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    Dualshock 4 not connecting on boot.

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      michaelconsorti
      last edited by

      Based on the output of the of the command you ran, the script is not running. However, I'm not sure why it isn't running as your rc.local looks correct.

      If you cd to
      /usr/local/bin

      The script is there correct?

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        Naroth
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        what do you mean cd? :P

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          michaelconsorti
          last edited by

          It's a unix command to change directory.

          ssh back into your retropie and type in

          cd /usr/local/bin

          then

          ls -lrta

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            Naroth
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            pi@retropie:/usr/local/bin $ ls -lrta
            total 12
            drwxrwsr-x 10 root staff 4096 Sep 23 02:20 ..
            -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 217 Jan 7 15:13 ds4drv
            drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jan 7 15:13 .

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              michaelconsorti
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              Everything looks OK there too. Does your rc.local file have '#' symbols before some of the lines. i.e.

              #This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.

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                Naroth
                last edited by

                yes, the only lines that doesnt have it is

                /usr/local/bin/ds4drv &
                exit 0

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                  Naroth
                  last edited by

                  Anyone got any idea?

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                    BuZz administrators
                    last edited by

                    if it's not launching from /etc/rc.localthen you will probably find it is failing in some way. Run it manually from terminal with

                    /usr/local/bin/ds4drv
                    

                    and see if you get any errors.

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      BuZz administrators @Naroth
                      last edited by BuZz

                      @Naroth Format code in code blocks - http://commonmark.org/help/ - otherwise # symbols will be translated to styling. See your previous posts (I edited the one with /etc/rc.local as an example).

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                        Naroth @BuZz
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                        @BuZz it works if i run it manually.

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                          BuZz administrators @Naroth
                          last edited by

                          @Naroth check /var/log/syslog for errors. make sure /etc/rc.local has executable permissions too. you could output errors to a log /usr/local/bin/ds4drv 2>/var/log/ds4drv.log & and then check that

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                            Naroth @BuZz
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                            @BuZz will do when i get home. don't know how to check if it /etc/rc/local has persmissions though, so new at this. lol

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                              BuZz administrators @Naroth
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                              @Naroth ls -l /etc/rc.local

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                                Naroth @BuZz
                                last edited by

                                @BuZz

                                this is what i get when running those commands

                                pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /etc/rc.local
                                -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 333 Jan 11 22:16 /etc/rc.local
                                pi@retropie:~ $ /var/log/syslog
                                -bash: /var/log/syslog: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:~ $ /usr/local/bin/ds4drv 2>/var/log/ds4drv.log &
                                [1] 1239
                                pi@retropie:~ $ -bash: /var/log/ds4drv.log: Permission denied

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                                  BuZz administrators @Naroth
                                  last edited by

                                  @Naroth Format your posts as I have already detailed.

                                  permissions on /etc/rc.local are ok

                                  I didn't say to type the other things. The line /usr/local/bin/ds4drv 2>/var/log/ds4drv.log & is supposed to be in /etc/rc.local (before the exit 0)

                                  You can then check the log by typing cat /var/log/ds4drv.log

                                  Recommend you do some reading on using the terminal. some info here - https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh and lots of tutorials online.

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    Naroth @BuZz
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                                    @BuZz

                                    yeah as i said i know nothing about this.. but i added "/usr/local/bin/ds4drv 2>/var/log/ds4drv.log &" in /etc/rc.local
                                    then i ran "cat /var/log/ds4drv.log" and i got pi@retropie:~ $ cat /var/log/ds4drv.log
                                    cat: /var/log/ds4drv.log: No such file or directory

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                                      elshiftos
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                                      When I have this in rc.local:
                                      /usr/local/bin/ds4drv --led 000008 &
                                      exit 0

                                      I get this error when booting into the CLI:
                                      [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1.
                                      [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts.
                                      [ OK ] Started LSB: Start NTP daemon.
                                      [error][daemon] 'hcitool clock' returned error. Make sure your bluetooth device is powered up with 'hciconfig hciX up'.
                                      [ OK ] Started LSB: start Samba daemons for the AD DC.
                                      [ OK ] Started LSB: start Samba NetBIOS nameserver (nmbd).
                                      Starting LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd)...
                                      [ OK ] Started Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART.
                                      Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill1...
                                      Starting Bluetooth service...
                                      [ OK ] Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill1.
                                      [ OK ] Started Bluetooth service.

                                      Try setting your Pi to boot into the CLI and see if you have the same error.

                                      It looks to me like something to do with BT isn't initializing in time for the rc.local entry. Does anyone know why this might be and how to rectify it?

                                      Thanks

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