PS3 controllers does not work with bt on 4.4

[Thanat0s]

Hello ,

I had reinstalled my Retropie in 4.4 and since then it is impossible to me to use my PS3 controllers without the USB cable anymore. (everything was ok in the previous 3.x version)

I got two kind of controller ( a real ps3 one and a ps3 shaiwan clone ). Since the fresh 4.4 installation, I cannot use them without the USB Cable and adding to this now, they never vibrate anymore.

In USB everything is fine. In BT they'are no assignation of pad... the 4 leds blinks.. and that's all, after a while it stop the leds.

I tried the sixaxis driver (from sources) following documentation here : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PS3-Controller/ I had installed the support of thirdparty controller.

I had installed the ps3controller with additionnal shaiwan support from the retropie-setup script. No other driver are installed. I tried reinstall the whole bluetooth packages without any succes. ( the Ps3controller driver was the one that i used in my previous retropie version).

When trying to connect via bt.. I got the following

Jun  5 21:36:45 retropie sixaxis-helper.sh[21239]: Calibrating: SHANWAN PS3 GamePad (02:A2:99:45:63:25)
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268 /sys/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:054C:0268.000B/hidraw/hidraw4)
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: sixaxis: setting up new device
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie systemd[1]: Started sixaxis helper (sys/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:054C:0268.000B/input/input20).
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie systemd-udevd[21277]: Process '/usr/bin/jscal-restore /dev/input/js0' failed with exit code 1.
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie systemd-udevd[21272]: Process '/usr/sbin/th-cmd --socket /var/run/thd.socket --passfd --udev' failed with exit code 1.
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie systemd-udevd[21274]: Process '/usr/sbin/th-cmd --socket /var/run/thd.socket --passfd --udev' failed with exit code 1.
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie systemd[1]: Started sixaxis helper (/dev/input/event7).
Jun  5 21:36:55 retropie sixaxis-helper.sh[21292]: Calibrating: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F)
Jun  5 21:36:56 retropie systemd-udevd[21277]: Process '/usr/sbin/th-cmd --socket /var/run/thd.socket --passfd --udev' failed with exit code 1.

When i tried to use the manual pairing, i got that for the sony one.

[bluetooth]# pair 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F
Attempting to pair with 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationFailed
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F Connected: no

with the clone i got ..

[bluetooth]# pair 02:A2:99:45:63:25
Attempting to pair with 02:A2:99:45:63:25
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationFailed
[CHG] Device 02:A2:99:45:63:25 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 02:A2:99:45:63:25 Connected: no

I use ; 
Pi Model 3
Power Supply used: A big one !
RetroPie Version Used : 4.4
Built From: sd image https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases/download/4.4/retropie-4.4-rpi2_rpi3.img.gz
USB Devices connected: dongle for keyboard and mouse
Controller used: PS3 (sony and shaiwan )

got also some deaemon related message strange

Jun  5 21:19:45 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
Jun  5 21:19:45 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic
Jun  5 21:19:45 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Sap driver initialization failed.
Jun  5 21:19:45 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1)
Jun  5 21:19:45 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Failed to set privacy: Rejected (0x0b)
Jun  5 21:24:48 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: GLib: g_source_remove: assertion 'tag > 0' failed
Jun  5 21:24:49 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Disconnecting failed: already disconnected
Jun  5 21:25:11 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: No agent available for request type 4
Jun  5 21:25:11 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: device_notify_pin: Operation not permitted
Jun  5 21:25:16 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Unable pair since another pairing is in progress
Jun  5 21:25:28 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: No agent available for request type 4
Jun  5 21:25:28 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: device_notify_pin: Operation not permitted
Jun  5 21:25:31 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: No agent available for request type 0
Jun  5 21:25:31 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: device_request_pin: Operation not permitted
Jun  5 21:26:53 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Can't store name for private addressed device /org/bluez/hci0/dev_0E_01_BC_DF_34_C3
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Terminating
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Stopping SDP server
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[7074]: Exit
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: Bluetooth daemon 5.50
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: Starting SDP server
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: Sap driver initialization failed.
Jun  5 21:34:17 retropie bluetoothd[19788]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1)

I found such crash in the log.

Jun  5 21:03:21 retropie kernel: [  311.386740] Bluetooth: hci0: Frame reassembly failed (-84)
Jun  5 21:09:20 retropie systemd[1]: Started Session c5 of user pi.
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070645] INFO: task kworker/3:2:63 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070676]       Tainted: G         C        4.19.42-v7+ #1219
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070684] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070697] kworker/3:2     D    0    63      2 0x00000000
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070774] Workqueue: events_freezable mmc_rescan
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070846] [<8082642c>] (__schedule) from [<80826a9c>] (schedule+0x50/0xa8)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070868] [<80826a9c>] (schedule) from [<8067cc9c>] (__mmc_claim_host+0x120/0x228)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070897] [<8067cc9c>] (__mmc_claim_host) from [<8067cddc>] (mmc_get_card+0x38/0x3c)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070918] [<8067cddc>] (mmc_get_card) from [<80685e50>] (mmc_sd_detect+0x24/0x7c)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070937] [<80685e50>] (mmc_sd_detect) from [<8067f404>] (mmc_rescan+0x1cc/0x39c)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070963] [<8067f404>] (mmc_rescan) from [<8013bd7c>] (process_one_work+0x170/0x458)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.070983] [<8013bd7c>] (process_one_work) from [<8013c0c0>] (worker_thread+0x5c/0x5a4)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071004] [<8013c0c0>] (worker_thread) from [<801423ac>] (kthread+0x138/0x168)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071027] [<801423ac>] (kthread) from [<801010ac>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071036] Exception stack(0xae24dfb0 to 0xae24dff8)
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071047] dfa0:                                     00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071060] dfc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Jun  5 21:12:28 retropie kernel: [  858.071071] dfe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000

lsub of the clone controller.

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 054c:0268 Sony Corp. Batoh Device / PlayStation 3 Controller
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x054c Sony Corp.
  idProduct          0x0268 Batoh Device / PlayStation 3 Controller
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 SHANWAN
  iProduct                2 PS3 GamePad
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           41
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
      iInterface              0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.10
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report

04 is the real one, 02 the shawan.

[bluetooth]# info 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F
Device 04:98:F3:A5:E7:0F
        Name: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
        Alias: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
        Class: 0x000508
        Icon: input-gaming
        Paired: no
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: no
        LegacyPairing: no
        Modalias: usb:v054Cp0268d0000
[bluetooth]# info 02:A2:99:45:63:25
Device 02:A2:99:45:63:25
        Name: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
        Alias: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
        Class: 0x000540
        Icon: input-keyboard
        Paired: no
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: no
        LegacyPairing: no
        UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        Modalias: usb:v054Cp0268d0000

dpkg -l | grep blu

ii bluetooth 5.50-1~rpi1 all Bluetooth support (metapackage)
ii bluez 5.50-1~rpi1 armhf Bluetooth tools and daemons
ii bluez-firmware 1.2-3+rpt7 all Firmware for Bluetooth devices
ii libbluetooth-dev:armhf 5.50-1~rpi1 armhf Development files for using the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth library
ii libbluetooth3:armhf 5.50-1~rpi1 armhf Library to use the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth stack
ii libbluray2:armhf 1:1.0.2-1 armhf Blu-ray disc playback support library (shared library)
ii liblua5.2-0:armhf 5.2.4-1.1 armhf Shared library for the Lua interpreter version 5.2
ii libluajit-5.1-common 2.0.4+dfsg-1 all Just in time compiler for Lua - common files
ii pi-bluetooth 0.1.10 all Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth

Please help :)

[mitu]

There is a known bug with the 4.19.42 Kernel release - breaks a lot of Bluetooth controllers. You can either downgrade to the previous stable version or use rpi-update to install the next Kernel release that Raspbian has in testing.
For more details see this topic. It has a downgrade script that you can use.

[Thanat0s]

Indeed I do confirm.. I run the script and now everything is running fine again.

Thank's a lot ( 5 hour of fight, solved in 5mn ).. :)

Where is the best place to be quickly informed of the definitive fix ?

[mitu]

@Thanat0s said in PS3 controllers does not work with bt on 4.4:

Where is the best place to be quickly informed of the definitive fix ?

Keep an eye on the topic I mentioned, we'll update it when the new stable Raspbian Kernel gets added to the repositories and can be installed with a regular update.

[Thanat0s]

@mitu thanks.