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    Bluetooth controller registers but will not connect

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
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      If I add those additional agents to the RetroPie-Setup bluetooth module, would you be happy to remove and try re-registering the controller ?

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        Nightarcher @BuZz
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        @BuZz Yeh that is no problem

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        • BuZzB
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          Actually KeyboardDisplay is already available - so it might just be that it wont work via the existing code. I know with one of my controllers, sometimes i asks for a pin, but if i try a few times it will work.

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            Nightarcher @BuZz
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            @BuZz That might be what happened with mine but I have done a number of reboots and it connects perfectly now. Just cannot get emulationstation to register it for configuration. I have tried adding a udev rule with no change.

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            • BuZzB
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              did you create the udev rule via retropie-setup or manually ?

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                Nightarcher @BuZz
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                @BuZz I used the setup it created the file titled 99-bluetooth.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
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                  hmm that's annoying then.

                  Please can you paste the contents of the file, and also the output of ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/bluetooth/bluez-test-device list

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                    Nightarcher @BuZz
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                    @BuZz

                    Both file contents are below

                    SUBSYTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="BT Gamepad", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

                    FF:87:41:02:63:25 BT Gamepad

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
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                      Does it only have one power on mode ? It may well be you cannot use this joypad with Linux currently - there is little information about it too as it's not a big brand etc - it also says on amazon it doesn't work with mac and the reviews are not too great.

                      Better to spend your money on a known working one, than spending so much time getting this to work.

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                        Nightarcher @BuZz
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                        @BuZz Yeh I think I will have to to be fair I use it with my phone for VR games which is what I got it for just thought it would be cool if I could use it for this as well.

                        Thank you for all your help.

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