Sony Playstation 3 Joypad

Hardware Support
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Hello,
may someone help me please?
i connected a sony ps3 controller on mini pc with zorin os 18
it work out of the box via usb cable.
but as soon as i remove the cable and i press the PS button, a window show up on desktop asking to put a SIX DIGITS code into controller.
what am i doing wrong?
searched the help but found nothing
thanks to all who would help

Hardware:

OS= Zorin OS 18 Core
Hardware model= Shenzen DOKE electronic co., LTD MP80
CPU= Intel N97 x 4
RAM= 16GB
Storage= 1TB
GPU= intel Graphics (ADL-N)
firmware= 5.26
Wayland
Linux 6.14.0-33-generic
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You're not likely doing anything wrong. Sony doesn't exactly provide drivers for Linux, so the community had to make something. Looking around, it seems to me like you'll need to install a couple of tools. There's an instruction page here:

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Thank you very much!

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