SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

Wolfman100

@luetzel

I was downloading the patches by right-click 'save link address' and pasting it after wget

luetzel

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel

I was downloading the patches by right-click 'save link address' and pasting it after wget

Ah ok, that's why it didn't work for you. Make sure that your link has a 'raw' in front, when downloading with wget:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luetzel/bluez/master/patch/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch

Wolfman100

@luetzel Thanks again.Will try again

Wolfman100

@luetzel Shall I download from your github?

luetzel

@Wolfman100

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel Shall I download from your github?

Well thats up to you, at least it would simplify the procedure to a:

git clone https://github.com/luetzel/bluez
cd bluez
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-sixaxis
make -j3
sudo make install

Note, that you probably have to do 'sudo apt-get install git' first.

Wolfman100

@luetzel said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

sudo make install

Ha..well that seems a lot easier!So I'm presuming this is with all the patches already applied?

Wolfman100

This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

luetzel

@Wolfman100
yes they are already included.

Wolfman100

@luetzel This is what I get as my bluetooth service output,which now indicates the correct version 5.39:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
└─local.conf
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-05-17 13:56:43 BST; 36min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 629 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─629 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Starting SDP server
May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed

Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to sh
w in full.

luetzel

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

When you tried sixpair before, it seemed to work:

I have now installed QtSixA and have run Sixpair:
root@osmc:/# sudo ./sixpair
Current Bluetooth master: b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f
Setting master bd_addr to b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f

I don't understand what's going on ..

Wolfman100

@luetzel

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
└─local.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

luetzel

@Wolfman100

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
└─local.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

And why it is no running anymore? Try
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo service bluetooth restart

and lets see if it helps.

Wolfman100

@luetzel OK cool....that seems to have got bluetooth running again!

Wolfman100

@luetzel sixpair and bluetoothctl don't seem to be seeing the bluetooth controller now however:

root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.
root@osmc:/# b;uetoothctl
bash: b: command not found
bash: uetoothctl: command not found
root@osmc:/# bluetoothctl
[bluetooth]# devices
[bluetooth]# scan on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]#

luetzel

@Wolfman100

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel sixpair and bluetoothctl don't seem to be seeing the bluetooth controller now however:

No default controller available
[bluetooth]#

did you try:
hcitool dev

here it shows:
Devices:
hci0 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC

which is the hardware address of my BT dongle. Perhaps you have to unplug/replug it to be recognized.
IMHO the linux kernel should be responsible to register hci0, not bluez. Perhaps you have to shutdown/power off
and reboot your pi.

Wolfman100

@luetzel to confirm it is active:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
└─local.conf
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-05-17 14:51:59 BST; 11min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 842 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─842 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Starting SDP server
May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Wolfman100

@luetzel

My BT dongle is built in,it is a Pi3.

Wolfman100

@luetzel said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

hcitool dev

hcitool shows no devices!

root@osmc:/# hcitool dev
Devices:

luetzel

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

hcitool dev

hcitool shows no devices!

root@osmc:/# hcitool dev
Devices:

@Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

@luetzel

My BT dongle is built in,it is a Pi3.

Ah, I see. This might be the problem. I have seen another thread in this forum that there is some trouble with the BT device on Pi3.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/842/pi-3-ps3-bluetooth-controller-freeze-fix-updated/1

What distribution are you using on your Pi3? Was it osmc? My RetroPie runs on Rasbian/Pi2.

Just give me a minute, I'll try to replicate this behaviour on my Pi3 with osmc.

Wolfman100

@luetzel thank you so much for your dedication to solving this.Your a true gent!

It seems that I mistakenly just presumed your whole article was about Pi3 as a lot of people seem to be having issues with this!