@vorvy
Do you have any update on this? I am currently trying to make the same controller work, but I am not having much luck.

@fbrier said in Bluetooth PS3 controller connected wirelessly, but no paired devices:

I am guessing what I should see, after pressing the PS3 button, is that all 4 LEDs on the front of the controller will blink, then the first one should become solid, as occurs when paired with an actual PS3 unit.

Pretty much, yes. Can you try resetting the controller ? You are connecting it with the USB cable to the Pi, right ?

@Pixel0501 when you say "my" password, you aren't talking about your Mac OS password are you? The default password for retropie is ........ raspberry. Another question is have you logged in via ssh before? Because if you have and had to start over by reinstalling retropie, Mac OS has a security feature that keeps logs of MAC addresses and ssh keys, and when you try to log in again it will stop you since the new retropie install will not be using the same key. Mac OS tells you though and tells you what file you have to edit to remove that log.

@Dominus Canceled that. I hope I figured it out. I guess Mame2003 configs are in the Roms folder in case anyone else gets there.

Thanks for all your help though guys!

@jrmymllr

That is strange. You can always try attaching the WiFi adapter to another machine to see if you get the same level of instability. You can also check the adapter against this list to see if there are any known issues.

I see this thread "SSH doesn't allow me to modify file"... https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=62443

...and now I wonder how I ever did this in the first place :)

I can certainly go back to making a few changes to config.txt on the Pi itself, but I thought I had figured out a way such as this to store a couple of versions of that config file (eg. one for a CRT and one for HDTV), and just swap them in and out like this without the typing.