Recently, I bought a headset.
In general, they are great but need to connect them to my laptop with Arch Linux.
The documentation about Bluetooth on Arch Linux can be found and :
Installation
Install necessary packages:
sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils
Check kernel’s module:
lsmod | grep btusb
btusb 40960 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 16384 1 btusb
bluetooth 475136 5 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,btusb
usbcore 208896 12 usbnet,uvcvideo,usbhid,cdc_mbim,ehci_hcd,cdc_acm,cdc_ncm,cdc_wdm,xhci_pci,btusb,xhci_hcd,ehci_pci
If it’s not found – load it:
Start the service:
systemctl start bluetooth.service
systemctl enable bluetooth.service
bluetoothctl Linux
Run Запускаем консоль управления Bluetooth CLI:
bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller B8:76:3F:AB:D0:24 BlueZ 5.47 [default]
Agent registered
[bluetooth]#
Check for available commands with help:
[bluetooth]# help
Available commands:
list List available controllers
show [ctrl] Controller information
select <ctrl> Select default controller
devices List available devices
paired-devices List paired devices
...
Start the Bluetooth controller on the laptop and run a bluetooth agent that will perform devices registration:
[bluetooth]# power on
[CHG] Controller B8:76:3F:AB:D0:24 Class: 0x0000010c
Changing power on succeeded
[CHG] Controller B8:76:3F:AB:D0:24 Powered: yes
[bluetooth]# agent on
Agent is already registered
[bluetooth]# default-agent
Default agent request successful
Power on the headset and search for available devices on your laptop:
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 34:CF:F6:94:01:73 Discovering: yes
...
[NEW] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE LE_WH-1000XM3
Register the headset:
[bluetooth]# pair 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE
Attempting to pair with 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Name: WH-1000XM3
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Alias: WH-1000XM3
...
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE ServicesResolved: no
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Connected: no
Connect it:
[bluetooth]# connect 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE
Attempting to connect to 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Connected: yes
Connection successful
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE ServicesResolved: yes
[WH-1000XM3]#
And now the sound is going through them:
To make the headset to be paired automatically after powering them on – add them the trusted-devices:
[CHG] Device 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE Trusted: yes
Changing 38:18:4C:BD:68:DE trust succeeded
Blueman
There is a GUI-based package to add and configure Bluetooth devices, also it can place an icon to the systray – , install it:
Run the applet:
To start the applet automatically on the system’s startup – in Openbox you can add it to the ~/.config/openbox/autostart file:
blueman-applet &
Done.
