Generic PS3 joysticks only works on EmulationStation when connected via USB cable

[Tincho113]

Hi, I bought two generic PS3 joysticks and I can't pair them with the Raspberry Pi3 (which has recalbox latest version 7.2.2). I've tried connecting them using an USB cable for 10 seconds and then holding the PS button with no luck. I can navigate the EmulationStation menu but they don't work inside the games. I've also tried with the bluez, official and shanwan configurations.

I used Putty to find out which clone they were, this is the result:

sdl2-jstest --list

error: failed to read gamecontrollerdb.txt: Invalid RWops
Found 1 joystick(s)

Joystick Name: 'PS3 Controller'
Joystick Path: '/dev/input/event1'
Joystick GUID: 030000004c0500006802000011810000
Joystick Number: 0
Number of Axes: 6
Number of Buttons: 17
Number of Hats: 0
Number of B***s: 0
GameControllerConfig:
Name: 'PS3 Controller'
Mapping: '030000004c0500006802000011810000,PS3 Controller,a:b0,b:b1,back:b8,dp down:b14,dpleft:b15,dpright:b16,dpup:b13,guide:b10,leftshoulder:b4,leftstick:b11 ,lefttrigger:a2,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightshoulder:b5,rightstick:b12,righttrigger:a 5,rightx:a3,righty:a4,start:b9,x:b3,y:b2,'
Axis code 0: 0
Axis code 1: 1
Axis code 2: 2
Axis code 3: 3
Axis code 4: 4
Axis code 5: 5
Button code 0: 304
Button code 1: 305
Button code 2: 307
Button code 3: 308
Button code 4: 310
Button code 5: 311
Button code 6: 312
Button code 7: 313
Button code 8: 314
Button code 9: 315
Button code 10: 316
Button code 11: 317
Button code 12: 318
Button code 13: 544
Button code 14: 545
Button code 15: 546
Button code 16: 547

Thanks!

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@tincho113

I used Putty to find out which clone they were, this is the result:

You used the command to identify the buttons, to identify the correct driver the command is:
dmesg

Read the documentation:
https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/tutorials/controllers/controllers/ps3-controllers-drivers

[Tincho113]

@zing thanks for replying. Sorry for my mistake, I'm new at this. I tried the dmesg command with one of the generic joysticks connected via USB and this is what I got. I don't know which part is important so I copied everything related to controllers I think.

[ 28.049721] usb 1-1.3: Product: PS3 Controller
[ 28.052192] usbhid 1-1.3:1.0: can't add hid device: -32
[ 28.052242] usbhid: probe of 1-1.3:1.0 failed with error -32
[ 28.129802] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 28.943214] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[ 29.080832] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=0268, b cdDevice= 5.72
[ 29.080847] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber =0
[ 29.080855] usb 1-1.3: Product: PS3 Controller
[ 29.116093] input: PS3 Controller Motion Sensors as /devices/platform/soc/3f9 80000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/0003:054C:0268.0001/input/input1
[ 29.183778] input: PS3 Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/ 1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/0003:054C:0268.0001/input/input0
[ 29.185007] sony 0003:054C:0268.0001: input,hiddev96,hidraw0: USB HID v81.11 Joystick [PS3 Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.3/input0
[ 76.556613] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[ 95.731617] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[ 136.773597] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[ 142.491866] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

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@tincho113 Test with version 8.0 beta and report issues in this topic:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/25351/recalbox-8-0-beta