A couple of updates - have installed another BT dongle, from TP link (Bluetooth 5.3) and loks like with this one the DS4 re-connects just fine without multiple retries.
ema@scv:~$ bluetoothctl show Controller 98:03:8E:ED:DA:24 (public) Manufacturer: 0x005d (93) Version: 0x0a (10) Name: scv Alias: scv Class: 0x007c0104 (8126724) Powered: yes Discoverable: yes DiscoverableTimeout: 0x000000b4 (180) Pairable: yes lsusb info: Bus 003 Device 008: ID 2357:0604 TP-Link TP-*DLi Bluetooth USB Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 224 Wireless bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x2357 TP-Link idProduct 0x0604 TP-*DLi Bluetooth USB Adapter bcdDevice 2.00 iManufacturer 1 iProduct 2 TP-*DLi Bluetooth USB Adapter iSerial 3 98038EEDDA24 bNumConfigurations 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117168 Title: DS4 and DS5 (DualShock) Sony Playstation pads can't reconnect on kernel - 6.14 (6.14.0-24-generic HWE) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-6.14/+bug/2117168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs