Playstation 3 used and refurbished specials. Ever want to use your Sixaxis on your PC? - PLAYSTATION®3 General - PlayStation.com Forums. Mirko's Blog - Problems with unison on ps3 with 64bit userland. Using the PlayStation 3 controller in Bluetooth mode with Linux. Ever since the PS3 platform was released (Japan: 2006-11-11; USA: 2006-11-17; Europe: 2007-03-23) there has been speculation as to whether its wireless controller, dubbed "SIXAXIS", could be used in non-gaming applications. It is already known that the SIXAXIS operates as a regular HID device in USB mode. Since it is being marketed as a Bluetooth device, it was fair and legitimate to expect it to also work with any Bluetooth-compliant computer, just like the Wiimote.
This document explains how to configure Linux to recognize the SIXAXIS as a Bluetooth HID device. These instructions are not endorsed by Sony. There is no guarantee that you will not damage your SIXAXIS or your PS3 by following them. 3. At the time of writing, mainstream Linux distributions do not explicitly support the SIXAXIS in wireless mode. Linux-2.6.21 or later . Alternatively, it might be possible to support the Bluetooth HID "Report Protocol" on older kernels by using bthid instead of hidd, with a similar patch. 4.