GBA not saving gamepad buttons

[Haris]

Ok..I ve managed to start playing some gba roms but every time i start a game i have to press F10 and re map my gamepad. I canot see a cfg folder anywhere. How can i save my gamepad controls?

[Haris]

I guess it smth with the permissions?

[Haris]

Found the solution.

The user of gpsp folder (and raspberrypi folder as well) shoulp be pi and not root !!

[FalconPunch]

Can you post the code that you used? I’m having the same issue and have changed the permissions, but the config file still won’t save.

[Haris]

Run gba emulator and hit F10 for keyboard. A new screen comes. Map joystick. If you restart game and gamepad needs re-mapping then you have to change permissions.

In ssh type:

ls -ld /opt/retropie/emulators/gpsp/raspberrypi

For changes to be saved, the user should be pi, not root. The output when this command is run should be similar to below.

drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jul 8 14:21 /opt/retropie/emulators/gpsp/raspberrypi

If root is the owner, then change the user to pi with the following command.

sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/emulators/gpsp/raspberrypi

Quick question: Have you experiencing any sound appearings and dissapearings?

[hazza4569]

Hey guys, I’ve had the same issue with having to configure every time I open the emulator, but have been unable to fix it with that code?

I’ve tried everything I can think if but nobody seems to have a solution?

Help would be much appreciated – really don’t wanna have to configure controller every time I play.

[Anonymous]

I got the same problem. I tired the script, everything but it was not possible to save the settings.

Then i tried one thing : in /opt/retropie/configs i created a folder called gba.
Then I launched a gba rom, go to settings menu with F10, set the buttons and exit….inside gba folde a gpsp.cfg was created and then the settings are finally stored!

I hope this will be useful for everyone!

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