Support #681: Setup Bluetooth Headphones on Arch - GNU/Linux Administration - ALT Project Management

Support #681

Setup Bluetooth Headphones on Arch

Added by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Daniel Curtis

Category:

Workstation

Target version:

Arch Linux

Start date:

10/19/2015

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

0.50 h

Spent time:

1.00 h

Description

This is a guide on how I got a pair of bluetooth stereo headphones on Arch Linux.

Prepeare the Environment¶

Make sure the system is up to date:
```
pacman -Syu
```

Install a few dependencies:

pacman -S pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-bluetooth bluez bluez-libs bluez-utils bluez-firmware bluez-hid2hci pavucontrol

Start the bluetooth service:
```
systemctl start bluetooth
```

Put the bluetooth headphones into pairing mode.

Use the bluetoothctl command line utility to pair and connect:
```
bluetoothctl
```
- Turn on the bluetooth adapter on the Arch computer, and enable scanning:
```
power on
agent on
default-agent
scan on
```
- Pair with a device:
```
pair 1B:05:12:11:24:B4
trust 1B:05:12:11:24:B4
connect 1B:05:12:11:24:B4
```

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.