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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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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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                                        • luetzelL
                                          luetzel @Wolfman100
                                          last edited by luetzel

                                          @Wolfman100

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

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

                                          No default controller available
                                          [bluetooth]#

                                          did you try:
                                          hcitool dev

                                          here it shows:
                                          Devices:
                                          hci0 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC

                                          which is the hardware address of my BT dongle. Perhaps you have to unplug/replug it to be recognized.
                                          IMHO the linux kernel should be responsible to register hci0, not bluez. Perhaps you have to shutdown/power off
                                          and reboot your pi.

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                                          • Wolfman100W
                                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                            last edited by

                                            @luetzel to confirm it is active:

                                            ● 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 14:51:59 BST; 11min ago
                                            Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                                            Main PID: 842 (bluetoothd)
                                            Status: "Running"
                                            CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                                            └─842 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
                                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Starting SDP server
                                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed
                                            Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

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