Pi3B, Xbox Wireless Controller not connecting

yarongo

Details:

Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
Retropie v4.7.1

I'm trying to configure the Xbox Wireless Controller (this one, not the S and not the 360) but it does not connect. I tried everything Google can find (mainly this and this) but without success.

On the "Register and Connect BT" menu I see the controller listed. I select it, I then select the 1st option in the security menu, and then it just goes back to the previous menu without a success or fail message. The light on the controller keeps blinking, so it's not paired.

help?

hecker

Had the same issue. Turns out the update upgrades pi-bluetooth to version 0.1.1 which breaks bluetooth in Retropie. Solution is to downgrade pi-bluetooth back to version 0.1.0. You can do that by running from the command line:

wget http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/p/pi-bluetooth/pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb

and

sudo dpkg -i pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb

Then Reboot. Hope this helps.

mitu

@hecker I'm not sure you have the same issue, since the controller is detected via Bluetooth, so clearly Bluetooth works.

@yarongo make sure you've updated your system and then re-install the xpadneo driver from the RetroPie drivers package section and then re-try the pairing.

hecker

Hello @mitu

I need your help for raspberry Pi 4

Every time I started up the Bluetooth is inactive (Dead) and I have to go put in lots of lines of code. After I put in the lines of code it says condition failed. Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.

Please help

mitu

@hecker Please open a separate topic describing your issue and add your system info, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

yarongo

(it took me a while to reply because I wanted a fresh install, and my card reader stopped working)
Bottom line: still not working.
I tried to downgrade pi-bluetooth as @hecker kindly suggested, and also to install xpadneo via the Drivers menu as @mitu kindly suggested, and nothing worked. I also replaced my power adapter with 2.4A, and it's the same problem.

A few questions to @mitu :

Should I uninstall xpad driver first?
Should I install xpadneo directly from Github and not via the menu?

Thanks again!

mitu

@yarongo said in Pi3B, Xbox Wireless Controller not connecting:

A few questions to @mitu :

Should I uninstall xpad driver first?

No, it's not needed.

Should I install xpadneo directly from Github and not via the menu?

You can try, but the menu installation pulls the latest release tag from the xpadneo Github repository anyway, so I don't think it will make a difference.