FS#75906 - [kodi-addon-game-libretro-snes9x] missing controller error
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Opened by zkrx (wkchu) - Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 11:38 GMT
Last edited by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle) - Monday, 06 February 2023, 11:12 GMT
Opened by zkrx (wkchu) - Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 11:38 GMT
Last edited by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle) - Monday, 06 February 2023, 11:12 GMT
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Hello,
From a clean Arch Linux install, I installed this add-on, and the IAGL (from a separate Kodi repository) to launch games. Games won't start with an error about missing controller. This package seems to miss the following dependencies that I had to install by hand inside of Kodi in order to solve the issue: In the official repository, under Add-ons / Controller profiles: SNES Mouse Super Multitap Super Scope Konami Justifier (SNES) Only "SNES Controller" was already installed. Cheers |
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Closed by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle)
Monday, 06 February 2023, 11:12 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: dropped kodi-addon-game-libretro to AUR
Monday, 06 February 2023, 11:12 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: dropped kodi-addon-game-libretro to AUR
So, third party stuff is out of scope. How do you propose Arch resolve this issue from a packaging point of view?
> won't start with an error about missing controller
It's best to post exact error messages.
Sorry about the quick initial report (and the missing title that I could not edit).
Let's keep the IAGL out of the equation as it is merely a launcher and should have nothing to do with this issue (I do not know how to launch games from Kodi otherwise).
The kodi-game/game.libretro.snes9x/ add-on (which is installed by this package) depends (see [1]) on the following add-ons which are also part of the official kodi repository:
```
<requires>
<import addon="game.libretro" version="1.0.0"/>
<import addon="game.controller.snes" version="1.0.0"/>
<import addon="game.controller.snes.mouse" version="1.0.0"/>
<import addon="game.controller.snes.multitap" version="1.0.0"/>
<import addon="game.controller.snes.super.scope" version="1.0.0"/>
<import addon="game.controller.konami.justifier.snes" version="1.0.0"/>
</requires>
```
It seems that game.controller.snes was automatically pulled when installing kodi-addon-game-libretro-snes9x. My understanding is that we should package these controller add-ons and add them as dependencies to the present package, otherwise this SNES add-on cannot work and fails with the following error message:
```
Add-on is incompatible due to unmet dependencies.
Missing: game.controller.snes.mouse,
game.controller.snes.multitap,
game.controller.snes.super.scope,
game.controller.konami.justifier.snes
```
Note that I encountered this issue with at least one other emulator as well. I guess that more or less all packaged emulators are impacted in the same way.
To solve this, the simpler approach would be to add a "kodi-addon-game-libretro-controllers" package that would install all available controllers from the Kodi repository. An alternative would be to document this in the Wiki and have users install these manually (which I did, although it was tedious given their number).
Note that I am not well-versed in the Kodi ecosystem and this is my first time playing with libretro.
[1] https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.snes9x/blob/master/game.libretro.snes9x/addon.xml.in