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  1. Bug #124743 (sixaxis)
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 124743

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James (jamestheawesomedude) wrote :

@dandart, I just tested the controller on Xubuntu 16.04 (technically Mint 18 XFCE), and it works out-of-the-box with the default Bluetooth stack.

The only thing is, you still have to use sixpair to "pair" the PS3 controller to that bluetooth adapter (PS3 controllers' pairing system is not the actual standardized "bluetooth pairing" system).

BUT, once sixpair has been run, the PS3 controller shows up to the system default vanilla Bluetooth stack as a Joystick device that works in e.g., RetroArch.

Is it possible that your device does not support a new enough version of Bluetooth?