Description of problem: When i pair my Dualshock 3 controller on Fedora 19 it doesn't provide any input with all axes stuck at "-32767" value and buttons on "off", as opposed to being connected via USB cord, when it works as expected, after pressing PS-button. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64, bluez-4.101-9.fc19, bluedevil-1.3.2-1.fc19 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. pair the controller 2. jstest /dev/input/js<number> 3. break its miniUSB port while uncomfortably playing with a cord Actual results: connected via USB: [51505.042488] usb 4-4: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-pci [51505.243364] usb 4-4: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=0268 [51505.243373] usb 4-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [51505.243378] usb 4-4: Product: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller [51505.243382] usb 4-4: Manufacturer: Sony [51505.877888] sony 0003:054C:0268.0004: Fixing up Sony Sixaxis report descriptor [51505.925055] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb4/4-4/4-4:1.0/input/input15 [51505.925638] sony 0003:054C:0268.0004: input,hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on usb-0000:00:12.0-4/input0 connected via BT: [51564.526624] hid-generic 0005:0000:0000.0005: unknown main item tag 0x0 [51564.526730] input: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1/input16 [51564.526918] hid-generic 0005:0000:0000.0005: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v0.00 Joystick [PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on 00:11:67:d6:16:90 Expected results: hid-sony should be used, according to https://iwilcox.me.uk/2012/sixaxis-ubuntu Additional info: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/124743/comments/15
I've noticed this too, and thought I'd share my experience. I tried patching bluez-4.101-9.fc19 according to the website listed, but it only sort of worked. It did indeed trigger the hid-sony module, but after a few seconds it died with the following error: sony: probe of 0005:054C:0268.005 failed with error -5 After that message if I go to /dev/input I see no js* devices. This all did work at one time though. Fedora 16 with bluez 4.96-3.fc16, bluedevil 1.2.3-1.fc16 and kernel 3.6.11-f.fc16 worked great! All I had to do to make it work was plug in the controller via usb, unhook it, press the PS button, authorize the connection and I was good to go!
Indeed, it's a regression. And in the worst possible time too, when Linux Gaming gets practically handed to us.
I have a weird problem where bluetooth worked find with Bluez 5 in the Fedora 20 Beta but now I can't get it to work again in Fedora 20 release. I don't believe I didn't anything differently; I paired the controller with sixpair and used bluetoothctl to scan for devices. In the Beta this worked but now I can't get the controller to connect. Bluetoothctl sees the mac address but never is able to connect.
I sort of noticed the same thing. With bluez 5.10 bluetooth worked fine. With 5.12 it doesn't work. I'm doing this all from run-level 3 though and not using any GUI's. The way it worked in bluez 5.10 was I'd plug it in via usb and it would create a file in /var/lib/bluetooth/<btadapteraddress>/cache I'd then unplug the ps3 controller from the usb cable, hit the PS button and it would work (i.e. create a device as /dev/input/js0). With bluez 5.12 It doesn't create the file anymore in /var/lib/bluetooth/... and then when I unplug the cable and hit the PS button I get an error saying something like it can't find the path to something. There was a new bluez packaged pushed out not too long ago that claims to fix a lot of problems, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. I figure I'd have to open a new bug report since this bug is bluez 4 and these new issues are bluez 5.
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