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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      @Headcrab said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

      follow the instructions to unplug and re-plug the cable (and leave it connected)
      it fails to discover the controller

      You don't need to reboot after the installation of the driver. Did you press the 'PS/Share' button before dis-connecting ?

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        Headcrab @mitu
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        @mitu
        I tried one more fresh install, just to make sure.
        I am pressing the PS/Share' button before dis-connecting.

        It is consistently not discovering the controller after installing the sixaxis driver.
        Doing the "disable thrid party" option and rebooting works 99% of the time.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
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          Thanks for testing - I'll add a note in the wiki for this.

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            Headcrab @mitu
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            @mitu
            Thanks for your time.
            I hope we get confirmation from other ps3 controller owners at some point.

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            • wmarcioW
              wmarcio
              last edited by wmarcio

              On my pi3b+ with retropie 4.6 on debian 9.11 wont worked, i made the same process...

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @wmarcio
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                @wmarcio said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                On my pi3b+ with retropie 4.6 on debian 9.11 wont worked, i made the same process...

                You're using a 3rd party controller, did you run the 'Enable 3rd party controllers' step ?

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                  Headcrab
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                  I've done some more testing, and found out that libbluetooth-dev does the trick.
                  So for the official ps3 controller these are the steps that work on my end.

                  • install sixaxis driver
                  • sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev
                  • reboot
                  • Connect the controller over usb
                  • Bluetooth menu > "Register and Connect to Bluetooth Device"
                  • Follow the on screen instructions
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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Headcrab
                    last edited by mitu

                    @Headcrab said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                    I've done some more testing, and found out that libbluetooth-dev does the trick.

                    I think that's a red herring, the package contains only development files, without any impact on the Bluetooth stack that's running on the Pi.

                    EDIT: Hm, actually it seems to contain more than that. I'll take a look, but on my system this is not installed and the controller works ok.

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                      Headcrab @mitu
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                      @mitu
                      My findings are not based on actual knowledge of what each package does, so you are probably right.

                      But just to be clear, when you say that your controller works fine do you mean that when trying to Register for the first time, it is being discovered without that package being installed?

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Headcrab
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                        @Headcrab said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                        But just to be clear, when you say that your controller works fine do you mean that when trying to Register for the first time, it is being discovered without that package?

                        I never had that package installed and it's not installed now, so yes - discovery and (now) basic controller functionality worked without it. There might by a difference between systems though, I've paired and connected on a Pi4, which has a different BT chipset, so you being on a Pi3B+ might count.

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                          Headcrab @mitu
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                          @mitu said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                          I've paired and connected on a Pi4, which has a different BT chipset, so you being on a Pi3B+ might count.

                          I just "borrowed" a rpi4(1gb) from my nas setup so i can test this.

                          I performed these steps:

                          • Burn the "retropie-buster-4.6-rpi4.img" image on the sd card
                          • boot into emulationstation
                          • connect ps3 controller over usb and configure controls, so i can navigate
                          • go to driver packages and install sixaxis
                          • with the controller connected over usb navigate to Bluetooth > "Register and Connect to Bluetooth Device"
                          • follow the instructions to unplug and re-plug the cable (and leave it connected)

                          The outcome was exactly like on my rpi3.

                          • Discovery fails.
                          • If i install libbluetooth-dev and reboot
                          • Discovery succeeds

                          Maybe it's a problem with my controller, i don't know.
                          Also, i do not own a ps3 console, so it is not interfering in any way.

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                          • wmarcioW
                            wmarcio @mitu
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                            @mitu, Hello, thank you, you are always helping people. My controller is original Sony, I always used the same controller, before upgrading to version 4.6, the same controller worked perfectly.

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @wmarcio
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                              @wmarcio What version did you run before the upgrade ? Did you install the 4.6 Buster image ? Did you enable support for 3rd party controllers ?

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                              • wmarcioW
                                wmarcio @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                I don't remember the previous version exactly, but I always update frequently, it was the last one before I upgraded to 4.6. Yes I did a clean installation for version 4.6 Buster, as I saw that it didn't work, I restored the previous image of raspbian 9.11 stretch and Retropie 4.6, that's when the problem started. Yes, I have enabled support for third party control.

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator
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                                  @wmarcio said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                                  I don't remember the previous version exactly, but I always update frequently, it was the last one before I upgraded to 4.6.

                                  There's no difference between the previous (4.5.20) and the 4.6 version, except the version tag. There have been no modifications in quite a while for the bluetooth module in RetroPie, so I don't see what change in 4.6 might trigger this problem.

                                  Yes I did a clean installation for version 4.6 Buster, as I saw that it didn't work, I restored the previous image of raspbian 9.11 stretch and Retropie 4.6, that's when the problem started. Yes, I have enabled support for third party control.

                                  Then I suggest you try the ps3controller package, it might work better with 3rd party controllers.

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                                    wmarcio @mitu
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                                    @mitu ok, will try It. Thxs again.

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                                      psyke83 Global Moderator @Headcrab
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                                      @Headcrab

                                      Thanks for your troubleshooting efforts. It seems thatlibbluetooth-devitself doesn't fix your problem, but it triggers installation of the actual needed package - libbluetooth3, which contains the sixaxis plugin for BlueZ. This is quite odd, as I would have expected it to be present in a default Raspbian installation.

                                      I'll do some checking and report back soon.

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator
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                                        @psyke83 Looks like - in my case - libbluetooth3 is also present, installed as a kodi dependency.

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                                          psyke83 Global Moderator @mitu
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                                          @mitu said in Sony DualShock 3 - call for testers: "sixaxis" script module:

                                          @psyke83 Looks like - in my case - libbluetooth3 is also present, installed as a kodi dependency.

                                          That also explains why I didn't notice the issue until now. This PR should fix the issue: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3125

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                                            steeeb
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                                            Thanks for the ongoing work on this.

                                            I can't seem to get my Shanwan controllers to pair. RPI3B+, Buster from download today, upgraded first (both the retropie_setup scripts and 'Yes' to the OS/Kernel when it asks if you want to update that as part of 'Update'.

                                            I've enabled third party support, which installs customhidsony.

                                            I go to Register and Connect to Bluetooth Device, and it takes around 15 seconds for anything to happen weirdly - it used to be instant - then I get the Searching.. screen (with third party support it has the DualShock string - without it, it doesn't). In any case, no devices found. I've even tried custombluez and that doesn't work.

                                            This used to work on an old Stretch build (I grabbed the original PR when sixaxis was first added as a pull request and it worked fine there).

                                            It looks like some error flashes up, I did it via SSH so I could see the error, it appears to be this:

                                            ^[[CTraceback (most recent call last):                                                  │ │  
                                              File "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/bluetooth/bluez-test-device", line 44, in <module>              │ │                                                                      │ │  
                                                adapter = bluezutils.find_adapter(options.dev_id)───────────────────────────────────┘ │  
                                              File "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/bluetooth/bluezutils.py", line 14, in find_adapter              │                       <  OK  >            <Cancel>                       │  
                                                return find_adapter_in_objects(get_managed_objects(), pattern)────────────────────────┘  
                                              File "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/bluetooth/bluezutils.py", line 9, in get_managed_objects
                                                manager = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object("org.bluez", "/"),
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in get_object
                                                follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in __init__
                                                self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in activate_name_owner
                                                self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in start_service_by_name
                                                'su', (bus_name, flags)))
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
                                                message, timeout)
                                            dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
                                            
                                            

                                            systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service

                                            Looks to give:
                                            Active: inactive (dead)
                                            May 05 00:10:04 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.

                                            The systemd line is added each time Register and Connect is pressed. It's inactive (dead) straight after I log in after boot.

                                            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ service hciuart status
                                            ● hciuart.service - Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART
                                               Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hciuart.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
                                               Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-05-05 00:12:50 BST; 5min ago
                                              Process: 348 ExecStart=/usr/bin/btuart (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
                                            
                                            May 05 00:12:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART...
                                            May 05 00:12:50 raspberrypi btuart[348]: Initialization timed out.
                                            May 05 00:12:50 raspberrypi btuart[348]: bcm43xx_init
                                            May 05 00:12:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: hciuart.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
                                            May 05 00:12:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: hciuart.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
                                            May 05 00:12:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART.
                                            
                                            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo hciconfig -a
                                            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl start bluetooth
                                            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl status bluetooth
                                            ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                               Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
                                               Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-05-05 00:19:42 BST; 7s ago
                                                 Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                                             Main PID: 1097 (bluetoothd)
                                               Status: "Running"
                                                Tasks: 1 (limit: 1772)
                                               Memory: 1.7M
                                               CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                                                       └─1097 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
                                            
                                            May 05 00:19:42 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
                                            May 05 00:19:42 raspberrypi bluetoothd[1097]: Bluetooth daemon 5.50
                                            May 05 00:19:42 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
                                            May 05 00:19:42 raspberrypi bluetoothd[1097]: Starting SDP server
                                            May 05 00:19:42 raspberrypi bluetoothd[1097]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
                                            

                                            But it still won't pair - that's as far as I can get. Anyone have any ideas?

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