Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth and hciconfig
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 04:53:44PM +0100, Mick wrote: > # AutoEnable defines option to enable all controllers when they are found. > # This includes adapters present on start as well as adapters that are plugged > # in later on. Defaults to 'false'. > AutoEnable = true > === Can you remove the spaces around the '=' and try again? Foster
Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth and hciconfig
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 07:59:02AM -0700, Mick wrote: > Mar 28 15:50:20 dell_xps bluetoothd[10619]: Unknown key AutoEnable in > main.conf Did you use the 'AutoEnable' option in the '[Policy]' section of main.conf? > So, what's the solution if hciconfig et al are not installed with future > versions of bluez and the AutoEnable option does not seem to take? I'm pretty sure the future solution is to use bluetoothctl as a console user interface or find a more scriptable alternative (I don't know of any) that also use the DBus interface. I just hit this problem with the upgrade as I was using scripts to manage turning bluetooth on and off and I was able to get by with just the AutoEnable option. I did not find much else in my cursory research as to a replacement for hciconfig. The following is from the release notes for BlueZ 5.35: > A noteworthy new feature is the ability to configure bluetoothd to > automatically enable (power on) all new adapters. One use of this is to > replace unreliable "hciconfig hci0 up" commands that some distributions > use in their init/udev scripts. The feature can be enabled by having > AutoEnable=true under the [Policy] section of /etc/bluetooth/main.conf. Foster
Re: [gentoo-user] after last update hciconfig disappeared
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 01:21:55PM -0400, John Covici wrote: > On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:46:18 -0400, > Foster McLane wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:28:11PM -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:44:59 -0400, > > > Mick wrote: > > > > > > > > [1 ] > > > > On Monday 27 Mar 2017 13:45:08 Raffaele Belardi wrote: > > > > > John Covici wrote: > > > > > > Hi. After the last update of net-wireless/bluez hciconfig has > > > > > > disappeared. Even downgrading did not bring it back, although it > > > > > > was > > > > > > there in the previous release. How do I do hciconfig, scan and > > > > > > friends now, or is there a way to get them back. > > > > > > > > > > > > As a workaround I put an old one back just copying the binary, so I > > > > > > could proceed, but there has got to be a better way. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bluetooth#Deprecated_method_using_hcico > > > > > nfig > > > > > > > > > > The ebuild lets you specify an extra-tools USE flag, maybe that one > > > > > gets > > > > > them back. > > > > > > > > > > raffaele > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm on net-wireless/bluez-5.43-r1 with these USE flags: > > > > > > > > Installed versions: 5.43-r1(09:55:34 02/05/17)(cups obex readline > > > > udev - > > > > debug -deprecated -doc -experimental -extra-tools -selinux -systemd > > > > -test - > > > > test-programs -user-session ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" > > > > ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7") > > > > > > > > I still have hciconfig, hcitools, et al. > > > > > > > > > > I did as well, till I upgraded to 5.44 and then even downgrading did > > > not bring back the tools. > > > > > > -- > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > How do > > > you spend it? > > > > > > John Covici > > > cov...@ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > If you are just using the tools in your terminal, 'bluetoothctl' has > > replaced > > those programs. If you are writing scripts with those commands, I do not > > know of any worthy replacements besides using the DBus interface > > manually. > > I need to make sure that hci0 is up before I start a program that > wants to use it and when I start the bluetooth service, hci0 is down. > How to put it up not using a terminal? Or how to get back those hci > commands? > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > You can set 'AutoEnable=true' in your '/etc/bluetooth/main.conf' file. It should be commented at the bottom. Foster
Re: [gentoo-user] after last update hciconfig disappeared
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:28:11PM -0400, John Covici wrote: > On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:44:59 -0400, > Mick wrote: > > > > [1 ] > > On Monday 27 Mar 2017 13:45:08 Raffaele Belardi wrote: > > > John Covici wrote: > > > > Hi. After the last update of net-wireless/bluez hciconfig has > > > > disappeared. Even downgrading did not bring it back, although it was > > > > there in the previous release. How do I do hciconfig, scan and > > > > friends now, or is there a way to get them back. > > > > > > > > As a workaround I put an old one back just copying the binary, so I > > > > could proceed, but there has got to be a better way. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bluetooth#Deprecated_method_using_hcico > > > nfig > > > > > > The ebuild lets you specify an extra-tools USE flag, maybe that one gets > > > them back. > > > > > > raffaele > > > > > > I'm on net-wireless/bluez-5.43-r1 with these USE flags: > > > > Installed versions: 5.43-r1(09:55:34 02/05/17)(cups obex readline > > udev - > > debug -deprecated -doc -experimental -extra-tools -selinux -systemd -test - > > test-programs -user-session ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" > > ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7") > > > > I still have hciconfig, hcitools, et al. > > > > I did as well, till I upgraded to 5.44 and then even downgrading did > not bring back the tools. > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > If you are just using the tools in your terminal, 'bluetoothctl' has replaced those programs. If you are writing scripts with those commands, I do not know of any worthy replacements besides using the DBus interface manually. Foster
