Comments on: Setup PS3 controller over bluetooth on Ubuntu

By: uiliands

uiliands — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:42:35 +0000

Thank you for the tutorial.
As for 2010, you can easily connect dualshock3 controllers
using QtSixA (http://qtsixa.sourceforge.net/).

By: manoel

manoel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:17:10 +0000

I’ve the same problem as stated above

By: Martin Bergman

Martin Bergman — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:55:42 +0000

Hi!

I’m running karmic and I love that your instructions are CLI only, but.. unfortunately the controller doesn’t seem to connect to hidd.

I’ve compiled my own bluez-compat and installed the deb.

The sixpair app says that the controller has gotten it’s new master (my bluetooth adapter).

However, When I press the PS-button, it flashes all 4 led’s but nothing happens in the hidd or in hcidump. Could you help me figure it out?

By: daniel figueroa

daniel figueroa — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:24:44 +0000

when i put this code in the console

$ sudo ./sixpair

show me this

Current Bluetooth master: 11:11:11:11:11:11
Setting master bd_addr to 11:11:11:11:11:11

and then i put this code

$ sudo hidd –server –nocheck -n

and press the ps button and nothing happens

any help!?

By: gerp

gerp — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:19:24 +0000

Im using 9.04 and it didnt work. Im having the same problem as above

By: Big D

Big D — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:17:44 +0000

no thats not a problem, i followed the tutorial with 9.04 on and i386 system and it worked fine.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:19:42 +0000

What would a possible problem be if $ sudo hcidump -t -V -x
does not show a new device. I know the controller is transmitting because it is found in the bluetooth pairing app that came with ubuntu. I’m running 9.04 i386 could that be an issue?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:44:34 +0000

I’m glad to hear that you were successful. Thanks for the feedback!

By: T. Snyder

T. Snyder — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:54:22 +0000

Thanks for this very helpful post! I’ve spent the past few weeks trying to get this to work. Last night, after getting a new adapter and installing blueman and following your instructions repeatedly I got a connection! I’m not sure why but it still seems to only connect sometimes.

Thanks again!