes for joystick #2 and now I have two separate inputs !

It would be interesting to get this fix into the official RetroPie release.

[darkheart1984]

could someone please help me with this total noob.
I download the lastest kernel from drop box
file : custom_kernel_1.20150619-1.tar.gz

Try to move it to my pi in the home folder via WinSCP keep getting error failed to copy

believe this is what I need because two joystick only one works or they both work as player one.

[darkheart1984]

keep get error
general failure (server should provide error description)
Error code 4
Error message from server:failure

not sure what I am doing wrong. unzip the file using 7 zip file

[feederchain]

You don’t need to unzip the file before moving it to the Pi. In fact you probably shouldn’t.

I setup RetroPie to have a samba share so that it would like a windows share. That’s how I transferred the gz file to mine.

Once you have it there, just run these three commands

tar xf custom_kernel_1.20150619-1.tar.gz
cd custom_kernel_1.20150619-1
sudo ./install.sh

The first command unpacks the file into a new directory.
The second changes into that directory
The third installs the kernel

[darkheart1984]

this is what I am getting. I put the file in home/pi

pi@retropie ~ $ tar xf custom_kernel_1.2015619-1.tar.gz
tar: custom_kernel_1.2015619-1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[feederchain]

I can only assume that is exactly what you typed. In which case you have the file name wrong. You are missing the 0 before the 6.

Here’s a tip. In the linux command line the tab key can be very useful. For example if you type the following

tar xf custom

then hit the tab key. It should auto complete to the file name. If there are more than one file name that starts with “custom” you will have to hit it twice to get the list of possibles.

[darkheart1984]

it was wired the file was blue tried it nothing. took it off and rebooted put it back on and rebooted. Tried once more and the file was red when I typed a ls command its now running the file.

[darkheart1984]

Hoping that I will be asked to map out my joysticks now or do I need to go in to the retroarch files to change something else, next step please

[feederchain]

There are controller mappings and such starting on page one of this thread. It will all depend on the controller you are using, for what buttons should be mapped to what.

[darkheart1984]

I am like most in this tread in ur debit. Thank you for the help finally can start putting all this stuff together for my father arcade built, from fathers day. thanks you very much

[temecal]

Hi all-
I’m at a complete loss trying to get my joysticks/buttons to work. I have a Xin-Mo Dual controller, two joysticks and 20 buttons. I had joystick 1 and all 20 buttons working initially. Joystick 2 was never showing up in dmesg, nor was /dev/input/js1 present.

I installed feederchain’s kernel update, and voila, joystick 2 shows up now! Unfortunately, only the following work now:

Joystick 1 left/right/up/down
Player 1 A and B buttons
Joystick 2 left/right/up/down
Player 2 A and B buttons

No other buttons work now. Start, Select, Exit, hot-key, C, X, Y, etc… do NOT work now.

My /opt/retropie/configs/all/retoarch.cfg file shows the proper directory for my joypad config:
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/

I’ve tried everything possible, from using my original working config…to removing “player1/player2” from the variable names…to changing axis numbers and joypad index numbers. I’ve removed quotes, added quotes. Nothing seems to matter. Here’s my latest config:

input_player1_joypad_index = “0”
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_a_btn = “0”
input_player1_b_btn = “1”
input_player1_x_btn = “3”
input_player1_y_btn = “2”
input_player1_select_btn = “6”
input_player1_start_btn = “7”

input_player2_joypad_index = “1”
input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_a_btn = “0”
input_player2_b_btn = “1”
input_player2_x_btn = “3”
input_player2_y_btn = “2”
input_player2_select_btn = “7”
input_player2_start_btn = “6”

No matter what I do, I only have control of the joysticks and the A & B buttons. Nothing more. It’s almost as if some other config file is being used. I ran jstest against js0 and js1, and they both show all the buttons and axis’ working as expected.

Is there a way to see what config file is being loaded? What should permissions be on all the retroarch config files?

Thanks!

[feederchain]

My setup has the joystick mappings right in retroarch.cfg. Are there some there that take precedent? I haven’t upgraded my version of RetroPie since I got it all working. So maybe the config stuff has changed since I installed.

[temecal]

[quote=101244]My setup has the joystick mappings right in retroarch.cfg. Are there some there that take precedent? I haven’t upgraded my version of RetroPie since I got it all working. So maybe the config stuff has changed since I installed.

[/quote]

Thanks for the reply. No, there aren’t any mappings in retroarch.cfg. Everything is commented out, and is using the config files in retroarch-joypad directory.

I also tried commenting out this line in the retroarch.cfg file:
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/

…then I added the mapping directly to the retroarch.cfg file. Still no luck.

The retroarch-joypads directory is owned by pi:pi with 755 perms. My config files within that directory AND the retroarch.cfg file are both owned by pi:pi with 644 perms. The parent directory (/opt/retropie/configs/all) is also owned by pi:pi with perms 755. So, the user pi has read and write permission for everything. Can someone confirm the permissions on these files and directories?

I checked for any other “retroarch.cfg” files on the system, and didn’t find any others besides what is in /opt/retropie/configs/all/* (did via “find / -name ‘retroarch.cfg’). So, I don’t think any other config files are taking precedence.

As it sits today, I only have joystick operations and A/B button working now. It doesn’t matter what I do to the retroarch.cfg file, nothing changes.

Are there any logs for emulationstation or retropie? Can I add some debug flags to get more information on the config file being called? I don’t see any information being logged to /var/log/messages that are useful.

[ekdor]

Floob has a few new YouTube videos outlining and explaining the configuration changes with the new v3 beta 4.

[temecal]

[quote=101253]Floob has a few new YouTube videos outlining and explaining the configuration changes with the new v3 beta 4.

[/quote]

Fantastic! I just watched two mins of it on my phone and noticed a new configure file: es_input.cfg. Looks like this is the new confit file, but I’ll confirm tomorrow. Thanks for the help all, it’s really appreciated.

@feederchain – thanks for the new kernel. I can’t thank you enough for getting the two joy pads working!!

I’ll report back tomorrow.

[ekdor]

No Problem.

[temecal]

Ok, @ekdor was spot on. In v3 beta4, a different config file is used. Emulationstation now reads es_input.cfg within a hidden directory (/home/pi/.emulationstation/).

es_input.cfg is in XML format, and appears to call the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/*.cfg files. Once I modified these two config files, everything is working now.

Huge thanks to @ekdor and @feederchain!

[vellebelle]

Hi Vulga,

Thank you for the xsls file. I am using the xin-mo dual controller as well, and I want to ask you which one of the wiring drawings I should use. Should I just ignore the drawing that comes with the Xin-Mo (The one at the bottom in your xsls file) and set it up as you suggest? And then configure it in the retroarch.cfg?

Also – do you know if it matters if I use pin 9 or 18 as the ground?

Thanks in advance..

[vorbild]

Hello,

I am configuring a Xin Mo Controller right now. But the Downloadlink seems to be down from your Dropbox. If you could upload the kernel again I would be very thankful. Thanks!

Edit:

Thank you very much Feederchain!!!!!!!! I love you!
My Xin Mo is detecting now two controllers.
For all: Here is the latest Kernel
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l96mgbsc2r8b7wf/custom_kernel_1.20150619-1.tar.gz?dl=0

[johnprobe]

Thanks Feederchain. I just registered in this site to thank you. My Xin Mo is now working ..after 2 frustrating days of hair pulling I ran your Kernel and it’s working. I was close to putting the PI2 into a drawer and forgetting the whole thing.

[feederchain]

Glad I could help. Awesome cabinet!

[coccobanana88]

Don’t know if this fix can help me.
First of all, I wired only player 1 buttons (6 action buttons + start and select = 8 buttons) on Xin-mo to test some games before building the cabinet.
I have this problem: When I try to configure controls (with TAB on the keyboard) in mame4all Start (1P) and Select (coin) does not give input.
After a research on internet I discover that mame4all support only controller with max 16 buttons (0 to 15). In jstest my action button are 10 to 15 and Start and select are 16 and 17. Probably this is my problem, but i don’t know how to fix it.

I have the latest version of retropie 3.0 (beta4)

Sorry for my english and thanks for your answers

[nitrover]

Sorry found the new kernel, however whenever I run it and it reboots it cant open up emulation station for some reason? I have tried it on retropie 2.6 and retropie 3?

[feederchain]

I haven’t heard of anyone else having this issue. I have not upgraded my version since when I uploaded the last kernel. Are you getting any type of output/error?

[dezman7]

How did you fix this? I am having the same problem and I also want to transfer the kernal via a USB

[dezman7]

How do you apply a kernal? I have it on a USB but now what happens? Thanks!!!

[feederchain]

Does the USB key mount properly and everything? Can you see the downloaded file?

If so just run the commands found in the above post.

Autofire on the axis

[dezman7]

Oh no! The dropbox link has expired. I realized I had a bad usb stick, so I went to re-download the kernal and dropbox gives an error. Oh noooo!!!! “file has been deleted or moved”
Oh noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[feederchain]

Are you sure you are trying to download the one from this post?

Autofire on the axis

It appears to still be working for me.

[monchote]

Does anybody know whether this is fixed in 3.0?

[hijinksensue]

I was wondering the same thing. Im about to run the 3.0 update script but not until I know if A) Xin-Mo comes pre-patched B) I need to Rematch it after the upgrade and C) if the current kernel patch will even work for 3.0.

[feederchain]

I’ve had no experience with 3.0. The patch here is pretty small to the kernel. I can’t see anything that is in it would cause any issues to anything.

That being said. I have a couple micro sd cards lying around. I’ll try installing from scratch. I’ll let everyone know what I find with my adapter.

[feederchain]

OK, I’ve checked and my controller adapter still has the issue where it doesn’t see the up and left directions. (I think I remember those correctly…. Anyway) So that means that one of the things I fixed (pulsing) doesn’t need to be in the kernel. So within the next couple days I’ll remove that part of the patch and try it with v3.0.

[feederchain]

OK, had a chance to just compile the one change to hid-input.c (2 directions to working) and install it on my fresh install of v3.0. It all appears to work fine. Well at least the controller was recognized and setup fine in emulationstation. I only setup the first joystick. Didn’t setup the second.

Anyway here is the dropbox link.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lty3yublbefr8r9/custom_kernel_1.20150818-1.tar.gz?dl=0

Same install instructions.

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