Strange issue with Xarcade dual stick

[dleibas]

RPi 2 B
Latest EmulationStation/RetroPie distro

The controller is seen as a HID device as expected, and I can map one controller with no issues.
However, after enabling the xarcade2jstick service the gamepads are not being created. When I look in /dev/input there are no JS* devices, if I unplug and replug the USB cable for the xarcade, the JS* devices show up.
This never works on reboot, I tried building the service and was able to get it working after install and until the next reboot once.
Any ideas? I am launching emulationstation manually to rule out any timing issue, the daemon shows as running on reboot too.

Damian

[dleibas]

Same issue with 3.5

[petrockblog]

What PSU do you have on your RPI ?

Have you tried using the stick in keyboard mode without xarcade2jstick ?

eg

https://github.com/scottnath/retropie-with-dual-x-arcades

you can use the default layout though and adjust the retroarch.cfg accordingly for player2/player2

[dleibas]

Hi,
It is a 2amp PSU.
I got it working with the keyboard mapping only, the only thing I had to do is instead of :
input_player1_left = keypad4
input_player1_right = keypad6
input_player1_up = keypad8
input_player1_down = keypad2

I used the defaults
input_player1_left = Left
input_player1_right = Right
input_player1_up = Up
input_player1_down = Down

Or else the P1 joystick wouldn’t work within the emulators.

Thanks!

Damian

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