RPI-3 Bluetooth - Solved !

[freris]

Hello to all

I try to start up the Bluetooth to my RPI-3 but no luck

I have the Arch Linux ( 4.4.19-2-ARCH #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 21:35:11 MDT 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux ) into my RPI 3

Searching the internet found these steps but, nothing with Bluetooth.

1. Install -> pacman -Sy bluez bluez-utils bluez-libs bluez-firmware

2. modprobe btusb

3. systemctl start bluetooth.service

4. bluetoothctl

then on my terminal i see > [bluetooth]# nnect to bluetoothd...

i press enter and then i see > [bluetooth]#

i type power on and then i see > No default controller available.

I wonder if someone has the same problem, or fixed it.

Thank you very much

[hellomynameisphil2]

Install pi-bluetooth from AUR and enable brcm43438.service

[freris]

Hello hellomynameisphil2.

Thank you very much for your advice. Indeed, my problem was solved. The Bluetooth worked now.

Have a nice day ! - freris

[meijin007]

Hi.
when trying to start the brcm43438 service, it's failing after few seconds:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'root@sapirpi ~ # systemctl status -l brcm43438 :(
* brcm43438.service - Broadcom BCM43438 bluetooth HCI
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/brcm43438.service; enabled; vendor pr
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2016-10-25 06:24:22 UTC; 1min 2s
Process: 18589 ExecStart=/usr/bin/hciattach-rpi3 -n /dev/ttyAMA0 bcm43xx 92160
Main PID: 18589 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 25 06:24:12 sapirpi systemd[1]: Started Broadcom BCM43438 bluetooth HCI.
Oct 25 06:24:22 sapirpi hciattach-rpi3[18589]: Initialization timed out.
Oct 25 06:24:22 sapirpi hciattach-rpi3[18589]: bcm43xx_init
Oct 25 06:24:22 sapirpi systemd[1]: brcm43438.service: Main process exited, code
Oct 25 06:24:22 sapirpi systemd[1]: brcm43438.service: Unit entered failed state
Oct 25 06:24:22 sapirpi systemd[1]: brcm43438.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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any suggestions?