Can't delete controller profiles

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Can't delete controller profiles

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hi,
i've a strange problem: i wanted to start with my controller per core configs from scratch and deleted all files in config/inputs. All files are gone but i can still control the MiSter menu and the cores with all of my controllers. Does somebody know whats going on here? Is there some kind of default basic config for every controller?

Thanks

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Re: Can't delete controller profiles

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Did you do a cold reboot after?

A standard reboot is enough.

I just tried;

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mkdir /media/fat/temp&&mv /media/fat/config/inputs/* /media/fat/temp&&reboot

and the only thing that worked was my joystick input.

I reversed with;

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mv /media/fat/temp/* /media/fat/config/inputs/&&rmdir /media/fat/temp&&reboot

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Re: Can't delete controller profiles

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dickhardpill wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 6:23 pm

Did you do a cold reboot after?

jep. already turned it complete of and the next morning the folder config/inputs is still empty but all controllers still working. :x

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Re: Can't delete controller profiles

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heinzgruber wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 5:06 pm

hi,
i've a strange problem: i wanted to start with my controller per core configs from scratch and deleted all files in config/inputs. All files are gone but i can still control the MiSter menu and the cores with all of my controllers. Does somebody know whats going on here? Is there some kind of default basic config for every controller?

Thanks

Probably the gamecontrollerdb, which automatically provides default mappings for popular controllers (or clones which copy the VID/PID)

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distrib ... llerdb.txt

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Re: Can't delete controller profiles

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Lightwave wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:17 am

Probably the gamecontrollerdb, which automatically provides default mappings for popular controllers (or clones which copy the VID/PID)

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distrib ... llerdb.txt

interesting. didn't know that. is there a way to deactivate it?

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Don’t connect your DE10 to the internet?

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Re: Can't delete controller profiles

Unread post by zakk4223 »

Even if you disable gamecontrollerdb, mister will still 'automap' the buttons for any controller you connect. The controller db just provides saner defaults and provides a way to fix up quirks that would otherwise lead to strange mappings.

There is no way to have the controllers be completely non-functional, that would be a poor user experience

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