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I recently installed Antergos 17.12 Linux on my Intel STCK1A8LFC Compute Stick, and while the WiFi worked out of the box the Bluetooth did not. This is a guide on getting bluetooth working on Antergos on an Intel STCK1A8LFC Compute Stick.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure a few required packages are installed:
  

  sudo pacman -S git base-devel
  

Install rtl8723bs_bt¶

• Clone the rtl8723bs_bt repo:
  

  mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git
  git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bs_bt.git
  cd rtl8723bs_bt
  

• Make and install the bluetooth driver:
  

  make
  sudo make install
  

• Copy the program and helper script to /usr/local/bin:
  

  sudo cp {rtk_hciattach,start_bt.sh} /usr/local/bin
  

• Edit the start_bt.sh helper script:
  

  sudo vi /usr/local/bin/start_bt.sh
  

  • And change the ./rtk_hciattach command to the following:
    

    /usr/local/bin/rtk_hciattach -n -s 115200 $TTY rtk_h5 > hciattach.txt 2>&1 &
    

systemd unit¶

• Create the rtl8723bs_bt systemd unit file:
  

  sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/rtl8723bs_bt.service
  

  • And add the following
    

    [unit]
    Description=rtl8723bs_bt
    
    [Service]
    Type=oneshot
    ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/start_bt.sh
    RemainAfterExit=yes
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

• Reload the systemd daemon:
  

  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  

• Enable the rtl8723bs_bt unit at boot up:
  

  sudo systemctl enable rtl8723bs_bt
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bs_bt
• https://gist.github.com/coderbyheart/434536a308cf06cef92b