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==Pairing Bluetooth devices== | ==Pairing Bluetooth devices== | ||
In order to use Bluetooth devices, they must be paired with your NixOS machine. Heavier desktop environments will usually provide a Bluetooth management GUI which you can use to pair devices. | In order to use Bluetooth devices, they must be paired with your NixOS machine. Heavier desktop environments will usually provide a Bluetooth management GUI which you can use to pair devices. | ||
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You can verify that PulseAudio has loaded the Bluetooth module by running <tt>pactl list | grep -i 'Name.*module.*blue'</tt>; Bluetooth modules should be present in the list. | You can verify that PulseAudio has loaded the Bluetooth module by running <tt>pactl list | grep -i 'Name.*module.*blue'</tt>; Bluetooth modules should be present in the list. | ||
===System-Wide PulseAudio === | |||
When you are running <code>pulseAudio</code> system-wide then you will need to add the following modules to your <code>default.pa</code> configuration: | |||
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hardware.pulseAudio.configFile = pkgs.writeText "default.pa" '' | |||
load-module module-bluetooth-policy | |||
load-module module-bluetooth-discover | |||
load-module module-bluez5-device | |||
load-module module-bluez5-discover | |||
''; | |||
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===Enabling A2DP Sink=== | ===Enabling A2DP Sink=== | ||
Modern headsets will generally try to connect using the A2DP profile. To enable this for your bluetooth connection, add the following to <tt>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</tt> | Modern headsets will generally try to connect using the A2DP profile. To enable this for your bluetooth connection, add the following to <tt>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</tt> | ||
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$ sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth | $ sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth | ||
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