I bought a Bluetooth set of headphones.
I can not get it to pair with my computer.
I looked at Bluetooth devices and did not see anything.
The Bluetooth dongle got my Amazon Echo going.
What gives?
I've had issues with dongles in the past, though I've only used network and wireless ones.
First, go to Menu and search for "bluetooth". You should see a few entries. Check the bluetooth adapter to make sure the dongle is being recognized.
You can also check it with this command and look for an entry labelled bluetooth:
lsusb
Then check the bluetooth manager app. You can also use these commands:
Check if the bluetooth service is running
systemctl status bluetooth
If not running, start it
sudo systemctl start bluetooth
Enable bluetooth on boot up
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
You can also look at the system logs to help see what is going on:
dmesg | grep -i bluetooth
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I looked it up a bit more because I was curious myself how to use bluetooth. I have it on my computer, but I never use it.
You can use this tool to help check things too:
bluetoothctl
Inside the bluetoothctl interactive prompt, there are these commands you can use:
power onturns on bluetooth adapterdeviceslists paired devicesscan onstarts scanning for nearby devices to check if it can detect any
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Thanks.
I wrote this script. Notice what is on line 4.
I like helping people. I used to be a technical writer.
I had to be aware of my audience.
echo -e " ${BBlu}Alarm Program 2024 ${RCol}"
echo
echo -e " alarm.sh [time value in seconds,hrs.etc] in Double quotes and Message in Double quotes."
echo -e " Ex. alarm.sh \"3m.\" \"Tea is ready.\""
echo
exit 1; }
bluetoothctl has no examples.
The syntax is confusing to me.
Usage:
bluetoothctl [--options] [commands]
Options:
--agent Register agent handler:
--endpoints Register Media endpoints
--monitor Enable monitor output
--timeout Timeout in seconds for non-interactive mode
--version Display version
--init-script Init script file
--help Display help
Commands:
list List available controllers
show Controller information
My wireless headphones were clearance and cost $7 U.S. dollars.
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Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0b05:17cb ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth
I am not sure what you tried or have not tried, but I just paired a wireless headset to my laptop and they work great. I clicked on the bluetooth icon in my taskbar and it opens Bluetooth Devices. I made sure my headset was in pairing mode and then clicked the SEARCH button in Bluetooth Devices and it found the headset pretty quickly.
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I suspect the lower quality headphones are prone to not pairing.
I have seen it before.
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I bought a higher quality with a gift card from my insurance company.
I get this when I try to connect.
Odd. Well, there are a few things you can try. You can try and connect through the terminal.
bluetoothctl
For more info, check this link Bluetooth - ArchWiki
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