Every time I wake up PC from sleep I have to go to bluetooth settings -> select device -> enable connection to get sound on bluetooth speakers (Anker Soundcore). Bluetooth came with MBO and drivers were working out of the box after PopOS install.

I hope there is a command I can use instead of clicking in the GUI. Anyone know a command I could use?

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Using this command (with bluetooth speaker MAC address):

bluetoothctl connect A4:77:58:0A:DF:F1

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Bonus question: I was thinking I could map that command to a keyboard shortcut (like CTRL+ALT+B). What is the best way (or app) to accomplish this? I believe I could google this part quickly, but happy to hear suggestions anyway

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It’s possible with PopOS: Settings -> Keyboard -> Keaboard Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts

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    3 months ago

    Thx! I could enable/disable bluetooth with your commands and that didn’t solve my problem, but helped me google the right command. It is actually much simpler that I thought, I just had to find speakers MAC and I can use:

    bluetoothctl connect A1:11:22:3A:CD:F1

    Now working on mapping that to a key, cheers!

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      3 months ago

      You could also run the command automatically every time your screen is unlocked depending on your DE. For instance, if you use GNOME, this will likely work

      EDIT: see comment below for better solution

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        3 months ago

        Thank you! I use GNOME, but this is kinda confusing tbh. I was also looking at this forum post where I should put a script in /lib/systemd/system-sleep/. I should play around with that, but can’t afford breaking system right now xD. Will try it soon, I might install separate OS just for testing

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          3 months ago

          Well, for your particular case, you’d make a script, and a service to run that script on boot. Once the service starts, it will keep itself alive.

          Here’s the script:

          bluetooth-reconnect.sh

          #!/bin/bash
          
          dbus-monitor --session "type='signal',interface='org.gnome.ScreenSaver'" |
            while read x; do
              if echo $x | grep -q "boolean false"
                bluetoothctl connect A1:11:22:3A:CD:F1
              fi
            done
          

          You’d place this script somewhere that has system execution privilege (if your distro uses SELinux). I will use the directory /usr/scripts/ for example purposes (note that you will have to create this folder). Make sure to mark it executable with chmod +x /usr/scripts/bluetooth-reconnect.sh

          You’d then write a service to start at boot, just really barebones and simple:

          bluetooth-reconnect.service

          [Unit]
          Description=Reconnect Bluetooth after waking from sleep
          After=default.target
          
          [Service]
          Type=simple
          ExecStart=/usr/scripts/bluetooth-reconnect.sh
          
          [Install]
          WantedBy=multi-user.target
          

          Move the service into /etc/systemd/system/ (filepath should be /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth-reconnect.service), and enable it and start it:

          sudo systemctl enable bluetooth-reconnect.service && sudo systemctl start bluetooth-reconnect.service

          And you should be good to go. At least assuming your distro doesn’t have some specific quirk, which I wouldn’t be able to help you with unless I knew what distro you run. Granted, this is my adaptation of what I saw in the linked forum and my own experience with services, I haven’t actually tested this. But even if it has an issue, this will get you 90% of the way there, and there’s a good chance it just works if the forum answers work for your distro.

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            3 months ago

            Thank you a lot mate for explaining in detail. I will deffo go that route