SNES controller via USB hub not recognized by RetroArch

[jjmiller1980]

Hi all, forgive me if this is a basic question, but I’m brand new to this. I just set up my Raspberry Pi using the RetroPie image. I got everything set up, got some ROMs copied over, and everything was working. I set it up initially using an iBuffalo branded USB SNES controller. I set up Emulation Station and RetroArch using this and it worked no problem. I had already ordered an adapter to be able to use my actual SNES controllers with the Raspberry Pi (this is the one I have).

When I plug that in and boot up my pi, Emulation Station recognizes that controller. However, when I exit Emulation Station and go into the RetroPie setup and try to configure the RetroArch, it does not. I go through all the prompts, and no matter what I press it doesn’t do anything except eventually time out.

It does “see” my controller. On the top during the registration it says

Found joypad driver: udev
Using joypad: HuiJia USB GamePad (this is the same name that Emulation Station came up with also, so I know it recognizes it)

Any idea what’s going on? I’m new to Linux and Raspberry Pi, so perhaps there’s an easy fix that I’m just not aware of.

[jjmiller1980]

As more information, I did some looking and found JSTEST. I installed and ran it, and it also does not recognize any of the button presses for the SNES controller using an adapter.

I’m not sure where to go from here.

[trimmtrabb]

With the pad plugged in what does the command ls /dev/input show?

[jjmiller1980]

OK, I figured this out. Shockingly, it was user error. When I did another ls /dev/input, I noticed that it shows js1 as well as js0. I just automatically did js0 before, because that’s what the USB SNES controller was. Turns out, on my adapter, the port on the right is player 1, or js0. I set it up that way and it works now.

Sorry about that. Learning.

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