SNESDev service running – now controllers not working

[buzzby]

Hi Everyone,

I have just built up the GPIO adapter which i think went quite well given i haven’t soldered anything for years. Have plugged it all in expecting some sort of issues but i have a problem that i cannot get the SNESDev service to run so i cannot test or do anything with the board. I have followed the video guide and when i run the command

service –status-all

the SNSDev service shows [-]

I have tried the command (remembering from memory so may not be 100% accurate)

sudo service SNESDev start

This does show any error but when i then check again with

service SNESDev status

I just see a Fail showing that the service is not running.

I am a complete Linux noob and spend my life on windows machines so i have no idea how to even start debugging this problem.
Just incase i somehow messed up the retropie install i redid this last night using the following
Retore IMG to SD card (8GB)
Sort out the free space
Update Setup script
Update binaries
Enable SNESDev with option 2 (pad and buttons)

and still have the problem.

Any help very much needed.

Buzz

[buzzby]

So i have had some success. I went through the setup menu and i might have pressed the wrong button or its a bug or it meant to do it. Either way i kicked of a full update and compile of everything.
Once this had finished SNESDev is now a running service :) and the button on the GPIO adapter is working. I think you can tell where there is going.

Neither of my snes controllers are working.

I’m testing it with the jstest thingy but nothing is happening.

I was confident that i had done all of the soldering correctly but i’m hoping someone can see a mistake. I’ve attached a couple of pics of my setup.

Thanks in advance

[buzzby]

So i had a couple of muppet mistakes. I had the ribbon plug in the wrong way round. Switched it round and the controllers now work with the jstest thingy YAY.

Second muppet mistake is that i have wired the ports the wrong way round so player 1 is actually player 2.

Can this be switched by changing something in the config or do i need to rewire the ports?

Thanks

[petrockblog]

I am glad to hear that you made the controllers work :-)

Currently, you would have to swap the data lines on the connectors. Alternatively, you could change the configuration files, e.g., in /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg.

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