Support #681
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This is a guide on how I got a pair of bluetooth stereo headphones on Arch Linux. h2. Prepeare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pacman -Syu </pre> * Install a few dependencies: <pre> pacman -S pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-bluetooth bluez bluez-libs bluez-utils bluez-firmware bluez-hid2hci pavucontrol </pre> * Start the bluetooth service: <pre> systemctl start bluetooth </pre> * Put the +bluetooth headphones into pairing mode+. * Use the bluetoothctl command line utility to pair and connect: <pre> bluetoothctl </pre> #* Turn on the bluetooth adapter on the Arch computer, and enable scanning: <pre> power on agent on default-agent scan on </pre> #* Pair with a device: <pre> pair 1B:05:12:11:24:B4 trust 1B:05:12:11:24:B4 connect 1B:05:12:11:24:B4 </pre> *NOTE*: I had problems with the audio sink automatically being set as the default device. So I just use pavucontrol to set where the audio output goes. h2. Resources * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth