[fortenbt]

kodi in general needs C++11, gcc >= 4.8 needed.

Well, my build VM is running Centos 6 with GCC 4.4.7. I used the devtools update from http://people.centos.org/tru/devtools-1.1/readme to get GCC 4.7.2.

After that, everything seemed to build fine, including bsnes-mercury

What sort of confused me was that I was thinking that the build system built the compiler that it then used to build everything else: there's a gcc-4.9.3 directory in the build.OpenELEC directory.

[wsnipex]

yes gcc 4.7 should be ok, but we never really tested that properly. OE will build the toolchain only for cross compilation afaik.

[enen92]

Tested it on the pi2 (without controller as I don't have one at the moment). Pi overclocked at 100MHz,500,500,2overvoltage; and OSX:

-All NES emulators seem to be working fine on both osx and pi2

-Genesis Plus GX works great on OSX, on the pi2 I can hear the sound but no picture is displayed. Curious to see the performance of picodrive on the Pi2.

-VBA works great on both OSX and pi2

-Snes games ran extremely slow on the pi2. Donkey kong crashes after the initial image is displayed. Working great as well on OSX.

It's promising Really great work having those running inside of Kodi. Can't thank u enough Garbear.

If those are not known issues, I can provide logs.

[Solo0815]

WetekPlay: (own compile from 5.95.5-retroplayer yesterday)
I can't get my Logitech Dual Action and "Pelican Eclipse" (old Xbox1 controller with USB) to work. It is detected by Kodi (message), but when I try to configure the buttons, no buttonpress is detected.
http://sprunge.us/RKPH

Maybe this is relevant from the log:

Code:

15:55:37 T:3041853440   ERROR: Control 1 in window 10626 has been asked to focus, but it can't

The Xbox360 wireless controller is not detected and connected, also
dmesg-output: http://sprunge.us/IFAJ

If you need further info or logs, please let me know.

[mezo]

WetekPlay: (own compile from 5.95.5-retroplayer yesterday)
I can't get my Logitech Dual Action and "Pelican Eclipse" (old Xbox1 controller with USB) to work. It is detected by Kodi (message), but when I try to configure the buttons, no buttonpress is detected.
http://sprunge.us/RKPH

Maybe this is relevant from the log:

Code:

15:55:37 T:3041853440   ERROR: Control 1 in window 10626 has been asked to focus, but it can't

The Xbox360 wireless controller is not detected and connected, also
dmesg-output: http://sprunge.us/IFAJ

If you need further info or logs, please let me know.

has it maybe something to do with, that the arm builds of openelec comes without xserver? that is atleast the reason why u cant use any controller on kodi itself.

i tried my old logitech controller, which also doesnt work.

[Solo0815]

I don't think so, because Lakka is based on OE 5.0.x and there the controller is working fine.

[mezo]

I don't think so, because Lakka is based on OE 5.0.x and there the controller is working fine.

do u even know if they didnt changed somethnig? because when the controller in kodi works, they changed something for sure. i once asked in the openelec forum and got the answer, that kodi need xserver to get controllers working.

check this: http://openelec.tv/forum/124-raspberry-p...c-possible

[Solo0815]

Lakka doesn't use Kodi. It is OE with a libretro-frontend, so you can be right.

But let's wait, what garbear has to say about it ...

Edit:
Aditional Info:
If I plug my gamepad in, /dev/input/js0 is created, but "cat /dev/input/js0" does not "see" any buttonpress. As mentioned above, the gamepad is working fine in Lakka (<- based on OE 5.0.x)
the WetekPlay is on Kernel 3.10x, not on 4.1 btw, but that shouldn't matter

[OmniBlade]

Retroarch uses evdev by default rather than the deprecated linux joystick interface that is used through the /dev/input/js# devices, its possible the driver for your pad doesn't create a proper joystick interface. AFAIK the input plugins for Kodi so far use either this deprecated js# interface or SDL (which may or may not be using the js# interface underneath), not evdev directly.

[Solo0815]

Hmmmm ...
Lakka uses evdev also: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
garbears OE is using libinput: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
it was reverted from evdev about a month ago.

havent tested OE-Retroplayer with evdev (don't know if this is possible)

It can be, that this all doesn't have anything to do with the not working gamepads, but I just want to collect as much info as possible to make it easier for garbear
SDL-input for OE: http://www.griffinscs.com/blog/?p=493

[mezo]

Hmmmm ...
Lakka uses evdev also: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
garbears OE is using libinput: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
it was reverted from evdev about a month ago.

havent tested OE-Retroplayer with evdev (don't know if this is possible)

It can be, that this all doesn't have anything to do with the not working gamepads, but I just want to collect as much info as possible to make it easier for garbear
SDL-input for OE: http://www.griffinscs.com/blog/?p=493

even if retroplayer works, the whole kodi doesnt and this is a bit annoying, because u need to change always between controller and keyboard

[Solo0815]

but shouldn't the gamepads work or at least show buttonpresses in OE? Or in /dev/input/eventX or jsX

[a1rwulf]

Hmmmm ...
Lakka uses evdev also: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
garbears OE is using libinput: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/commit...ad7212d8fb
it was reverted from evdev about a month ago.

havent tested OE-Retroplayer with evdev (don't know if this is possible)

It can be, that this all doesn't have anything to do with the not working gamepads, but I just want to collect as much info as possible to make it easier for garbear
SDL-input for OE: http://www.griffinscs.com/blog/?p=493

even if retroplayer works, the whole kodi doesnt and this is a bit annoying, because u need to change always between controller and keyboard

Did you make sure you have a working buttonmap for the Default Controller?
This was necessary for me to have working Joystick Input for Kodi.
I also did some changes to the joystick.xml (have the analogstick for right/left/up/down for example).

[djhifi]

I know this is a noob question but how do I install this?

I've downloaded the .zip in the github and when I try to install it on my openelec, it says addon does not have the correct folder structure

[garbear]

You're trying to install via the add-on manager. This isn't an add-on. It's an entire OpenELEC image. You must copy the 4 files in the .zip to OpenELEC's Update folder via smb or the file manager GUI