Excess information (probably not important): I want to use this machine as a teleprompter for my poxy electronics project videos I'm in the process of making (for parts where I have stuff to say but nothing to show on screen). I want to be able to control the teleprompter (mainly speed up, slow down and pause, but probably also reverse for re-takes) with a Bluetooth remote. On Windows 10, the remote I have gives scancodes SC12E, SC130, SC110, SC119, SC122 but I don't know whether they're directly translatable to Linux.
I tried to follow directions given at https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser to pair a device using the command line but despite detecting my remote, trusting it and briefly connecting with in the pairing attempt, I cannot actually pair with it.
Who is rejecting whom? Is my device rejecting my antiX installation or vice versa? My device doesn't need a PIN to be paired or have any way to enter a PIN.
Is there an alternative version of Debian or an entirely different distribution that whilst lightweight (only 480 MB RAM available) is easier to make Bluetooth work? I don't need Bluetooth audio (or indeed any audio at all), just Bluetooth input. I've read that Bluetooth support is worse at the moment than it was in the past so maybe I should be using something older (Lucid Puppy has had its repositories disabled/taken down so I'd like to avoid anything in a similar state).
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sean@teleprompter:~
$ bluetoothctl help
[NEW] Controller 00:0A:3A:68:AD:A8 BlueZ 5.23 [default]
[bluetooth]# power on
Changing power on succeeded
[bluetooth]# devices
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 00:0A:3A:68:AD:A8 Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Bluetooth Remote Shutter
[NEW] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 00-01-95-24-82-C7
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 LegacyPairing: no
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 RSSI: 127
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 Name: seantron2000
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 Alias: seantron2000
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 LegacyPairing: yes
[CHG] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 RSSI is nil
[bluetooth]# pair AA:00:00:00:1E:D9
Attempting to pair with AA:00:00:00:1E:D9
[CHG] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Connected: yes
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationRejected
[CHG] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Connected: no
[bluetooth]# trust AA:00:00:00:1E:D9
[CHG] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Trusted: yes
Changing AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 trust succeeded
[bluetooth]# pair AA:00:00:00:1E:D9
Attempting to pair with AA:00:00:00:1E:D9
[CHG] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Connected: yes
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationRejected
[CHG] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Connected: no
[bluetooth]#
Edit: I was able to pair with my Bluetooth headset although I don't get any sound from it. I'm not interested in making my headset work with this machine but I guess it shows that pairing is possible. My Bluetooth remote does pair successfully with my Windows 10 and Android 5 and Android 7 devices.
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sean@teleprompter:~
$ sudo bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller 00:0A:3A:68:AD:A8 BlueZ 5.23 [default]
[NEW] Device 00:01:95:24:82:C7 seantron2000
[NEW] Device 00:02:5B:00:13:E3 allreli-soba
[NEW] Device AA:00:00:00:1E:D9 Bluetooth Remote Shutter
[bluetooth]# trust 00:02:5B:00:13:E3
[CHG] Device 00:02:5B:00:13:E3 Trusted: yes
Changing 00:02:5B:00:13:E3 trust succeeded
[bluetooth]# pair 00:02:5B:00:13:E3
Attempting to pair with 00:02:5B:00:13:E3
[CHG] Device 00:02:5B:00:13:E3 Connected: yes
[bluetooth]#