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Paul Blankenbaker
https://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nstwiki/index.php?title=NST_Bluetooth_FAQ&diff=8814&oldid=prev
Paul Blankenbaker: Started page with some Bluetooth notes
2018-01-03T23:08:44Z
<p>Started page with some Bluetooth notes</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>__TOC__<br />
= Bluetooth General =<br />
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== What Services Need to Be Running? ==<br />
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The ''bluetooth.service'' needs to be running. You can check its status via:<br />
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systemctl status bluetooth.service<br />
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You can start it via:<br />
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sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service<br />
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== How Do I Add A Bluetooth Device Using a Desktop Application? ==<br />
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* Start the ''Bluetooth'' program found under ''System|Preferences|Hardware'' on the MATE desktop.<br />
* Turn on your Bluetooth device and put it into pairing mode (there is often a device specific button or sequence to press).<br />
* Look for the device to appear in the list of available Bluetooth devices. It will be labeled as ''Not Set Up'' (see ''Bluetooth Optic Mouse'' in the image below).<br />
* Select the device to set up.<br />
* For simple devices (like a mouse), you should be done at this point.<br />
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[[File:bluetooth-setup.png|center|Setting up Bluetooth Optic Mouse]]<br />
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== How Do I Add A Bluetooth Device Using the Command Line? ==<br />
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* Use the ''bluetoothctl'' program and enable scanning:<br />
[root@refritos ~]# bluetoothctl <br />
[NEW] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF refritos [default]<br />
[NEW] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 MANGO<br />
[NEW] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C CHANGA<br />
[NEW] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D Flex<br />
[NEW] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint<br />
Agent registered<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# scan on<br />
Discovery started<br />
[CHG] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF Discovering: yes<br />
* Put your Bluetooth device in pairing mode, you should see a ''NEW'' entry appear in the ''bluetoothctl'' scanning output.<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D RSSI: -68<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D TxPower: -6<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C RSSI: -49<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C TxPower: 0<br />
[NEW] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
[CHG] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 RSSI: -64<br />
[CHG] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 RSSI: -74<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D RSSI: -76<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D RSSI: -68<br />
* You can turn off scanning at this point:<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# scan on<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D TxPower is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C TxPower is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C RSSI is nil<br />
Discovery stopped<br />
[CHG] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF Discovering: no<br />
* You can use the ''devices'' command to list all of the available devices discovered:<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# devices<br />
Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint<br />
Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D Flex<br />
Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C CHANGA<br />
Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 MANGO<br />
Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
* You should now be able to use the ''pair'' command to pair to the device.<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# pair 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
Attempting to pair with 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Connected: yes<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Modalias: usb:v1131p3501d0611<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 ServicesResolved: yes<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Paired: yes<br />
Pairing successful<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 ServicesResolved: no<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Connected: no<br />
* You can use the ''trust'' command to indicate that you trust the device (not certain when this is necessary - it was not actually necessary for my Bluetooth mouse)<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# trust 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Trusted: yes <br />
Changing 00:12:67:19:6B:40 trust succeeded<br />
* You can use the ''connect'' command to then connect the Bluetooth device to your system.<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# connect 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
Attempting to connect to 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Connected: yes<br />
Connection successful<br />
[CHG] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 ServicesResolved: yes]# <br />
* At this point your Bluetooth device should be working and you can use the ''info'' command to check its state.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# info 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40<br />
Name: Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
Alias: Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
Class: 0x002580<br />
Icon: input-mouse<br />
Paired: yes<br />
Trusted: yes<br />
Blocked: no<br />
Connected: yes<br />
LegacyPairing: no<br />
UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)<br />
UUID: PnP Information (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)<br />
Modalias: usb:v1131p3501d0611<br />
ManufacturerData Key: 0x5349<br />
ManufacturerData Value: 0x53<br />
ManufacturerData Value: 0x43<br />
* Finally, you can use the ''exit'' command to terminate the ''bluetoothctl'' application.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# exit<br />
Agent unregistered<br />
[DEL] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF refritos [default]<br />
[root@refritos ~]# <br />
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== How Do I Scan for Bluetooth Devices? ==<br />
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This can be done using the ''Bluetooth'' GUI tool on the MATE Desktop, or by entering the ''scan on'' command in the ''bluetoothctl'' command line utility.<br />
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== How Do I Enable Bluetooth Devices After Boot or Suspend? ==<br />
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I had an issue where my ''ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint'' would not connect after a system reboot or suspend/wake cycle. After a lot of Google searching, I was able to fix this issue by creating a ''udev'' configuration file ''/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules'' with the following content:<br />
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# Set bluetooth power up<br />
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="hci0", RUN+="/usr/bin/hciconfig hci0 up"<br />
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NOTE: This still won't let you use your bluetooth keyboard to get into the BIOS settings or to select a boot option during a grub boot. However, it does seem to work once the Operating System is loaded.<br />
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= Device Specific =<br />
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== How Do I Connect a ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint? ==<br />
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The following documents the steps to set up a Bluetooth keyboard (''ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint'' in this case) on a NST or Fedora based system using the ''bluetoothctl'' command line tool.<br />
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* Start the ''bluetoothctl'' command line utility.<br />
[root@refritos ~]# bluetoothctl<br />
[NEW] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF refritos [default]<br />
[NEW] Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
Agent registered<br />
* Use the ''scan on'' command. Turn on the keyboard and then press and hold the switch on the keyboard for one second. Now wait until you see a ''NEW'' device entry for the keyboard.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# scan on<br />
Discovery started<br />
[CHG] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF Discovering: yes<br />
[NEW] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D Flex<br />
[NEW] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 MANGO<br />
[NEW] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint<br />
[NEW] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C CHANGA<br />
* At this point you can use the ''scan off'' command to stop scanning.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# scan off<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C TxPower is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 TxPower is nil<br />
[CHG] Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D TxPower is nil<br />
[CHG] Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D RSSI is nil<br />
[CHG] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF Discovering: no<br />
Discovery stopped<br />
* Use the ''devices'' command to find the ID of the keyboard discovered during the scan.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# devices<br />
Device 00:12:67:19:6B:40 Bluetooth Optic Mouse<br />
Device EB:D0:36:B3:9F:6D Flex<br />
Device C4:85:08:44:22:43 MANGO<br />
Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint<br />
Device EC:55:F9:F1:FF:8C CHANGA<br />
* Use the ''pair'' command to pair to the keyboard. NOTE: The pairing process will prompt you to enter a ''Passkey'' generated by the keyboard. The key to enter may be in LIGHT GRAY on WHITE and very difficult to read (try highlighting with a mouse)! Enter the numbers shown on the Bluetooth keyboard being paired and then press the Enter key.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# pair 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 <br />
Attempting to pair with 90:7F:61:00:3B:15<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Connected: yes<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[agent] Passkey: 555730<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Modalias: usb:v17EFp6048d0312<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 UUIDs: 00001000-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ServicesResolved: yes<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Paired: yes<br />
Pairing successful<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ServicesResolved: no<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Connected: no<br />
* Use the ''trust'' command to indicate that you trust the device (not certain this is necessary, but I do it as it seems like something that might be required to auto-pair at boot time).<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# trust 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 <br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Trusted: yes<br />
Changing 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 trust succeeded<br />
* Finally, connect to the keyboard using the ''connect'' command.<br />
[Bluetooth Optic Mouse]# connect 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 <br />
Attempting to connect to 90:7F:61:00:3B:15<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 Connected: yes<br />
Connection successful<br />
[CHG] Device 90:7F:61:00:3B:15 ServicesResolved: yes<br />
* At this point the keyboard should be working and you can exit the ''bluetoothctl'' command.<br />
[ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint]# exit<br />
Agent unregistered<br />
[DEL] Controller 00:C2:C6:E9:C3:BF refritos [default]<br />
[root@refritos ~]# <br />
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NOTE: This only gets your keyboard working until the next time you suspend or reboot the machine. If you want the keyboard working after a reboot or suspend/resume cycle, create a ''udev'' configuration file ''/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules'' with the following content:<br />
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# Set bluetooth power up<br />
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="hci0", RUN+="/usr/bin/hciconfig hci0 up"</div>
Paul Blankenbaker