Try running bluetoothctl from the commandline and playing around with it. This article is for Gentoo but you can go through the manual steps in “Device pairing” and maybe you’ll be able to identify the issue.
Looking at bluetooth logs could also be useful. If the service is called bluetooth on Mint, try running:
<span style="color:#323232;">journalctl -u bluetooth
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My input isn’t going to be very useful but as a point of data, I’ve never had trouble with my 8bitdo controllers and Linux.
Sometimes they don’t pair right away on the Switch, but Linux has been fine.
Now I’m trying to remember which controller I used to test Yuzu…
Weird as it is, I’ve heard launching games through Steam Big Picture mode with the controller connected can help but that might just be more a key mapping thing than anything else.
When I was doing some research on this, I saw most guides suggest installing various xbox controller driver shims. I can easily imagine the steam controller mapping fulfilling the same role.
But yeah. I have an ultimate whatever the hell (the xbox-like with hall effect sticks) that I connect with the dongle and no issues in Ubuntu. Never tried to pair with my linux PC using bluetooth. Only issue I have is that getting the various 8bitdo software suites running in wine is a bit of a headache but there is a phone app that works more than well enough.
Not a Linux user but I had a lot of problems with the sn30 pro plus connecting to bluetooth when I first got it. The issue was something in the controller bios. It’d cause my entire system to spaz out. I had to roll back to the first version to fix it. So maybe try messing around with bios versions if you can to see if that fixes it.
Very, but you’ll need a windows environment to do it. They only have windows or mac updaters. After that, it’s just plugging it in and picking the version. Looks like there’s only 2 updates, but it’s still worth a shot.
Already did that to no avail. It seems like no matter what I do, this is what I’m doomed to. I’ll have to check out the BIOS/firmware for the controllers like the other person suggested.
I’m assuming you’ve already verified that other bluetooth devices work as expected.
A different distro (e.g. Debian Stable) might help narrow down the problem, as their kernels tend to be built with different options and their packages sometimes have different default configurations. Be sure to look for helpful messages in dmesg and syslog/journalctl.
After that, the next thing I would try is a USB bluetooth dongle. Some bluetooth modules don’t work well with Sony’s controllers, and it’s possible that the one on your motherboard is among them.
Are you trying to pair the controller while you have a pair of Bluetooth headphones already actively connected? The reason why I ask is because I’ve ran into issues with the AX200 when attempting to use both at the same time. Either the Dualsense would stop working or it would kick my headphones into the lower bandwidth HSP mode. I ended up having to use a separate USB bluetooth dongle just to get the two to play together nicely.
I’m going to say this again, as I have for so many other people having issues with F38:
FEDORA 38 IS TERRIBLE FOR GAMING
Switch to a different distro that is much better suited for gaming. Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, SteamOS, Manjaro…just not F38. There are so many complaints, it’s time to just ditch it.
This is literally the only issue I have. All games run fine for me without issues. I only borrowed the controller to try it so that I know if I should buy it or not. So far I don’t really like it much over my Steam Controller. I just wanted to play over Bluetooth and it does not work, cable works fine but it’s just too short so I have to sit next to my case and look at a monitor from an angle. It’s not a BT issue as well since othr BT devices like my SONY WH-1000XM3 headphones work just fine.
For what it’s worth, same issue happens to me on Kinoite as well. On an AMD board. With AMD 6E/Bluetooth.
My wi-fi works fine and my Bluetooth works fine for audio/headphones so I hadn’t realized it was an issue until I got a new dualsense on sale a few weeks back and have been playing corded this entire time 😅
eso and fo76 work pretty good. pokemmo is good too but i have been banned too many times (because i made it a game to play factorio with opencv instead of pokemon lmao)
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