Hello, I was able to find a similar issue on the bluez github here (https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/673) and after investigating a bit further, I am able to get things working on the current update from Canonical if I pair the device using bluetoothctl instead of with blueman. Instructions on how to do that are in this (https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/673#issuecomment-1849132576) comment.
I think that this might be an issue with how blueman handles authentication with gamepad devices, not with how bluez does. ** Bug watch added: github.com/bluez/bluez/issues #673 https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/673 ** Package changed: bluez (Ubuntu) => blueman (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - [Regression] HID gamepad stopped working in 5.68-0ubuntu1.1 + [Regression] HID gamepad stopped working when paired with blueman on bluez 5.68-0ubuntu1.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2046084 Title: [Regression] HID gamepad stopped working when paired with blueman on bluez 5.68-0ubuntu1.1 Status in blueman package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, I updated from 5.68-0ubuntu1 to 5.68-0ubuntu1.1 and my bluetooth gamepad (8bitdo Pro 2) stopped working. It no longer was detected by various emulator software or by jstest-gtk. It stopped showing up in /dev/input/ as well. Here are the logs that I get on connection with the broken (new) version: Dec 10 13:12:23 laptop bluetoothd[6317]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down Dec 10 13:12:43 laptop bluetoothd[6317]: profiles/input/device.c:ioctl_is_connected() Can't get HIDP connection info Dec 10 13:12:45 laptop bluetoothd[6317]: profiles/input/device.c:hidp_add_connection() Rejected connection from !bonded device E4:17:DE:AD:BE:EF Here are the logs that I get on connection with the old (working) version: Dec 10 13:37:17 laptop bluetoothd[7736]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down Dec 10 13:38:30 laptop bluetoothd[7736]: profiles/input/device.c:ioctl_is_connected() Can't get HIDP connection info I think that the indicator of issues (or at least a red herring) is the "Rejected connection from !bonded device" line in the broken output. I've redacted my MAC address obviously. I think that two packages are involved with this and I am not quite sure where exactly the bug lives. I think that both the "bluez" and "bluez-obexd" packages are involved. If I mix the versions between these two, I get various different behaviors: bluez-obexd 1.1 and bluez 1.1 = broken behavior bluez-obexd 1 and bluez 1.1 = broken behavior bluez-obexd 1 and bluez 1 = working behavior bluez-obexd 1.1 and bluez 1 = unable to connect bluetooth device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/blueman/+bug/2046084/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
