Got this back from the Sony dev Roderick Colenbrander, "Unfortunately reverting the joydev patch is not an option. Let me explain why. Joydev is an old legacy for using joysticks. It is very limited and can only deal with buttons and sticks. It doesn't support new features like force feedback / rumble (though already added 15+ years ago), multitouch, motion sensors and other features.
When we started offering motion sensors, this broke existing applications which were never designed with motion sensor support. Applications which would never get updated. Nor does joydev have a way to distinguish motion sensor axes from regular joystick axes. The recommended way for over a decade is to not use joydev, but use evdev, which is also what is used for keyboard, mouse and other devices. It offers all the features needed and it is supported fine for ds3 and ds4." I am playing with a hack that cam be found here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088925/ubuntu-18-04-no-longer-adds-second-joystick-device-for-sony-dualshock3s-gyro-ac which I have not gotten to fully work creating a joydev as I write this but I do now see both evdevs. Unfortunately joydev is still pretty standard for things like Flightgear. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088925/ubuntu-18-04-no-longer-adds- second-joystick-device-for-sony-dualshock3s-gyro-ac -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800839 Title: Dualshock3 hid_sony accelerometer not registering as joystick Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: [12649.015762] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller Motion Sensors as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:512/0005:054C:0268.0004/input/input25 [12649.015925] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:512/0005:054C:0268.0004/input/input24 [12649.016117] sony 0005:054C:0268.0004: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v80.00 Joystick [Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on 60:f6:77:dd:db:90 4.15.0-38-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 10 10:59:38 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux perhaps this is only a config issue as when the new split gyro & analog sticks/buttons/triggers both appeared as joysticks while you can now see only Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller(input24) registers as a joystick while Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller Motion Sensors (input25) does not. Any questions I am happy to respond, I have every reason to believe this is actually not a bluez issue but google gives me no returns other than general compatibility issues over the new hid_sony driver splitting the gyro from the pad. I use this to stay current on instrument flying while working out of town using FlightGear flight simulator, the PS3 gyro is an excellent yoke simulator that fis in my laptop bag. thanks dave ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: bluez 5.48-0ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Wed Oct 31 15:06:00 2018 InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GL503VD ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic root=UUID=ec87be72-8832-43e4-a6d1-08c4d60d73b1 ro quiet splash modprobe.blacklist=nouveau vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-01 (90 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/13/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: GL503VD.307 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: GL503VD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrGL503VD.307:bd03/13/2018:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnGL503VD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnGL503VD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: ROG dmi.product.name: GL503VD dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. hciconfig: hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 60:F6:77:DD:DB:90 ACL MTU: 1021:4 SCO MTU: 96:6 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:624605 acl:10743 sco:0 events:125 errors:0 TX bytes:5814 acl:12 sco:0 commands:106 errors:0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1800839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
