Bluetooth connection issue with 8bitdo SN30 Pro contollers - Linux Mint Forums
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I posted this on the Linux mint forums a while ago, but no traffic on the post and it’s driving me crazy.

Problem: I can connect the controllers just fine via Bluetooth, but yuzu and dolphin don’t recognize them unless I’ve deleted them from blueman and freshly re-paired them. More details abd system info in the forum post, but this is the gist. Does anybody have any insight? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

  • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • jarredpickles87@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        A phone app?! Why didn’t I think to look for that. I’ll give that a look as well. Man I’m glad this community is full of troubleshooters.

  • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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:

    journalctl -u bluetooth
    • jarredpickles87@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • jarredpickles87@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Good to know. My PC is a dual boot with Windows 11, so no problems there. Thank you for the advice, I’ll be sure to update after I give it a shot.