Can confirm this still happens with kernel 5.8.1. While the device is listed correctly with its full name in bluetoothctl and can be trusted, the final pairing will not work. syslog will constantly have a "Refusing...." message for the device and the connection:
Aug 12 15:47:25 htpc blueman-mechanism: Exiting Aug 12 15:47:38 htpc systemd[1]: Starting Stop ureadahead data collection... Aug 12 15:47:38 htpc systemd[1]: Started Stop ureadahead data collection. Aug 12 15:47:51 htpc bluetoothd[962]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2) Aug 12 15:47:51 htpc bluetoothd[962]: Refusing connection from C8:3F:26:44:17:2D: unknown device For example an 8bitdo Arcade Stick can be paired and connected without issues over bluetooth. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750146 Title: Xbox (One) Wireless Controller won't connect Status in gnome-control-center: Confirmed Status in Linux: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Xbox One Wireless Controllers (Model 1708) refuse to connect via bluetooth with Ubuntu 17.10 in the gnome-control-center. Placing the controller into pairing mode makes it visible on the Bluetooth Devices list and the device pairs, but does not make the full connection needed to pull the controller out of pairing mode. This renders my controller unusable with my Ubuntu PC unless I want to resort to using the wire (microUSB). Please fix. See the attached system information below. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-lowlatency 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Feb 17 09:26:14 2018 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/1750146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
