I'm writing a separate post about the bluetooth keyboard setup. I struggled to get this to work, if you did as well, follow along here and yours should work as well. Part of this I started to use a shotgun approach so don't blindly install everything. I'll make a note where there were things I don't think were necessary. Note - ignore the colored text. I'm trying different ways to separate the code from the text. :)
First running this we can see there isn't a bluetooth connection available.
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└─$ sudo rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: noNext I tried enabling and starting the bluetooth service.
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└─$ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
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└─$ sudo service bluetooth start
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└─$ sudo service bluetooth status
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)Here you can see bluetooth is there but it's inactive, no amount of turning it on would help. I also tried bluetoothctl as below but there was no default device avaialble anywhere.
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└─$ sudo bluetoothctl Next I installed bluedevil. Here is the issue where I started installing stuff and not checking - I don't if you actually need bluedevil. So after a restart if your bluetooth status still isn't working go ahead and install it. You don't need bluedevil, but I think there might be a package that comes with it it.
My next status check showed bluetooth was active. However I still couldn't connect the keyboard. I'd try thought the GUI and it would connect and then immediately disconnect.
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└─$ sudo systemctl status bluetooth
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-10-11 23:57:56 UTC; 9min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 18413 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 9300)
CPU: 51ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─18413 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd
Final step was getting this to start. Running it as wouldn't start. I didn't caputre the error but it something along the lines of no such module. I fixed that by installing pi-bluetooth
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└─$ sudo apt-get install pi-bluetooth
Reboot the pi now and once back up enter these next commands.
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└─$ sudo systemctl enable hciuart
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└─$ systemctl start hciuartFinally bluetooth is here in the list and it's not blocked.
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└─$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: noNext start up bluetoothctl and connect the keyboard.
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└─$ sudo bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# power on
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[DEL] Device 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC Bluetooth Keyboard
[bluetooth]# pair 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC
Attempting to pair with 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC
[CHG] Device 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC Connected: yes
[agent] PIN code: 623340
##type this with the keyboard. Nothing will show up on screen. Press enter if nothing happens
[bluetooth]# trust 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC
[CHG] Device 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC Trusted: yes
Changing 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC trust succeeded
[bluetooth]# connect 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC
Attempting to connect to 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC
[CHG] Device 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC Connected: yes
Connection successful
[CHG] Device 46:64:1C:0C:04:AC ServicesResolved: yes
[NEW] Device 5F:D8:C0:45:4C:B5 5F-D8-C0-45-4C-B5
[Bluetooth Keyboard]# exit
After this your keyboard should be working. If it doesn't and you didn't install bluedevil go back and do that now.
Next up we'll get Kali onto the touchscreen
-ott3r