I'll keep an eye out for the update. In the meantime, I bought a second, different controller and everything works now. Connecting the controller has been a little spotty compared to the other one that the start and select buttons don't work on, but it works. I cycled the power a couple times, plugged and unplugged it and it eventually worked. Once it did work it seemed more consistently connected after a power cycle. The other remote didn't have that issue. Oh well. It works.
I've only tried a few games quickly, but I like it. For anyone else ordering through Amazon... This is where I ordered the one that worked: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058FN036/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Sold by *Hitgaming Video Games <http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html?ie=UTF8&isAmazonFulfilled=1&seller=A3O4XUIPWQ2IWK>* This is where I ordered the one that caused me problems: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034ZOAO0/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Sold by *Hitgaming Video Games <http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html?ie=UTF8&isAmazonFulfilled=1&seller=A3O4XUIPWQ2IWK>* Good luck getting the right one :) Anyways, thanks Andrew. I also got the Android 4.2.2 running on the BBB. Good work on that too! That also worked after I tried imaging the disk from the Ubuntu machine. On Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:02:54 PM UTC-5, Andrew Henderson wrote: > > Yes. The front-end GUI does not look at that configuration file for > button mapping. That is the configuration file for the SNES9X emulator. > Part of my work for v0.5 is to pull button mappings from that file. v0.5 > should give you the following: > > - An additional VFAT partition that houses the config files, ROMs, and > images. This way, you can pop the microSD card into your non-Linux PC and > add ROMs, edit files, etc. > - XML for the games.cfg. This is using the Expat XML parsing library. > This will eliminate most of the common problems, I hope, like the config > file having to be just-so or DOS end-of-line characters messing things up, > etc. > - Key mapping from the SNES9X emulator's config file so that you can do a > custom key mappings. > > I am a PhD student, and I've been working on a papers over the past few > months, so I haven't been working on BeagleSNES development as much as I > would like. I'm still working on it, though, and I'll be getting a release > out as soon as I can. Trust me, I don't want to answer mail after mail for > support when I can release a new version that addresses these issues > directly! > > Andrew > > > On Sunday, January 26, 2014 3:13:18 PM UTC-5, Scott Paul wrote: >> >> Hi Andrew. Is there a short explanation for why I can't quickly edit the >> "*snes9x.conf.BBB*" file and change the lines >> >> >> *J00:B8 = Joypad1 SelectJ00:B9 = Joypad1 Start* >> >> to something like >> >> >> *J00:B6 = Joypad1 SelectJ00:B7 = Joypad1 Start* >> >> to effectively test different button mappings? I tried editing them and >> popping the card back in the BBB but it doesn't seem to do anything. Does >> modifying that conf file require a rebuild to take effect? >> >> When do you hope to release the v0.5? >> >> >> On Friday, January 3, 2014 9:22:19 AM UTC-5, Andrew Henderson wrote: >>> >>> Hey Scott. I have been away for the holidays and won't be back to my >>> office with my equipment until the start of next week. You have everything >>> set up correctly, it seems. The games.cfg looks OK, in any case. The >>> problem is that the button numbers for the start and select are hardcoded >>> in the front-end GUI. I have a better button mapping scheme on my dev list >>> for v0.5 of BeagleSNES, but I can't work on it and get another release out >>> until I am able to get back to my equipment. The short answer is that you >>> will require a code change and recompile to get it working for your >>> particular controller. >>> >>> I have a big laundry list of things that I have been working on that I >>> want to get out for v0.5, and a few of the items have been delaying me in >>> getting the release out. I may just have to bite the bullet and expedite >>> the more urgent items because a large number of people have received new >>> BBBs for the holidays and have been filling my inbox with all sorts of >>> issues regarding gamepads and button mappings. >>> >>> Good work on getting everything working as well as you have so far. I >>> should write a book on how to develop the BBB into a standalone appliance >>> based on all of the feedback and reports that I have received from everyone >>> over the last six months... >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 6:23:41 PM UTC-5, Scott Paul wrote: >>>> >>>> So close... >>>> >>>> I had an old PC sitting around collecting dust so I formatted that to >>>> Ubuntu 12.04. I re-did everything from that machine. Before I started, >>>> when I plugged in the SD card that I had setup from the Win7 machine into >>>> the Ubuntu machine it seemed to mount the two partitions fine ... but it >>>> also gave me a pop-up error message about not wanting to mount the drive >>>> for some reason ... even though I could see both parts. Anyways, it did >>>> this each time I mounted the card. After I reformatted the card with the >>>> beaglesnes image that message has no longer come up. I have mounted the >>>> card several more times too. >>>> >>>> At first it did not work. Then I took it out of its Adafruit >>>> case<http://www.adafruit.com/products/1555?gclid=CNGJv-2J3rsCFVLxOgodcRsAeA>and >>>> tried. Then it would boot up, give me music, and let me scroll through >>>> the placeholder's in the default config. I am certain I tried this before >>>> but it did not matter. I quickly realized that the molding on the cable >>>> needed to be cut down. If I had read adafruit's page closer, I might have >>>> caught that note. Not happy about that, but it worked. I think that I >>>> had >>>> both a cable problem and a Windows problem, but maybe it was only a >>>> cable/case problem and I didn't do something else write the time I tried >>>> that with the Win7 SD card setup. >>>> >>>> I have been at it for a while today, but the problem now is that it >>>> will not select the games I've added in the menu. I have tested the >>>> controller on the Ubuntu machine and can see the start and select buttons >>>> do register. I have been doing everything in the Ubuntu machine. The >>>> pictures are showing up, the text descriptions are updated. At first I >>>> had >>>> 5 games listed so I tried adding 5 more. Each time the menu list updated >>>> as expected, but pressing start or select doesn't do anything. The roms >>>> are all in the rootfs/home/ubuntu/beaglesnes/rom folder. They are all >>>> .smc. I even removed spaces and tried shortening the .smc file names. >>>> >>>> I'm only using one controller. I can't really think of much else to >>>> try right now. Again, I welcome any support. I attached my games.cfg >>>> file >>>> if that helps >>>> >>> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
