Originally Posted by
gopher38
Hi,
Looking for help on this. I'm trying to get this running on a PS3 with Jaunty. Just trying to use the SixAxis as a mouse and for MAME. I know the first question will be, "Why Jaunty?". Well, I'm familiar with Jaunty, so I tried that first. Couldn't get it to work, so I went to Karmic, but I had more serious issues with the screen, sound, and other flaky behaviour, so I'm back to Jaunty. Also, I know that this works at least on a laptop using Jaunty, because I got it to work on my HP Pavilion. Besides, I only want to use the SixAxis as a mouse, so I don't care about some of the new features. So, I'm back to trying Jaunty on the PS3. I believe that this combination will work, but if someone knows that it definitely will not work (like this falkTX, who seems to know everything), please give me a heads up.
Anyway, I'm on jaunty and I'm pretty sure that I read that you first have to install this:
libbluetooth3_4.51-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb
So I downloaded and installed it with no problems. I then downloaded this:
QtSixA-1.2.1-DEBs.zip
And installed this file:
sixad_1.2.1-0ubuntu0+karmic1_powerpc.deb
And then this:
qtsixa_1.2.1-0ubuntu0+karmic1_all.deb
I know that they both say "karmic" on them, but I believe that they are the right files. They worked on my Pavilion with Jaunty anyway, and seemed to install correctly on the PS3.
So I thought I'd be OK, but I can't get the thing to work. QtSixA sees the SixAxis (address listed in connected devices), both on bluetooth and through USB. I can select the hidraw device, but when I hit apply, one of two things happens: a) it seems to work but I still don't see any reaction when I move the joysticks, or b) it gives me an error message that it can't start the sixad driver. There aren't any lights on the sixaxis either.
So couple of questions to start. Can anyone:
a) confirm that the sixaxis will work as a mouse on the PS3 with jaunty?
b) tell me if I'm using the correct packages?
libbluetooth3_4.51-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb
sixad_1.2.1-0ubuntu0+karmic1_powerpc.deb
qtsixa_1.2.1-0ubuntu0+karmic1_all.deb
c) give me any hints on what I might try next?
Muchos gracias.
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