Hi, I was curious to know if there is any way to connect my dualshock 4 via bluetooth to linux. Wired works fine but the USB port on the controller is very loose and the controller disconnects easily, which is very annoying.

On windows I used ds4windows which worked great. On Linux I tried ds4drv which worked at first but broke after I upgraded to mint 22, I tried a bunch of stuff to fix it but couldn’t get it to work.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Update: on mint when you connect the dualshock controller the LED on it glows light blue and it doesnt work, then a notification appears asking you to authenticate the connection, click yes and the LED will turn blue and the controller will work ( you can test it on desktop by using the touchpad as a mouse). It seems either I missed this message before or it didnt appear for some reason.

    • hopefull_cottonball@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      6 days ago

      I can pair it like how I pair my headphones just fine. But it doesn’t work like a controller AFAIK. Im not near my PC right now bit last time I tried games didn’t detect it.

      Edit: fixed the problem, read post.

      • tee9000@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 days ago

        It works for me on linux mint.

        Is steam involved? Try going to compatibility settings, there should be something related to controllers and ps4 controllers.

      • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        6 days ago

        It should work I believe. used it on Opensuse tumbleweed, Fedora, bazzite, and CachyOS. Just by turning Bluetooth on and pairing it.

      • mranderson17@infosec.pub
        2·
        6 days ago

        works for me both on my archlinux machine and my steamdeck with steam and non-steam games. I’ve even played NFSU2 with it =] . I don’t think it required any more configuration than just pairing for me, no special drivers or tools. Maybe it needs a firmware update (I don’t know if that’s a thing, just a thought)?