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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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    • Wolfman100W
      Wolfman100
      last edited by

      root@osmc:/# sudo service bluetooth status
      ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
      Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
      └─local.conf
      Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-05-17 00:28:47 BST; 13h ago
      Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
      Main PID: 2072 (bluetoothd)
      Status: "Running"
      CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
      └─2072 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

      May 17 00:28:47 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Bluetooth daemon 5.38
      May 17 00:28:47 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Starting SDP server
      May 17 00:28:48 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 initialized
      May 17 00:37:56 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic

      Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

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      • luetzelL
        luetzel @Wolfman100
        last edited by

        @Wolfman100
        I think it is related to the connection attempts, it fails to pair and disconnects again. You should
        be able to follow this process with 'sudo bluetoothctl'. After a failed connection attempt you should
        see a 'disconnected' message for the controller.

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        • luetzelL
          luetzel @Wolfman100
          last edited by

          @Wolfman100
          Bluetooth daemon 5.38

          Version should be at 5.39 not 5.38! Did you forget to 'make install' or to reboot your Pi?

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          • Wolfman100W
            Wolfman100 @luetzel
            last edited by

            @luetzel no I definetly did 'make install' but haven't rebooted.

            Also,all the patches haven't been applied yet as I was awaiting your response as to whether this was correct:

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

            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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            • luetzelL
              luetzel @Wolfman100
              last edited by luetzel

              @Wolfman100

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

              @luetzel ermmm...I'm confused.Is this what should happen when I apply the patch

              Sorry, the link that you provided was broken.

              Awww, I see you did not download the patches in 'raw-mode'. Make sure that you don't have html tags in your files.

              Press the 'Raw' button, before you download the patch files from github!

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              • Wolfman100W
                Wolfman100 @luetzel
                last edited by

                @luetzel OK will do now.Somethings definetly amiss now though as my Bluetooth option has dissapeared from within OSMC

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                • Wolfman100W
                  Wolfman100
                  last edited by

                  @luetzel

                  I was downloading the patches by right-click 'save link address' and pasting it after wget

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                  • luetzelL
                    luetzel @Wolfman100
                    last edited by

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

                    @luetzel

                    I was downloading the patches by right-click 'save link address' and pasting it after wget

                    Ah ok, that's why it didn't work for you. Make sure that your link has a 'raw' in front, when downloading with wget:

                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luetzel/bluez/master/patch/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch

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                    • Wolfman100W
                      Wolfman100 @luetzel
                      last edited by

                      @luetzel Thanks again.Will try again

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                      • Wolfman100W
                        Wolfman100 @luetzel
                        last edited by

                        @luetzel Shall I download from your github?

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                        • luetzelL
                          luetzel @Wolfman100
                          last edited by

                          @Wolfman100

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

                          @luetzel Shall I download from your github?

                          Well thats up to you, at least it would simplify the procedure to a:

                          git clone https://github.com/luetzel/bluez
                          cd bluez
                          ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-sixaxis
                          make -j3
                          sudo make install

                          Note, that you probably have to do 'sudo apt-get install git' first.

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                          • Wolfman100W
                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                            last edited by

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

                            sudo make install

                            Ha..well that seems a lot easier!So I'm presuming this is with all the patches already applied?

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                            • Wolfman100W
                              Wolfman100
                              last edited by

                              This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

                              root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
                              Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
                              Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
                              Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

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                              • luetzelL
                                luetzel @Wolfman100
                                last edited by

                                @Wolfman100
                                yes they are already included.

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                                • Wolfman100W
                                  Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                  last edited by

                                  @luetzel This is what I get as my bluetooth service output,which now indicates the correct version 5.39:

                                  ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                                  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                                  └─local.conf
                                  Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-05-17 13:56:43 BST; 36min ago
                                  Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                                  Main PID: 629 (bluetoothd)
                                  Status: "Running"
                                  CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                                  └─629 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                                  May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
                                  May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Starting SDP server
                                  May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed

                                  Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.
                                  Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to sh
                                  w in full.

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                                  • luetzelL
                                    luetzel @Wolfman100
                                    last edited by luetzel

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

                                    This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

                                    root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
                                    Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
                                    Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
                                    Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

                                    When you tried sixpair before, it seemed to work:

                                    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

                                    I don't understand what's going on ..

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                                    • Wolfman100W
                                      Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                      last edited by

                                      @luetzel

                                      ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                                      Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                                      └─local.conf
                                      Active: inactive (dead)
                                      Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

                                      Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

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                                      • luetzelL
                                        luetzel @Wolfman100
                                        last edited by

                                        @Wolfman100

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

                                        @luetzel

                                        ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                        Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                                        Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                                        └─local.conf
                                        Active: inactive (dead)
                                        Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

                                        Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

                                        And why it is no running anymore? Try
                                        sudo systemctl daemon-reload
                                        sudo service bluetooth restart

                                        and lets see if it helps.

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                                        • Wolfman100W
                                          Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                          last edited by

                                          @luetzel OK cool....that seems to have got bluetooth running again!

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                                          • Wolfman100W
                                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                            last edited by

                                            @luetzel sixpair and bluetoothctl don't seem to be seeing the bluetooth controller now however:

                                            root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
                                            Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
                                            Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
                                            Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.
                                            root@osmc:/# b;uetoothctl
                                            bash: b: command not found
                                            bash: uetoothctl: command not found
                                            root@osmc:/# bluetoothctl
                                            [bluetooth]# devices
                                            [bluetooth]# scan on
                                            No default controller available
                                            [bluetooth]#

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