Latest update and PS3 sixaxis controller

[Peeteris]

Hello,

After last update my PS3 sixaxis controller doesn't want to connect wirelesly.
I used ps3controller driver and Raspberry Pi 3 for 2 years now and today I spent more than 7 hours because some lame update broke everything.
I tried using sixaxis driver, also reinstalled Retropie form scratch and controller just won't connect.
Any ideas? I saw that Bluetooth menu looks different now than it did earlier. Maybe that's the case?

[mitu]

@Peeteris Can you please add more info about your system, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

The new sixaxis helper should work - but I think it's functional only for if you're using the 4.4 image, based on Raspbian Stretch.

[psyke83]

Kernel 4.19 seems to have broken pairing with the standard hid-sony driver. I'm investigating.

[psyke83]

This appears to be the issue: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203643

[KoCinsKy]

Here, i have crash everytime with the pad of ps4 with latest update.

[Peeteris]

@mitu
Raspberry Pi 3;
5V,3A power supply;
Retropie 4.4 (? Literally latest available to download there and fully updated through Retropie Setup as of 19.05.2019.)
Build from pre-made image "retropie-4.4-rpi2_rpi3.img".
USB Devices connected: Tp-Link TL-WN722N
Controller used: PS3 sixaxis

@psyke83 Is there a workaround or the only option is to wait for the fix?

[psyke83]

A workaround is to manually downgrade the firmware packages to a stable version. For convenience, this script will downgrade and put a hold on the necessary packages: https://gist.github.com/psyke83/cb3ca50561480809c246f42727cb7cf2

Needs to be run via sudo; i.e.

sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh downgrade

When it's safe to return to the latest firmware packages, this will unblock updates:

sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh unblock

[KoCinsKy]

@psyke83 Thx for the fix, now ps4 pad works.

[MrJordaaany]

I have downgraded with the script, but still can't get my PS3 controller to register wirelessly with this sixaxis driver.

[Efriim]

@MrJordaaany
Thanks for bumping this, I was just looking for an answer to this. (DS3 user)
The script needs to be ran with sudo and after it is done (10+ min) it is necessary to reboot.
Thanks again.

[MrJordaaany]

Yes I did that. I ran it as sudo, let it run, ad rebooted when done. No difference.

[mitu]

@MrJordaaany What's the output of uname -a, if you run it from the terminal or from a SSH session ?

[MrJordaaany]

@mitu said in Latest update and PS3 sixaxis controller:

uname

Can't actually troubleshoot it anymore. Was for a mate and i've already sent it to him.

No doubt I will make more in the future so hopefully its fixed by version 4.5.

[BuZz]

Please can someone (who is happy to test / comfortable with Linux) try the latest rpi-update kernel? Should include a backported fix which may resolve this issue.

[Efriim]

@BuZz
I first unblocked the update. sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh unblock.
Then the update via setup script(3e136616) with the underlying OS and a reboot and the DS3 does not work. Is there a latest that wasn't 35 hours ago?

[psyke83]

Note: rpi-update is a separate update mechanism that bypasses repository packages.

Additionally, the firmware release that (potentially) includes the fix is not tagged, so you will need to specify the git hash when invoking the command, like so:

sudo rpi-update e289f6a59ff24925aa29f134723659b8bcd9fa06

I prefer not to test this on my main card as I don't like how it bypasses system packaging, but if someone is anxious to test it, do go ahead and let us know if it solves the issue.

[googanhiem]

Is this the fix? Is there anyway to install it now?

[mitu]

@googanhiem said in Latest update and PS3 sixaxis controller:

Is this the fix? Is there anyway to install it now?

Yes, that is the fix. As @psyke83 said, you need to use rpi-update to get this installed, with the caveats mentioned. Or you can use the downgrade script posted earlier.

[googanhiem]

@mitu thanks, I wasn't sure if @psyke83 post was about a downgrade, but now I see its an upgrade. I'm a bit new to firmware releases, do you think this will be added to stable relatively soon? Without these bt controllers my rpi is useless.

[mitu]

@googanhiem I think you misunderstood a bit the situation. If you have a problem now, then use the downgrade script.
The upgrade pathavailable (which is different than the downgrade) involves updating the kernel from the Raspbian testing area, which is not recommended unless you're familiar with Linux/Raspbian. The fix (via upgrade) is not available through the normal OS/package updates in Raspbian, that's why you'd need to use rpi-update.

As I said - use the downgrade script for now if you have the issue of Bluetooth gamepads not working.