Bluetooth in Cinnamon not working

SleepyMario · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2017 Posts: 6

Hello everyone,

I have a bit of a strange problem. A few days ago I installed cinnamon (next to i3), and somehow my bluetooth is not working. I use gnome-bluetooth to connect, but the sound application (or pavucontrol for that matter) does not recognize my bluetooth device (which is a Sony SBH54).

I probably have to install this applet: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-bluetooth , but when I follow the installation instructions and use ./configure in the main directory (after extracting the zip file), it just says that there is 'no such file or directory' (hence the command does not exist).

I cannot find much info on this problem online altogether. Does anyone here know what I'm doing wrong (or how to solve this)?
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Jaglover · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:49 pm Post subject:

Not clear, is it working in i3? Is it working from CLI?
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SleepyMario · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2017 Posts: 6

Yes, it is working in i3, in both DE's from cli.

I'm just not able to use it at all in Cinnamon.
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Jaglover · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:23 pm Post subject:

You should use an ebuild instead of manual install: http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-wireless/cinnamon-bluetooth
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SleepyMario · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2017 Posts: 6

It's working properly now.

I forgot to say that the first thing I tried was actually getting the ebuild from the Sabayon overlay, but it doesn't compile. Somehow I completely forgot to look in the error last time though.
Anyway, after a bit of looking into the error message I found that cinnamon uses 'blueberry' now, after which things went smoothly.

One final question: What is the normal procedure here after a problem is solved? Do people leave the thread (and add [SOLVED]) or am I supposed to delete it?

Thanks for your help :-)

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Jaglover · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:56 pm Post subject:

Yes, adding [Solved] is nice. Deleting anything is not appreciated, these forums are supposed to serve people who search for similar problems for years to come. Forums work in both ways, give and take.
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