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Was thinking of using a joycon as a presenter's clicker. A quick test on my Android phone shows it paired just fine via Bluetooth, though the input is a bit slow and laggy.

However, in 16.10 the Device Search doesn't seem to discover the joycon in sync mode. I've paired bluetooth headphones to this computer successfully, so I don't think it's the hardware. Are there settings or libraries I need to tweak to fix this?

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  • I remember trying to connect a wiimote and it did not connect in its discover mode. Inside the wiimote was a small button and that had to be used for the connection, rather than the normal way of connecting to a wii. Perhaps the Joycon has something like that? I don't have one to check. – Mark Kirby Mar 11 '17 at 09:44
  • @MarkKirby yes, the joycon has a sync button I have to press. Recall that I'm able to pair it with an Android phone, so it's unlikely a user error =) – jldugger Mar 13 '17 at 16:52

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On PopOS 21.10 (Ubuntu derivative), I got this working by following the advice in this answer::

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-joystick

and then rebooting. Both JoyCon joysticks work for controlling the mouse (and moving them together makes it move faster). The right JoyCon can use B for left click and X for right click.

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Just tried a laptop I have at home, and it worked. Keybuttons aren't recognized, but that might be a bluetooth joystick button mapping thing on a per app basis I need to investigate more.

Not sure why it didn't work on the desktop though!

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