Just as a note. I kept getting permission denied messages so luckily found this solved it. Step 1: sudo -s (gives the root access) Step 2:apt-get update (get the updates) Step 3: apt-get upgrade (upgrades the system)
Mine had some differences in it, doing the sudo apt update gave me several repos that were marked old. Then again, this video is about 7 months old, but this still worked out for me.
RetroPie Guys saves the day again!!!! Thanks a bunch. I actually had to run the upgrade and update commands twice for some reason but after that it seems to be connecting just fine.
I did exactly as you said in your guide. in the meantime, thank you. the controller vibrates when I connect it but then emulationstation doesn't detect it and consequently I can't use it. Could you give me a hand?
FYI for the noobs like me, when I did this I didn't get any upgrades available, turns out it was because retropie wasn't connected to wifi (which was an effort connecting in itself) - so connect to wifi (locale, timezone and wlan) then go back and do these steps and it finds the updates
My N64 switch controller will sync up with my Pi 3 Model B, but I can’t get the controls to work correctly. It’s like another controller is fighting it. I do have a ps4 controller hooked up wired. Any idea how I can get these controllers to work via Bluetooth? Would this fix the issue? Thank you so much.
retropie 4.7.1 . i ran the updates and it said done 0 . like it was already up to date . After doing that twice it found the 8bitdo pro 2 . but then when you move on to security mode . you can select 1 or 2 option , but when i try and launch number 1 or 2 option all freezes and then wired key board stops working . Same controller and same raspberry pi 4 b works great in recalbox . sometimes retropie finds the controller sometimes it does not . I have cleared bluetooth controllers and no difference . I will keep working on it .
At the time of this video 4.7.18. Honestly not seeing much reason to update. I never really do though unless a new emulator or something major comes out. These updates in my opinion have more issues than fixes. That’s not always the case but I find it to be the majority of the time. Sometimes you get more packages available but for where we are with everything on retropie there’s not going to be any collection we can get into that we don’t already have access to. We’re maxing out on n64, dreamcast and psp as it is. There’s no chance of getting into Wii or GameCube and Saturn runs terribly. We need more power more than anything.
Hey! Im trying to blutooth a speaker to the raspberry pi4. No luck though. When I search for the blutooth device, it never shows. I did the update in this video, and still nothing. I have the pi set to the 3.5mm jack for output, because I have it set up in a custom arcade. What can I do to make this work?
So I can get my Xbox1 controller to work with my Pi4 but sometimes the connection is off. It’ll randomly freak out and press down the last button I press. The controller works perfectly with my XB and PC but not with the Pi. I wonder if I need a blutooth booster or something?
Hey there there's a very specific process for the Xbox one controller with retro pie. I've never done it myself but I've watched the tutorial a while back and there's a lot of steps you have to follow. Very different than your typical controller.
So I updated my retro pie with your video and it rebooted showed retro pie artwork (carbon fiber backing) and now a blank screen with a - blinking. is the image corrupt or do I have to go amd edit the code text line
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Wrong. it corrupted the SD card. windows format wouldn't even recognize the card. I had to install a 3rd party card format software to repair the card. and reflash the image. I also tried switching the hdmi ports amd removing the # in the cmd text for safe mode. it is fixed amd I've updated it a differently but thanks for the reply.
I ran a script update first and a firmware update it solved the issues plus dug into new themes and unlocked the dreamcast and psp emulations I'm kinda glad it bricked haha found out lot more things about this little pc. Thanks for the reply. as with anything computer based shit happens.
Ive had this issue with my pi for a while i fallowed the video and everything worked except my ps3 controller still doesnt connect theyre aftermarket controllers maybe that has something to do with it? Does anyone know how to fix this problem???
How do I add a second controller and have the system see a separate controller? I added a second controller but BOTH controllers are Player 1. HELP!!!!
I have never seen that where they are both the same player What happens when you jump into a a game and try using one fo the controllers as player 2. A arcade game for example you would add coins with on controller hit start add coins with another and hit start. What happens in that scenario the way it's currently setup?
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Hello! They both control the game. I can move left with one controller, then move right with the other. I ordered another controller of a different model to see if that makes a difference
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Ok... I think I have the multiple controller issue fixed. But now, the Hot Key Button does NOT end and exit selected game. Any ideas? Thanks!
@@carlosperez-wr3ye I was not I had to restart the system and go back into the settings to remove it. There has to be a way to do it if it recognizes it but I wish I knew how I was using a snes switch controller
Ok nice but what to do if my controller connects once during the pairing procedure and never again? I changed the connect procedure so it suppose to connect to the controller when RetroPie is booting and nothing. When I chose option to connect all paired device also got nothing. I'm using Xbox Elite 2 controller. TBH I bought the RPI 4 after reading how much awesome things You can do with it and so far it's the way through the torment. Every single project is a pain in the ass trying to troubleshoot for hours and hours instead of enjoying it.
mam ten sam problem, rozwiązałeś go może? sprawdzałem moduł bluetooth działa. kontroler działał po instalacji systemu ale po pierwszym restarcie raspberry go zgubił(klawiaturę bluetooth zresztą też) i teraz już nic nie znajduje. zainstalowałem system na nowo i znów to samo.
@@marcind.4315 Niestety. Z Raspberry jest ten problem, że większość czasu spędzasz na rozwiązywaniu problemów niż się cieszyć. Dlatego odpuściłem całkowicie, nie mam na to czasu.
Try switching your hdmi cable to the other port. Nothing done in the video should make any changes that should cause corruptions so not sure what's happening there.
Everything was already up to date and upgraded, this does not work. Before with new clean retropie image bluetooth did work. Now will not find any device.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan I did update from within retropie. I'm software dev with Linux experience. Yesterday had like 4 installations :-D. Then SD card 16GB got corruped. Today I bought 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro. They promise 90MB/s write speed ,but real write speed is only 20MB/s. Still 5 times faster than the old one. Anyway, the issue is when you hit Yes to Upgrade kernel and stuff. That will cause only issues like that. And installing BlueZ package will print error that init.d config file does not exist. So I would guess it does use different, older, services management. Blueman also did not help. The only way it did work if I registered bluetooth devices right after install and then performed upgrade. If I upgraded first and then wanted to register device, it caused these issues. Right now I perform only apt update, not apt upgrade and will keep it that way. This Retropie is still VERY buggy and I have to manually edit a lot of config stuff for Samsung TV, hdmi audio, wifi setup. Then setting up shaders and installing emulators, such as Amiga is also painful. Nobody on Retropie tells what Kickstart BIOS you need, which version and where exactly to put it and how to name it. Same issue with PSP and PSX. Just finished downloading Mame romset, but it is 2003 version. I would like to try the 2016, but not sure if RP4 can handle it. Like if I'm not software developer, I would throw it away already and use PC only.
@@cyberluke Gotcha. Yeah unfortunately I have to agree with you in that RetroPie can be a real pain the setup. It's not as straight forward as it should be. Batocera has taken the right approach in terms of BIOS because it gives you a built in tool that lists exactly what you need and does a check for you so you just run the check tool and it'll list whatever is missing for each collection. RetroPie also seems to bounce around so much from version to version. What works one week may not work the following week because of the quick turn around time between updates.
Update the firmware that's probably what it is. I had a 8bitdo arcade stick that recently stopped connecting. Had to go in and upset the firmware on it and then it worked again just like before.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan well I was actually able to get the controller to reconnect without updating but I cannot navigate backward through the menus in order to configure the controller. the keyboard does not allow me to navigate back through the menus. I can leave the Bluetooth pairing menu but cannot get to the main menu unless I do a hard reset and then the controller loses connection again. So basically I can use the keyboard to advance by either hitting enter or a but I can't backup by using b or any other key. So I guess I need to further configure the keyboard in order to include a back button but I forget how to access the configure menu when you first start retropie.
Really thought this would work but no. It has changed though. Now instead of just hanging and i have to ctrl c out now I get about half a dozen lines of errors as well. Its too long to type it all but the last line says dbus.eceptions.dbusexception: org.bluez.error.notavailable: Operation currently not available. I am gutted I have spent so much time messing with this now.
Thanks , asked on reddit and searched all over until I found this, only thing that made my series x controller work
Awesome glad to hear it!
Only video that solves the problem!
Thank you I'm new to retro and raspberry I'm general and your video helped me get my PS4 controller hooked up 👍
Aweome! Glad to hear that it was a help!
Just as a note. I kept getting permission denied messages so luckily found this solved it.
Step 1: sudo -s (gives the root access)
Step 2:apt-get update (get the updates)
Step 3: apt-get upgrade (upgrades the system)
Mine had some differences in it, doing the sudo apt update gave me several repos that were marked old. Then again, this video is about 7 months old, but this still worked out for me.
Fix starts at 5:17
RetroPie Guys saves the day again!!!! Thanks a bunch.
I actually had to run the upgrade and update commands twice for some reason but after that it seems to be connecting just fine.
Perfect! Glad it worked out in the end!
This helped me out with Wolfanoz 1TB image thanks!
Awesome! Glad to hear that!
Nice job, and keep em coming. Really enjoy them. 👍🏻
Thanks!!
I did exactly as you said in your guide. in the meantime, thank you. the controller vibrates when I connect it but then emulationstation doesn't detect it and consequently I can't use it. Could you give me a hand?
Thank you very much for the help!!
Any time!!
FYI for the noobs like me, when I did this I didn't get any upgrades available, turns out it was because retropie wasn't connected to wifi (which was an effort connecting in itself) - so connect to wifi (locale, timezone and wlan) then go back and do these steps and it finds the updates
How do i know if it is connected? Big noob here. Thanks!
@@julianruanocoello4968 Well if you haven’t connected it yourself then it’s not
This instructions got my ps5 controller to work 😊
Thanks boss, sending* this this vid to my brother!!i
Awesome!
Not helped me to configure my Bluetooth keyboard, however it has been useful to update the various packages!
My N64 switch controller will sync up with my Pi 3 Model B, but I can’t get the controls to work correctly. It’s like another controller is fighting it. I do have a ps4 controller hooked up wired. Any idea how I can get these controllers to work via Bluetooth? Would this fix the issue? Thank you so much.
Really helpful work 💯👍🏼
Thanks glad it was a help!
You solved my problem!! Thanks so much
Solved my prob. Thanks a lot!
Glad it worked out!
retropie 4.7.1 . i ran the updates and it said done 0 . like it was already up to date . After doing that twice it found the 8bitdo pro 2 . but then when you move on to security mode . you can select 1 or 2 option , but when i try and launch number 1 or 2 option all freezes and then wired key board stops working . Same controller and same raspberry pi 4 b works great in recalbox . sometimes retropie finds the controller sometimes it does not . I have cleared bluetooth controllers and no difference . I will keep working on it .
I bet it's something with the new update on retropie. I always try to not update retropie because a lot of the time their updates cause issues.
So is the update worth it? and what's the latest version and its upgrades?
At the time of this video 4.7.18. Honestly not seeing much reason to update. I never really do though unless a new emulator or something major comes out. These updates in my opinion have more issues than fixes. That’s not always the case but I find it to be the majority of the time. Sometimes you get more packages available but for where we are with everything on retropie there’s not going to be any collection we can get into that we don’t already have access to. We’re maxing out on n64, dreamcast and psp as it is. There’s no chance of getting into Wii or GameCube and Saturn runs terribly. We need more power more than anything.
You, sir, get a thumbs up!
Glad that helped you!
Hey! Im trying to blutooth a speaker to the raspberry pi4. No luck though. When I search for the blutooth device, it never shows. I did the update in this video, and still nothing. I have the pi set to the 3.5mm jack for output, because I have it set up in a custom arcade. What can I do to make this work?
Hey I've heard of many trying to get Bluetooth speakers working but none that I knew ever got it working. I don't think it's possible.
So I can get my Xbox1 controller to work with my Pi4 but sometimes the connection is off. It’ll randomly freak out and press down the last button I press. The controller works perfectly with my XB and PC but not with the Pi. I wonder if I need a blutooth booster or something?
Hey there there's a very specific process for the Xbox one controller with retro pie. I've never done it myself but I've watched the tutorial a while back and there's a lot of steps you have to follow. Very different than your typical controller.
What was that star wars game? Please and thank you.
So I updated my retro pie with your video and it rebooted showed retro pie artwork (carbon fiber backing) and now a blank screen with a - blinking. is the image corrupt or do I have to go amd edit the code text line
Try switching to the other hdmi port on the side. Nothing done should change anything where you'd run into a card corruption.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Wrong. it corrupted the SD card. windows format wouldn't even recognize the card. I had to install a 3rd party card format software to repair the card. and reflash the image. I also tried switching the hdmi ports amd removing the # in the cmd text for safe mode. it is fixed amd I've updated it a differently but thanks for the reply.
@@devotovenators sorry to hear that. Windows won't recognize these images on their own though without additional software.
I ran a script update first and a firmware update it solved the issues plus dug into new themes and unlocked the dreamcast and psp emulations I'm kinda glad it bricked haha found out lot more things about this little pc. Thanks for the reply. as with anything computer based shit happens.
@@devotovenators any time! glad it all worked out it in the end 👍🏻
Ive had this issue with my pi for a while i fallowed the video and everything worked except my ps3 controller still doesnt connect theyre aftermarket controllers maybe that has something to do with it? Does anyone know how to fix this problem???
Only thing that worked for me!!!
Do you have any videos on how to upload or use cheats for RetroPie or RetroArch?
I don't but I will try to get on that soon!
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Looking forward to it, thanks!
How do I add a second controller and have the system see a separate controller? I added a second controller but BOTH controllers are Player 1. HELP!!!!
I have never seen that where they are both the same player What happens when you jump into a a game and try using one fo the controllers as player 2. A arcade game for example you would add coins with on controller hit start add coins with another and hit start. What happens in that scenario the way it's currently setup?
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Hello! They both control the game. I can move left with one controller, then move right with the other.
I ordered another controller of a different model to see if that makes a difference
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Ok... I think I have the multiple controller issue fixed. But now, the Hot Key Button does NOT end and exit selected game. Any ideas? Thanks!
When I try to remove my controller I get Error:GDBus.error.org.error.not ready:resource not Ready, how can I remove the controller?
I'm getting the same issue. Were u able to fix it?
@@carlosperez-wr3ye I was not I had to restart the system and go back into the settings to remove it. There has to be a way to do it if it recognizes it but I wish I knew how I was using a snes switch controller
I got an 404 not found error instead but I'm connected to my wifi already though :(
Plz help me :(
Ok nice but what to do if my controller connects once during the pairing procedure and never again? I changed the connect procedure so it suppose to connect to the controller when RetroPie is booting and nothing. When I chose option to connect all paired device also got nothing. I'm using Xbox Elite 2 controller. TBH I bought the RPI 4 after reading how much awesome things You can do with it and so far it's the way through the torment. Every single project is a pain in the ass trying to troubleshoot for hours and hours instead of enjoying it.
mam ten sam problem, rozwiązałeś go może? sprawdzałem moduł bluetooth działa. kontroler działał po instalacji systemu ale po pierwszym restarcie raspberry go zgubił(klawiaturę bluetooth zresztą też) i teraz już nic nie znajduje. zainstalowałem system na nowo i znów to samo.
@@marcind.4315 Niestety. Z Raspberry jest ten problem, że większość czasu spędzasz na rozwiązywaniu problemów niż się cieszyć. Dlatego odpuściłem całkowicie, nie mam na to czasu.
None of this worked for me. My bluetooth controller works in the retropie menu. But not in the emulator menu.
Mine still says “operation currently unavailable” trying to pair Xbox 1 controller :/
Is a wifi connection to Retropie required before doing all this?
Yeah you need to be connected to internet
Problem solved. Thx!
Did not reslove the issue on my raspberry pi 2 tho.
So I just followed this and now my pi boots to a black screen. Pi 4 4gb model? Any ideas?
Try switching your hdmi cable to the other port. Nothing done in the video should make any changes that should cause corruptions so not sure what's happening there.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan thanks I manually rebooted and It came on, sadly still can't connect the Xbox controller with bluetooth
7:04 - 21.8, not 2.8. Just putting that out there.
Good eyes
Everything was already up to date and upgraded, this does not work. Before with new clean retropie image bluetooth did work. Now will not find any device.
Sudo systemctl enable bluetooth returns error: unit file bluetooth.service does not exist…..version is 5.50
@@cyberluke Did you update from within retropie or did you just install a fresh install?
@@OfficialChaseBrogan I did update from within retropie. I'm software dev with Linux experience. Yesterday had like 4 installations :-D. Then SD card 16GB got corruped. Today I bought 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro. They promise 90MB/s write speed ,but real write speed is only 20MB/s. Still 5 times faster than the old one. Anyway, the issue is when you hit Yes to Upgrade kernel and stuff. That will cause only issues like that. And installing BlueZ package will print error that init.d config file does not exist. So I would guess it does use different, older, services management. Blueman also did not help. The only way it did work if I registered bluetooth devices right after install and then performed upgrade. If I upgraded first and then wanted to register device, it caused these issues. Right now I perform only apt update, not apt upgrade and will keep it that way. This Retropie is still VERY buggy and I have to manually edit a lot of config stuff for Samsung TV, hdmi audio, wifi setup. Then setting up shaders and installing emulators, such as Amiga is also painful. Nobody on Retropie tells what Kickstart BIOS you need, which version and where exactly to put it and how to name it. Same issue with PSP and PSX. Just finished downloading Mame romset, but it is 2003 version. I would like to try the 2016, but not sure if RP4 can handle it. Like if I'm not software developer, I would throw it away already and use PC only.
@@cyberluke Gotcha. Yeah unfortunately I have to agree with you in that RetroPie can be a real pain the setup. It's not as straight forward as it should be. Batocera has taken the right approach in terms of BIOS because it gives you a built in tool that lists exactly what you need and does a check for you so you just run the check tool and it'll list whatever is missing for each collection. RetroPie also seems to bounce around so much from version to version. What works one week may not work the following week because of the quick turn around time between updates.
Already did all this was working great for about a thousand times and then all the sudden Bluetooth controller doesn't work anymore
Update the firmware that's probably what it is. I had a 8bitdo arcade stick that recently stopped connecting. Had to go in and upset the firmware on it and then it worked again just like before.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan well I was actually able to get the controller to reconnect without updating but I cannot navigate backward through the menus in order to configure the controller. the keyboard does not allow me to navigate back through the menus. I can leave the Bluetooth pairing menu but cannot get to the main menu unless I do a hard reset and then the controller loses connection again. So basically I can use the keyboard to advance by either hitting enter or a but I can't backup by using b or any other key. So I guess I need to further configure the keyboard in order to include a back button but I forget how to access the configure menu when you first start retropie.
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A 12 minute video for something that could be said in a couple of minutes?
Skip ahead 😂
How can I get this to work in Batocera?
What's wrong with your bluetooth on Batocera? I haven't heard of any issues with batocera's bluetooth. What are you using to run Batocera?
@@OfficialChaseBrogan raspberry pi 4
12 min video just to show upgrade command??
Really thought this would work but no. It has changed though. Now instead of just hanging and i have to ctrl c out now I get about half a dozen lines of errors as well. Its too long to type it all but the last line says dbus.eceptions.dbusexception: org.bluez.error.notavailable: Operation currently not available. I am gutted I have spent so much time messing with this now.
Actually I take it back I finally got there. My pad happens to be an Xbox One Pad. I added the xpadneo driver and it worked!
@@teddykgbelectronics9213 how did you add the Xbox driver?
@@daloia_music it was added from packages. May have been in experimental packages not totally sure off hand