@psyke83 Love this community. Thanks for a fast response @psyke83 & @mitu. I ended up hacking your hack in sixaxis-helper.sh. I basically disabled the whole restart and renaming section by commenting it out. sixaxis_rename() { local bt_profile="/var/lib/bluetooth/${BLUETOOTH_MAC^^}/${SIXAXIS_MAC^^}/info" if [[ "$(grep -e "^Name=PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller" -e "^Trusted=true" -c "$bt_profile" 2>/dev/null)" == "2" ]]; then echo "BlueZ <5.48 hack: renaming BT profile to make consistent with kernel module name" # systemctl stop bluetooth # sed 's/.*Name=PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller.*/Name=Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller/' -i "$bt_profile" # systemctl start bluetooth exit 0 fi } The controller paired then. but like you stated I had to re-config the controller inputs (for BT vs USB). Digging deeper I compared the two files under var/lib/bluetooth/${BLUETOOTH_MAC^^}/${SIXAXIS_MAC^^}/info for the On-board BT and the Dongle BT addresses. The file for the on-board BT holds the changes to the renaming "Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller" But for the BT dongle - on restart it must overwrite the file again with the old name "PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller". Anyway I have a fix that works for me.

@Efriim well thec64 mini doesnt even have a boot folder or 99.9% of linux in it. They made that thing absolutely bare bones as possible. I did discover that the ppsspp emulator on the pi uses a gamecontrollerdb.txt. I added theMayflash adapter to the gamescontrollerdb.txt and then tested in the emulator and the hats work fine. So i am not sure what the c64 mini’s problem is. I do however have a raphnet chip for wii classic controllers that i can solder up the wires to tomorrow to see if that one is working.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22312/latest-update-and-ps3-sixaxis-controller/7 Here is the link for others. Will test later. E: Downgrading worked.

@psyke83 thanks - I got it recognised in the end and whilst playing the controller seems fine - it was just the initial set up. I think now I know the specifics, setting it up again would be easier I think it needs a quick press rather than a slow press from the sounds of it. Good work.

Hello! First, thanks @psyke83 for the great work on the ps3/ps4 controllers support in RetroPie. What is the current status of the driver/procedure for latest RetroPie 4.4 on Debian Stretch to use ps3/ps4 controllers? Are the instructions in https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/PS3-Controller still the preferred method at the moment to use these controllers? Thanks!

@peg As a very experienced windows user and novice Linux user I cant thank you enough for this. Took me about 3 days to get near to achieving it, and you did it in 5 minutes :) Tested on 3 b+ running 4.5.1

I accessed the retropie settings > misc > reicast options about adding a controler, and dimply ran that and told it to add the same PS3 pad, it asked for a few bindings which I set and others didn't (such as 'c' and 'z', no idea what those correspond to the dreamcast controller) anyway now it works, no idea why it just stopped working. I did do a full retropie update yesterday though.