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Adding Bluetooth Support to Non-Standard Linux on STCK1A8LFC

Added by Daniel Curtis almost 7 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Workstation
Target version:
Arch Linux
Start date:
01/07/2018
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
Spent time:
1.50 h

Description

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

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