[mack505]

[quote=82745]I got it working! One extra thing is in the MAME general config (hit tab) you also need to program the “UI Cancel” option. It starts out as ESC, but you need to set it to both player buttons so it performs the escape-to-emulationstation functionality.

Thank you for helping me with your findings Thex – helped a lot.

I’m curious…what is it that xarcadetojoystick does if it’s not setting this up?

thanks,
Scott

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Thanks Scott! This helped me as well. Question: Can you use 2 keys together for the UI Cancel in the mame config menu?

[mack505]

[quote=105497]Nothing has changed in retropie relating to that, so it may be firmware / kernel / raspbian related.

Have you tried without Xarcade2Jstick btw ? if the xarcade by default registers as keyboard presses, you can just use it as a keyboard – might work better – also we see where the problem initiates from.

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I am trying to setup my X-Arcade Dual Joystick freshly but having issue with exiting emulators (MAME) back to ES. I am using it as a keyboard (Xarcade2Jstick/Xarcade-to-GamepadDevice.cfg didn’t work and jstest revealed that button 9 wasn’t represented).

To what .cfg file, and what do I need to add to be able to exit back to ES?

I tried this in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg to no avail:
input_enable_hotkey = x
input_exit_emulator = space

I have to have a keyboard hooked up and only escape works. Escape is not represented on the X-Arcade Dual Joystick though.

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