[umut]

I had the bad sixaxis buffer (out of battery) including the sequentially flashing of the lights since retropie 2.6 (before that i had no trouble connecting 2 ps3 controllers over bluetooth), even though i use original ps3 controllers and a working bluetooth dongle.

In Retropie 2.6 i fixed it like this:

Via the retropie setup (RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh) menu I chose setup and after that I installed PS3 controller driver-mod 315 (instead of the usual ps3 controller driver 314). After it installed I did another sixpair command and after a reboot it worked (and kept working). So I guess it had something to do with the original driver not being compatible with 2.6, it did however worked with 2.5.

In the latest Retropie (3.0 beta 4) this option isn’t available anymore. So the only way I could fix it was by setting legacy to 2:

go to

/etc/default

sudo nano sixad

set legacy = 2

save, then:

sixad –stop
sixad -s

After reboot, everything works and I can pair 2 controllers (I haven’t tested more), however according to sixad forums you lose the accelerometer or rumble). The leds work but the rest I haven’t yet noticed. I hope in future versions of retropie the problem gets fixed permanently.

[umut]

Finally after a lot of trial and error I got it fixed ! (after I nearly went to buy a new bluetooth adapter)

This is how I fixed it:

Via the retropie setup (RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh) menu I chose setup and after that I installed PS3 controller driver-mod 315 (instead of the usual ps3 controller driver 314). After it installed I did another sixpair command and after a reboot it worked (and it is still working). So I guess it had something to do with the original driver not being compatible with 2.6, it did however worked with 2.5.

[umut]

nope, tried everything you wrote, even copy/pasted your ps3controller.sh but it didn’t changed anything. I keep getting the bad sixaxis buffer (out of battery?) when doing the sixad –stop en sixad –start commands. Both of my controllers keep vibrating and blinking in sequence from 1 to 4 and back and connection drops after that.

[umut]

I have exactly the same issue with my regular ps3 controllers. Based on the replies I get, it has something to do with the ps3controller.sh

You can look in the topic I created: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/ps3-bluetooth-problem/#post-89980

I hope this get resolved soon.

[umut]

Thanks, I will trie that tonight. Can you – to be sure – upload your file so I don’t have to worry about that?

Thanks in advance

[umut]

Nope, it didn’t worked for me, it stays the same. My ps3controller.sh file is already the same as the one in the link you provided. I searched a bit more on that website and came across a compilation_sid.patch. The difference was only 2 lines (QtSixA-1.5.1.orig instead of a and another line). That also didn’t changed anything.

Besides, when i change the file ps3controller.sh and then install the ps3 driver again via retropie_setup, it reverts the changes i made. i tried either way (with installing ps3 drivers after the changes and without installing ps3 drivers again and pairing after that), but it didn’t made a difference. Can you upload your ps3controller.sh so that i can use that or look at the differences?

[umut]

i have now find out with the command sixad –stop; sixad -s that after a brief connection it has something to do with bad sixaxis buffer:

Bad Sixaxis buffer (out of battery?)

I have charged both my controllers fully so it can’t be that. On the internet i saw more people had this problem, but i couldn’t find a solution, does anyone know a solution? is it a faulty bluetooth dongle? (bare in mind it worked with the retropie 2.5 version)

[umut]

nope, like i said, it connects briefly so it can’t be a problem with the hciconfig, adding that didn’t make a difference, the leds keep flashing a few times from 1 to 4 and back and the controller vibrates and then shuts itself off.

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