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  • 09/26/2015 at 14:26 #106905
    jbfortune
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    Hey,
    When following this guide
    https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller%5B1%5D
    I get to the bit where I scan for the device. It finds it and then when I type sudo bluez-simple-agent hci0 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX changing the xx’s to the mac address of the device. I get the below error.

    /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 4: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: import: not found
/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 6: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: import: not found
/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 7: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: import: not found
/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 8: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: import: not found
/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 9: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: import: not found
from: can't read /var/mail/optparse
/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: 12: /usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    09/26/2015 at 14:55 #106907
    petrockblog
    Keymaster

    Did you edit the file? – I think you may have broken it. That guide could be improved as there is no need to edit the file but instead the parameter -c DisplayYesNo should be added. I would apt-get remove

    remove and reinstall perhaps.

    
sudo apt-get remove bluetooth bluez bluez-utils
sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez bluez-utils
    09/26/2015 at 16:14 #106913
    Floob
    Member

    @jbfortune
    I’ve edited this page to try and make that more clear now
    https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

    As Buzz says, you have most likely made a small error when editing the file, so try the command line version to avoid needing to edit the file at all.

    09/26/2015 at 19:35 #106936
    jbfortune
    Participant

    Hey guys, thanks for the advice.

    I did in fact edit the file. Because I was inpatient I actually started my image again and tried the BT stuff first and it worked fine this time with me editing the file as the guide said! So maybe I added something in there in error on my original go, pretty unsure to be honest!

    I’m probably going to start again tonight anyway and I will do it without editing the file at all!

    Whilst I have you both in here as well, to save creating another thread. Last time I did my image, within retropie_setup.sh. My Setup / Configuration menu option had more things in to choose. Specifically the option to install Joypad configs. This isn’t in my current version and I have done everything I thought I did last time!

    Could you let me know how I get this updated?

    Last note, Floob, I have watched loads of your YT vids over the last few days, so thanks for them! I’m having fun doing this.

    09/27/2015 at 11:33 #106964
    jbfortune
    Participant

    Little update, using the new command sudo bluez-simple-agent -c DisplayYesNo hci0 then my mac address doesn’t seem to work. Just sticks on the screen for ages!

    09/27/2015 at 14:26 #106972
    jbfortune
    Participant

    Ok, just me being dumb. Seems the Nes30 has several different mac addresses based off what mode its in. I was using Notepad to save typing out all the time and had the wrong Mac address in.

    One thing I have noticed is, if I reboot and turn the pad on, it connects fine. If I shut down the pad whilst in Emu station and try to reconnect, it wont. It’s like auto connect only wants to work once.

    09/27/2015 at 15:02 #106973
    Floob
    Member

    [quote=106972]
    One thing I have noticed is, if I reboot and turn the pad on, it connects fine. If I shut down the pad whilst in Emu station and try to reconnect, it wont. It’s like auto connect only wants to work once.

    [/quote]

    Thats right, the steps on the wiki force a connect attempt at start up. If you want it to re-connect after that you would need some sort of cron job, or manually process the command again. Actually you could hook up a script to the retropie menu in ES to do that.

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