{"id":669,"date":"2021-11-20T18:48:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/kb\/how-to-reset-controllers-on-retropie\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:14:46","slug":"how-to-reset-controllers-on-retropie","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-reset-controllers-on-retropie\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset controllers on RetroPie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you find yourself in the situation where you are not able to use a controller on the menus then you can follow the steps below to reset it if you have a USB keyboard.<\/p>\n

The following steps which will reset the controller input and when it next boots it will have the option to configure the controllers.<\/p>\n

Plug a USB keyboard into one of the side USB ports.
\nPlug the controller(s) into the front USB ports.<\/p>\n

When it has booted up to the menu, Press F4<\/strong> on keyboard, this will go to command prompt
\nType in: sudo ~\/RetroPie-Setup\/retropie_setup.sh <\/b>and press Return on the keyboard<\/p>\n

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Choose Manage Packages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Choose Manage Core Packages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Choose emulationstation (Installed)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Choose Configurations \/ Options<\/strong> (it may also be named Configurations Tools)<\/p>\n

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Choose the option to Clear\/Reset Emulation Station input configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Choose Yes<\/strong> to proceed to clear the controller settings.<\/p>\n

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A prompt will confirm the settings have been cleared. Choose OK<\/strong> and then keep choosing Exit<\/strong> to return to the Command Prompt screen.<\/p>\n

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Type: reboot <\/b>and press Return on the keyboard.<\/p>\n

This will reboot the system and go back into the menus where you will be able to reconfigure the controls when prompted.<\/p>\n

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Do this for the first controller and to skip buttons, hold any button for a couple of seconds. Then when you get to HOTKEY<\/b>, press the SELECT <\/b>button.<\/p>\n

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Then for the second controller, press START <\/b>and you will see an option for configuring a controller. You can repeat the process again.<\/p>\n

Your controllers are now set up.
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If you find yourself in the situation where you are not able to use a controller on the menus then you can follow the steps below to reset it if you have a USB keyboard. The following steps which will reset the controller input and when it next boots it will have the option to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":859,"featured_media":680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[9,39,20],"kbtag":[44],"class_list":{"0":"post-669","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"kbtopic-hardware","7":"kbtopic-retro-gaming-consoles","8":"kbtopic-retropie","9":"kbtag-gaming"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}