[SOLVED]Need help starting Bluetooth on RPi 3B

felleg

[SOLVED, see post 4]

I'm trying to connect my Wii U Pro controller to my Raspberry Pi, but I'm having issues. I think they are due to the fact my Bluetooth daemon was not started. I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B, which should in principle contain bluetooth out of the box. However, two things seem to suggest bluetooth is turned off:

--- in the terminal---
When I type bluetoothctl, the console shows [bluetooth]#, but then I cannot write anything unless I press ctrl-C to escape the application. I've searched online, and this seems to be because bluetooth is not working properly.

-- In the pixel desktop ---
I go to the applications menu -> Preferences -> Bluetooth manager. This pop-up the following message: "Bluez daemon is not running, blueman-manager cannot continue. This probably means that there were no Bluetooth adapters detected or Bluetooth daemon was not started." The pop-up then closes, and nothing happens after that.

To resolve this issue, I tried to do the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-update
sudo apt-get upgrade

tells me everything is up-to-date

sudo apt-get install pi-bluetooth blueman

tells me the applications were already installed and are still up-to-date

systemctl status bluetooth

this gives me:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2017-07-12 22:03:40 EDT; 4min 23s ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Process: 25055 ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd (code=exited, >status=203/EXEC)
Main PID: 25055 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

To start bluetooth manually, I tried both

sudo systemctl start bluetooth

and

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

which respectively give

Job for bluetooth.service failed. See 'systemctl status bluetooth.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
and
[....] Starting bluetooth (via systemctl): bluetooth.serviceJob for bluetooth.service failed. See 'systemctl status bluetooth.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
failed!

I don't know what to try anymore... This raspberry pi should have bluetooth, but it's really as if there's no way to start it! Anyone dares to help? Thanks in advance...

Pi Model or other hardware: 3B (I know this because I can do wifi without a dongle)
Power Supply used: (If using a Pi): Canakit 5V supply
RetroPie Version Used: 4.2, I think
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: A USB Key, a USB Keyboard, A Hori Pro FC controller. Trying to connect a bluetooth Wii U Pro controller.
Error messages received: "Bluez daemon is not running, blueman-manager cannot continue. This probably means that there were no Bluetooth adapters detected or Bluetooth daemon was not started."
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): no log
Guide used: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Wii-U-Pro-Controller
File: n/a
Emulator: n/a
Attachment of config files: none

felleg

By the way, the Wii u pro controller doesn't even seem to be recognized via USB. I am certain this is a legitimate official controller. Does this also affect other Wii u pro users? Is it Bluetooth only?

felleg

Quick update: When I do hcitool scan and press the sync button on the Wii U Pro controller, the terminal outputs:

Scanning ...
9C:e^:35:0A:FD:6D Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-UC

The Pi seems to see the device!! However, I am still unable to start bluetoothctl of the Bluetooth manager to actually pair it.

felleg

[SOLVED]
What was causing the issue was the ps3 bluetooth drivers, which I realized were disabling the standard bluetooth on the device.

Thanks to this thread: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=148305&start=100

The solution was to simply uninstall the PS3 drivers from the retropie_setup menu.