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Oddwierdo

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Registered: 2023-07-29

Posts: 40

Bluetooth "communication" issue

I'm using a Wii U Pro Controller. It used to work out of the box without any issues before. However i didn't use it for a while and now wanted to start using again (using the same bluetooth adapter i used before). Though it now would give me trouble.
The problem with seems to be that it isn't "really" communicating the right way. When i connect it  (after it was paired) all the lights on the controller would flash... like it is trying to connect. However i noticed it is already connected and good to use.. it just wouldn't stop flashing.
When i use bluetoothctl to see what's going on the pad just wouldn't show up and KDE also would still report the pad as "not connected".  dmesg however shows the pad connected (and i can use it).

[ 12.813618] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 12.813623] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 12.813626] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 764.934162] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.0006: unknown main item tag 0x0
[ 764.934210] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.0006: hidraw5: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-UC] on 00:1a:7d:da:71:15
[ 764.934218] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.0006: New device registered
[ 765.030731] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.0006: detected device: Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller
[ 765.084069] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.0006: detected extension: Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller
[ 765.084116] input: Nintendo Wii Remote Pro Controller as /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:057E:0330.0006/input/input23

So my guess is that i ran into a bug? Any clue how i can solve it?