(2014-08-09, 13:06)12Darius12 Wrote: Hi,
I recently updated my media PC so now I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.1 and I am trying to get my PS3 remote working again.

I used PS3Pair (I had a copy at http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ps3_pair.tar.gz if anyone else needs a copy) and fiddled around and got the remote connecting. It mostly works, however I find that not all the buttons work.

Previously I had /etc/bluetooth/input.conf which remapped a few buttons but it doesn't seem to work properly anymore.

I am trying to work out how to debug it but haven't had much luck

I am not using Lirc (and wasn't previously) - just the Bluez input plugin.

Some observations..
- I see events for all buttons appear in the input node (e.g. hexdump -Cv /dev/input/eventXX shows things) for ALL buttons - not just the ones which work
- xev shows events for buttons which work but not for ones which don't
- the bluez docs are basically non existent

Any help appreciated

(2014-08-15, 04:28)panksxbmc Wrote:

(2014-08-09, 13:06)12Darius12 Wrote: Some observations..
- I see events for all buttons appear in the input node (e.g. hexdump -Cv /dev/input/eventXX shows things) for ALL buttons - not just the ones which work
- xev shows events for buttons which work but not for ones which don't
- the bluez docs are basically non existent

Any help appreciated

I want to do the same thing with ubuntu 12.xx .. could you guide me or direct me to the guide that you used to connect the ps3 to my desktop.. Need some infor for the same.
Guide the newbie..

(2014-08-15, 04:28)panksxbmc Wrote:

(2014-08-09, 13:06)12Darius12 Wrote: Some observations..
- I see events for all buttons appear in the input node (e.g. hexdump -Cv /dev/input/eventXX shows things) for ALL buttons - not just the ones which work
- xev shows events for buttons which work but not for ones which don't
- the bluez docs are basically non existent

I want to do the same thing with ubuntu 12.xx .. could you guide me or direct me to the guide that you used to connect the ps3 to my desktop.. Need some infor for the same.
Guide the newbie..

(2014-08-15, 04:41)12Darius12 Wrote:

(2014-08-15, 04:28)panksxbmc Wrote:

(2014-08-09, 13:06)12Darius12 Wrote: Some observations..
- I see events for all buttons appear in the input node (e.g. hexdump -Cv /dev/input/eventXX shows things) for ALL buttons - not just the ones which work
- xev shows events for buttons which work but not for ones which don't
- the bluez docs are basically non existent

Any help appreciated

I want to do the same thing with ubuntu 12.xx .. could you guide me or direct me to the guide that you used to connect the ps3 to my desktop.. Need some infor for the same.
Guide the newbie..

I discovered the problem - changes to the bluetooth stack mean that you can no longer remap events that way so events go into the kernel with key codes above 255.

X can't handle such codes and ignores them, unfortunately there is no full solution (yet) because it's a limitation in the X protocol.

There is however a patched version of the evdev X11 input driver at http://www.thenautilus.net/SW/xf86-input-evdev/

I use this to remap the keys I want to ones below 255 so X can see them. Kinda tedious but unfortunately there is no other way currently (AFAIK).

I tried using LIRC as a re-mapper - it worked, however it did not generate repeated key press events for the remote which made it even less useful.

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(2014-08-15, 04:28)panksxbmc Wrote:

(2014-08-09, 13:06)12Darius12 Wrote: Some observations..
- I see events for all buttons appear in the input node (e.g. hexdump -Cv /dev/input/eventXX shows things) for ALL buttons - not just the ones which work
- xev shows events for buttons which work but not for ones which don't
- the bluez docs are basically non existent

I want to do the same thing with ubuntu 12.xx .. could you guide me or direct me to the guide that you used to connect the ps3 to my desktop.. Need some infor for the same.
Guide the newbie..

Actually, if you just want to connect then the XBMC wiki has a how to on it - I am not sure if Ubuntu 12 supports the bluetooth input mapping, or if you need the evdev patches I posted above.

(2014-08-15, 22:55)jamesbe Wrote: Could you please post more details on this? I'm trying to get mythtv to work with my PS3 remote and it currently only works with the D-pad and the number keys. XBMC seems to work a little better, play / stop work as well and the PS button but not much else.

I would really like to just remap all the keys to normal keyboard buttons and then I'll do a remap with my harmony remote so it makes sense to the family when using the remote. I just installed 14.04 and this is yet another stumbling block it seems. I've had nothing but problems with the IR remotes ARGH.

(2014-08-15, 22:55)jamesbe Wrote: Could you please post more details on this? I'm trying to get mythtv to work with my PS3 remote and it currently only works with the D-pad and the number keys. XBMC seems to work a little better, play / stop work as well and the PS button but not much else.

I would really like to just remap all the keys to normal keyboard buttons and then I'll do a remap with my harmony remote so it makes sense to the family when using the remote. I just installed 14.04 and this is yet another stumbling block it seems. I've had nothing but problems with the IR remotes ARGH.

(2014-09-09, 17:02)chriswhat21 Wrote: Thank you Darius. That was a bit of a pain, but it worked. One quick note that kept my X from starting though. In your /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-evdev.conf, the first “ in this line

Code:

Section “InputClass"

and the last “ in this line

Code:

MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*”

need to be replaced with ". " was probably autoformatted to “ somewhere.

Also, the IdleTimeout from the old input.conf doesn't seem to do anything, so my batteries died. I've added "/usr/bin/bt-device --disconnect 00:21:4F:A6:3A:30" to a cron job every 10 minutes. Is there a better way to do this? A way to run a script that will sleep 600 then disconnect after the remote connects?