Bluetooth#
The reMarkable 1 and 2 do not have bluetooth. The reMarkable Paper Pro does have bluetooth hardware, but the driver is not loaded by default.
Enabling bluetooth#
modprobe btnxpuart
bluetoothctl show
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Connecting a Device#
bluetoothctl
This will drop you into an interactive prompt for running bluetoothctl commands.
power on
scan on
# Wait for the mac address for the device you are interested to show up
pair <mac-address>
# You will be prompted to enter a PIN code for the device
connect <mac-address>
trust <mac-address>
Troubleshooting#
If a Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Busy error is shown after trying to run the command bluetoothctl power on, or if a Failed to start discovery: org.bluez.Error.NotReady is shown when running the command bluetooth scan on, the bluetooth.service might be having issues with the access to its configuration.
To verify if the service is having issues, check the bluetooth service first:
systemctl status bluetooth
If a line with this text is shown, you have an issue on the service:
ConfigurationDirectory 'bluetooth' already exists but the mode is different. (File system: 755 ConfigurationDirectoryMode: 555)
To fix it stop the bluetooth service, change the configuration folder permissions, and start the service again.
systemctl stop bluetooth
chmod 555 /etc/bluetooth
systemctl start bluetooth
External Links#
- ArchWiki article on Bluetooth
- Kernel Module documentation in the i.MX knowledge base
- Documentation for bluetoothctl and related commands