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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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    • Wolfman100W
      Wolfman100
      last edited by

      I have already stumbled...

      bluez.org doesn't seem to exit and I'm not exactly what patches to apply exactly and how to apply them.

      I should point out also that I don't even know what a Fork or Branch is!

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      • Wolfman100W
        Wolfman100
        last edited by

        luetzel

        I am now looking at your tutorial on your blog,that seems a lot clearer to me

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        • Wolfman100W
          Wolfman100
          last edited by

          I get the following returned when I try to download 'Bluez'...

          root@osmc://# sudo apt-get install wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.39.tar.xz
          Reading package lists... Done
          Building dependency tree
          Reading state information... Done
          E: Unable to locate package http
          E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth'

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          • Wolfman100W
            Wolfman100
            last edited by

            @luetzel

            OK,I've managed to get to step 4 of your tutorial and now get this error when I try to configure:

            configure: error: libical is required

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            • luetzelL
              luetzel @Wolfman100
              last edited by luetzel

              @Wolfman100
              some packages are missing on your pi. If you're receiving error messages like this, first, install 'aptitude'
              with 'sudo apt-get install aptitude'. Then search for the dev-package that is missing, in your case libical:
              'sudo aptitude search libical'. On my Pi, I get:

              p libical-dbg - debugging symbols for libical
              i libical-dev - iCalendar library implementation in C (development)
              p libical-parser-html-perl - generates HTML calendars from iCalendars
              p libical-parser-perl - module to parse iCalendar files into a data structure
              p libical-parser-sax-perl - generates SAX events calendars from iCalendars
              i A libical1a

              i = installed
              p = pending

              make sure you have libical-dev installed (sudo apt-get install libical-dev) and you are good to go.
              (Repeat for all dev-packages ./configure ... complains about)

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              • luetzelL
                luetzel @Wolfman100
                last edited by

                @Wolfman100
                sorry for that, I haven't noticed that links were not correctly converted. Now all links in my previous post should work.

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                • Wolfman100W
                  Wolfman100 @luetzel
                  last edited by

                  @luetzel

                  Thanks for the assistance...much much appreciated.I have now got to step 5 so let's see what happens..fingers crossed!

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                  • Wolfman100W
                    Wolfman100 @luetzel
                    last edited by

                    @luetzel I get a 404 for the QtSixA link

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                    • luetzelL
                      luetzel @Wolfman100
                      last edited by luetzel

                      @Wolfman100
                      Odd, you can download it over here:
                      https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtsixa/
                      Meanwhile I have updated the instructions in my previous post and blog.
                      I have also placed the patched bluez in my repo on github.

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                      • Wolfman100W
                        Wolfman100
                        last edited by

                        I have now installed QtSixA and have run Sixpair:

                        root@osmc:/# sudo ./sixpair
                        Current Bluetooth master: b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f
                        Setting master bd_addr to b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f

                        As you can see above it seems to see my controller...but doesn't pair..

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                        • luetzelL
                          luetzel @Wolfman100
                          last edited by luetzel

                          @Wolfman100
                          Are you sure that you correctly applied ALL patches for bluez? If not, try to download and install my
                          patched version from github.
                          Did you restart the bluetoohd/ reboot your pi after installation of bluez?

                          Does LED1 light up?

                          Can you post the output of 'dmesg' when your controller is connected via USB?

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                          • Wolfman100W
                            Wolfman100
                            last edited by

                            I'm pretty sure that all the patches were applied correctly...will double check

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                            • Wolfman100W
                              Wolfman100 @luetzel
                              last edited by

                              @luetzel

                              Pastebin of dmesg output:

                              http://pastebin.com/Lap42kFi

                              and No LED 1 does not light up

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                              • luetzelL
                                luetzel
                                last edited by

                                ok, then you can try to check whats going on using 'sudo bluetoohctl'
                                It should display all bluetooth devices:

                                [NEW] Controller 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC raspi5 [default]
                                [NEW] Device 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25 PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                                [NEW] Device 01:B6:52:85:63:25 PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                                [NEW] Device 20:73:AB:91:DD:6F Bluetooth V3.0 Keyboard

                                with info 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25, I see:

                                Device 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25
                                Name: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                                Alias: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                                Class: 0x000540
                                Icon: input-keyboard
                                Paired: no
                                Trusted: yes
                                Blocked: no
                                Connected: yes
                                LegacyPairing: no
                                UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
                                Modalias: usb:v054Cp0268d0000

                                check if your devices are 'trusted'

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                                • luetzelL
                                  luetzel @Wolfman100
                                  last edited by

                                  @Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

                                  @luetzel

                                  Pastebin of dmesg output:

                                  http://pastebin.com/Lap42kFi

                                  and No LED 1 does not light up

                                  Hmm, thats exactly the same vendor and product id on your controller. I'm pretty sure that you should be able to pair your controller with the patched bluez.

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                                  • Wolfman100W
                                    Wolfman100
                                    last edited by

                                    I think their was a problem with the patches downloading,have rebuilt bluez and double checked patches:

                                    root@osmc:/bluez-5.39/patches# ls
                                    bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch bluez-11_sixaxis-fix-PID-navigation-controller.patch
                                    bluez-02_obexd-use-system-bus.patch bluez-12_sixaxis-add-support-for-setting-SDP-record.patch
                                    bluez-03_storagedir.patch bluez-13_sixaxis-provide-dualshock-3-SDP-record.patch
                                    bluez-04_work-around-Logitech-diNovo-Edge-keyboard-firmware-i.patch bluez-14_sixaxis-remove-not-needed-checks.patch
                                    bluez-05-046d-c52b-Logitech-Inc.-Unifying-Receiver.patch bluez-15_sixaxis-fix-multi-line-comments-style.patch
                                    bluez-06-broadcom-fixes.patch bluez-20-sixaxis-autotrust.patch
                                    bluez-07-broadcom-dont-set-speed-before-loading.patch bluez-link_against_ncurses.patch
                                    root@osmc:/bluez-5.39/patches#

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                                    • Wolfman100W
                                      Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                      last edited by

                                      @luetzel

                                      have updated:

                                      GNU nano 2.2.6 File: bluetooth.ver

                                      {
                                      global:
                                      btd_;
                                      g_dbus_
                                      ;
                                      info;
                                      error;
                                      debug;
                                      baswap;
                                      ba2str;
                                      sdp_*;
                                      local:
                                      *;
                                      };

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                                      • luetzelL
                                        luetzel @Wolfman100
                                        last edited by luetzel

                                        @Wolfman100
                                        ok, maybe you misunderstood. It is not sufficient to download the patches, you have to apply all of them with:

                                        patch -p1 < patches/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch

                                        you have to do it for all files you downloaded. Then, do make/ make install again and restart the bluetoothd service.

                                        In doubt, clone the patched bluez from my github repo:

                                        git clone https://github.com/luetzel/bluez

                                        and compile it on your machine.

                                        Also check whether the bluez sixaxis plugin was correctly loaded. What does:

                                        'sudo service bluetoothd status' say? Thats my output:

                                        bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                        Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                                        Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-05-16 20:47:11 CEST; 17h ago
                                        Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                                        Main PID: 472 (bluetoothd)
                                        Status: "Running"
                                        CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                                        └─472 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                                        May 16 20:47:10 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
                                        May 16 20:47:11 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Starting SDP server
                                        May 16 20:47:11 raspi5 systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
                                        May 16 20:47:12 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 initialized
                                        May 16 20:47:12 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic
                                        May 17 07:44:01 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                                        May 17 09:22:13 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                                        May 17 09:22:23 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                                        May 17 13:45:07 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)

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                                        • Wolfman100W
                                          Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                          last edited by

                                          @luetzel said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

                                          sudo bluetoohctl

                                          bluetoothctl does not see the controller:

                                          root@osmc:/# sudo bluetoothctl
                                          [NEW] Controller B8:27:EB:A1:9B:7F osmc [default]
                                          [NEW] Device CC:C5:0A:1F:F9:2C Bluetooth 3.0 Macro Keyboard
                                          [bluetooth]# scan on
                                          Discovery started
                                          [CHG] Controller B8:27:EB:A1:9B:7F Discovering: yes
                                          [bluetooth]#

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                                          • Wolfman100W
                                            Wolfman100
                                            last edited by

                                            result of 'sudo service bluetoothd status':

                                            root@osmc:/# sudo service bluetoothd status
                                            ā— bluetoothd.service
                                            Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
                                            Active: inactive (dead)

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