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      psyke83 Global Moderator
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      @charleszimm,

      Despite your success, some of your output is still concerning, and we still need to establish whether there's a potential problem in the Bluetooth script that needs addressing.

      A potential fix for the infinite hang has just been merged (https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2625). Can you try updating your script to ensure you have this change, and then remove & re-register your device, but this time only using the Bluetooth script?

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        charleszimm @psyke83
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        @psyke83 said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

        https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2625

        Totally agree with the output concerns. I felt the same way which was why I started digging around the setup script. Give me a few minutes to update the script and remove the device from the bluetoothctl registration.

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          charleszimm @psyke83
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          @psyke83 Update:

          Got the latest script and confirmed the commit times matched with the Github post.

          I no longer hang on "Searching..." so that's all good. It picked up the SN30 Pro, I got the prompt for the input mode, but then I get:

          "An error occurred connecting to the bluetooth device (Creating device failed: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationFailed: Authentication Failed)"

          It shows as a registered device but so does every Bluetooth device in the house. The daemon.log shows:

          Feb 20 09:29:00 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2)
          Feb 20 09:29:00 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing connection from 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35: unknown device
          Feb 20 09:29:06 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35: error updating services: Host is down (112)
          Feb 20 09:31:43 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2)
          Feb 20 09:31:43 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing connection from 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35: unknown device
          Feb 20 09:31:48 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2)
          Feb 20 09:31:48 theaterretropie bluetoothd[545]: Refusing connection from 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35: unknown device

          Bluetoothctl shows the device. I try to start the controller up after the sync through the Setup Script and I no longer get stuck in the Connected yes/no loop, but I got automatically disconnected:

          pi@theaterretropie:~ $ bluetoothctl
          [NEW] Controller B8:27:EB:81:C7:4C theaterretropie [default]
          [NEW] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Pro Controller
          [CHG] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Connected: yes
          [CHG] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Connected: no

          I checked info and it does show pair but not trusted. I decided to try to trust it but same connected yes/no:

          [bluetooth]# info 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35
          Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35
          Name: Pro Controller
          Alias: Pro Controller
          Class: 0x002508
          Icon: input-gaming
          Paired: yes
          Trusted: no
          Blocked: no
          Connected: no
          LegacyPairing: no
          [bluetooth]# trust 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35
          [CHG] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Trusted: yes
          Changing 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 trust succeeded
          [CHG] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Connected: yes
          [CHG] Device 98:B6:E9:42:4B:35 Connected: no

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            BuZz administrators @charleszimm
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            @charleszimm just to confirm, you're running latest firmware on controller and have powered on in the correct mode? Apologies if.you have already answered these. Gets confusing with multiple user issues on one thread :-)

            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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              charleszimm @BuZz
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              @BuZz Yep updated and the SN30 Pro is on firmware 1.29 which is the latest firmware for it I can see on 8bitdo's site.

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                BuZz administrators @charleszimm
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                @charleszimm It might be worth trying to register/pair with different power on modes.

                found this post - a little old but may be useful. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15201/8bitdo-sf30-pro-and-sn30-pro

                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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                  charleszimm @BuZz
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                  @BuZz I gave that a shot prior to trying to reaching out on here, but I just ran a quick test in Windows mode. Similar error in the Setup script:

                  "An error occurred connecting to the bluetooth device (Creating device failed: org.bluez.ErrorConnectionAttemptFailed: Page Timeout)"

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                    psyke83 Global Moderator
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                    @charleszimm

                    I think you're comfortable with using the terminal, so could you try reverting RetroPie-Setup to just before my recent major bluetooth changes and retry the same procedure (remove & register via the script only)?

                    You need to test before commit 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e, so:

                    git checkout 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e^

                    To go back:

                    git checkout master

                    Thanks.

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                      psyke83 Global Moderator
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                      @charleszimm said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                      (Creating device failed: org.bluez.ErrorConnectionAttemptFailed: Page Timeout)

                      I also did a quick google of the error in conjunction with those controllers, and it does suggest that @buzz is correct that the boot method is related to your issue. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/8pxe5d/help_with_8bitdo_n30_pro_bluetooth_gamepad/

                      Please keep us informed as to your results as we need to know if the recent Bluetooth changes need any more fixes.

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                        charleszimm @psyke83
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                        @psyke83 I should probably state at this point that I'm a Linux sys admin...but I'm also a Linux sys admin that doesn't do a lot with GitHub. Don't I need a branch or a repo for that command to work? When I run git checkout, I get this:

                        pi@theaterretropie:~ $ git checkout 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e
                        fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

                        Do I need to clone it first?

                        Also the boot mode and security type make no difference. I followed the link from Reddit and that just brings its back to the 8bitdo wiki page on the RetroPie GitHub. Those steps were tried (and remember originally didn't work because of the "Searching..." hang).

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                          psyke83 Global Moderator @charleszimm
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                          @charleszimm

                          No need to clone a new copy - simply make sure that you're in the same directory as the existing RetroPie-Setup script:

                          cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
git checkout 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e^

                          Note that you omitted the caret to signify the commit preceding the commit specified, so make sure to include it (since you want to test the script right before that commit).

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                            charleszimm @psyke83
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                            @psyke83 Sorry for the delay. Here's the response:

                            pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ pwd
                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup
                            pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git checkout 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e^
                            error: pathspec '12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e^' did not match any file(s) known to git.

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                              psyke83 Global Moderator @charleszimm
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                              @charleszimm said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                              git checkout 12cb7eb1bc9d810e98adbc8ec7f9a8369ed1f25e^

                              Huh that's odd. Try to fetch origin before checkout:

                              git fetch origin

                              I just tried a fresh clone of the repo and was able to checkout that commit without any problem (on my Pi and laptop).

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                                charleszimm
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                                I keep getting flagged as spam but tried the git fetch origin and then the commit point but same message. I recloned the entire RetroPie-Setup from GitHub and tried it again and got the same error.

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                                  psyke83 Global Moderator @charleszimm
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                                  @charleszimm

                                  Not sure what's going on there, sorry. Perhaps the caret is causing issues somehow, so it might help to specify another commit that precedes the change. Try:

                                  git checkout 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245
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                                    charleszimm @psyke83
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                                    @psyke83 said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                                    git checkout 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245

                                    Nope.

                                    pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git checkout 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245
                                    fatal: reference is not a tree: 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245

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                                      psyke83 Global Moderator @charleszimm
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                                      @charleszimm said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                                      @psyke83 said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                                      git checkout 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245

                                      Nope.

                                      pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git checkout 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245
                                      fatal: reference is not a tree: 2c9fa79a1ae41c2988d21bd179c33ce515e29245

                                      Very odd. Did you clone from a forked repository instead of the official one? What's the output of git remote -v in that folder?

                                      P.S. You should encapsulate code via the code tag icon in the editor to avoid the spam filter (and to keep the text tidy).

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                                        charleszimm @psyke83
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                                        @psyke83 Oh yeah good point. It was more of a laziness thing on my part I won't lie. :-)

                                        pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git (push)
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                                          psyke83 Global Moderator @charleszimm
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                                          @charleszimm said in Bluetooth no longer working after fresh install:

                                          @psyke83 Oh yeah good point. It was more of a laziness thing on my part I won't lie. :-)

                                          pi@theaterretropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git (push)

                                          Really bizarre. The only possibility I can think of is that you somehow have a shallow copy of the repository, so it doesn't include the history of commits up to what we need.

                                          Make sure you're on the master branch, then try to force the whole history to be downloaded:

                                          git checkout master
git pull --unshallow

                                          You can see what the oldest commit is via git log --reverse - in my case, it shows the very first commit to the repository from 2012.

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                                            psyke83 Global Moderator
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                                            Ah yes that makes complete sense! Our instructions will have you clone a shallow copy (--depth=1): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/README.md

                                            Forcing an unshallow will fix the issue.

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