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    PS3 (Shenzhen Senze) controller

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      Paholainen
      last edited by Paholainen

      The official controller. Update script, there was no PS3 drivers installed only the Xpad, so I installed PS3, removed it, installed again. When I plug in the controller nothing happens, no lights. Unplug press "PS" all flashing rapidly for a while, then nothing. Now I can not remove the PS3 driver.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by

        What version does RetroPie-Setup say it is ?

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          Paholainen
          last edited by

          Sorry forgot that :) 4.0.4

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            What happens when you try to remove ? How long did you wait ?

            Please can you ssh in (https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh) and post the output from

            sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh ps3controller remove
            

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              Paholainen @BuZz
              last edited by Paholainen

              @BuZz Will do. stand by.
              The screen pops up a bit in the lower end, says removing. I´ve waited for about 2 minutes. Will try waiting while I install the ssh

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators
                last edited by

                I can reproduce that problem - looks like the service doesn't like stopping sometimes. I'm looking into it. If you reboot can you remove it ?

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                  Paholainen @BuZz
                  last edited by

                  @BuZz Yes, worked now. I will do the ssh stuff now

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                    Paholainen
                    last edited by Paholainen

                    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
                    Removing 'ps3controller' : PS3 controller driver and pair via sixad
                    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

                    insserv: sixad: No such file or directory
                    dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove sixad which isn't installed
                    Removed directory /opt/retropie/supplementary/ps3controller

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

                      if you removed it - try reinstalling and when go to configure / and pair. I'm testing here. I don't have a fix for the remove freeze yet, but seems to happen only sometimes and a reboot helps. I think the initialisation scripts need redoing, but I was able to pair my ps3 controller last time I tried.

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators
                        last edited by

                        That ssh command just removes it - which you already did :-)

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                          Paholainen @BuZz
                          last edited by

                          @BuZz Reinstalled, went to pair. Plug in, no light (waited 20 sec) unplugged and pressed ps button, all lights flash and no pairing

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by

                            I will get back to you after some debugging.

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                            • BuZzB
                              BuZz administrators
                              last edited by BuZz

                              please can you reboot and ssh in and post the output of

                              /etc/init.d/sixad status
                              

                              please use a code block to format - http://commonmark.org/help/ (three backticks above and below)

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by

                                also please remove / reboot / re-install it again , then reboot and run the above command.

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                                  Paholainen @BuZz
                                  last edited by

                                  @BuZz just saw your post. Will do it tomorrow morning.

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                                    Paholainen
                                    last edited by

                                    Before re-install

                                     sixad.service - LSB: Start sixad
                                       Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/sixad)
                                       Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-10-19 20:17:03 UTC; 11h ago
                                      Process: 403 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/sixad start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
                                       CGroup: /system.slice/sixad.service
                                               ├─ 442 sudo /usr/bin/sixad --start
                                               ├─ 496 /bin/bash /usr/bin/sixad --start
                                               ├─ 684 /usr/sbin/sixad-bin 0 0 0
                                               └─3839 sleep 5
                                    
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                                      Paholainen
                                      last edited by

                                      After remove/reboot/installing (did not try to pair)

                                       sixad.service - LSB: Start sixad
                                         Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/sixad)
                                         Active: active (running) since Thu 2016-10-20 07:30:26 UTC; 1min 34s ago
                                        Process: 1830 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/sixad start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
                                         CGroup: /system.slice/sixad.service
                                                 ├─1837 /bin/bash /usr/bin/sixad --start
                                                 ├─1885 /usr/sbin/sixad-bin 0 0 0
                                                 └─2173 sleep 5
                                      
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                                      • P
                                        Paholainen
                                        last edited by

                                        Tried to pair, no luck

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                                        • BuZzB
                                          BuZz administrators @Paholainen
                                          last edited by

                                          @Paholainen It's running correctly, so not sure why the official ps3 controller won't pair. Mine pairs fine. I just connect USB, disconnect and press button. I'm out of ideas, sorry.

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                                            Paholainen @BuZz
                                            last edited by

                                            @BuZz I even tried 3 different cables and on two separate Raspberries. When I plug it in nothing happens with the lights on the controller. I´ll just have to use my 2,4ghz dongle gamepad instead

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