Not Seeing Xbox Series X controller via BT

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New TW user her, so far liking the experience.

I’m having a weird issue where the Bluetooth cannot see my xbox series x as it never pops up as an available device. I do have other BT devices and it sees all of them just fine. I opened my phone next to my pc and the two saw the same device list except my phone could see my xbox controller as available. If I plug the controller in it shows up as a controller and works great. I also dual boot and windows on the same hw can see the controller so I launched the xbox accessories and updated the f/w to the latest and still no luck. Any Idea how to get TW to see my controller via bt?

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I just tried a ps5 Dual Sense and that worked immediately so the issue seems to be just with the xbox series x controllers

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Based on some other articles I tried installing xboxdrv from here: Install package hardware / xboxdrv

Still cannot find any of my xbox series controllers via bluetooth.

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I’m using xpadneo for my Xbox Elite 2 Controller, connected over Bluetooth. Both repositories, ohmree and vklonis, include the autoload package, so the Kernel module gets automatically loaded when you connect your controller.

The only problem I have so far is that those OBS repositories are usually a couple of days behind when a new Kernel version comes in, so keep that in mind.

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Did you have to do anything special? I followed the xpadneo directions and it installed properly but I still couldn’t finding multiple series controllers via Bluetooth. I ended up finding my old Xbox dongle and getting that working via xone rather than Bluetooth but that shouldn’t be necessary.

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I didn’t have to do anything special. Just hold down the Connect button on the Xbox Controller until it is in pairing mode and then pair the device.

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Hi,

Update your controller firmware (only possible from Xbox or perhaps Windows), it might fix the issue.

Older controllers used to have a slightly borked Bluetooth implementation. You need to disable Enhanced Retransmission Mode (ERTM) on your system to pair a controller.

echo 1 > /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm

The USB dongle is still the best option for older controllers, but ERTM does the trick. The issue is that this is a global config on your BT card, so it disables ERTM for all devices.

I’m able to connect my Series X controller without ERTM changes, but for the older ONE S/X I had to disable it.

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This is a fairly new Xbox Series Controller (not from last gen) and in the OP I mentioned I upgraded it to the latest f/w. It sounds like it should see it without your ertm fix so maybe its some issue with my hardware and the kernel even though it works in windows just fine. I guess I’ll just use the dongle for now.