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For the on/off switch, I use the following:

I have:

plugged into the Pi and also into:

Then, in Emulation Station, press Start on the controller and then choose to shut down the Pi (instead of just exiting Emulation Station) and wait 30 seconds before using the switch to power off. When you use the switch to turn it back on, the Pi will power back up to command prompt (or to Emulation Station if you choose to have it start up automatically).

Important note: If you made any changes in Emulation Station (such as changing the name, description, etc. of a rom) you will need to choose to just quit Emulation Station and go to the command line or else it will not save the changes.

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MDK worked well for me.

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Update for those who may run into the same issue:

I started up the Pi again this morning and lo and behold: GBA has no sound for all games.

I tried starting up a Sega Genesis game first and then all GBA roms have sound again. I shut down and restarted and tried GBA. No sound. Started an NES rom next and then came back to GBA again. Sound works for all roms again.

I shut down and power off the Pi every night. My best guess is that gPSP fails to start some sound-related process that every other emulator does start.

At least there is a work around.

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I may have resolved this issue.

I increase my swap file size from 128MB to 512MB and now several games that I tried this morning worked with full sound.

I will mark as resolved for now and will update if the issue persists.

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I ended up getting this:

and also:

This has worked out really great so far. When I shut down the Pi I can easily then power it off and then back on using the physical switch.

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I ended up choosing to go with 2 official X-Box 360 controllers. Walmart had the official chrome controllers on sale for $35 (and it looks like it’s not hard to find these for around this price, new). It has the “transforming d-pad” and I think the d-pad feels great so far.
I bought the “official” wireless adapter on Amazon for $17 (actually looks like the official MS Chinese product, but still official and works great so far).
It was very easy to set up following the instructions found on this site and the latest versions of everything installed from source.
I would heartily recommend the X-Box 360 controllers (with the transforming d-pad) to anyone trying to decide on a controller.

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Shameless bump!

Anyone else experience anything like this or know where I should at least start looking/researching?

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SHORT VERSION: What is the easiest controller to set up and make work with the RPi B+?

LONG VERSION:

I’m planning on finding two controllers of the same type on Ebay once I decide.

I’ve read some places that say that the analog sticks lasted longer on Dualshock 1 controllers (and I have a definite fear of analog sticks dying ever since terrible experiences with N64 controllers).

But Dualshock 2 is supposed to have better R2 and L2 buttons (not sure if I care).

With the DS1 or 2, I would use something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Controller-Adapter-Converter-Playstation-2/dp/B001AATQ0Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
But I’m concerned with potential setup problems.

Dualshock 3 is tempting, but I don’t know if I want to spend that much. I would go through USB at first, but would kind of like the option to upgrade to Bluetooth eventually. If this controller is a lot better than the others though (wireless aside) I would strongly consider it.

Any opinions out there?

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This is great, great information! Thank you!!

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