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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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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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                                      • Wolfman100W
                                        Wolfman100
                                        last edited by

                                        @luetzel

                                        Apolagies,I was just following the guide as it is laid out,as a relative noob I didn't realise I had to manually apply the patches.

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                                        • luetzelL
                                          luetzel @Wolfman100
                                          last edited by

                                          @Wolfman100
                                          Hmm, it should be possible to see PS3 connection attempts even without having the
                                          right bluez version.
                                          You dongle should see the controller as soon as you press the PS button, given that it is not connected via USB.

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                                          • Wolfman100W
                                            Wolfman100
                                            last edited by

                                            When attempting to apply the patches I get this output:

                                            root@osmc:/bluez-5.39# patch -p1 < patches/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch
                                            patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.

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