On 07/27/2016 11:14 AM, Roger Wells wrote:
On 07/27/2016 08:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>
> On 07/26/16 23:56, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 09:35 -0400, Roger Wells wrote:
>>> On 07/25/2016 05:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/26/16 02:49, Roger Wells wrote:
>>>>> Something changed (although not fatally):
>>>>> I use Bluetooth speakers quite often.
>>>>> Back in F22 or so after pairing the device merely turning it on
caused
>>>>> Fedora to connect to it.
>>>>> Several months ago, now on F23, (not sure when this problem
appeared)
>>>>> that changed and after turning the speaker on, I have to go into
>>>>> Bluetooth Settings where the device appears as
"Disconnected", select it
>>>>> and activate the "Connection" switch several times and it
will
>>>>> eventually connect and be available for selection in the "Sound
>>>>> Settings" after which it works fine.
>>>>> Is there a path back?
>>>>>
>>>>> The setup is up to date Fedora 23 using Gnome 3.18.1-1.fc23.x86_64
>>>>> TIA,
>>>> I use F24, a Bluetooth headset, and KDE. The GUI may be different but I
think gnome
>>>> should have similar settings.
>>>>
>>>> On my settings for the headset I have "trusted" checked. Then
there is another "tab"
>>>> called "Advanced Settings". There is a drop down box for
"Accept Automatically" and I
>>>> have "Trusted Devices" selected.
>>>>
>>>> When I power on my headset it is connected automatically.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for responding.
>>>
>>> I don't see any Advanced Settings offer via the Gnome desktop and no
>>> mention of BT in the tweak tool. I'll hunt around.
>> To be clear: this was in KDE. I don't know what the equivalent Gnome
>> control is.
>>
>
> One thing that "confuses" me is that within the KDE settings there is, as I
said, an
> "Accept Automatically" choice. But if you use bluetoothctl there
doesn't appear to be an
> equivalent setting in the command line interface.
>
> I don't currently have GNOME installed on my system in order to check if my
headset would
> connect automatically in that environment.
>
Here's progress:
Use bluetoothctl and set "trust" on for the speaker device.
After the next re-boot the device connected when powered on just like
before. (I just didn't know about the existence of bluetoothctl)
Thanks, all
Well, not so good. It only did it once even though bluetoothctl still
reports it as trusted.
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