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    Recalbox 9.0 Pulsar Controller not working in games only

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    • Scavy
      Scavy Global moderator @Sweep14 last edited by

      @Sweep14 @Aaron-Paluzzi
      I'm reporting your case to the team

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      • Keruwb
        Keruwb @Aaron Paluzzi last edited by

        @Aaron-Paluzzi similar issue here. I tought it was because of my 8bitdo pro 2 controller butbit seems it is the update to recalbox 9.0.

        Something my controller will connect to the recalbox with x input, sometime not. When it does, i will play (rightnow megaman 3 on nes) and it will work vut enventually it stops working, then works again then stops etc. Wont reconnect if i turn off the controller and turn it on again. I cant play at all with it and it is the only purpose of that controller for me.

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        • Aaron Paluzzi
          Aaron Paluzzi @Sweep14 last edited by

          @Sweep14 Nope. No progress yet.

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          • Aaron Paluzzi
            Aaron Paluzzi @Scavy last edited by

            @Scavy Thank you!

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            • thewoodfanatic
              thewoodfanatic last edited by

              System: Rpi 3
              Version: Recalbox 9

              I am having an issue with my "twin usb gamepad" (one USB board with connections for two sets of buttons + joystick) where only the first controller works, but the 2nd does not.
              I believe the problem started when I upgraded to Recalbox 9.

              I tried the following, although the issue did not go away:

              • Changed out to a completely different USB board (same model)
              • Swapped the controller slots in the configuration menu (I think this caused my MAME games to crash before even loading)
              • Performed a fresh install of Recalbox.
              • Reconfigured the buttons
              • Rewired (swapped) buttons between controller 1 and 2
              • Plugged the USB board into other USB ports on the Rpi

              None of these have fixed the issue. Anyone else having the same?

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              • ChrisK
                ChrisK @thewoodfanatic last edited by

                @thewoodfanatic I don't have a fix but I have EXACTLY the same setup and problem, my 2nd controller vanished when I upgraded to Recalbox 9.

                I switched to an old backup SD card with Recalbox 8.2 and it all worked fine again, so it's definitely a Recalbox 9 issue.

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                • ChrisK
                  ChrisK last edited by

                  I just updated my Recalbox to 9.1 in the hope it would fix my controller problem, but it made no difference. Has anyone got to the bottom of this issue?

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                  • mmajzoobi
                    mmajzoobi last edited by

                    @thewoodfanatic I am having the same issue on Pulsar 9.1. Twin controller but only one gets recognized...(shanwan). Same issue on 9.0. However on version 8.1.1 both gamepads get recognized and function well. I imagine some driver change broke things moving to version 9....

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                    • ChrisK
                      ChrisK @mmajzoobi last edited by ChrisK

                      @mmajzoobi I solved my problem by adding a usbhid.quirks command to the end of my /boot/cmdline.txt file. The process is outlined in the 5th post down here.

                      You need to know the vendor ID and product ID of your USB controller (there are commands you can run to determine this).

                      In my case I have a "Twin USB Gamepad" with vendor/product IDs of 0x0810 and 0xe001 so added usbhid.quirks=0x0810:0xe001:0x040 to the cmdline.txt file.

                      When I rebooted my 2nd controller was detected and worked!

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                      • adam0509
                        adam0509 @ChrisK last edited by

                        Yes, Recalbox 9.1 and controllers are big problems, lots of people complaining

                        https://gitlab.com/recalbox/recalbox/-/issues/2275

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