

Same for connecting, either bluetoothctl or hcitool can be used, the latter is more useful for scripting. Power up can be done with bluetoothctl, or automatically in /etc/bluetooth/nf, see below. We will use the bluetoothctl command from bluez-utils to pair our dongle and the keyboard.
Arch linux bluetooth Bluetooth#
There are Bluetooth keyboards sold with a Bluetooth dongle which come already paired, but that is not certain. Pairing is a one time process, required only once. The Bluetooth controller needs to be told to connect to the keyboard after every boot.The Bluetooth controller needs to be powered up after every boot.Bluetooth devices (keyboard) and controllers (dongle) need to be paired once.The above output is from a Raspberry-Pi revision 'B' with archlinux-arm and a Keysonic Bluetooth Dongle. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapterīus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. # lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)īus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. a Bluetooth dongle the built in Bluetooth radio) is recognized:

Login to the affected computer by a wired keyboard or by ssh.įirst, make sure the local Bluetooth controller (e.g.

(Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth#Merging general setup from Keyboard, Mouse, Headset pages) Keyboard-specific info would stay on this page. Notes: Pairing process, and some troubleshooting related to it, are redundant with general device setup on Bluetooth page, and should be merged there.
