Want to set up an automatic bluetooth connection
Running Xubuntu 14.03 on a MacBook Pro. In order to get my bluetooth speaker connected and working, I need to perform the following steps:
1) Turn on the speaker (it then appears in bluetooth device list, but not in sound device list) 2) Run the command Code:
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover 4) Goto Volume Control, Output Devices, and set the bluetooth speaker as Fallback. (whatever this means exactly, there is a green check mark, currently on my internal speakers, which I then switch over to the bluetooth). 5) Now I click play on something (say Amazon streaming) and the sounds comes through the speaker. The volume controls on the keyboard work as well, which is cool. The behavior I would like is to default to the bluetooth speaker whenever I turn it on. It seems like this might be possible, since it shows up in the bluetooth menu as soon as I turn the power on, but I need to load the module, manually make the connection, and also set it to default (fallback?). Anyone have a suggestion? NOTE: I tried this question as the Ubuntu forums and they moved it over to "Mac Hardware" before I could get any useful advice. I don't see this as a hardware problem, since I *can* get it working via a software solution. I want to automate that solution! |
You can goto <preferences>, <Startup Applications>, <add>
name and comment whatever, but the command field to be: Code:
bash -c "sleep 7; pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover" With that done, when the speaker is turned on (most of the time) it connects automatically. I still have to switch the default sink in the volume control to bluetooth manually though. So if anyone has a solution for that bit... |
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