SNES30 RetroPie Bluetooth Issues
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I have a Raspberry Pi 3, running a copy of RetroPie that I've updated, and have tried connecting my 8bitdo SNES30 through Bluetooth with no success. I've updated the controller's firmware to 2.70 and followed the steps in this article https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Setting-up-an-8bitdo-Bluetooth-controller. I've gone through this multiple times, going as far as to wipe the MicroSD and reinstall RetroPie from scratch, but still no success. The controller has a solid blue light and shows as an active connection under Display Registered & Connected Bluetooth Devices. However it will not show when I try to setup the udev rule, and it also won't show under Remove Bluetooth Device.
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When you say "it will not show when I try to setup the udev rule", are you seeing anything listed (i.e., hex codes)?
I set up my own 8bitdo SNES30 controller about 3 weeks ago, and didn't run into the same issue. IIRC, the setup program didn't explicitly list "8bitdo SNES30", but rather the MAC address, and I had to select that.
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@synack Earlier I was seeing a MAC address that was not the same as the controller's, but now I get the message that there are no registered bluetooth devices. Despite this the controller works in these menus, but no where else.
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The fact that it's working in the menus is something. You may want to try flashing the 2.68 firmware instead of 2.70 and try again. Also, does
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/8BitdoSNES30GamePad.cfgexist? If so, what are the contents?I'm not extremely familiar with bluetooth Retropie configs (or on linux in general), so if anyone knows more please feel free to jump in.
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@synack I decided to go in the direction you suggested, but first try reinstalling the 2.70 firmware. I ended up having the same issue I described above, however this time when I exited the Configure Bluetooth Device menu and went to Configure Input from the main menu it recognized the controlled and allowed me to set it up. So far it seems to be working with the couple roms I've tried. Still no devices show under remove bluetooth device and the udev rule, but these may not be issues since at the moment it works.
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@AlphaOrionis In the middle of playing a game the bluetooth connection disconnected and I'm back to square one with the same issue I had previously.
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