BlueZ - Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux
Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Qualcomm Incorporated Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Maxim Krasnyansky maxk@qualcomm.com Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Marcel Holtmann marcel@holtmann.org
This is a fork of BlueZ Bluetooth protocol stack for RetroPie. This version on BlueZ was patched to support PS3 controllers, including Gasia/Shanwan clones.
For PS3 support, patches from OpenELEC.tv
https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/tree/openelec-7.0/packages/network/bluez/patches
have been applied.
In order to compile Bluetooth utilities you need following software packages:
If you are going to use BlueZ with gnome-bluetooth and/or kde bluedevil, apply the following patch: patch -Np1 -i patch/bluez-5.41-obexd_without_systemd-1.patch
To configure on a Raspberry Pi run: ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var --enable-sixaxis
Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages.
To compile and install run: make && make install
After installation, run as root: systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart bluetooth
Reboot your Raspberry Pi in case that the PS3 controller is unable to pair.
In order to pair the PS3 controller, first connect it using an USB cable and wait until it rumbles (check with dmesg if it was recognized as input device).
Then, run 'sudo sixpair', which is part of QtsixA (http://qtsixa.sourceforge.net/). Afterwards, disconnect the USB-cable. For the first controller, LED1 should light up if pairing was successful. For the second, LED2 and so on ...
For a working system, certain configuration options need to be enabled:
--enable-library
Enable installation of Bluetooth library
By default the Bluetooth library is no longer installed.
The user interfaces or command line utilities do not
require an installed Bluetooth library anymore. This
option is provided for legacy third party applications
that still depend on the library.
When the library installation is enabled, it is a good
idea to use a separate bluez-library or libbluetooth
package for it.
--disable-tools
Disable support for Bluetooth utilities
By default the Bluetooth utilities are built and also
installed. For production systems the tools are not
needed and this option allows to disable them to save
build time and disk space.
When the tools are selected, it is a good idea to
use a separate bluez-tools package for them.
--disable-cups
Disable support for CUPS printer backend
By default the printer backend for CUPS is build and
also installed. For systems that do not require printing
over Bluetooth, this options allows to disable it.
When the CUPS backend is selected, it is a good idea to
use a separate bluez-cups package for it.
--disable-monitor
Disable support for the Bluetooth monitor utility
By default the monitor utility is enabled. It provides
support for HCI level tracing and debugging. For systems
that don't require any kind of tracing or debugging
capabilities, this options allows to disable it.
The monitor utility should be placed in the main package
along with the daemons. It is universally useful.
--disable-client
Disable support for the command line client
By default the command line client is enabled and uses the
readline library. For specific systems where BlueZ is
configured by other means, the command line client can be
disabled and the dependency on readline is removed.
The client should be placed in the main package along
with the daemons. It is universally useful.
--disable-systemd
Disable integration with systemd
By default the integration with systemd is enabled and
installed. This gives the best integration into all
distributions based on systemd.
This option is provided for distributions that do not
support systemd. In that case all integration with the
init system is up to the package.
--enable-experimental
Enable experimental plugins
By default all plugins that are still in development
are disabled. This option can be used to enable them.
It is not recommended to enable this option for production
systems. The APIs or behavior of the experimental plugins
is unstable and might still change.Mailing lists: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
For additional information about the project visit BlueZ web site: http://www.bluez.org