Bluetooth
Ensure the Bluetooth controller is not blocked. Use rfkill
to check whether
there are any blocks and to remove soft blocks. If there is a hard block, there
is likely either a physical hardware switch or an option in the BIOS to enable
the Bluetooth controller.
$ rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked unblocked
1 bluetooth hci0 blocked unblocked
# rfkill unblock bluetooth
Installation
Install the bluez
package and enable the bluetoothd
and dbus
services.
Then, add your user to the bluetooth
group and restart the dbus
service, or
simply reboot the system. Note that restarting the dbus
service may kill
processes making use of it.
To use an audio device such as a wireless speaker or headset, ALSA users need to
install the bluez-alsa
package. PulseAudio users do
not need any additional software. PipeWire users need
libspa-bluetooth
.
Usage
Manage Bluetooth connections and controllers using bluetoothctl
, which
provides a command line interface and also accepts commands on standard input.
Consult the Arch Wiki for an example of how to pair a device.
Configuration
The main configuration file is /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
.