Rpi3 Sixad won't start, can't find bluetooth adapter. Please help.

[PokeEngineer]

Did you try downgrading Bluetooth from 1.1 to 1.0?

In case you didn't here is what you need to type in the terminal:

wget http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/p/pi-bluetooth/pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb
sudo reboot

[dantoner]

No but I'll try it. I get an error though.

dpkg: error processing archive pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb

[PokeEngineer]

The upgrade updates the on-board Bluetooth to 1.1 and that breaks in RetroPie.

[PokeEngineer]

It worked for me using SSH... Maybe try it in SSH?

[dantoner]

@RetroPieNerd

That's what I'm in, SSH on my machine. Not working for me.

[PokeEngineer]

Here is the post I got the info from. See if this helps...
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/905/lost-ps3-bluetooth-after-updating-raspbian

[dantoner]

Well no wonder it can't be found, you forgot the

wget http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/p/pi-bluetooth/pi-bluetooth_0.1.0_armhf.deb

part, mang.

Thanks though, ran it, rebooted, testing now.

[dantoner]

Works perfectly.

Bluetooth starts on boot again. As soon as it rebooted I plugged in the PS3 controller and unplugged it, instant sync.

[PokeEngineer]

You are welcome. I had the same problem too.

[PokeEngineer]

No need to downgrade anymore....

You just need to install raspberrypi-sys-mods

sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-sys-mods