Bluetooth pairing issues

[jbfortune]

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

[petrockblog]

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

[Floob]

@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.

[jbfortune]

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.

[jbfortune]

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!

[jbfortune]

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.

[Floob]

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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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