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Bluetooth[SOLVED]

Hi all

So far I can´t manage to have the bluetooth working on my pc

I´ve installed bluez, bluez-openrc, bluez-utils, bluez-tools, pulseaidio-bluetooth, blueman
In /etc/bluetooth/main.conf the last line is
AutoEnable=true

When I run the command blueman-manager some menus are disabled  (adaptateur, périphérique)

The network controller is Broadcom BCM4321, the wifi is ok (module b43) and the bluetooth is ok on same pc with linux MX

Really I don´t know how to solve this problem.

NB all my other hardware (Macbook 12 years old + LaserJet 1018 + scanner Epson Perfection V39+ dual screen) is ok with Artix :)

Have a nice day

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #1
what say rfkill?

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #2
Thanks alium
rfkill returns
ID  TYPE  DEVICE       SOFT              HARD
 0   wlan   phy0          débloqué        débloqué

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #3
Maybe try getting it to work using bluetoothctl. I just use that, no gui and it works fine.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #4
Hello Bahuvriri
Thanks for your answer. I´ve have tried bluetoothctl with the same result :
aucun adaptateur bluetooth détecté
(no adapter detected)
When I run MX linux on the same pc the command rfkill returns
rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no
Maybe I´d install hci but I don´t know which package

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #5
Broadcom's firmware is closed blob, I'm pretty sure you need their firmware from the AUR.
Code: [Select]
9 aur/bcm20702a1-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM20702A1 based devices.
10 aur/bcm20702b0-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM20702B0 based devices.
11 aur/bcm20703a1-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM20703A1 based devices.
12 aur/bcm43142a0-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM43142A0 based devices.
13 aur/bcm4335c0-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM4335C0 based devices.
14 aur/bcm4350-firmware 0.3-1 (3) (0.00)
    Bluetooth firmware for the Broadcom BCM4350 card
15 aur/bcm4350c5-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM4350C5 based devices.
16 aur/bcm4356a2-firmware 1201710-8 (22) (0.89)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware for BCM4356A2 based devices.
17 aur/broadcom-bt-firmware-git 12.0.1.1011_p1.r3.gc0bd928-1 (1) (0.61)
    Broadcom bluetooth firmware.
18 aur/bt-dw1560-firmware 1.0-1 (6) (0.00)
    Bluetooth firmware for Dell DW1560 802.11ac (Broadcom BCM4352) adapter
You can check which one is installed on MX and use it on Artix.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #6
As you said I´ve installer bluez-firmware and bluez-hid2hci and now (after reboot) the command rfkill returns
ID TYPE      DEVICE     SOFT     HARD
 0 bluetooth hci0   débloqué débloqué
 1 wlan      phy0   débloqué débloqué
Now the phone is visible with blueman but no connection and the pc isn´t visible on the phone.
So I´ve tried bluetoothctl with no result so far
bluez-firmware is of no use because b43-fwcutter is already installed for the wifi
Thanks again for your reply.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #7
The good news is you've got bluetooth hardware working. Bad news is I don't use bluetooth myself and can't help you in terms of related software. I remember using KDE Plasma once and it had a really nice bluetooth integration, out of the box.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #8
Could you please try to set  in  /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service

Code: [Select]
Exec=/usr/lib/bluetooth/obexd

and report back?


This should allow obexd without a systemd user session.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #9
Hello nous and artoo
I´d rather stay on LXDE than on KDE  :)

I´ve done what you said artoo :

the file  /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service doesn´t exist on my Artix OS so

# touch /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service

and after I´ve added the line
Exec=/usr/lib/bluetooth/obexd to new file

Reboot but no change. I´m pretty sure there is a solution but too noob to find it.

Re: Bluetooth

Reply #10
Hi all
Yesterday I´ve installed again Artix with xfce as desktop manager, b43-firmware (wifi + bluetooth) bluez blueman
This time the file transfert works without problem ( my pc is detected on the phone as localhost-0) from the phone to the pc
Thanks again for your help and advice.