TROUBLESHOOTING.md


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  Solving
  common issues with TinyB {#troubleshooting}
  

Solving common
issues with TinyB {#troubleshooting}
If you are having issues with TinyB, please follow these steps to
resolve common issues:

Make sure bluetooth is not blocked. On most systems you can do
this with rfkill unblock bluetooth.
Make sure blueoothd daemon is started:
ps -eF | grep bluetoothd or
ps | grep bluetoothd if your ps command does not support
parameters (such as BusyBox based systems). This command should a line
containing bluetoothd.

If the bluetooth daemon is not started, you should run
systemctl start bluetooth.service on systems using systemd,
or the equivalent for your distro.

Make sure you are running bluetoothd with the -E flag. It should
be visible when running the commands in 1. If it is not present, you
need to add it in /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service or
the equivalent on your system.
Make sure that your DBus policy permits users to access BlueZ
GATT interfaces. The following lines should be present in
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf under
<policy context="default">:

<allow send_interface="org.bluez.GattService1"/>
<allow send_interface="org.bluez.GattCharacteristic1"/>
<allow send_interface="org.bluez.GattDescriptor1"/>

Make sure your kernel supports Bluetooth. This is sometimes hard to
verify, here are some ways on how to do this:


lsmod | grep bluetooth should return a line containing
bluetooth, if not, try modprobe bluetooth or
insmod bluetooth
/proc/config or /proc/config.gz or
/boot/config should contain CONFIG_BT=y or
CONFIG_BT=m and CONFIG_BT_LE=y. If
CONFIG_BT=m is enabled, make sure to load your module using
modprobe bluetooth or insmod bluetooth
rfkill list should show at least a line containing
bluetooth, and it should not be blocked, if it is, see step 1.