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Connecting to BT-PAN through command line
To connect the PC to phone's PAN, I am following these steps
Paired phone with the PC
Turn ON BT tethering in phone
From PC connect it using nmcli or from the connections(GUI)
My doubt is if i am ...
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When connecting a mouse (Logitech MX Master 2s) via USB, systemd-rfkill is called after a few minutes and disables USB?
I'm on Arch Linux and have a Logitech MX Master 2s, other devices like my phone or a bluetooth keyboard aren't causing this. The laptop is a ThinkPad X230 with a BCM20702. I was initially also getting ...
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How to use embedded device as bluetooth HSP/HFP source
I have ARM based board, kernel 4.14.67 and bluez-4.101. I want to connect bluetooth headset for playing sound from the board. My question is similar to that: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...
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bluetooth.service running, but bluetoothctl says “org.bluez.Error.NotReady”
my raspberry pi 3 model B, running Arch, has an issue with bluetooth. First of all:
Bluetooth has worked flawlessly previously
pi-bluetooth from the AUR is up to date
bluez and bluez-utils are up to ...
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How to access bluetooth services
Oddly, I can't seem to find anything about this.
I am trying to access/read/write bluetooth services on my device. I am using bluetoothctl command. There are a set of services, which shows up with ...
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HSP/HFP not working
I´m trying to use my bluetooth headset on my laptop on arch. I got it connected and am able to listen to music using A2DP. But trying to use it as a headset I don´t get any input nor output working ...
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Changing bluetooth class to act as a hands free device and car audio
I posted this on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com with no luck, figured it is more of a generic linux question than Raspberry pi specific.
I have been using this tool to quickly configure my Pi2 as a ...
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Bluetooth Mouse keeps connect/disconnect without move
I'm trying to setup a bluetooth mouse, without success.
I'm using Fedora 29, but I've also tested on an Debian Distro and the problem is the same, so I thought that could not be a distro specific ...
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How to send HCI ACL Data packets with hcitool
History:
I used BlueZ 5.43 to communicate with a bluetooth device:
connect FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
select-attribute /org/bluez/hci/dev_ ...
write 0x54
It takes some time, but it works.
Current issue:
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Logitech MX Master won't stay Connected to Debian Stretch
To preface this, I owned this mouse for over a year now and have used it with no problems on this same hardware with different Linux distros (Fedora, Arch, Manjaro). It was not until I installed ...
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Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on boot
After a reboot, my bluetooth keyboard and mouse can't be used to log into my OpenSuse Linux 14 machine? I have to plug in a USB mouse and keyboard to be able to login.
Any configuration changes ...
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Bluetooth pairing timed out when not in use after a short time
I'm on a Kali (4.18.0-kali3-amd64) and I have an issue with my headsets when I pair them with the internal bluetooth of my computer : it disconnects itself when they're not in use continuously.
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How to pair a Datalogic QuickScan Bluetooth barcode scanner using SPP?
I would like to pair a Bluetooth barcode scanner in "Serial Port Profile Mode" (SPP) using bluetoothctl on Arch Linux. The device is:
[bluetooth]# info 00:07:BE:1C:40:C4
Device 00:07:BE:1C:40:C4 (...
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Dell XPS 15 9550 - Bluetooth will not connect to anything
Output of dmesg | grep -i blue on Linux Mint 19:
[ 6.877551] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 6.877566] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 6.877568] Bluetooth: HCI socket ...
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DBus Transport - force transport to idle state from Bluez5 embedded side - A2DP [closed]
I'd like to be able to force Bluez's transport state from active to idle on the rendering side of a custom embedded platform. This issue is centred around the fact that simply pausing the A2DP ...
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Bluetooth headset breaks my whole system
I have a bluetooth headset that is working well.
But sometimes, for no apparent reason it just stop working (no sound) and it can also "freeze" my video player mpv on a single image.
If i run a ...
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Pulseaudio setting up sinks and sources for A2DP and HFP connections
I'm trying to set up A2DP+HFP profiles in an embedded board. Goal is to use pulseaudio 12.2, ofono 1.18, and bluez 5.41 in order to connect to a mobile phone and use A2DP, HFP profiles automatically, ...
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Bluetooth Simple Secure Paring issues
I have a bluetooth capable chip and an android, I am trying to have the two communicate over RFCOMM. I have an android app and a python server on linux that works, the only issue is my pairing ...
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Permission Denied as root when connecting BluetoothSocket with Bluez 5.43
I've been trying to get bluetooth working on my Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+ running Raspbian Stretch Lite 4.14 with a 3rd party USB bluetooth dongle.
I installed Bluez 5.43 for python 2.7, and was able ...
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Bluetooth Autoconnect to Headset Makes A2DP Sink Unavailable
When turning on my Bluetooth headset (Sony MDR-XB950N1) and the Bluetooth automatically connects with my computer, it automatically selects the HSP/HFP profile which makes audio sound terrible.
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Connecting to bluetooth headphones to audio sink
I have a problem with my Sony WH-1000XM2 headphones on Linux Mint 18.3.
I'm using Blueman and I was able to configure an automatic Bluetooth connection which works as soon as I turn on my headphones....
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Bluez-can't start bluetooth.service
i have downgraded my bluez version from 5 to 4.79.First i uninstalled bluez5 with sudo apt-get purge and then i did sudo apt-get autoremove. Then i wget the tar file and did the classic ./configure , ...
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Obex file transfer (opp protocol) using obexd is very slow
I am using the obexd app that comes with the bluez stack in my Linux system to accept files from an android device over OBEX.
The file transfer handshake and download happen correctly and ...
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Bluetooth - Unpair and pair again without having to scan
I have two boards with BlueZ v5.46 that I use with several profiles such as SPP, HSP or PAN.
I have no problem for pairing, connecting or using profiles but I would like to automate some behaviours.
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Linux BLE Scanning after a CTRL+C
I have a C program that works well the first time it runs (BLUEZ C API) but if I press CTRL+C to stop it and then if I run it again it never finds any BLE device (scanning function). If I reboot linux ...
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Bluetooth headphones pause/play button not working
I've been trying to get the pause/play button on my headphones working (Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2) with my laptop running Manjaro 17.1.10. They also have Next and Previous buttons which work ...
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Bluetooth connection fails by connecting to the Logitech MX Master S2 mouse
I am using Linux Mint 18.2 Sonja and want to connect my new Logitech MX Master S2 mouse without using the bluetooth-dongle, but directly with the inbuilt bluetooth module of my notebook. This works so ...
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“Unmet dependencies. bluez : Conflicts_ bluez-alsa:i386 but 4.98-2ubuntu7 is to be installed”
On my laptop i am using linux mint 18.3 with kernel 4.15.
I get the following error when unsing apt update and apt upgrade.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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bnep0 interface not showing up after connecting to bluetooth NAP
I'm currently trying to associate my phone and a custom board running Linux through a bluetooth PAN network. My phone being the NAP and my board the PANU.
I followed the following documentation HOWTO-...
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Modifying bluetooth scan parameters via btmgmt
I am scanning for ble beacon advertisements which dynamically modify their payload. Therefore, I want to be sure to miss as few advertisements as possible.
I currently monitor the scan output via ...
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pulseaudio-equalizer automatically switching output sink?
I have a Bluetooth headset that I usually use for listening to music on my laptop, and they tend to work fine. Unless I try to use the pulseaudio equalizer, and then it switches the output to my ...
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Bluetooth headset starts lagging after some time of inactivity
I recently bought a Samsung Level U bluetooth headset and succesfully connected it to my computer.
I use Arch Linux and followed the tutorial in Arch Wiki to connect it. It uses A2DP profile and ...
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Consistent enumeration of a btattached controller
I have a controller that is attached with btattach
as a systemd service:
/usr/bin/btattach -B /dev/ttyACM0 -S 1000000
The same command seems to result in different
enumerations. Sometimes its:
$ ...
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Fedora 27 sound output to a bluetooth device not working
I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad T460 and a fresh installation of Fedora 27 with only a few Gnome Extensions and extra software installed. I got this laptop a few months now and only used Fedora (previously ...
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hcitool lescan (Bluetooth LE or any bluetooth scan) in docker under Non-Privileged & Non-host Network mode is possible?
For a specific task, I am failing to scan BLE / BlueZ (hcitool, gatttool, btdevice-l) in Docker under non-privileged and Non-Host network mode.
These are my results (in Debian-Jessie-8.8.0 Host and ...
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Start Bluetooth gui from terminal
What is the name of the gui cinnamon uses to create a Bluetooth control panel? Can I start that same app from terminal instead of using bluetoothctl?
I have bluez installed, I've paired my device with ...
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Bluetooth controller vs device UUID handle mismatch affecting pairing?
I've been Googling for 2 days and cannot find a fix that works for me.
I'm running into a wall trying to pair a Bluetooth mouse. I think my issue is related to a mismatch between the UUID handles ...
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module-bluez5-device not loaded (pulseaudio)
I'm running a system wide PulseAudio daemon, which is working. Now I'd like to play audio from my phone over bluetooth.
In system.pa I'm loading module-bluetooth-policy and module-bluetooth-discover.
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Using acquire-write and acquire-notify in bluetoothctl for Bluetooth Low Energe characteristic BLE
The recent BlueZ 5.46 release has a new feature to "let an application get a dedicated file descriptor to read/write data from/to a GATT characteristic". Looking at bluetoothctl command help, It looks ...
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How do I secure Linux systems against the BlueBorne remote attack?
The Armis Lab has discovered a new vector attack affecting all devices with Bluetooth enabled including Linux and IoT systems.
BlueBorne attack on Linux
Armis has disclosed two vulnerabilities ...
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Setting up Linux Bluetooth 4.0 serial port - gatttool/socat?
Bluetooth LE/ 4 is different from traditional Bluetooth serial port profiles and old instructions don't work. Bluetooth LE is basically all user mode, and there are some instructions on accessing LE ...
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Bose QC35 fails to connect to XPS 15 9550 running Arch
I am struggling with making my Bose Quiet Comfort 35 headset work on my XPS 15 9550 running Arch Linux. The headset works on my other computer (also running Arch), but I just can't figure out how to ...
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Operate on BlueZ provided file descriptor in C
I am attempting to work with the org.bluez.Profile1 in BlueZ 5.44. When connecting with a new device via the NewConnection DBus method, we get a file descriptor to work with. I am fairly confused on ...
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BlueZ with Ubuntu Set-up
I am trying to setup BlueZ in Ubuntu 14.04 with the end goal of connecting my mobile phone to my computer. The website does not have many details of how to install it, and I do not have much ...
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BlueZ error setting privacy on Raspbian
I am trying to use BlueZ 5.45 on a raspberry pi running Raspbian Jessie and cannot set up BlueZ to use LE Privacy. When I start the bluetooth daemon I get the following messages:
Jul 26 22:00:19 ...
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Can't use make command Bluetooth
I am trying to downgrade from Bluez5 to Bluez4 in case to use HFP , here what I get used make after ./configurate command
~/bluez-4.101 $ make
GEN lib/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
ln: target 'lib/...
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Recreate HID device after BlueZ 5 is restarted
I work on an embedded device which is using Bluetooth keyboard for user interaction.
When the keyboard is connected for the first time after reboot or BlueZ restart, BlueZ will establish a connection,...
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Bluetooth connection error
I want to connect my laptop(Arch Linux) to arduino. I am connecting it via bluez and using hc-05 on the arduino side.
The problem is, bluez is connecting fine with android phone, android phone is ...
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Bluetooth LE devices connection order
Running Gentoo linux distribution with kernel 4.9.16 and bluez 5.43
Have two devices: Logitech MX Anywhere 2 mouse and Logitech K780 keyboard
Both devices are Bluetooth 4.0 LE.
Bluetooth adapter is ...
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Binding to systemd device units of connected bluetooth devices
When I connect a bluetooth device (e.g. a wiimote) to my machine and list all device units of systemd via systemctl list-units -t device, the device unit shows up as sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-...
