@mitu

No luck. Bought two cables. Same thing : /

p.s. I think the full update broke something because now I can't play a game with the controller wired haha. It says xbox controller not configured, a message in the lower left screen. But I can use it in the emulator carousel GUI. Everywhere except a game.

As much as I want to play wireless, it's more my curiosity and desire to want to fix a bug and understand why the pi zero is fussy about this and not the pi 4.

@mitu thanks

@abj Will look thru these again, thank you

A standard keyboard is ok

@barleyguy
For some reason, it works now!
It must've been something I did before that fixed it, and i didn't test it correctly.
Thanks for the help y'all!!

Hello,
I had the same issue and found another work around rather than reverting to the previous version.

The topic is discussed here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/2045931

It seems that this is intentional will not be changed in future versions.
As mentionned right at the beginning of that post the workaround is the following:

Set ClassicBondedOnly=false in /etc/bluetooth/input.conf Run: systemctl restart bluetooth # or reboot

It worked for me.
Maybe its worth digging a little bit more to know what is the more suitable way of handling this new way of working of BlueZ...

Perhaps this?

https://www.8bitdo.com/micro/

My goal is for my friend to be able to turn on his headphones and connect much like the 8bitdo is allowing me to with the controller.

Then you need to pair & trust the headphones BT first (via bluetoothctl), just like the gamepad was paired with the RetroPie Bluetooth script.

'm confused if the above lines are related to the adapter, why would it be referred to as retropie?

It's the 'local' BT adapter and the name is taken from the hostname of the system, that's why it shows as 'retropie'. Controller is also a mis-nomer, it refers to the BT local device, not the gamepad you have connected.

I want to bring up this topic again!

As I have noticed from experience, at SWITCH mode sn30pro + retropie could has much delay! And it's awful :(

So, in 2024 year, could someone tell how to get work sn30 at XINPUT mode? ( with both working Triggers and "hotkey" buttons)

@mitu Ahhh on the keyboard to be PAIRED? No, I did not understand. Thanks, I'll try that.

edit: of course, it now works. I can't quite believe I didn't understand that part of the instructions haha

Thanks. I'll try that when I can save up some money.

Also some other details. When I try to connect it to other devices like my phone or laptop, it also turns off by it's own, and what's more is that Windows 11 says that its a "Driver Error" when reconnecting to the controller.
Also when reconnecting with Android, there is also a pin requirement of "0000".
(Maybe my controller is just the Issue)

Also, Is there a way to run:

Bluetoothctl

and try to re-pair and connect when retropie Starts, Restarts, or Boot up?
Because this might solve my Issue.

I think opening the issue is ok - seems something is not working correctly. Note that SDL includes some testing applications in the test folder, one of them is a joystick test - if you can reproduce the issue with it, then there's no need for pysdl2 or any confusion on the usage of SDL's event handling functions.

@Thorr69 Yeah, DUH on me. I saw XBox and then put my bliinders on! MY bad!

I have the same problem i downloaded BleGamepad and it says same eror it dint connected even once

You can't change the name of the controllers, at least not the ones that show up in the selection script. They come from the OS and cannot be controlled from userspace. The input_device_display_name option is useful just inside RetroArch (shows just a friendly name for the device), so that won't help in the selection script.

@mitu I see, so use a USB extension cable for the dongle.... I was hoping to keep this as aesthetically pleasing as possible. Are theere any good dongles that have better range?

@lostless That's great news. I have come across numerous articles about changing the button config for certain games, but I didn't know you could change the controllers for certain BIOS. Thank you very much!