HOWTO: Bluetooth

What is Bluetooth?

Bluetooth is a wireless technology that enables your computer to connect and communicate with peripheral devices such as keyboards, mice, speakers and smartphones. Puppy Linux uses the Blueman Bluetooth Manager to access and manage Bluetooth connections.

Bluetooth Manager

The Blueman Bluetooth Manager has an immoveable popup dialog window (Pairing request for device) that appears in the center of the desktop, behind any other application window currently in that area. Therefore, to see this window you should first minimize all other programs from the desktop.

By default, your computer will be identified as BlueZ by other devices (can be changed). Be sure your bluetooth devices are in discover mode.

Pairing and Connecting

Menu>Network>Bluetooth Manager

• click: Enable

Note: If the Bluetooth Devices windows does not open or stay open, right click the Bluetooth icon in the right side of the desktop tray and choose: Devices

Shall bluetooth get enabled automatically?

• click: your choice

The Bluetooth Devices window should look similar to this:

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Move the Bluetooth Devices window to the lower right corner of the desktop (so you can see the popup window for pairing).

bluetooth/images/bt-pairing.png

• click: Adapter>Preferences>Always visible

• click: Search

• right-click your device (the name may not be exactly correct yet)

• click: pair

If you see a popup window (Pairing request for device) and a code is not supplied by the remote device:

• enter: 0000 (4 zeros)

• click: OK

You may also see a pairing message on your bluetooth device requiring the same action.

A bluetooth notification bar may appear at the top of the desktop. The bar should close automatically, or you can click it to close.

• right-click the Bluetooth Devices window

• click: connect

• right-click again (If "Disconnect" is listed, you are connected)

• click: Trust

File transfer between devices (smartphones)

• click: View

• click: Local Services

• click: Transfer

• select an Incoming Folder

• check: Accept files from trusted devices

• click: Apply

This should complete the Blueman settings, but there may be additional actions required that are device specific.

What is the Blueman tray applet?

The Blueman tray applet is accessible by a convenient notification icon in the right side of the desktop tray. If the tray applet is running, left-click and right-click actions applied to the notification icon will provide quick access to configuration options.

Blueman Usage

Here you will find more information about the Blueman Bluetooth Manager:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blueman