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PS3 Controller Suddenly Freezing Over Bluetooth
I used to be able to play 6 players via PS3 controllers over Bluetooth. Now for some reason the controllers all freeze every 5-10s, making them unusable. This problem doesn't occur in the Steam Link app (controller testing there is fine), but only during streaming and dmesg gives the following errors:

[ 1954.516562] Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 1539
[ 1954.516651] Bluetooth: hci0: Frame reassembly failed (-84)
[ 1954.516685] Bluetooth: hci0: Frame reassembly failed (-84)

Any idea what is going on? AI is suggesting to install a Bullseye Kernel to get an older Bluetooth version (not sure if this is a good idea). I think it occurred after I ran "upgrade all" but I don't see any Bluetooth or Kernel updates. I even reinstalled the original image from scratch and the problem persists.

Im using RPI OS Bookworm Lite on RPI3
Last edited by Salahuddin; Oct 3, 2025 @ 8:41pm
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Salahuddin
Oct 10, 2025 @ 7:54pm 
Installed Bullseye on another SD card and the controllers work again. This error seems to be the issue: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 1539 as it does not show up in Bullseye. I would appreciate if there is a solution so I can use the latest OS.
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slouken
Nov 11, 2025 @ 10:43am 
Originally posted by Salahuddin:
Installed Bullseye on another SD card and the controllers work again. This error seems to be the issue: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 1539 as it does not show up in Bullseye. I would appreciate if there is a solution so I can use the latest OS.

This is an OS issue, not anything Steam Link can solve.
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