Latest update and PS3 sixaxis controller

TYHO

@BuZz i was confused by the post of @psyke83. But i see 4.5 updatescript is fetched. Lets try :)

BuZz

@TYHO We are using some packages from Buster for the 4.5 Stretch image to work around the sony bluetooth issue as Stretch hasn't received an official kernel update.

MrJordaaany

It's just been fixed in the latest version that has gone live! Very happy.

ivooc

@BuZz The kernel is updated even if I have a manual installation? I mean, I didn't use a prebuilt image. I just installed Raspbian Stretch and installed Retropie on top of it.

BuZz

@ivooc it will if you use the update function from RetroPie and say yes to update system packages.

hostolis

@BuZz Currently I have placed blocks using the downgrade script.

So if I do the full update through the retropie_setup script (meaning saying YES when it asks to update the underlying OS kernel packages etc.) I will be fine?

Or do I need to run the downgrade script again to unblock the updates and then update through retropie_setup?

Efriim

@hostolis
I believe you can call the downgrade script in three ways.
sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh downgrade
sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh block
sudo ./downgrade_firmware.sh unblock

both downgrading and blocking will block updates, if you update from retropie and answer yes then the kernel updates will be blocked.

unless you are referring to a different downgrade script.

BuZz

@Efriim it wont stop the kernel update afaik as we install it via dpkg not apt.

hostolis

@Efriim yes I was talking about the script you mention.

@BuZz thanks, I will keep the block in place then and use retropie_setup to update then.

I frequently do
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
cause I use my raspberry pi for other stuff too and I like being updated.

Efriim

It sets package holds using dpkg, for the raspberry pi kernel package and kernel component stuff like bootloader. Those packages will be skipped and the rest of the update will be unaffected.

Though I also don't know if apt-get upgrade will download the kernel.

George Spiggott

I'm having the same (or similar) problem. I have the new 4.5 version of Retropie and have installed sixaxis. I have updated just to be sure.

Bluetooth picks up on nearby Bluetooth devices but not the PS3 pad. The PS3 pad is currently my only pad and works when connected via a wire.

hostolis

@George-Spiggott same with Xbox one S wireless (Bluetooth) controller. I had to run the downgrade script for my controller to work again.

psyke83

If you're having controller issues, please report the exact version of the firmware package you have installed (via terminal or SSH):

dpkg -l | grep raspberrypi-kernel

AssPunchMan

Hi! tested latest version 4.5 and downgrade NOT is required.

Not more vibration in controller. Pair -> get to configure input -> and now is paired y configured.

Thx

George Spiggott

I'm not sure I understand. Where do I turn off vibration?

mitu

@George-Spiggott I think @AssPunchMan is referring to the fact that the controller no longer rumbles indefinitely while pairing.

oleguer

Bug is now fixed??

mitu

@oleguer If you run an update of the OS and packages through the RetroPie-Setup script, it will install a correct Linux Kernel, which doesn't have the bug in this topic.
Use the update from RetroPie-Setup, it will fetch the latest version of the script and then choose yes when it asks if you want to update the "OS and packages".

George Spiggott

I tried again after updating and it doesn't work. I may have made a schoolboy error though. When I first set up my Pi with my old image I modified a script to allow my then Xbox One pad to work. Does a PS3 pad also require this modification to the Bluetooth settings?

Efriim

@George-Spiggott
The PS3 driver sort of does this on its own, and replaces the bluetooth stack with one that was written to work with PS3 controllers

The sixaxis helper driver doesn't need any additional script, and it doesn't replace the bluetooth stack so you can use it with other bluetooth devices sidebyside.

I don't know about the updates, I no longer have a pi to try them out.
sudo rpi-update will give you the absolute latest. And when I tried it, it seemed to work fine.
And then the RetroPie setup, is suggested as it now upgrades to a working kernel.

With xbox controllers, one of the drivers might be interrupting the other controllers(the xpad one I think that emulates a controller), could try disabling it and rebooting.
Maybe though a similar script that was written for the xboxpad could be written for the ps3 and then they would work sidebyside with the xpad driver.